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TZEMACH NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A weekly update of news and events regarding the nation and the people of Israel. Week Ending: 19 January 2002/6 Shevat 5762 "'And what comes into your mind will not come about, when you say: "We will be like the nations, like the tribes of the lands, serving wood and stone." As I live', declares the L-rd G-d, 'surely with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I shall be king over you.'" Ezekiel 20.32-33 This Week's Headlines: :: AND THE KILLING CONTINUES... :: VOICE OF PALESTINE HEADQUARTERS DESTROYED :: DEPUTY CHIEF: WE MAY HAVE TO RE-TAKE SOME AREAS :: PLO 'ARREST' NEVER HAPPENED :: SETTLEMENT SITE OF THE WEEK :: GSS: OPEN TEMPLE MOUNT TO JEWS :: IDF DEMOLITIONS IN GAZA REVISITED :: IDF TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR GAZA FENCES :: SAUDIS TERM JIHAD AS LEGITIMATE SELF-DEFENSE :: ON THE NORTHERN FRONT :: MIDDLE EAST HOURGLASS :: AND THE KILLING CONTINUES...: On Thursday, armed with an M-16 automatic rifle, at least one grenade, and possibly a pack of explosives, a Fatah terrorist burst into a Bat Mitzvah celebration (a Jewish milestone marking a girl's accepting legal responsibility for her actions), shooting in all directions. He murdered six people; 30 were wounded by the gunshots and/or went into shock. When the killer ran out of bullets, he attempted to insert another magazine into his rifle, but the guests, many of them recent immigrants from the former Soviet Union, then began throwing chairs and bottles at the terrorist and forced him out towards the lobby. Police who arrived within four minutes of the beginning of the attack shot him to death. Murdered in the attack were Avi Yazadi, 25, of Hadera; Dina Binayav, 48, of Ashkelon; Edward Bakshayav, 48, of Or Akiva; Antoli Bakshayav, 63, of Or Akiva; Aharon Ben Yisrael-Alis, 32, of Ra'anana; and Boris Melihov, 56, of Sderot. Minutes after news of the fatal attack became known, the PLO-occupied city of Tul Karem - some 9 miles southeast of Hadera - erupted in joyous celebration, including gunshots in the air. Arabs in PLO-occupied Jenin reacted likewise. The Fatah terrorist organization [led by PLO leader Yasir Arafat] claimed responsibility for the attack. Arab terrorists shot and killed an Israeli motorist Wednesday morning near the northern Shomron community of Sa-Nur, between Jenin and Shechem. Unbeknownst to them, the victim was an Arab with Israeli citizenship - Dasis Shahada, 30; they had been misled by the yellow Israeli license plates of his rented car. Tuesday night, Yoela Chen, 45, and her aunt, 70-year-old Rachel Heini, were shot while stopped at a gas station in Givat Ze'ev, north of Jerusalem. Two Arabs approached the vehicle to talk with them - to ensure that they were Jewish, officials later said - and moments later, the murderers sprayed two rounds of bullets through the windshield. Earlier Tuesday afternoon, Avi Boaz, 72, of Ma'aleh Adumim, was cruelly beaten and then shot to death by Palestinian Authority terrorists near Beit Lechem. The atrocity began when four Tanzim terrorists abducted Boaz and an Arab friend at a PA/PLO checkpoint outside the village of Beit Sahour. The PA/PLO naval police manning the location did nothing to stop the crime-in-progress. Boaz was driven to Beit Sahour where he was beaten and abused, shot with dozens of bullets, and left for dead. It was learned that Israeli officials received at least one report from eyewitnesses who saw Avi Boaz in life-threatening danger. The IDF [Israel Defense Force] immediately notified the PA/PLO, but nothing was done to extricate him from the hands of the terrorists. On Monday night, Sgt. Elad Abu-Gani, 19, of Tiberias, was killed while manning an IDF checkpoint near Kedumim in the Shomron. The killers opened fire at the soldiers at a security checkpoint they had established only a short while before. ............................ :: VOICE OF PALESTINE HEADQUARTERS DESTROYED: IDF forces destroyed the Ram'Allah headquarters of the Palestine Broadcasting Corporation Saturday. Within hours Palestinian broadcasting returned to the air. The Voice of Palestine operated out of several local radio stations in Ram'Allah while Palestine Television used alternative facilities in Ram'Allah and in the Gaza Strip. Israel said its latest strike against the Palestinians was in response to a deadly attack by terrorists two days earlier. The IDF destroyed the archives, which were in the building, as well as the studios. ............................ :: DEPUTY CHIEF: WE MAY HAVE TO RE-TAKE SOME AREAS: The IDF's number-two man, Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Moshe Ya'alon, feels that the army may well have to return to the areas from which it retreated in the framework of the Oslo Agreements. Speaking with the journal INTELLIGENCE HERITAGE, Ya'alon said, "The Palestinians see the conflict as a war whose purpose is the achievement of a Palestinian state - without guaranteeing us, in return, an end to the conflict. It is clear to me that if we give in and they achieve this goal, this will motivate them to continue warring against us, and will also 'wake up' the Israeli Arabs, as well as other Arab countries with which we have signed agreements." ............................ :: PLO 'ARREST' NEVER HAPPENED: PLO officials issued statements Sunday backtracking on their having announced the arrest of two Arabs involved in the smuggling of weapons on board the Karin-A freighter. Last week, the PLO said that Adael Mugrabi and Fuad Shubaki were both sitting in PLO jails for their involvement in the smuggling attempt. After Israel proved that Mugrabi is not in custody, but rather outside of Israel, they modified their claim by saying that he was not arrested, and only Shubaki was incarcerated. Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem claimed that even Shubaki is not in jail, but rather, "a guest in Arafat's Ram'Allah headquarters." According to the source, the original PLO announcement was made to placate US President Bush and Secretary of State Powell who demanded the arrest of those involved in smuggling the 50 tons of weapons. Meanwhile, the media is downplaying the whole weapons smuggling event. Regarding the capture of the Karin-A weapons boat, the NEW YORK TIMES' James Bennet belittled Israel's claims: "Israel is a nuclear power and has jet fighters and tanks supplied by the United States. Had the arms shipment gotten through, Israel would have retained overwhelming firepower." <http://honestreporting.com/a/r/136.asp>. The WASHINGTON POST's Lee Hockstader also minimized the Palestinian crime: "...[I]ndividual Palestinians -- and even some Israelis -- mocked the idea that the Palestinians committed an offense in trying to amass a more formidable arsenal." <http://honestreporting.com/a/r/137.asp>. The TIMES' Bennet, in another article on the Karin-A capture, skeptically qualifies the facts: "Israel SAID its commandos seized..." (Does Bennet believe that perhaps the ship fell from the sky?)... "That innocent cargo, Israeli military officials SAID, had concealed tons of weapons." (Does Bennet entertain that the enormous pile of weapons lined up in Eilat was just a charade -- trucked in from an Israeli ammo depot?) The TIMES uses the qualifier "said" 20 times in this article. Is the entire incident mere hearsay? See the article, "Sharon, Showing Seized Arms, Calls Arafat Bitter Enemy" online at: <http://honestreporting.com/a/r/138.asp>. Bennet also tries to whitewash the Palestinian smuggling by comparing it to Jewish efforts 60 years ago: "Scoffing at what they see as sanctimony by their leaders, some Israelis have noted that in their own pre-state period, Jews smuggled weapons into Palestine in the hope of creating and defending their own nation." The difference, of course, is that in pre-state Israel, the Jews were faced with a united, genocidal Arab mobilization to wipe out the new Jewish State. Today, the Palestinians have signed agreements (at Oslo, Wye River, and Sharm el-Sheikh) pledging to resolving disputes through negotiations, and agreeing to specified limits on weapons the PA/PLO is entitled to have. Note that weapons smuggling on ships is part of a PA/PLO pattern. On May 7, 2001, CNN reported: <http://honestreporting.com/a/r/140.asp> "The Israel Defense Forces said Monday they intercepted a boat containing weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles, off the coast of northern Israel, near Rosh Hanikra... Israeli ships intercepted the 40-ton San Torini and found it loaded with arms... Their plan was to put the arms into barrels and put them into the sea, where they were to be picked up by Palestinians..." TIME magazine documents more illegal PA/PLO weapons: <http://honestreporting.com/a/r/139.asp> "From the beginning, Israelis say, Arafat's people have violated the agreements by sneaking in arms. In 1995 Israel agreed to allow Arafat's men 240 heavy machine guns, in addition to light personal weapons. Now the Israelis say the Palestinians have hundreds more than that, many smuggled in on Arafat's own helicopters. Surveillance drones that Israel uses to keep tabs on Arafat recorded his aides' carrying heavy machine guns off the choppers 'on dozens of occasions,' according to a high-ranking Israeli army officer. Israeli security officials say some holders of VIP cards, issued by the Israelis to top Palestinian officials, used their ability to travel with few checks across the bridges from Jordan to smuggle arms, until Israel cracked down during the Intifada. Tunnels dug 50 ft. below the sandy border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt have also served as conduits for arms. Israeli troops found two such tunnels last week and destroyed them." Here are just a few of the so-called commitments outlawing the Palestinian smuggling of weapons: - "No manufacture, sale, acquisition, importation or introduction of any firearms, ammunition, weapons, explosives, gunpowder or related equipment into the West Bank or Gaza Strip, except for those of the Palestinian Police." (Gaza-Jericho Agreement <http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00q20>, Article IX.3; Interim Agreement, Article XIV) - "The Palestinian Police will prevent the manufacture of weapons as well as the transfer of weapons to persons not licensed to possess them." (Interim Agreement <http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00qa0>, Annex I, Article XI.2) - "Ensuring an effective legal framework to criminalize any importation, manufacturing or unlicensed sale, acquisition or possession of firearms, ammunition or weapons in areas under Palestinian jurisdiction." (Wye River Memorandum <http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH07o10>, Article II.A.2a) - "Continuation of the program for the collection of illegal weapons, including reports." (Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum <http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0fo30>, Article 8.b) ............................ :: SETTLEMENT SITE OF THE WEEK: Otniel <http://www.internadlan.com/amana/otniel/index.htm>. Otniel is a religious settlement in the central Har Hebron region of Judea. It is situated on a ridge of the Hebron Mountains at 950 meters (3,100 feet) above sea level. The settlement commands a stunning view of the Judean Mountains and enjoys the crisp, clean mountain air of the region. Otniel was established in 1983. Today the settlement is the largest and most developed settlement in the Har Hebron Region, comprising over 70 families and 500 residents. ............................ :: GSS: OPEN TEMPLE MOUNT TO JEWS: The General Security Service recommends that the Temple Mount be re-opened to Jewish worship. Preparations for such are already underway in Public Security Minister Uzi Landau's office. ARUTZ-7 broadcaster Adir Zik told his listeners today, "Although he has come in for some criticism of his handling of Temple Mount matters, it appears that Landau is to be commended for his efforts on behalf of allowing Jews to pray there." The holy site has been closed to Jews since the beginning of the Oslo War, almost a year and a half ago. The GSS recently became convinced to withdraw its objections to Jewish worship. ............................ :: IDF DEMOLITIONS IN GAZA REVISITED: Ibrahim Barzak of the ASSOCIATED PRESS received the HonestReporting.com "Lead Screed Award" for his article on IDF demolitions of some buildings in Gaza, which makes no mention that the IDF has come under fire from these very same locations. http://honestreporting.com/a/r/135.asp Here are some facts about the demolitions in Gaza: Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said the operation was in response to daily shooting on IDF positions in the area, and part of the effort to stop arms smuggling from Egypt via an intricate tunnel system. The demolished homes, he said, sat atop entrances to the tunnels. IDF officer Yisrael Ziv said that the buildings were abandoned, and the PA/PLO only brought women and children to the scene after the buildings were demolished as a propaganda trick. In a similar operation on January 12, IDF soldiers destroyed a tunnel used to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip. The IDF Spokesman said the tunnel was operated by families living close to the border and was dug beneath their properties. Soldiers discovered ladders, ropes, flashlights, shovels, spades, and an intercom system. ............................ :: IDF TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR GAZA FENCES: The IDF is planning to spend NIS 150 million (approximately $35 million) on new fences around Jewish communities in the northern Gaza Strip and another NIS 100 million (approximately $25 million) to improve the existing fence around the entire Gaza Strip, HA'ARETZ reported. [Why is it that the Jewish communities are fenced in and not the Arabs?--ed] A senior military source said that some of the money would also go toward improving defense capabilities at army outposts in the area. The IDF says that the existing fence around Gaza and the IDF's deployment has proved most effective during the past 15 months of fighting of preventing terrorist cells from penetrating Israel's borders. "During the Holocaust, ghettos were small ... Many ghettos were surrounded by walls or fences in order to help enforce the Jews' isolation and separation from their neighbors and the outside world." -- from "FAQs about the Holocaust" question 16: "What conditions prevailed in the ghettos?", Yad Vashem Web site: <http://www.yad-vashem.org.il/about_holocaust/faqs/answers/faq_16.html> ............................ :: SAUDIS TERM JIHAD AS LEGITIMATE SELF-DEFENSE: Saudi Arabia, under pressure from the United States to cooperate in the war against terrorism, has defined Islamic holy war against Israel as legitimate self-defense. The definition was formulated during a Saudi-sponsored seminar on terrorism attended by Muslim scholars from the kingdom and abroad. The seminar was held as part of a Saudi campaign to defend the kingdom and other Islamic states from charges that they have encouraged insurgencies in the West.The Muslim scholars termed Israeli aggression as the worst form of terrorism and justified any retaliation against the Jewish state and its people. They said Israel and Jewish communities abroad were responsible for anti-Islamic sentiment in the West in the wake of the 11 September suicide attacks in New York and Washington. "This [attacks by Israel] is the most dangerous terrorism to world peace and security and its confrontation is a just self-defense and jihad [holy war] in the way of allah." the seminar, sponsored by the Islamic Fiqh Academy of the Muslim World League, said in a statement on Thursday. ............................ :: ON THE NORTHERN FRONT: Hizb'Allah terrorists fired missiles on Israeli Air Force planes Tuesday, HA'ARETZ reported. Shrapnel fell on the northern town of Kiryat Shmona, forcing citizens there to take refuge in bomb shelters. Shards of the anti-aircraft shells landed in two places in the city, causing minor damage to property but no injuries. Kiryat Shmona has been the site of frequent Hizb'Allah mortar attacks. IDF officials said that Hizb'Allah failed to hit any aircraft. Meanwhile, Lebanon has objected to UN reduction of peacekeepers. In a letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Lebanon's ambassador, Selim Tadmoury, said the force was needed to monitor "the serious violations and provocations in which Israeli engages on a daily basis on land, at sea and in the air." But Annan is expected to go ahead with a plan outlined last year and have a report on it before the current mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) expires on Jan. 31. UN officials have expressed frustration that Beirut has not asserted control over southern Lebanon following Israel's withdrawal in May 2000 and left the region to Hizb'Allah terrorists. UNIFIL's numbers have been reduced from 5,800 to 3,600 troops since Israel's withdrawal. The force is expected to drop to some 2,000 soldiers by mid-year. ............................ [Sources: Jerusalem Post, Arutz-7, Ha'aretz, AP, Israel My Beloved, Nativ, Global Policy Forum, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MENL] :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: "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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