-Caveat Lector- I'm sending the whole thing, there are several articles of interest. The one in particular that I was interested in was #2, ARAFAT WON'T LET CHURCH OCCUPATION END. #3, about the UN, would also be on-topic.
Tenorlove --- Tzemach News Service <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To: TNS List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Tzemach News Service <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: TNS: Week Ending: 20 April 2002/8 Iyar 5762 > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 01:24:26 -0400 > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > TZEMACH NEWS SERVICE > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > A weekly update of news and events regarding the nation and the > people of > Israel. > > Week Ending: 20 April 2002/8 Iyar 5762 > > "'As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I will > show you > miracles.' Nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They > will > put their hand on their mouth, their ears will be deaf. They will > lick the > dust like a serpent, like reptiles of the earth. They will come > trembling > out of their fortresses; To the L-rd our G-d they will come in dread > and > they will be afraid before You." Micah 7.15-17 > > > Please feel free to forward to a friend or colleague. > To subscribe, send a blank e-mail to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > This Week's Headlines: > > :: ISRAELI ARMY LEAVES JENIN > :: ARAFAT WON'T LET CHURCH OCCUPATION END > :: UN, EU BACKS PALESTINIAN TERRORISM > :: ARAFAT, PLO INVOLVEMENT IN TERROR DOCUMENTED > :: POWELL WANTS PALESTINIAN STATE > :: ANNAN CONTINUES TO PRESS FOR MULTINATIONAL FORCE IN MIDDLE EAST > :: ARMS FROM IRAQ, IRAN FOUND NEAR ARAFAT HQ > :: WINDS OF WAR > > > :: ISRAELI ARMY LEAVES JENIN: The Israeli army on Friday pulled out > of > Jenin. Jenin refugee camp was the scene of the bloodiest fighting in > the > Israeli operation in Yesha (Judea, Samaria, and Gaza). > > The claim that there was a "massacre" in the Jenin refugee camp has > been > taken up by many news media around the world, as well as human rights > > groups, and even among many governments. This claim, originally made > during > the height of the fighting in the refugee camp, seriously damages > Israel's > political campaign to justify its self defense against terror and the > > legitimacy of the means it is using in that campaign. In recent days, > > journalists have visited the camp, gathering their own first-hand > impressions and eyewitness testimony about the IDF's operations. > There is > evidence of intense combat, but, it can already be said what did not > happen > in the Jenin refugee camp. There was no massacre. After almost two > weeks of > "Jenin Massacre!" headlines, the world press has been forced to face > the > truth: There was none. No order from above was given, nor was a local > > initiative executed, to deliberately and systematically kill unarmed > people. WASHINGTON POST correspondent Molly Moore wrote, "Interviews > with > residents inside the camp and international aid workers who were > allowed > here for the first time today indicated that no evidence has yet > surfaced > to support allegations by Palestinian groups and aid organizations of > > large-scale massacres or executions by Israeli troops." Armed > Palestinians > shot, blew up, and mined houses and alleyways. The Israeli soldiers, > who > had difficulty progressing, used bulldozers and suffered heavy losses > -- 23 > soldiers were killed. Under such circumstances, civilians were also > harmed. > But declaring the fighting in Jenin a "massacre" is a mistake on the > part > of the naive, and a slander by others. > > In a briefing last Friday, IDF [Israel Defense Force] Col. Hirsh > said, > "When you think of the term 'refugee camp', you think of poor and > helpless > people. This is not the case. Jenin Refugee Camp was actually a > strong > combat zone -- a real military and terrorist infrastructure. We had > no > choice but to destroy the terrorist infrastructure -- everyday there > were > terrorists' acts dispatched from Jenin Refugee Camp. The operation in > Jenin > cost us the lives of 23 soldiers and many were injured. I regret that > some > Palestinian civilians were injured and some were killed. We were > fighting > against armed terrorists. We asked the Palestinian civilians to > evacuate > their homes so they would not get hurt, some chose not to. Most of > the > Palestinians that were killed were armed terrorists; many had > explosive > devices strapped to their bodies. We found a lot of evidence of > terrorist > activity, for example, labs for explosive devices. We are talking > about an > organized terrorist infrastructure throughout Judea and Samaria." > [Editor's > note: it must be remembered that, instead of the 'carpet bombing' > technique > used by the United States in Afghanistan -- which killed hundreds of > civilians, the IDF chose instead to fight this battle door-to-door, > making > a thorough search for Palestinian terrorists. This resulted in the > high > death rate of IDF soldiers.] > ............................ > > :: ARAFAT WON'T LET CHURCH OCCUPATION END: PLO leader Yasser Arafat > is > blocking attempts to end the 17-day standoff at Beit Lechem's Church > of the > Nativity, reliable Israeli sources told the DAILY NEWS. Palestinian > sources > also confirmed that Arafat is instructing those inside the church on > whether or not to surrender. More than 200 Palestinian terrorists > stormed > the Church of the Nativity when the IDF entered Beit Lechem. A number > of > monks and nuns are trapped inside the church with the gunmen, as are > a > handful of Palestinian civilians, including the mayor and governor of > Beit > Lechem. A special unit of the IDF is exploring several options to > resolve > the standoff. [Editor's note: It is not the IDF who is laying siege > to the > church; rather it is the Palestinian terrorists who are holding the > monks > and nuns and others hostage. It is the terrorists who are breaking > windows > and doors at the church, not the IDF.] > > The IDF has tried to supply medicine and humanitarian aide to the > Franciscan fathers in Manger Square in Beit Lechem. Similarly, the > IDF > attempted to assist to deliver medicine and medical equipment to the > injured inside of the Church of the Nativity, in evacuating the > injured, > and in removing the bodies. The IDF approached the International Red > Cross > with a request to deliver the aide, but its representatives > absolutely > refused to enter the area of the church. > ............................ > > :: UN, EU BACKS PALESTINIAN TERRORISM: On Monday, European Union > members > Austria, Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden endorsed a UN > Human > Rights Commission (UNHRC) resolution condoning "all available means, > including armed struggle" to establish a Palestinian state. Thus, six > EU > members and the UNHRC now join the 57 nations of the Organization of > the > Islamic Conference (OIC) in legitimizing suicide bombers. Alfred > Moses, a > former US ambassador to the UNHRC and now chairman of UN Watch, a > monitoring group, was very blunt. "A vote in favor of this resolution > is a > vote for Palestinian terrorism," he said. "An abstention suggests > ambivalence toward terror. Any country that condones -- or is > indifferent > to -- the murder of Israeli civilians in markets, on buses, and in > cafes > has lost any moral standing to criticize Israel's human rights > record." The > OIC drew up the Human Rights Commission resolution, backed by > co-sponsors > China, Cuba, and Vietnam [all violators of human rights > themselves--ed]. Of > the 14 OIC members on the commission, one -- Cameroon -- abstained > from > voting on the resolution, while the rest approved it. Rulings by the > commission and other leading UN bodies such as the Security Council > are > significant because they enable causes to claim international > legitimacy. > [Editor's note: Do the UN and the EU now become enemies of the United > > States? It was, after all, US President George W. Bush who stated, > "From > this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support > terrorism > will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime".] > > The UN, however, goes beyond giving rhetorical support for terrorism. > In a > variety of ways, its agencies have been complicit in Middle Eastern > terror. > The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) began > operation in 1950. [There is no UN agency for Jewish refugees from > Arab > countries.--ed] As it is, UNRWA and the Arab League hold Palestinian > refugees in limbo. UNRWA operates 27 refugee camps in Yesha, and > another 32 > camps in neighboring Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. It is these camps > that > have been at the center of violence between Israeli forces and > Palestinian > terrorists. On 28 February, following a series of Palestinian terror > attacks in Israel, Israeli forces rolled into the Jenin and Balata > refugee > camps. Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer explained the Israeli > strategy: "We are interested in one thing only, to stop and disrupt > this > wave of suicide attacks. We intend to go in and get out." UN > officials were > instantaneous in their condemnation. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan > called > on Israel "to withdraw immediately." High Commissioner for Human > Rights > Mary Robinson labeled the incursions "in total disregard of > international > human rights." On 21 March, a UNRWA spokesman called on Israel to > compensate the agency for damage to its refugee camps. Israel's raids > did > damage the camps. But as a result of the operation, Israel uncovered > illegal arms caches, bomb factories and a plant manufacturing the new > > Kassam-2 rocket, designed to reach Israeli population centers from > Yesha. > Confronted with evidence of illegal Palestinian mines, mortars and > missiles, no UN official questioned how it was that bomb factories > could > exist in UN-managed refugee camps. Either the UN officials were > unaware of > the bomb factories -- which would suggest utter incompetence -- or, > more > likely, the UN employees simply turned a blind eye. > > UNRWA is not alone in reinforcing the UN's reputation as an > organization > incapable of fighting terror. On 24 May 2000, Israel unilaterally > pulled > back from southern Lebanon, a withdrawal the UN certified to be > complete. > Terror did not end, though. On 7 October 2000, Hizb'Allah terrorists > crossed the border and kidnapped three Israeli soldiers, all of whom > they > subsequently killed. Observers from the United Nations Interim Force > in > Lebanon (UNIFIL) videotaped the scene of the kidnapping, including > the > getaway cars, and some terrorists. Inexplicably, they then hid the > videotape. Questioned by Israeli officials, Terje Roed-Larsen, the UN > > Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, chided Israel > for > "questioning the good faith of senior United Nations officials." When > after > eight months the UN finally admitted to possessing the tape, > officials > balked at showing it to the Israeli government since that might > "undermine > UN neutrality." That UN observers protected and defended terrorists > who > crossed a UN-certified border, using cars with UN license plates > while > under the cover of UN flags, was apparently of no consequence to > UNIFIL. > ............................ > > :: ARAFAT, PLO INVOLVEMENT IN TERROR DOCUMENTED: During the IDF > "Defensive > Wall" operation in the PA/PLO-occupied areas, numerous documents were > > captured that point at the direct and indirect involvement of Arafat, > the > PA/PLO, and the Palestinian intelligence apparatuses in terrorism > against > Israel. This involvement, as evidenced in the documents, has three > dimensions: The "ideological dimension" which means essentially the > sanctioning of lethal terrorist attacks (viewed as "quality attacks" > that > serve the PA/PLO's goals) and the use of terrorism as an important > instrument in promoting the Palestinians' goals vis-a-vis Israel; The > > "financial dimension" continuous financing of the terrorist > infrastructure > -- personally approved by Arafat and carried out by the PA/PLO > civilian > entities, the heads of the PA/PLO security apparatuses, and Arafat's > associate (Fuad Shubaki); and the "practical dimension", involvement > of the > intelligence apparatuses -- led by the General Intelligence -- in > direct > and indirect assistance to the terrorist infrastructures and > activities, > including for lethal terrorist attacks inside Israel. The legitimacy > given > to terrorism, alongside the financial and practical support, enabled > the > Fatah -- headed by Arafat -- to become the dominant force which is > leading > the terrorist activity against Israel since the beginning of 2002. > (Fatah > personnel are mentioned as "Tanzim", "Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades" and > "Battalions of the Return" in the captured documents). [The "Al Aqsa > Martyrs Brigades" is listed with the US State Department and the Bush > > Administration as a recognized terrorist entity. Why, when US > Secretary of > State Colin Powell met with him last week, did the United States not > arrest > "Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades" leader Yasir Arafat? Why did Powell not > even > mention it to Arafat?--ed] > ............................ > > :: POWELL WANTS PALESTINIAN STATE: US Secretary of State Colin Powell > > Friday again assured Palestinians that his goal is a Palestinian > state > alongside Israel. He met in Washington with Israeli Foreign Minister > Shimon > Peres to continue their meetings after a 10-day visit by Powell to > the > Middle East failed to end the Palestinian violence that has already > caused > hundreds of deaths in the region. "There will be a state for the > Palestinian people living side by side in peace and harmony with a > Jewish > state called Israel, of course," said Powell after his talks with > Peres. > Amid growing criticism in Arab capitals of strong US support for the > Israeli position, the State Department appeared to be reassuring its > Arab > allies that it would not abandon the Palestinians to please the > Israelis. > Powell also conveyed these assurances to Tunisian Foreign Minister > Habib > ben Yahia when he met him in Washington earlier Friday. US officials > indicated that President Bush is likely to give a similar message > next week > to King Mohammed VI of Morocco and Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi > Arabia > when they visit the US capital. > ............................ > > :: ANNAN CONTINUES TO PRESS FOR MULTINATIONAL FORCE IN MIDDLE EAST: > Expanding on the concept of a multinational force he had floated last > week > in response to the spiralling Middle East violence, UN > Secretary-General > Annan Thursday told a private meeting of the Security Council that > the > latest developments in the region gave additional urgency to the > consideration of his idea and outlined the goals, nature and > functions of > such a force. "The force must be impartial and capable of taking > decisive > action," Annan told the closed-door session of the Council, according > to a > copy of his remarks made available to the press. "It must have a > robust > mandate, credible strength and be large enough to carry it out." The > Secretary-General stressed that he contemplated not a UN contingent, > but > rather "a multinational force formed by a coalition of the willing" > that > was authorized by the Council under the UN Charter's Chapter VII, > which > provides for the use of force. > > "And you will come from your place out of the remote parts of the > north, > you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great > assembly and a mighty army; and you will come up against My people > Israel > like a cloud to cover the land. It will come about in the last days > that I > shall bring you against My land, in order that the nations may know > Me when > I shall be sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog." Ezekiel > 38.15-16 > > "I will gather all the nations, and bring them down to the valley of > Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there on > behalf of > My people and My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among > the > nations; And they have divided up My land" Joel 3.2 > ............................ > > :: ARMS FROM IRAQ, IRAN FOUND NEAR ARAFAT HQ: The IDF has discovered > weapons smuggled from Iraq and Iran in the Muqata complex surrounding > the > Ram'Allah office of Arafat, according to Israel defense sources. The > weapons uncovered during Operation Defensive Shield include > Soviet-made RPG > launchers that were modified by Iraq. The defense sources said the > Iraqi > weaponry was probably smuggled into the territories in Arafat's > helicopters, which have since been damaged and grounded by the IDF. > The > army also found Iranian-made RPG anti-tank rockets in the Muqata > area. > These rockets feature improved capabilities for piercing armor. > Following > the capture of the Karine A arms shipment from Iran in January, the > Palestinians have continued their efforts to smuggle weaponry into > the > PA/PLO, defense sources said, noting that Iran and Iraq remain the > primary > arms suppliers for the Palestinians. > > In a related story, the IDF found 12 liters [3 gallons] of a highly > dangerous chemical agent in the Ram'Allah compound of Arafat, > according to > a report in MA'ARIV. The poison was identified as bromine, a volatile > > liquid, of brownish-red color. It is dangerous if inhaled even at > very low > concentrations of one per million. Lower concentrations of the > chemical are > used in the production of flammable material, disinfectants and in > the > pharmaceutical industry. A small quantity of bromine, according to > the > report, could be used to make an explosive device that would be > highly > lethal in an enclosed area – such as a shopping mall. The IDF > suspects Iraq > as the inspiration behind the PA/PLO's interest in such a dangerous > chemical agent and the stockpiling of quantities representing a > significant > arsenal. > ............................ > > :: WINDS OF WAR: German Defense Minister Rudolph Scharping confirmed > Sunday > that his country has temporarily suspended the sale of military > equipment > to Israel. "The sale of replacement parts to the Israeli army has > been > suspended, but not cancelled," Scharping said in an interview granted > to > the ZDF television network Sunday, and stressed that the action was > not an > embargo. > > The British newspaper THE GUARDIAN cited on Saturday official sources > > saying that Britain had decided to enforce an unofficial embargo on > the > export of weapons to Israel, for the first time in 20 years. A > government > source in Britain noted that according to government policy, weapons > exports to a foreign country are to be stopped if that country uses > the > weapons for internal oppression, attack another country, or occupy > land [of > which Israel is doing none of these things--ed]. > > US officials said the Bush administration pressed the Central > European > republic of Slovenia to halt the sale of gun barrels for Syria's > fleet of > T-72 tanks. The officials said the administration had determined that > the > delivery of 125 mm smoothbore barrels would have significantly > increased > Syria's ground attack capability. The agreement blocked by Washington > had > called for Slovenia's STO Ravne to sell 50 tank barrels to Jordan. A > Jordanian firm then planned to transfer the equipment to Damascus. > > Lebanon and Syria have reached a military agreement that includes > training > and the supply of spare parts. Arab diplomatic sources and Lebanese > officials said the deal calls for Syrian training of Lebanese army > officers > in exchange for the transfer of Lebanese ammunition and spare parts > to > Damascus. The sources said the agreement intends to ensure the > maintenance > of Syrian logistics and arsenals amid an absence of supplies from > Russia. > The Syrian training includes both that of Lebanese military and > security > officers. The sources said the training focuses on combat skills > against > insurgents as well as help in overhauling Lebanese tanks and armored > systems. > > Iraq's military has launched plans to attack Israel in cooperation > with the > Palestinian Authority. Iraqi Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmed > said > Iraqi forces are training and equipping for a military campaign > against the > Jewish state. Ahmed said Iraqi forces will be in the forefront of an > Arab > war against Israel. Ahmed, in a telegram quoted by the IRAQI NEWS > AGENCY, > did not specify military plans or equipment being deployed for the > operation. The Saddam regime has called for the mobilization of 6.5 > million > volunteers in the war against the Jewish state. > > Meanwhile, Egypt is preparing senior military commanders for the > prospect > of a regional war. The preparations have included high-level > government > briefings of army commanders and a review of weapons and supplies of > the > major military commands. Last weekend, Egyptian Defense Minister > Hussein > Tantawi gathered commanders and senior officers of the Second and > Third > armies. Both armies, which have completed a series of exercises over > the > past year, are deployed in northeastern Egypt as well as in the Sinai > > Peninsula near the Israeli border. The official Egyptian news agency > reported that Tantawi reviewed the regional situation as well as > military > preparations to repel any enemy attack. The defense minister said his > > briefing was meant to provide commanders with a complete picture of > the region. > > The US armed forces are expanding contingency basing options in the > Persian > Gulf region to provide it with more flexible options for possible > regional > operations, according to US officials and non-US sources in the > region. > Current activities center on constructing a new air base in Oman and > expanding an existing one in Qatar, say the sources. > > In a related story, Qatar and Oman plan to launch a major military > exercise > next month. The two countries will hold a three-day exercise as part > of an > effort within the Gulf Cooperation Council to increase military and > security cooperation. The two countries -- both regarded as close to > the > United States -- have agreed on closer military and defense > cooperation. So > far, GCC countries have coordinated their major training exercises > with > such Western powers as Britain, France and the United States. > > The Bush administration has requested a major increase in military > aid to > Bahrain as part of the US-led war against terrorism. The > administration's > request comes as the Defense Department plans to expand US military > assets > in the kingdom. Bahrain is one of several Gulf Cooperation Council > countries meant to receive aircraft and other systems that have been > removed from Saudi Arabia. Officials said the administration has > requested > $28.5 million in the emergency supplemental budget for fiscal 2002. > The > money is meant to help countries that are participating in the US > campaign > against terrorism. Bahrain is home for the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, > which > patrols the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. > ............................ > > [Sources: Jerusalem Post, Arutz-7, Ha'aretz, AP, Reuters, MidEastWeb, > IMRA, > IMB, WSJ, MENL] > > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > "For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalem's sake I > will not rest." Isaiah 62.1 > > Tzemach News Service (TNS) is a ministry of Tzemach Institute for > Biblical Studies (http://www.tzemach.org) > > TNS may be reproduced & distributed in any form. Please give proper > credit. > > Comments and suggestions may be sent to Lee Underwood at: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web site: http://www.tzemach.org/fyi __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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