-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tzemach News Service Week Ending: 4 December 1999 / 25 Kislev 5760 "And now many nations have been assembled against you who say, 'Let her be polluted, and let our eyes gloat over Zion.' But they do not know the thoughts of the L-rd, and they do not understand His purpose; for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing-floor." (Micah 4.11-12) HERE WE GO AGAIN: The UN General Assembly on Wednesday passed six resolutions regarding Israel and the Middle East. The three main resolutions call for Israel's withdrawal from the Golan Heights to the July 4, 1967 borders, the removal of all international embassies from Jerusalem, and canceling the Israeli Parliaments' decision to apply Israeli law to the city of Jerusalem. Resolutions regarding Israeli rule over Jerusalem have been passed every year at this time since 1980. The vote regarding the Jerusalem resolution was 139 votes in favor, one against (Israel), and 3 abstentions (Swaziland, United States and Uzbekistan). The other resolutions covered the "question of Palestine" and authorized the continued work of the "Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People". One resolution, calling for resolution of the problem of "Palestinian" refugees from the 1948 war of Independence and Israel's withdrawal to 1967 lines, was adopted with 149 votes in favor. The United States, Israel and the Marshall Islands voted against the resolution, which also included support for "Palestinian" statehood, while Uzbekistan and Micronesia abstained. The representative of Israel Tuesday afternoon reiterated to the General Assembly that Jerusalem was the united capital of the State of Israel, as established by King David more than 3,000 years ago. With an overwhelming majority, the General Assembly also approved a draft resolution submitted by Egypt to ban nuclear proliferation in the Middle East region. The resolution calls on Israel to promptly submit to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT) and to put all its nuclear installations under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The draft resolution, further, calls on Israel to give up its unclear weapons and to refrain from producing or stockpiling such weapons. [Editor's note: Sites with information regarding the UN's treatment of Israel and Jerusalem can be found on our links webpage located at: http://www.tzemach.org/fyi/links.htm] (UN PRESS OFFICE, KOL YISRAEL, ISRAELWIRE, ISRAEL LINE, ARABICNEWS) EU SEEKS CONTINUING ISRAEL'S ISOLATION AT UN: Negotiations to secure a place for Israel in a regional group from which it could compete for a Security Council seat and other UN positions appear stalled within the European Union (EU), diplomats said. The EU, at a meeting of political directors in Brussels on 26 November, failed to reach any decision. The issue is expected to be discussed again on Dec. 6, the diplomats said. The regional group, known as Western Europe and Others (WEOG) and includes nations from Australia to Canada, has been considering giving Israel temporary membership, an action promoted by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Under UN rules, Israel should be part of the Asian regional group, which includes its Middle East neighbors. But Arab nations have opposed its membership for years so Israel is seeking a place in the Western group. Many committee posts as well as the ten non- permanent seats on the Security Council are nominated by regional groups to retain a geographical balance. Although some countries never get nominated for a seat, only Israel cannot compete at all. "And the L-rd has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments; and that He shall set you high above all nations which He has made, for praise, fame, and honor; and that you shall be a consecrated people to the L-rd your G-d, as He has spoken" (Deuteronomy 26.18-19). (REUTERS, NASB) THIRD STAGE TALKS TO BEGIN SUNDAY: Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA/PLO) will commence negotiations on the third redeployment from Yesha (Judea, Samaria and Gaza) pursuant to the Interim Agreement on Sunday, HA'ARETZ reported. Prime Minister Ehud Barak instructed the Israeli negotiating team not to discuss the size of the withdrawal. At this stage, the second redeployment has yet to be completed, as PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat refuses to approve the current maps. Barak stated unequivocally on Thursday that the maps will not be altered. According to all the agreements, Israel alone determines what land will be turned over. The PA/PLO has no say in the matter. (ISRAEL LINE) VISITORS FROM THE US: US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will travel to the Middle East Sunday to assess the efforts of the Israelis and Palestinians to reach a framework agreement on permanent status issues by their target date of mid-February, State Department Spokesman James Rubin said Monday. In addition to meeting with Arafat and Barak, Albright will visit Saudi Arabia, Syria and Egypt to advance progress on all tracks of the peace process, Rubin said. In addition, US mediator Dennis Ross and Assistant Secretary of State Martin Indyk, will hold talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders beforehand to pave the way for Albright's visit. The two left the US on Friday. (US DEPT. OF STATE, AP) ARAB TERRORISTS MAY BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE: US President Clinton signed into law this week the first-ever legislation concerning American victims of Palestinian Arab terrorism. The Zionist Organization of America, one of the major proponents of the law, reports that 12 American citizens have been murdered by Arab terrorists since the signing of the Oslo accords in 1993. Of the 23 terrorists involved in these killings, most are free in PA/PLO territory, and at least five are serving in the PA/PLO para-military police force. The new law requires the State Department to provide Congress with regular, detailed reports on American efforts to bring the killers to trial, including the latest information on which Palestinian Arab killers are serving in the PA/PLO police or are out of prison, and more. The bill does not make aid granted to the PA/PLO contingent on its level of cooperation (ARUTZ-7, ISRAEL LINE) WAQF DESTROYING TEMPLE MOUNT: Muslim authorities confirmed Wednesday that they have re-opened an entrance to a large underground chamber below the Al-Aksa Mosque. The work was done without seeking Israel's permission.. The Israeli government has refused to block the move. At a meeting on the matter Wednesday night in the Public Security Minister's office, senior police officials said that if the entrance is sealed up -- as occurred three months ago with a much smaller entranceway illegally opened by the Waqf (Muslim religious trust) -- there are liable to be severe Arab riots on the Temple Mount. Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein admitted at the meeting that the Israeli law enforcement authorities have basically lost control over what happens on the Temple Mount. On Thursday, however, Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert told the city's lawyers to issue a "stop-work" order on the Temple Mount and take every necessary step to prevent the Waqf from further work on the entrance. Olmert remarked that significant remnants of Jewish history were being destroyed by the Waqf's activities. In addition, the director of the Antiquities Authority, Ami Drori, claimed the construction caused severe damage to antiquities. He said the Waqf had committed an "archeological crime." Drori said he failed to understand how trucks and tractors were permitted by police to ascend the Mount. (VOA, ARUTZ-7, ICEJ) WOMAN ARRESTED ON MOUNT FOR CLOSING EYES: A Jewish Quarter resident was arrested Tuesday for simply closing her eyes on the Temple Mount. The 49-year-old widow told ARUTZ-7's Ron Meir that she went up to the Temple Mount to walk in the areas permissible according to Jewish law. When she sat down on a bench and closed her eyes, she was accosted by the Waqf police and interrogated. When she told them that she is a student at Hebrew University, studying the Second Temple period, they responded by asking, "You really believe there was a Second Temple? You plan to destroy the Dome [of the Rock] and build the Second Temple!" The Waqf officials then turned her over to a detachment of the Israel police stationed in the Old City, where she was held and questioned for four hours. During the questioning, a police officer told her that she was being charged with the crime of "praying on the Temple Mount. He explained to me that closing my eyes 'was an act of prayer.'" On this issue, attorney Baruch Ben-Yosef said today that the Waqf has no legal right to detain people, and neither is there a law on the Israeli books forbidding prayer on the Temple Mount. "The policeman forbade me from returning to the Temple Mount," continued the woman, "and instructed me to report to the police every two days until I leave the country on 15 December, or else risk a 4,000 shekel ($949) fine." (ARUTZ-7) CHANUKAH DEMONSTRATION PLANNED: The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement is planning a march Tuesday, 7th December, from Modi'in to the Temple Mount to draw attention for the need to liberate the Temple Mount and rebuild the Temple of G-d. Further information regarding the march can be found at the organization's webpage: http://www.templemountfaithful.org. (TMF) ISRAEL AND CHINA ARMS DEAL: Li Peng, chairman of China's National People's Congress, secretly visited an Israeli aircraft factory to see a reconnaissance plane that Israel is building for China in defiance of Washington's request to halt the project, HA'ARETZ reported on Wednesday. The aircraft contains an advanced Israeli-made radar system that reportedly can detect stealth aircraft and cruise missiles. Under a $US250 million ($390 million) contract signed in 1996, Israel will eventually sell eight of the AWAC planes to China. The Israelis could deliver a prototype to China next northern spring. According to the magazine AVIATION WEEK, Washington has asked Israel to reconsider the aircraft deal with China. There have been hints that Congress might retaliate by cutting US military aid to Israel. Israel has informed Washington that no US-made components are used. The Israelis are asking why the American government did not involve itself when the British offered a similar system to the Chinese. An official at Israel Aircraft Industries told HA'ARETZ that the US was being cynical and hypocritical. "Let them halt their own sales of Boeing aircraft and computers to China," he said. The company is building similar planes for India, South Korea and Turkey. Meanwhile, Peng pledged his country's support Saturday for an eventual Palestinian state. Li reminded the lawmakers that China has a long history of supporting the Palestinian cause. In the past, China provided the PLO with military training and weapons. Today, the Chinese are among donor nations that assist the PA/PLO with financial aid. (AUSTRALIAN, AP) ARAFAT INVITES MILOSEVIC: Arafat and the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Diodoros I have sent out invitations to all the leaders of Christian Orthodox countries, including outlaw Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, for Orthodox Christmas celebrations on January 6. Milosevic is an indicted war criminal wanted by the international war crimes tribunal for recent atrocities committed against Kosovo Albanians. Diodoros' invitees include the top leaders from Russia, Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, and Bulgaria, who would join Israeli President Ezer Weizman at Beit Hanassi for an official dinner. Russian President Boris Yeltsin just confirmed to Arafat that he hopes to attend. Meanwhile, Arafat officially opened millennium celebrations Saturday in Bethlehem. The majority of Bethlehem is in fact Muslim. Christians are a shrinking minority. But one of the honored guests, the pope's envoy, Pietro Sambi, told VOA the start of the new millennium is a sign for the two faiths to show greater respect for one another. Bethlehem, a Palestinian controlled area, now has a $180 million facelift from foreign donations and private funds. (ICEJ, VOA) BEILIN DISCRIMINATES AGAINST JEWS: Minister of Justice Yossi Beilin has instructed his office to give preference to Arab candidates for positions in committees under the jurisdiction of his ministry, and in the government in general. The Ministry of Justice has 32 Arab employees among the some 1,500 ministry employees. Beilin stated that in cases where there are two candidates with equal qualifications, one an Arab and one a Jew, he wants preference given to the Arab. (ISRAEL LINE) NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN PA/PLO: Earlier this week, 20 Palestinian intellectuals and lawmakers published a manifesto linking Arafat himself to widespread corruption. Eleven of the 20 were arrested by Arafat's police. In Gaza, the Palestinian Legislative Council, dominated by Arafat supporters, voted 33 to 8 to condemn the dissidents' anti- corruption manifesto. Equally threatening, they voted to form a committee to monitor lawmakers' behavior and speech. Arafat wants to arrest the seven legislators who signed the anti-corruption manifesto but because of their office are immune to sanctions. In Ram'Allah, some 4,000 people turned out for a rally in support of Arafat that was organized by his Fatah movement as a show of force. Several dozen Fatah activists, standing in small groups on rooftops, fired shots in the air, their faces covered with black hoods. Marchers chanted, "Unity, unity, national unity!" (CNN, AP) RELIANT MERMAID '99: Naval ships and aircraft of Israel, Turkey and the United States will conduct a combined humanitarian assistance, search-and-rescue exercise in international waters off the southern coast of Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean. The exercise, "Reliant Mermaid '99", is scheduled for 14-17 December 1999. The sole objective of this exercise is to practice coordinated search and rescue procedures for assisting people in distress at sea. Elements of the three naval forces, which regularly operate in the Mediterranean, will lay a foundation for more effective and rapid humanitarian responses to actual maritime emergencies by familiarizing themselves with each other's capabilities and working together. The three-day exercise will involve a small number of ships from each country's forces, along with helicopters and search aircraft. A total of 390 US sailors will be involved in the exercise. (USEUCOM) CONVENTION FOCUS' ON THE GOLAN: Hundreds of people took part Thursday night in the founding convention of the National Council for the Golan. The event was held in the Binyanei Ha'Umah Convention Center in Jerusalem. The presidium of the Council includes public figures from both the right and left of the political spectrum, including Likud MK and former Defense Minister Moshe Arens, former Israel Air Force Commander Herzl Budinger, former Labor party government Minister Shlomo Hillel, and Gen. (res.) Yaakov Chisdai. The committee that will attempt to rally public opinion against an Israeli withdrawal. They have decided to open with an information campaign concentrating on the issues of water and security. (ARUTZ-7, ISRAELWIRE) A DECLARATION OF FAITH: "On the threshold of fateful decisions" facing Israel, a declaration has been posted on the internet, affirming the right of the Jewish people to its homeland. "Recognition of a Palestinian state contradicts the very purpose of a Jewish State, creating a mechanism for evicting Jews from their land and planting an alien regime within her boundaries," says the document. "An endorsement by an Israeli government of the premise that Eretz Yisrael is the sovereign homeland of an alien people will not obligate the Jewish people." Relating to the possibility of the uprooting of Israelis from their homes in Yesha, the authors write, "We view the very notion of uprooting Jewish men, women and children from their homes as an act of brutality, violence and barbarism that is palpably illegal as a violation of fundamental rights of human dignity and liberty." The declaration can be signed at <ahref="http://www.gamla.org.il/english/article/1999/nov/dec.htm"> www.gamla.org.il/english/article/1999/nov/dec.htm . (ARUTZ-7) THIS WEEK IN JEWISH HISTORY: December 1474: Don Henry IV (Spain) dies, and with his death falls the last barrier to the full persecution of the Jews. His sister, Isabella, ascends the throne of Castille and Aragon. December 1918: The League of Nations was established in an effort to prevent further wars. The League of Nations was instrumental in giving international backing for the "British Mandate" in Palestine and the Balfour Declaration. After the 1929 Arab riots, the League criticized the British government for not doing enough to prevent or suppress the Arabs, and called into question the effectiveness of the Mandate. 1 December 1909: The first Kibbutz, Degania, was established in pre- state Israel. Aaron David Gordon, one of its founders, was considered the "Apostle" of the kibbutz movement. Each colony was independent and democratically governed. Membership was voluntary and all earnings and expenses were shared. 4 December 1655: In Whitehall, England, the question on the readmittance of the Jews was brought to a conference of notables. The judges decided that there was no statute which excluded the Jews from the country. Cromwell dissolved the commission considering it too pro- admittance. (WZO) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tzemach News Service "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. 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