-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War!
TZEMACH NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A weekly update of news and events regarding the nation and the people of Israel. Week Ending: 16 February 2002/4 Adar 5762 "Be gracious to me, O G-d, for man has trampled upon me; Fighting all day long he oppresses me... In G-d I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?" Psalm 56.1,11 This Week's Headlines: :: A THOUSAND ISRAELIS MARCH TO TEMPLE MOUNT :: PA/PLO INCLUDED IN "AXIS OF EVIL"? :: ARAFAT: SHIPMENT IS MY FAULT, BUT ISRAEL DID IT :: ARAFAT, RAJOUB AT ODDS OVER CONTROL OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE :: PALESTINIANS BEGIN LAUNCHING ROCKETS :: LEBANON HEARS CASE AGAINST SHARON :: CANADIAN TIES TO HIZB'ALLAH? :: MSNBC DECLARES STATE OF PALESTINE :: HAMAS RECEIVES FUNDING FROM EUROPEAN CHARITY GROUPS :: A THOUSAND ISRAELIS MARCH TO TEMPLE MOUNT: On 1 Adar (12 February), the first day of Rosh Hodesh Adar, the Temple Mount Faithful and a thousand Israeli men and women marched to the gates and around the walls of the Temple Mount through the streets of the Old City. This was the march for Rosh Hodesh Adar (the beginning of the new month). The marchers stopped at each of the ancient gates of the Temple Mount and prayed the Rosh Hodesh prayers which are connected to the Temple and the worship in the Temple. It was an exciting renewal of a very old Biblical tradition when the Israelites came to the Temple to celebrate the Rosh Hodesh holiday and to make the special sacrifice of Rosh Hodesh according to the Word of G-d (Numbers 10.10, 28.11-15). Rabbi Dudkevitch of Yitzhar emphasized that many national troubles stemmed in the past from the fact that the people were not sufficiently concerned about the Holy Temple. In addition, "If we want to sustain our sovereignty in this Land, the very first place we must do this is here, at this site. We must ask ourselves how is it that we have lost our hold over Joseph's Tomb and other holy areas in the country? The answer lies in the fact that we concentrated on individual goals, even in terms of settlement in other parts of the Land, but without giving sufficient attention to G-d's House". MK (National Religious Party) Rabbi Yitzhak Levy on Wednesday visited the Chai Vekaiyam organization now in its second week of a protest vigil outside Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Shikmim farmhouse in the Negev. The High Court of Justice approved the vigil that includes a caravan and large billboard, "Ariel Open the Temple Mount to the Jewish People" for a two-week period. The effort is being led by Chai Vekaiyam leader Yehuda Etzion. Levy added that ongoing efforts by the Waqf Islamic Authority to eradicate any trace of Judaism's past from the Mount, accompanied by the government's refusal to permit Jews on the Mount, would never erase the holiness and significance of the site. ............................ :: PA/PLO INCLUDED IN "AXIS OF EVIL"?: Wednesday while speaking to reporters, White House Spokesman Ari Fleischer grouped the Palestinian Authority (PA/PLO) together with other "regimes of terrorism." He included the PA/PLO as part of the "axis of evil" that invites and practices terrorism. Fleischer made his remarks in response to a question about what steps the US was taking to address "cultural tensions that help breed terrorism." He went on to say that the US is concerned with the lack of hope among those living under terrorist leadership, including those in Arafat's PA/PLO. A spokesman in the American Embassy in Tel Aviv declined to comment on the matter. ............................ :: ARAFAT: SHIPMENT IS MY FAULT, BUT ISRAEL DID IT: US Secretary of State Colin Powell told Congress that PLO leader Yasser Arafat accepted responsibility as chairman of the PA/PLO for an attempt to smuggle in 50 tons of weapons from Iran. Powell said Wednesday, however, that Arafat has not accepted personal responsibility for the operation. Arafat has denied all knowledge of the shipment but "arrested" PA/PLO figures suspected of links to the smuggling attempt. Meanwhile, in an interview with Lebanon's AN-NAHAR daily published on Tuesday, Arafat accused Israel of trying to destroy his ties with Washington by orchestrating the attempt to smuggle in 50 tons of weapons from Iran. Arafat offered no evidence to back his charge. Both Iran and Hizb'Allah have denied any links to the ship. A senior Palestinian official said Sunday that Arafat had written to Secretary of State Colin Powell to assure that there are no Palestinian military ties to Iran and promise to punish those responsible for the arms shipment. ............................ :: ARAFAT, RAJOUB AT ODDS OVER CONTROL OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE: PLO leader Arafat lashed out Monday night against the head of preventive security in Yesha (Judea, Samaria, and Gaza), Jibril Rajoub, after hearing that Rajoub's forces failed to resist a mob that overran the PA/PLO prison in Hebron, releasing 17 Islamic terrorists, HA'ARETZ reported. According to the JERUSALEM POST, Arafat became enraged when Rajoub suggested that he could no longer control his people. Arafat was also furious that Rajoub told reporters that he would order Fatah's Aksa Martyrs' Brigades to lay down their weapons. According a report in HATZOFEH, intelligence officials with sources in Arafat's office claim that the story of the Rajoub-Arafat confrontation was a fabrication, intended for the benefit of the US administration. The sources claim that Arafat leaked the story to press as a way of proving his dedication to curbing violence. ............................ :: PALESTINIANS BEGIN LAUNCHING ROCKETS: Early Sunday, Palestinians launched Kassam-2 type rockets on Israel. This is the first time that such rockets were launched at any Israeli target. The rockets were launched from PLO-occupied area in Gaza, just south of Beit Hanoun and landed at two sites within the "Green Line". One of the rockets landed at Kibbutz Saad, at a distance of just under 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from the launch site and another at Moshav Shuva, about seven kilometers (4.4 miles) away. This is a range attainable only by a rocket, and not a mortar shell. The rocket which landed at Saad penetrated a hole 2-3 meters deep, and carried an explosive head containing 6 to 10 kilograms (13-22 pounds) of explosive material. Here again the depth of penetration and the amount of explosives are characteristic of rockets. Three rocket launchers were found south of Beit Hanoun by Israeli forces, all of them with timing devices for launching the rocket. The range of the Kassam-2 rocket, which is approximately 5 to 8 kilometers (3-5 miles), could reach any point in the city of Sderot if fired from the northern Gaza Strip. If fired from Yesha, such rockets could hit many cities within Israel. The rockets are products of terrorist globalization. They are a locally produced adaptation of North Korean rockets, which Lebanon's Hizb'Allah acquired from Syrian soldiers in Lebanon and then passed on to Hamas, according to the JERUSALEM POST. The rockets were then smuggled into the Gaza Strip, where Hamas engineers began duplicating them. In keeping with a decision by the security cabinet to "respond sharply" to the PA/PLO terrorism while not causing the PA/PLO "irreversible damage," Israel's armed forces attacked several specific key targets in Gaza and Shechem. In the end, however, the military response was not qualitatively different than other reactions in the past. Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer issued his sternest warnings yet to the Palestinians regarding Kassam-2 rockets. He said he may send troops to retake some Palestinian areas for extended periods if Palestinian militants fire more Kassam-2 rockets at Israel. Meanwhile, US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher expressed "deep concern" over Israel's strikes against targets in heavily populated PLO-occupied sections of Gaza. Boucher stated, "Though we understand the need for Israel to take steps to ensure its self-defense, we are seriously concerned about Israeli attacks over the past several days on Palestinian Authority facilities, particularly in areas that are heavily populated by civilians. We are especially concerned by attacks on or near Palestinian prison facilities, reported releases of prisoners detained in those areas, and reports a United Nations facility was struck, with possibly a UN official wounded. Attacks such as these are counter-productive to efforts to reduce the violence and restore calm." ............................ :: LEBANON HEARS CASE AGAINST SHARON: A Lebanese court will begin hearing evidence on Wednesday presented by 21 Palestinian survivors of a 1982 massacre in Beirut, in a case brought against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. The lawsuit was filed by Lebanese lawyer May Khansa, who blames the two leaders for the 1982 massacre of Sabra and Shatila, as well as the abduction and assassination of leaders of the Shi'ite Hizb'Allah movement in Lebanon. In 1982, Sharon was minister of defence and the engineer of the invasion of Lebanon. His troops were in control of west Beirut when Lebanese Christian Phalangist militias entered the camps of Sabra and Shatila and slaughtered between 800 and 2,000 unarmed civilians. Israel had allowed the Phalange to enter the camps as part of a plan to transfer authority to the Lebanese. Ironically, while 300,000 Israelis demonstrated to protest the killings, little or no reaction occurred in the Arab world. By contrast, few voices were raised in May 1985 when Muslim terrorists attacked the Shatila and Burj-el Barajneh Palestinian "refugee" camps, killing 635 and wounding 2,500. During a two-year battle between the Syrian-backed Shi'ite Amal and the PLO terrorist organizations, more than 2,000 people, including many civilians, were killed. No outcry was directed at the PLO or the Syrians over the slaughter. The real question is this: Will May Khansa also pursue charges against Yassir Arafat and the PLO for their massacre of tens of thousands of Lebanese during their occupation in that country? Will the US file criminal charges against Arafat for the murder of hundreds of US citizens? Why should Israel accept the PLO if their own people do not want them? In 1970, Jordan expelled the Syrian-backed PLO (aka "Black September"). In 1982, the "Operation Peace for Galilee" removed the PLO from Lebanon. ............................ :: CANADIAN TIES TO HIZB'ALLAH? According to a growing body of evidence, there are strong ties between Canada and Hizb'Allah, the Islamic terrorist organization that calls itself a "resistance force" against Israel but which Canada and the United States accuse of terrorism. Canadians are believed to be serving as "resistance fighters" in the armed wing of Hizb'Allah, and police allege Hizb'Allah has received financing and equipment from supporters and criminal gangs in Canada. An RCMP intelligence report suggests high-ranking Hizb'Allah leaders may be driving around Lebanon in cars stolen in Canada by Middle Eastern organized crime groups. A police report also suggests auto-theft rings funnel 10% of their profits to the terrorist group. ............................ :: MSNBC DECLARES STATE OF PALESTINE: MSNBC has declared the state of Palestine on its online Arabic-language portal, while leaving off Israel from its list of nations. WorldNetDaily had its Arabic translator check out the site after a reader raised an objection to the inclusion of the non-existent state. The translator confirms that MSNBC.com's Arabic version includes "Palestine" in a list of 19 countries on the side of the site under the heading "Local Arab News". The translator describes these country headings as links to pages containing story headlines. When questioned about the "Palestine" reference, Cherylynne Crowther, vice president of marketing and communications for MSNBC.com, explained she didn't have access to a translation of the "navigational decisions of the site" and couldn't verify whether WND's "characterization of it is correct or not". ............................ :: HAMAS RECEIVES FUNDING FROM EUROPEAN CHARITY GROUPS: US and Israeli officials say the Palestinian terror organization Hamas, which lost a key funding source in the US recently when the US shut down a Texas-based Islamic charity called the Holy Land Foundation, has many European outposts to fall back on. Despite the US action in December and a long lobbying campaign by Israel, charity groups with alleged links to Hamas operate openly in London, Paris, Brussels and several other European cities. The groups staunchly deny they support Hamas, and European governments have shied from moving against them. Israel says that funds from these groups are used to pay annuities to the families of Hamas suicide bombers. The groups say they help Palestinian widows and orphans without regard to political background. ............................ [Sources: Jerusalem Post, Arutz-7, Ha'aretz, AP, MidEastweb, WorldNetDaily] :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: "For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest." Isaiah 62.1 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? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
