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[Psalm 138.7] HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEK: :: Hanukkah 5761 :: Barak Looking for Last-Minute Deal :: 'Fact-Finding Committee' in the Middle East :: The Violence Continues ... :: PA/PLO Now Prints Weekly Itinerary :: PLO Fighting with Stolen IDF Weapons? :: Updates :: Some People Take Throwing Stones Seriously :: Archaeologist: Barak Allows Waqf to Build on Temple Mount :: Will Bush Be Good for Israel? :: The Redemption Process at the Climax of the Ages Prophecy Conference :: HANUKKAH 5761: This coming Friday, 25 Kislev/22 December, is the first day of Hanukkah. The word 'Hanukkah' means 'dedication' and the festival is a celebration of the dedication and cleansing of the Temple by the Maccabees in 165 B.C.E. It is our prayer that the spirit of the Maccabees may arise in Israel, speaking the words of Mattathias: "Though all the nations that are under the king's dominion obey him, and fall away every one from the religion of their fathers, and give consent to his commandments: Yet will I and my sons and my brethren walk in the covenant of our fathers. G-d forbid that we should forsake the Law and the ordinances. We will not hearken to the king's words, to go from our religion, either on the right hand, or the left" [1 Maccabees 2.19b-22]. Download the story of Hanukkah -- the first book of the Maccabees -- at our Web site: [http://www.tzemach.org]. There you can also listen to the festive song "Hanukkah, Feast of Dedication". :: BARAK LOOKING FOR LAST-MINUTE DEAL: Angling for a peace deal before the nearing elections, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has agreed to re-open formal talks with the Palestinians in the United States as early as next week, despite his repeated promise that negotiations would not resume "under fire." Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami and Barak advisor Gilad Sher met with PLO chief Yasser Arafat and several top aides in Gaza late Thursday night. On Friday morning, even while gun battles raged throughout the disputed territories, Israel and the Palestinian Authority [PL/PLO] both confirmed they would be meeting shortly in the US to discuss the renewal of negotiations on a final-status agreement. The two sides agreed to implement the terms of the unsigned Sharm e-Sheikh truce, and to bring a stop to the violence, with Israel withdrawing from certain flash-points, Israeli media reported. If sufficient progress is made in resumed talks, a visit to the region by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright or US President Bill Clinton may be arranged, even by Christmas. PA/PLO negotiator Yasser Abed Rabbo, who took part in the meeting, told PA/PLO-run radio Friday morning that the Palestinians do not object to the talks' resumption, but "the intifada will continue at the same time." New reports suggest Clinton remains anxious to wrap up a face-saving Mideast deal before he leaves office on January 20, and that president-elect George W. Bush is not averse to letting him try. This schedule dovetails well with Barak's desire to have an agreement in hand by the February 6 election in Israel. In a letter to Arafat delivered by US special Mideast envoy Dennis Ross in Morocco on Wednesday, Clinton said he would do whatever it takes to "save the peace process." :: 'FACT-FINDING COMMITTEE' IN THE MIDDLE EAST: As the international community scrambles to develop plans for inserting an observer force in the disputed territories, the US-led fact-finding committee came and went with little fanfare, leading many in Israel to wonder if the committee will really help reduce the Palestinian violence. The committee made clear it does not view itself as a tribunal empowered to render and enforce a judgement. Interestingly, during the meeting with Barak, committee members did not ask about Likud chairman Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount, which Palestinians claim was the spark for the violence, nor about Israel's use of force in the clashes. They did, however, ask about the injuries to Palestinian children, to which Barak explained "Palestinians use children as an instruments of war." The committee then met Egyptian and Jordanian officials before departing the region. :: THE VIOLENCE CONTINUES ...: Violence continued throughout the Land this week. Here is a recap just from Saturday: * Shots fired into P’sagot * Soldiers in Gaza attacked with a hand grenades * Shooting into Kiryat Arba school building * Soldiers come under fire on Jericho bypass road * Shooting at IDF base near Beit Haggai * Israeli injured in stone-throwing attack near Ariel * Attempted attack against border police at checkpoint * Shots fired at IDF forces from Silwad * Shots fired at troops at Ayosh Junction * Shots fired into Ofer base * Tank & APC fired upon near Karnei Crossing * Shots fired at IDF forces in Netzarim * IDF forces in Neve Dekalim attacked with gunfire * Stone-throwing attacks in Gaza :: PA/PLO NOW PRINTS WEEKLY ITINERARY: Palestinian Media Watch [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] reported Sunday that the PA/PLO attached to its official daily paper Sunday a special four-page insert supporting the continued violence. The insert included the daily schedule for this week's violence, and features Fatah (Arafat's PLO faction) as well as Hamas events. Monday was noted as the founding day of George Habash's PFLP terrorist organization, and Thursday, Dec. 14, was noted as the founding day of Hamas. Friday was scheduled to be "General Escalation Day," featuring "expanded resistance activity and confrontation in the villages, and breaking the siege on Al Aksa [on the Temple Mount] and the Holy City." The day was introduced with the words, "The intifada leadership reiterates its promise to strengthen national unity and continue along the common course: blood of the martyrs until success." :: PLO FIGHTING WITH STOLEN IDF WEAPONS? Editor's note: The following is a report from the GUARDIAN [http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,412059,00.html]. With the intifada entering its 12th week, Yesha [Judea, Samaria and Gaza] is awash with illegal weapons - enough to keep the terrorists of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement fighting for months, the GUARDIAN has learned. The secret trade obscures an embarrassing fact: that the Palestinians are getting their guns straight from the Israeli army's arsenals. In this increasingly vicious war, the guns turned on Israeli troops and Jewish settlers are Israel's own. Evidence is emerging that arms are being smuggled from Israeli army weapons depots through a criminal world to the Palestinian terrorists. Jewish and Arab Israeli arms dealers are acting as middlemen. The weapons shaping the present intifada arrive through a variety of channels. At the Rafah border crossing to Egypt, shipments are tossed over the fence by Egyptian dealers, or slid along tunnels burrowed beneath the border road. Some arms trickle in through Jordan, carried on small boats across the Dead Sea, or by Bedouin trekking over the wind-swept desert hills. Still more travel in air-conditioned luxury, tucked into the Mercedes and Audis of the most privileged Palestinian officials - the lucky few holding VIP-1 status, giving them immunity from security checks. Others are trafficked by organized criminals. But, as officials on both sides agree, most of the illegal guns can be traced back to Israeli army stores. The paymaster behind all these transactions is alleged to be the Fatah organization, which then sells the guns on to the Tanzim, or, according to some terrorist members, doles them out for free. *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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