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Meanwhile, The Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza (Yesha Council) released a series of figures recently showing that the government's monetary participation in local budgets is lower for Yesha than for other areas in Israel. For instance, while the government shells out 3,250 shekels per person per year in the Negev municipality of Sderot, and 3,370 in Beit She'an, a similar citizen in Ma'aleh Adumim is funded to the tune of only 2,070 shekels. For local town councils, the picture is the same: Citizens in Mitzpeh Ramon receive 4,180 shekels and in Metullah - 6,120, while in Efrat they are allocated only 3,250, and in Har Adar - 2,680. The numbers for regional councils (those that encompass a number of small communities) show that the government provides 6,580 shekels per citizen in Sha'ar HaNegev and 6,880 in Ma'aleh Yosef, while in the Yesha areas of Gush Etzion, Shomron and Binyamin, the numbers are 5,040, 4,670, and 4,380, respectively. ............................ :: ZINNI LEAVES ON UPBEAT NOTE: US special envoy Anthony Zinni left the Middle East early Monday after saying there were "real opportunities for progress". Zinni, due to return on January 18, ended his four-day visit with closed with a joint security meeting aimed at strengthening a fragile ceasefire, saying he saw "real opportunities for progress." Zinni obtained agreement from both Israel and the Palestinians on Sunday to view the "Dahaniyeh Outline," which was agreed-upon by FM Peres and Arafat on September 26 but was not implemented, as a basis for truce discussion. The latest cease-fire plan was worked out during a meeting held more than three months ago between Peres and Arafat at Gaza's air terminal in Dahaniyeh in southern Gaza. Under the Dahaniyeh plan, the PA/PLO is to take concrete steps against terror, and Israel is to lift closures in quiet areas of the territories, and ease other restrictions on the Palestinians. See the plan at: http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0kin0 ............................ :: SELECTED QUOTES FOR THE WEEK: "Tell me please, Mr. Foreign Minister [Peres] and Mr. Defense Minister [Rabin, who was also Prime Minister], how will you prevent a little van traveling within Arafat's Yesha areas from loading up with Katyushas and shooting towards the coastal cities? How will you prevent [Katyushas from being shot towards] Ashkelon, Netivot, Sderot, Ofakim, and Ashdod?" -- September 1993, Likud MK Moshe Katzav during the fateful Knesset session in which the Oslo Agreement was accepted. "We know all the scare-stories of the Likud. They promised [when the first Oslo agreement was signed] that there would be Katyushas from Gaza. It's been a year already that the Gaza is mostly under PA/PLO control, and there haven't been any Katyushas, and there won't be any... The Likud is simply scared to death of peace, and for this reason is reacting in a truly childish manner." -- 1995, the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. ............................ :: SETTING UP THE ISLAMIC FUND FOR PALESTINIANS: An Iranian official Wednesday called for the establishment of a fund to raise the financial aid of the Islamic world for Palestinians to support them in the Intifada against Israel. Ali AKbar Mohtashamipour, the head of the Iranian committee for the support of the Intifada, further urged all Islamic countries to sever their ties with Israel. "If every Muslim family puts aside 10 cents every day to aid the innocent Palestinian people, the total figure will add up to billions of dollars in a year," he said at a conference of the Islamic thinkers on the liberation of Al-Qods, held in this Lebanese capital." ............................ :: US: SYRIA NO LONGER SPONSORS TERRORISM: The United States has quietly deemed that Libya and Syria have largely ended their direct sponsorship of terrorist groups. US officials said the State Department has determined that the two countries no longer sponsor any terrorist attacks. Syria, the officials said, still harbors terrorist groups. But the regime of President Bashar Assad no longer trains or finances insurgents. US officials said Syria reduced terrorist sponsorship in 1999. They said Damascus ended direct support of the Kurdish Workers Party, whose leader Abdullah Ocalan was harbored by Syria. Ocalan was expelled from Syria and captured by Turkey. Meanwhile, the CIA presented an annual report to the US Senate in which the American intelligence agency said it "remains concerned about Syria's intentions regarding nuclear weapons." The report, published as a declassified summary, says that "Syria maintains a ballistic missile and rocket force of hundreds of FROG rockets, Scuds, and SS-21 SRBMs. With considerable foreign assistance, Syria progressed to Scud production using primarily locally manufactured parts. Syrian regional concerns may lead Damascus to seek a longer range ballistic missile capability such as North Korea's No Dong medium range ballistic missile." ............................ :: EGYPT DEEMS MILITARY TOP PRIORITY: Egypt has deemed defense as the leading priority of the government. Officials said the needs of the military and security forces precede that of the economy despite the fiscal crisis in Egypt. The agenda was announced by Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Obeid, who spoke to parliament on Tuesday. Obeid, appointed by President Hosni Mubarak in late 1999, said modernization of the military is the chief priority. The prime minister said Egypt's military would support allies, "defeat the evil of the enemy and secure the nation and protect its wealth and its soil." He did not elaborate. Meanwhile, the US Department of Defense said that Boeing had won a $241.9 million contract from the Egyptian Government, to provide 35 Egyptian Air Force AH-64D Apache helicopters with fire control radar/radio frequency interferometers. Completion is slated for 31 August 2006. In another story, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, St. Petersburg, Fla., is being awarded a $13,400,000 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract (DAAE30-99-C-1049) for the delivery of 5,000 additional KEWA-1 cartridges for the government of Egypt, 60 KEW-A1 cartridges for production acceptance testing, delivery of 27 KEWA-1 armor cartridges and KEWA-2 armor cartridges, 18 KEW-A2 strength of design cartridges and 301 KEWA-2 qualification test cartridges. Work will be completed by Jan. 31, 2003. The 120mm smoothbore KEW-A1 is a new version of the armor-piercing "silver bullet" made out of depleted uranium and said to be able to defeat any armor system on earth. ............................ :: ANTI-SEMITISM ON THE RISE: A group of young assailants threw gasoline bombs and stones at a synagogue in suburban Paris last weekend, police said. The attack took place late Saturday in the northern suburb of Goussainville, and the synagogue sustained minor damage, police said. The incident comes a week after attackers tossed gasoline bombs at a Jewish school in the southeastern Paris suburb of Creteil, setting a classroom on fire. There were 312 incidents in France last year. THE BULAWAYO CHRONICLE, which supports the government of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, last week published a 3,000-word article alleging Jewish responsibility for the ongoing economic problems facing Zimbabwe. This is the second time in three months that Jews have been singled out for attack there. There are about 800 Jews remaining in Zimbabwe — 500 in the capital, Harare, and 300 in Bulawayo. Two decades ago, the country had a population of 6,000 Jews. Since September 11, the Arab media have claimed that Jews perpetrated the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. Promoting this new lie are high-ranking public officials and columnists in the government and non-government press in Arab countries. Michael Smith was arrested last Friday in Nashville, TN when police were notified that he was sitting in his car with a rifle pointed at the Sherith Israel Congregation synagogue. Additional weapons were found in his car. Police also uncovered stockpiles of weapons including grenades and bomb making materials at Smith's house. White supremacist literature was discovered as well. In a push to attract Jews from France, South Africa and crisis-hit Argentina, Israel has injected a monetary boost into immigration efforts as its own economy drags, Jewish Agency chairman Sallai Meridor said Wednesday. In the past year, 1,300 Jews have immigrated from Argentina, which has declared the biggest default in history on its 132-billion-dollar foreign debt, he said. Meanwhile, Meridor said: "The situation in South Africa is not easy either. The economic crisis there is serious. The security situation is catastrophic, and there is a large degree of anti-Israel sentiment with a rise in Islamic fundamentalism." Meridor said Israel also invested 12 million US dollars for French Jews, 6.5 million of which was to promote immigration, after a series of anti-Semitic incidents in the country with the third highest Jewish population after the United States and Israel. ............................ :: MIDDLE EAST HOURGLASS: January 6: Arafat banned from Orthodox Christmas in Bethlehem Zinni meets Katsav, Peres Sharon: Weapon-laden ship shows PA/PLO's true face; Arafat Israel's most "bitter enemy" January 7: Heavy snows shut down Jerusalem roads Karine A captain implicates PA/PLO in TV interviews Ben-Eliezer: Karine A fifth recent PA/PLO attempt to smuggle weapons by sea US withholds acknowledgement of ship's destination Report: US to give Israel additional $28 million to fight terror January 8: Sharon to US: Expand list of Palestinian terror groups US officials say PA/PLO involved in Karine A affair Ben-Eliezer: We're approaching seven days of quiet demanded by Sharon Winter storms dump most rain in seven years January 9: Palestinian terrorists kill four IDF soldiers in predawn Gaza-area attack Hamas claims responsibility for attack Report: IDF forces entering PA/PLO territory in Gaza Israel uncovers Syria to PA/PLO arms smuggling operation IDF bulldozers destroy 30 Palestinian buildings in Gaza, including two police stations Israel puts stop to Nazareth mosque construction US officials admit PA/PLO involved with arms smuggling ship; request PA/PLO explanation Snow again shuts down Jerusalem thoroughfares January 10: Hamas: Gaza-area attack in response to capture of Karine A Palestine Islamic Jihad calls off ceasefire Bush, Powell let Arafat "off the hook" in connection to Karine A IDF demolishes 21 empty buildings in the Rafah refugee camp January 11: IDF cut off PA/PLO occupied Rafiach 11 terrorists arrested Jerusalem mufti to be indicted for incitement January 12: IDF withdraws from PA/PLO occupied Rafiach Israeli Navy destroys PA/PLO boats and installations at Gaza Port ............................ [Sources: Jerusalem Post, Arutz-7, Ha'aretz, AP, Reuters, Israel My Beloved, Newsday, Jane's Helicopter Markets and Systems, United States Department of Defense] :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: "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. 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