-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! :: UN RESOLUTION FAILS: The Foreign Ministry expresses Israel's satisfaction at the UN Security Council's rejection of the Palestinian draft resolution to send an observer mission to the territories. The vote was preceded by extensive efforts to thwart the resolution, led by Foreign Ministry Deputy Director-General for International Organizations Mordechai Yedid and the vigorous activity of Israeli representatives in the various capitals, headed by Ambassador Yehuda Lancry and the staff of the Israeli Mission to the United Nations. The draft resolution failed to receive the requisite number of affirmative votes for adoption (9 out of 15). While eight countries supported the resolution, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Argentina, the Netherlands, Canada and Russia abstained. :: ISRAEL AND THE INTERNATIONAL COURT: Israel, the United States, and a host of other countries face a deadline of December 31 for the signing of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. At issue is an international initiative for a permanent court that will try individuals accused of committing genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Sixty countries are required not only to sign the Statute, but also to ratify it; although over 100 have signed, only 25 have ratified. In Israel, Justice Minister Beilin and Foreign Minister Ben-Ami are in favor of signing; they say that ratification can be put off until later. Atty.-Gen'l Rubenstein, however, as well as Israeli's defense establishment, are very much against any form of approval for the initiative. Prof. Eitan Gilboa, of Bar Ilan University's Political Science Department, explains why: "Israel would simply become a victim of such a court. We all know the anti-Israel record of the world community - all the anti-Israel resolutions that have been passed in the UN in recent years, and the like. The Palestinians are already claiming that we are guilty of war crimes. US Senator Jesse Helms, Chairman of the US Senate's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, wrote recently, "Israel must stand up for its own interests, and refuse to sign the Rome Statute, because otherwise Israel is likely to regret supporting this flawed institution ... It would be worthwhile for every Israel to watch the news, and see the brave Israeli soldiers defending themselves from Arab rock-throwing mobs, and try to imagine them being tried as 'war criminals' in some future international court." :: ISRAELI SUBMARINES PLACED ON HIGH ALERT: Israel is bracing for war with Syria and has placed its three nuclear-armed submarines on high alert, according to the LONDON SUNDAY TIMES. In addition, according to the paper, an armored division received an emergency order 10 days ago to deploy in the Golan Heights to reinforce troops already based there to cope with a "worst-case scenario." At the same time, IDF troops are training to defend the Jordan Valley in the event of an attack by Iraqi tanks via Jordan. Military sources were quoted as saying that Israel is taking the danger so seriously that it had sent a warning to Damascus earlier this month in an attempt to avert a clash. Hizb'Allah has reportedly acquired anti-tank missiles and long-range Katyusha rockets from Iran, delivered via Syria. Hizb'Allah is also said to have built about 30 military posts along the border, creating a new front line, with about 1,000 fighters in forward positions and a further 5,000 in rear bases. "Nobody in Israel wants to say this," said one military source, "but Hizb'Allah could walk into northern Israel tomorrow." US President-elect George Bush is likely to shift America's foreign policy emphasis from Israeli-Palestinian negotiations to the Syrian track, according to members of his foreign policy team. Edward Djerejian, a former US ambassador to Syria who is expected to play a key role in the new government's Middle East policy, told the WASHINGTON POST that in the short term, the chances for an Israeli-Syrian agreement are better than those for an Israeli-Palestinian deal. The former, he added, would also greatly reduce the chances of a regional war. The new administration, he added, plans to return to the principles of direct bilateral negotiations and "land for peace" in accordance with UN resolutions 242 and 338. He said these principles were often abandoned in the interim agreements. :: HIZB'ALLAH BROADCASTS COURTESY OF ISRAEL: The State of Israel permits the Hizb'Allah to broadcast its propaganda using Israeli communication services, namely, the satellite dishes in Emek HaElah. So reports Roni Shaked in Yediot Acharonot. The Hizb'Allah television station "Almanar," very popular in PA/PLO-controlled territories, transmits its signals via relay stations in Gaza and Ram'Allah - which belong to a daughter company of Ronald Lauder - and then to Emek HaElah, and from there to media satellites. The station encourages the continuation of the confrontation with Israel, and its programs include footage of the confrontations and shooting battles in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, as well as interviews with Hamas and Islamic Jihad members. Dr. Pauz Camel, head of the Arab department of the Government Press Office, confirmed to journalist Shaked that Hizb'Allah uses Israeli communication services. :: ISRAELI MILITARY ACKNOWLEDGES ASSASSINS: Israel's military has acknowledged that it is targeting leaders of the Palestinian revolt. A senior officer said the Israeli military has used sharpshooters to kill Palestinian field commanders and organizers of the mini-war in Yesha. The campaign has taken place over the last month. The campaign, the officer said, targets both Islamic opposition groups as well as commanders loyal to Arafat. He said the assassinations have been effective in neutralizing plans to escalate Palestinian violence. More than a dozen Palestinian gunmen, some of them identified as field commanders of the revolt, have been killed, purportedly by Israeli forces. Israeli military sources said some of the 12 were killed when bombs they were preparing exploded prematurely. Palestinian operations have been foiled as a result of the campaign, the officer said. The killings have also led to divisions within Palestinian groups as each suspect the other of helping the Israeli efforts. :: PETITION FOR MISSING ISRAELI SOLDIERS: On October 7th, 2000, Hizb'Allah terrorists penetrated the Israeli border and kidnapped three Israeli soldiers - Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham and Omer Souad. Eight days later, Hizb'Allah announced that another Israeli citizen, 54-year-old Elchanan Tannenbaum, had also been taken captive. The four were thus added to a list of other Israeli soldiers whose whereabouts remain unknown: Zechariah Baumel, Yehuda Katz, and Tzvi Feldman - who were captured in a battle in 1982 with Palestinian and Syrian forces near the Lebanese village of Sultan Yaaqub - and Capt. Ron Arad, who was captured four years later. The International Coalition for Missing Israeli Soldiers is attempting to attract sorely-need international intervention, and is sponsoring an Internet petition in support of Israel's kidnapped and missing soldiers and their families. There is a link on our Web page [http://www.tzemach.org/fyi/] to the petition. Please sign! :: SAM'S CLUB SELL GLOBES WITH 'PALESTINE'; NO ISRAEL: Yasser Arafat has yet to declare a Palestinian state, but "Palestine" exists -at least on globes being sold at Sam's Club stores this holiday season. The problem came to light when a Sam's Club shopper looked at the globe and didn't see Israel. But the same person did see "Palestine" printed prominently in white, and thus began an Internet chain letter that quickly made its way around the United States. Within a short time, Sam's Club had gotten dozens of e-mails from irate Jewish customers, especially in Florida and New York. As many pointed out, Israel is a bona fide country. Palestine is not. Why then was Palestine on the globe and not Israel? Sam's Club, a subsidiary of retailing giant Wal-Mart, is still trying to determine why its Chinese supplier put "Palestine" on the globes in the first place. It said it had no plans to pull them from the shelves. CONTACT: Mr. Tom Grimm, President and CEO SAM'S Club 608 Southwest 8th Street, Bentonville, AR 72712 TEL: 501-273-4000, FAX: 501-277-7526 E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SOURCES: DEBKAFILE, ARUTZ-7, REUTERS, HA'ARETZ, JERUSALEM POST, ICEJ :: THE REDEMPTION PROCESS AT THE CLIMAX OF THE AGES PROPHECY CONFERENCE "Israel and the Church in G-d's Redemptive Activities" TIME IS RUNNING OUT! January 31 - February 2, 2001 Orlando, Florida You are invited to join us for our End-Time Prophecy Conference at the Sheraton Orlando North Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Dear Friends of Israel: We at Tzemach Institute and Fellowship Church believe that these are the last days predicted millennia ago by the Hebrew prophets. Therefore, it seems timely for us to convene a conference to explore ways of promoting cooperation in the redemption process between leaders of the faith community of Israel and Christian Zionists in America. Those Israeli and Christian leaders participating in this conference are prepared to discuss, in frank terms, real areas of cooperation that have been tested and proven fruitful over the past several years. We invite you to come and join us with others in this endeavor. We are sure that you will return home truly blessed and with a fresh vision for godly righteousness burning within you. Issues to be Addressed: • Are the nations preparing for Armageddon? • Are the Al Aksa mosque and the Dome of the Rock the "abomination of desolation"? • Will a Third Temple serve as the seat of an Anti-Christ government? • Is the lone "Superpower" emerging as the Beast Government? • What is the significance of Jewish settlements to the redemption process? • Should Christians be directly involved in Israel during the Redemption Era? Conference Participants • Gershon Salomon, Leader, Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement - Jerusalem, Israel • Yohanan Ramati, Chairman, Jerusalem Institute for Western Defense • Louis Rene Beres, Professor, Department of Political Science, Purdue University • A Representative from the Settlement Movement, a leading Rabbi, member of the Yesha Council (To be introduced at the conference) • Ken Garrison, Pastor, Fellowship Church; Director, Tzemach Institute for Biblical Studies • Jon Klein, Associate Pastor, Fellowship Church • Jim Wingerter, Worship Leader, Fellowship Church Conference Presentations: • The Importance of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in the Redemption Process • The Importance of the Settlement Movement in the Redemption Process • International Response to the Redemption Process • Spiritual Warfare in the Midst of the Nations • Bible Prophecy from a Christian Perspective • Importance of Worship in the End-Time Church For further information, contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or see our website at: <http://www.tzemach.org/conference.htm> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest." 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