WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Tzemach News Service - http://www.tzemach.org/fyi Tzemach News Service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A weekly update of news and events regarding the nation and the people of Israel Week Ending: 8 July 2000 / 5 Tammuz 5760 Please feel free to forward to a friend or colleague NOTE: We apologize for the lateness of the report; however, our server had a power outage. "'No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the L-rd, and their vindication is from Me,' declares the L-rd." (Isaiah 54.17) HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEK: > CLINTON COMMITTED TO SUMMIT AND ISRAEL'S DESTRUCTION > PLO WANTS $40 BILLION PAYOFF > ISRAELIS ASK CONGRESS TO HOLD BACK CLINTON > THE MEDIA AND THE 'PIECE' PLAN > WELCOME TO THE 'BORDER GAMES' > GREEK CHURCH 'WARNS' ISRAEL > BARAK SUMMONS HIS 'ADVISORS' > THE TEMPLE MOUNT 'SUMMER CAMP' > BLOODSHED PREDICTED BY ALL > A TIME OF FASTING AND PRAYER (MUST READ!!) > TOURING IN THE PLO 'CAMP' > THIS WEEK IN JEWISH HISTORY CLINTON COMMITTED TO SUMMIT AND ISRAEL'S DESTRUCTION: US President Bill Clinton intends to make "100 percent of an effort" to ensure that this week's Camp David summit leads to a deal between Israel and the Palestinians, the White House said. The eight-day summit starts this Tuesday, July 11th. Clinton himself is expected to spend much time on the retreat. PLO Chairman Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Barak are not expected to leave Camp David until the end of the summit, and US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is also expected to stay there throughout [The last time there was a summit in Washington, D.C., the Israeli delegation had their telephones cut-off, among other things -- ed]. Leaked negotiating papers have suggested that Barak would be prepared at the summit to give up 92 percent of Judea, Samaria, and Barak has said that 50,000 out of some 195,000 Jewish settlers could be forced to choose between Palestinian rule and abandoning their homes. Barak seems ready to give up at least some suburbs of Jerusalem to the Palestinians, while some of his advisers would go further and plant the Palestinian flag over part of the city. PLO WANTS $40 BILLION PAYOFF: The Palestinians want 40 billion dollars in compensation as part of any peace deal with Israel, which a top negotiator implied Thursday they would be willing to compromise to reach. Mohammed Rashid, a top economic advisor to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, told reporters in the town of Ram'Allah that the some 50-strong Palestinian negotiating team heading to Camp David next week would ask for 40 billion dollars in aid, much of it for Palestinian refugees. ISRAELIS ASK CONGRESS TO HOLD BACK CLINTON: Israeli opposition lawmakers, who believe Barak's peace policies endanger the country's survival, want US legislators to run interference for them. Specifically, they've asked members of Congress to stop the Clinton administration from pressuring Israel into making more concessions in negotiations with the Palestinians. Barak's critics here say he is so intent on reaching an understanding that he may bow to American pressure, in the process abandoning Israel's security needs by handing over strategic territory to the Palestinian Authority (PA/PLO). [In fact, Barak must bow to the pressure from Clinton as it is Clinton who is responsible for getting Barak elected. Clinton is the 'defacto prime minister' of Israel.-- ed] THE MEDIA AND THE 'PIECE' PLAN: The media are, of course, running the usual stories to prepare the general public throughout the world. The French news agency AFP, stated in a recent story, "the Palestinians will push for the return of all land lost in 1967 ...". The problem is that the land did not belong to the "Palestinians" in 1967. Rather, in the case of Judea and Samaria, Jordan took the land during the fight for independence in 1948 and annexed it in 1950. In the case of Gaza, it was occupied by Egypt in 1948. In an effort to continue stirring up suspicions against the settlers of Yesha, HA'ARETZ recently reported, "A settler who is believed to have observed and noted security procedures implemented to protect Prime Minister Ehud Barak was detained and questioned by police last week. The suspect, who had sketches of details related to the prime minister's convoy in his possession, was released after questioning. Police interrogators concluded that the man's motives were not criminal." It went on to report, "... the Shin Bet has no concrete intelligence about actual plans to harm Barak. Personal security arrangements for the prime minister have not been beefed up." Notice that, as far as the police and Shin Bet were concerned, there was no story here. So why did HA'ARETZ feel it had to report the story? WELCOME TO THE 'BORDER GAMES': You could hear the rocks pelting the tin roof of an IDF (Israel Defense Force) trailer before you could see them, dribbling down the sides. About half a dozen Hizb'Allah supporters had spied the small contingent of reporters approaching the Good Fence near Metulla on Monday, and offered what has become the traditional greeting. The demonstrators across the fence whistle and shout. One has a slingshot and incessantly lets fly at the reporters. The former major checkpoint between Israel and Lebanon, has become a park commemorating Hizb'Allah's victory over Israel, where visitors can observe Israelis beyond the border fence and throw stones at them. One such visitor was Columbia Professor and Palestinian intellectual Edward Sa'id, who visited the site with his family and threw stones at Israel. (AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE published a picture of Sa'id throwing stones.) A senior IDF officer says: "Our strength is in our ability to restrain ourselves. The image of the IDF is irrelevant. I don't have any interest in dealing with demonstrators. That's not my problem. Let's say I shot them. They would shoot back. Suppose they miss? It would hit the houses, maybe even a resident of Metulla." One captain says he had no trouble adapting his troops to the new reality along the border. They had previously been in the security zone, but have now become policemen, patrolling the border to prevent demonstrators from infiltrating into Israel. Daily, demonstrators converge on a 1,000-meter (1,100 yards) long stretch of the fence and pelt Israeli soldiers, vehicles, and orchards. The rules of engagement are very clear: No one is allowed to cross the border or deliberately destroy the border fence. This is met with warning shots in the air, and then at the legs. IDF troops have twice opened fire on alleged infiltrators. About 1,000 Palestinians shouting anti-Israel slogans hurled stones at Israeli soldiers across the border Sunday, breaking the window of a military vehicle, witnesses said. Along the road to the Good Fence there are carts selling water, soft drinks, beans and pita bread; a peddler invites people to buy cold water, his friend sells roasted grains. Beside the carts are benches, where the visitors can sit, eat, and drink without missing the view at this unique border point. GREEK CHURCH 'WARNS' ISRAEL: The head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Israel, Patriarch Dhiodhoros II, is considering freezing the leases the State of Israel has on its lands. The PA/PLO is closely monitoring the latest developments. The Palestinians, who repeatedly vied for church lands against Israel, believe that the deteriorating relations between Israel and the church will allow them to lease lands inside the Green Line in locations such as Yafo, Ramla, Nazareth, and Greater Jerusalem. In addition to Old City lands, the church owns plots in the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Rehavya and Talbiye (including the Presidential Residence, the Prime Minister's Residence, and the Great Synagogue), as well as in Abu Tur, in the vicinity of King David Hotel, in Mishkenot Sha'ananim, and a large plot in the Saint Simon compound, where a housing project has been built. Furthermore, the church owns 19,000 dunams in Beit Shemesh, hundreds of housing units in Ramla, the road from Ma'ale Adumim to Jericho, and large plots in Akko, Tiberias, Haifa, and the Galilee. "The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me" (Leviticus 25.23) BARAK SUMMONS HIS 'ADVISORS': Barak this week summoned urgently to Israel the American media advisors who accompanied him in his prime ministerial elections campaign. Barak wishes to discuss political, social and diplomatic developments with his advisors, GLOBES has learned. The advisors, James Carville, Stanley Greenberg and Robert Shrum, have been asked to come to Israel as soon as possible. Their exact arrival date is not known. The advisors were summoned in view of Barak's fears of a government collapse, and in preparation for a referendum and/or elections. THE TEMPLE MOUNT 'SUMMER CAMP': A summer camp for Palestinian youngsters has opened on the Temple Mount. Some 2,100 Arab children are participating. The theme of the camp, as well as that of another one in Kalkilya, is "the struggle against the settlements". Meanwhile, it has been revealed that in recent weeks large diameter sewer pipes have been brought into the Temple Mount. The Antiquities Authority expressed concern that the installation of these pipes without any supervision could cause additional severe damage. The director of the Antiquities Authority, Amir Drori, said in the meeting that no construction activity should take place on the Temple Mount because it damages antiquities. BLOODSHED PREDICTED BY ALL: For the first time in months, the Palestinians and Israelis publicly agreed on something: if the Camp David summit fails, then blood will flow anew in the Middle East. Barak warned that failure would lay the path to a showdown "for which there would be a price to be paid in blood ... at worst, we will be like Belfast and Bosnia". And Yasser Arafat's man in Lebanon, Sultan Abu Alayen, predicted that the summit's failure would make "the whole Middle East sink in a wave of violence and blood". Meanwhile, Imad Al Falouji, who holds the communications portfolio in the PA/PLO, on Monday called upon the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations to prepare for an armed conflict with Israel. Al Falouji added that this year, the declaration of Palestinian statehood would become a reality. Al Falouji made his remarks during the second day of the Palestine Central Council (PCC) assembly in Gaza, during which the representatives were hashing out issues pertaining to future statehood. "There will be a battle over Jerusalem. Settlers will not be permitted to remain in their homes. Israel may not continue to occupy the West Bank," stated Al Falouji. A TIME OF FASTING AND PRAYER: We at the Tzemach News Service and Fellowship Church would like to ask our brothers and sisters and friends around the world to join us Tuesday in a time of fasting and prayer for Israel. The summit at Camp David will begin in full swing on Wednesday. The main thrust of the summit will be to divide up G-d's land, Israel, and His holy city, Jerusalem. We plan on entering into spiritual warfare against this sinful activity. While not being able to come together physically, we are able to join together spiritually in fasting and prayer and praise and worship before the throne of the Holy One of Israel. "Let G-d arise and His enemies be scattered." TOURING IN THE PLO 'CAMP': An Australian businessman experienced a taste of Palestinian "hospitality" last week. Chaim Ya'akov Hendrick recounted his story to ARUTZ-7, beginning with his tour in the area of Shechem, where he was stopped at a roadblock by Palestinian para-military policemen as he headed for Joseph's Tomb last Thursday evening. He told the PLO officers where he was headed, and was allowed to continue on his way but not for long. Within several minutes, Hendrick found his car sandwiched between two Arab-driven vehicles intent on blocking his path. A large group of Arabs then surrounded his car, and after some moments of tension and fear, one of them offered to lead Hendrick to his destination. Instead of being brought to Joseph's Tomb, however, Hendrick was ushered into a side-street military-style compound, where he was questioned for nearly two hours, watched by armed guards. "The guy questioning me kept his finger on the trigger of his gun the whole time," Hendrick related, "and even ordered me to remove my kippah [skullcap]. I felt like I was being interrogated by an Gestapo officer. I feared for my life, and so I made a point of telling him that I had talked to my office [abroad] on my cellular phone in the car. I felt that if he believed people knew where I was, he would think twice before killing me." After two hours, Hendrick was finally released, but faced with only Arabic-language road signs again got lost on the road, and was again stopped. While yet another PLO officer studied his passport, Hendrick heard the firing of many rounds of ammunition in what he sensed were nearby military training exercises. "When the PLO soldier realized that I noted the shots, he made a quick telephone call, and the gunfire suddenly stopped." Back on the road, Hendrick once again found himself at the mercy of an Arab mob: "I pulled into a gas station in a village. All of a sudden, swarms of Arabs gathered in the parking lot. Only when I showed the gas station owner my passport, and told him that I was an Australian tourist, did he shout something at them and they dispersed." Chaim Ya'akov Hendrick concluded his harrowing five-hour experience by driving up to an IDF outpost near Jenin, north of Shechem, where he provided army officials with a detailed account of his adventures. The soldiers offered him a room to stay for the night, and advised him to remain there. Prior to his departure the next morning, IDF officials suggested that he not contact the Israeli government about the episode, but should rather register his complaints with the Australian embassy. "My mouth was dry from fear throughout the whole episode," Chaim Ya'akov concluded. BRIEFS: The settlement of Bracha near Shechem and the surrounding area was declared a closed military zone by the IDF Saturday to prevent Palestinians protesters from reaching the community's fence and attempting to tear it down as they did some weeks ago. Throughout this coming week settlers in all communities have been asked to take time off from work and devote themselves to the demonstrations and protests opposing Prime Minister Ehud Barak's participation in the Camp David Summit. New Golan Heights website located at: <http://english.golan.org.il/> ARUTZ-7's video gallery: <http://www.israelnationalnews.com/english/video/Gallery/Gallery.htm> "Recognize the Dangers" Documenting the dangers of the Oslo process. THIS WEEK IN JEWISH HISTORY 4 July 1945: In Tripoli, Libya and in other Libyan towns, Muslims began anti-Jewish riots. 4 July 1976: The Entebee Rescue - 256 hostages from an Air France plane were held prisoners by Palestinian terrorists and Ugandan soldiers. After eight days they were rescued by Israeli commandos in a brilliant ruse under the command of Yonatan Netanyahu who was shot in the back and killed during the rescue. Naturally, the United Nations condemned Israel for violating Ugandan Sovereignty. (Suggested reading: "90 Minutes at Entebbe", William Stevenson, 1976, Bantam Books, paperback) 6 July 1882: This date marks the arrival of the first BILU settlers to pre-state Israel. This group, called BILU (initials stand for House of Jacob Let Us Rise and Go), was formed by Russian students at the University of Khrakov calling for active colonialization of the land. The first group of 14 arrived, hiring themselves out as agricultural laborers at Mikve Yisrael. They believed it was possible to start a world-wide movement to encourage settlement in Eretz Israel. 8 July 1654: Jacob Barsimon left Holland aboard the 'Peartree' for New Amsterdam. He was the first Jewish resident of New Amsterdam (New York). A few months later, 23 Jews who had sailed from Brazil joined him. This material has been adapted from "Beyond Time and History" by Eli Birnbaum (Sources: HA'ARETZ, AP, AFP, CNS, JERUSALEM POST, MEMRI, GLOBES, ARUTZ-7, INDEPENDANT, ISRAELWIRE, ICEJ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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. Lee Underwood *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? 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