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TZEMACH NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A weekly update of news and events regarding the nation and the people of Israel. Week Ending: 26 January 2002/13 Shevat 5762 "And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion survivors. The zeal of the L-rd of hosts shall perform this." Isaiah 34.31-32 This Week's Headlines: :: HAS ARAFAT CROSSED THE LINE? :: ARAFAT CALLS FOR MORE US INVOLVMENT :: MORE ATTACKS :: CNN AND AP TWIST THE FACTS ... AGAIN :: SUCCESSFUL IDF RAID IN SHECHEM :: US TO WITHDRAW FROM THE SINAI :: RUMORS OF WAR ... :: ON THE NORTHERN FRONT :: 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 'FINAL SOLUTION' :: MIDDLE EAST HOURGLASS :: HAS ARAFAT CROSSED THE LINE? In the past few weeks the United States has changed its stance regarding PLO leader Yasir Arafat and the Palestinian Authority [PA/PLO]. Just a few short months ago, in November 2001, US President George W. Bush addressed the United Nations and voiced support for the establishment of a Palestinian state. The same week US Secretary of State Colin Powell stated that Arafat was doing his best to end the violence. Since that time 62 Israelis have been murdered by members of the PA/PLO, Fatah, Tanzim, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, and Hizb'Allah terrorist organizations. In addition, Israel seized the freighter Karine A in the Red Sea carrying 50 tons of weaponry bound for PA/PLO-occupied territories. Bush has sent letters to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Jordan's King Abdullah II, and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah. The letters outlined how seriously the US views the Karine A affair and PA/PLO complicity in the smuggling attempt. The White House has since backed the Israeli government's decision to keep Arafat in Ram'Allah. US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher described the confinement of Arafat as an act of "self-defense." A US official told THE JERUSALEM POST the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades would soon be added to the State Department list of foreign terrorist organizations. The group was established in September 2000, the beginning of the current Oslo War, by members of the Arafat-led Fatah terrorist organization, who have been active in the Intifada since its beginnings in 1987. In addition to shootings and road-side bombings, it has acknowledged coordinating with Hamas's Izzadin al-Kassim military wing and with members of the military wing of Islamic Jihad. Meanwhile, Arab diplomatic sources said not one Arab leader has telephoned Arafat over the last five weeks since Israeli restrictions have trapped him in his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ram'Allah. The sources said the apparent boycott involves heads of state including Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah. Palestinian diplomats, including the Palestinian envoy to the Arab League, Mohammed Sbeih, have confirmed the boycott on Arafat, Middle East Newsline reported. A London-based, Palestinian-owned daily quoted a PA/PLO official as saying that Mubarak has not been in direct contact with Arafat for one month. Mubarak, Arab diplomatic sources said, was angered by the Palestinian attempt to smuggle a ship full of Iranian weapons through the Suez Canal, owned by Egypt. The sources said the United States presented evidence to Cairo that PA/PLO officials bribed Egyptian customs officers to allow the Karine-A through the canal. Washington, the sources said, has also sent the evidence of Palestinian involvement to Jordan and Saudi Arabia. In a related story, Arafat sent a personal emissary to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein asking for help. The story was reported on the Voice of Palestine's news broadcasts on Thursday. Iraq's leader, the Voice of Palestine noted, "said the Iraqi people was one with the Palestinian people and its Leadership in its steadfast struggle against Israeli aggression." Arafat and the PA/PLO have a history of supporting Saddam and of getting support in return. During the Gulf War, Arafat supported Saddam against the American-led coalition. The man Arafat recently appointed as the PA/PLO representative in Jerusalem, Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, was arrested during the Gulf War for contacting Iraqi officials and offering them advice on how to make Iraq's SCUD missile attacks on Israel "more effective." ............................ :: ARAFAT CALLS FOR MORE US INVOLVMENT: Yasser Arafat called on the United States to do more to promote Middle East peace on Saturday after President Bush harshly criticized the Palestinian president and suspended a cease-fire mission. Arafat declined to comment directly on Bush's remark that he was "very disappointed" with the Palestinian president's efforts to end 16 months of conflict with Israel. Bush discussed options with his foreign policy aides on Friday on punitive measures against the PA/PLO and suspended a visit to the region by peace envoy Anthony Zinni. The US intends to keep up the verbal pressure on Arafat and there is an impression in the diplomatic community in Washington that "Arafat is safe for now," as one Arab diplomat put it. Meanwhile, from Ram'Allah, a top adviser, Nabil Abu Rdeneh, threatened the US that cutting ties with the PA/PLO would "cause an earthquake in the region that no one will be able to stop." The Palestinian threat raised the already spiraling war tension in the region another notch. It is a Palestinian declaration of war -- not just against Israel, but against the US. Arafat moreover has told the US government that he is capable of plunging the entire region into his showdown with America. ............................ :: MORE ATTACKS: A lone terrorist opened fire on passersby at a downtown Jerusalem intersection Tuesday, killing two persons and wounding some 40 people others. Murdered were Sarah Hamburger, 79, a resident of downtown Jerusalem, and Svetlana Sandler, a 56 year-old immigrant from Russia. Sara Hamburger was a survivor of the 1929 massacre perpetrated by Arabs against Jews in the Jewish city of Hebron. Policemen, deployed in greater-than-usual numbers in light of the many terrorist warnings, were able to overcome and shoot the terrorist to death while he was attempting to insert a second magazine into his rifle. Both Fatah [led by Arafat] and Hamas have already taken credit for the attack, saying that this is the beginning of their retaliation for recent Israeli offensives. Twenty-two people were wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated explosives near south Tel Aviv's old central bus station Friday. The terrorist, possibly riding a motorscooter, set off the bomb in the densely populated mixed residential and commercial neighborhood surrounding the old central bus station. Tel Aviv police chief Cmdr. Yossi Sedbon said, however, the bomber approached the cafe and leaned on the motorscooter, leading some to believe he rode the vehicle into the cafe. ............................ :: CNN AND AP TWIST THE FACTS ... AGAIN: In reporting on the Palestinian shooting spree in Jerusalem on Tuesday, CNN's homepage headline proclaimed: "Israel Shooting Wounds Dozens". Read carefully. The false implication of this CNN headline is that Israel perpetrated a shooting spree. In another article this week, CNN referred to Hamas as "an organization known among Palestinians on the West Bank and Gaza Strip for actions such as building schools, hospitals and helping the community in social and religious ways..." Did CNN forget that Hamas is classified by the US State Department as a "terrorist" organization, with no differentiation between the military and political arms? Says the State Department: "Various Hamas elements have used both political and violent means, including terrorism, to pursue the goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in place of Israel." On Tuesday, two separate events occurred: 1) A Palestinian terrorist sprayed machine-gun fire on shoppers in downtown Jerusalem, and 2) Israel uncovered a bomb factory in Yesha [Judea, Samaria, and Gaza], subsequently killing the four Hamas terrorists who operated it. In a vile case of "moral equivalency," ASSOCIATED PRESS ran the following headline on Tuesday: "Israel Kills 4, Palestinian Wounds 8" AP would have you believe that it's tit-for-tat: A 78-year-old Jewish shopper is gunned down, just as a Palestinian bomb-maker is, too. Recall that earlier this week, AP delivered another botched headline, in reporting on Israel's incursion into the town of Tulkarem: "Israel Takes Over Entire West Bank". ............................ :: SUCCESSFUL IDF RAID IN SHECHEM: The IDF carried out a successful raid on a bomb factory in Shechem Tuesday, killing four of Hamas' most senior leaders in the Shomron. A laboratory for explosive devices was found in the building, perhaps the largest ever discovered in Yesha. In the laboratory, there were explosives ready for use, belts strapped with explosives, and chemical materials used to create explosive devices. There were also weapons and a large amount of ammunition. Meanwhile, the much-touted "re-conquest" of PA/PLO-occupied Tul Karem ended Tuesday morning, less than 30 hours after it began. The forces destroyed terrorist infrastructures and arrested close to 50 wanted terrorists, many of them according to a prepared list. Tanks began leaving Tul Karem, but they re-deployed around the city, keeping it encircled. Several other PA/PLO-occupied cities are similarly surrounded. ............................ :: US TO WITHDRAW FROM THE SINAI: The Pentagon has decided to remove the vast majority of 900 American peacekeepers from the Sinai peninsula and leave behind a symbolic headquarters, a senior defense official told THE JERUSALEM POST on Friday. The American troops in the Sinai make up the bulk of the Multinational Force and Observers, an independent international peacekeeping and verification organization established by Egypt and Israel to monitor the security arrangements after their 1979 peace treaty. ............................ :: RUMORS OF WAR ...: Jordan has become the first Middle East customer to sign up to purchase the Lockheed Martin/Raytheon Javelin top-attack anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) system. Raytheon announced the deal on 11 January. It is the second country outside the USA to procure the system; Lithuania signed a similar agreement on 17 December 2001. Under the deal, Jordan will receive more than 110 missiles and 30 command launch units (CLUs). The purchase also includes training devices, logistics support, associated equipment and training. Israel has requested that the US cease supplying Egypt with arms systems, including F-15 fighter aircraft -- because Egypt appears to want to use them against Israel. In Egypt's last military maneuvers, it identified its "dummy" enemy as Israel. The US initially refused to respond to Israel's request, but later changed its mind after receiving intelligence proof that Israel's charges were valid. Egypt and Israel signed a "peace" treaty in 1978. Nigeria will explore areas of military cooperation with Iran, Nigerian Defense Minister Theophilous Danjuma said. During his talks with visiting Iranian military delegation headed by Iran's Vice Minister of Defense Hamidreza Partukzade, Danjuma said Nigeria welcomes proposals made by Iran for a joint military cooperation. The minister said military experts from both countries will meet to discuss matters related to military cooperation, particularly weaponry repairs, purchase of weapons and training of military personnel. Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd. (IAI) and the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMoD) have signed an agreement for the supply of new generation Super Dvora Mk. II-I fast patrol boats for the Israel Navy. Under terms of the agreement, the IAI Ramta Division will design and build six of the new generation boats with options to build five additional craft. Syria Iraq have discussed bilateral relations in the field of transport and prospects of boosting them between both countries. The countries underlined the importance of completing train railway networks between both countries and discussed the measures taken as to create a Syrian-Iraqi land and naval companies. ............................ :: ON THE NORTHERN FRONT: Hizb'Allah fired anti-aircraft fire from Lebanese territory towards Israeli skies on Wednesday. Searches conducted by Israeli security forces found several fragments inside Israeli territory that originated from ammunition that had been fired following Israeli Air Force activity. Shortly after, Hizb'Allah fired anti-tank missiles and mortar bombs towards IDF posts in the Har Dov section. There were no casualties among IDF soldiers. IDF forces responded with shell fire toward the sources of fire. In response, IDF airplanes attacked the sources of fire in the region of the Shuba village, in the eastern sector of south Lebanon. ............................ :: 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 'FINAL SOLUTION': Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference in Berlin, at which top officials of the German Third Reich discussed the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." Dr. Nili Keren, Academic Director of Masuah Institute for Holocaust Studies in Kibbutz Tel Yitzchak, explained: "Their goal was to show the totality of the matter from all standpoints," she explained. "Whoever identified himself as a Nazi had to take part in this enterprise -- which, after all, was the purpose of Nazism; Hitler always said that he would be successful only if there were no Jews left... The plan, as noted in the protocol -- which was written by Adolph Eichmann -- included not only the Jews of Eastern Europe, but also those of England and neutral countries." Later during his trial in Israel, Eichmann described an atmosphere of agreement and enthusiasm at the conference. All parties present wanted to participate, even those men who were generally hesitant and reserved. The meeting lasted 1 1/2 hours. ............................ :: MIDDLE EAST HOURGLASS: January 20 US reiterates demand for Karine A explanation, threatens change in policy towards PA/PLO. Sharon, Olmert support GSS recommendation to allow Jewish, Christian worshipers access to Temple Mount. Palestinians, left-wing Israelis slam Temple Mount decision. "Green Line" security reinforced due to increased terror warnings. January 21 IDF forces take over Samarian town of Tulkarm. IDF arrests 20 terror suspects in Tulkarm sweep; two Palestinians reported killed. Arafat vows 'Palestine' or death. Egypt religious parley denounces killing "innocents" in the name of "God." Palestinians fire anti-tank missiles at IDF; no injuries. Sharon warns Arafat against using Kassam 2 rockets. IDF forces begin withdrawal from Tulkarm, will maintain blockade. January 22 Special forces units raid Hamas terrorists in Shechem. Four Hamas terrorists killed by IDF in Shechem raid; weapons factory uncovered. International journalists slam IDF demolition of Voice of Palestine. Hamas declares all out war on Israel. Palestinian terrorist opens fire in downtown Jerusalem wounding more than 40. Fatah, Hamas claim Jerusalem shooting. Two victims of Jerusalem attack die of wounds. Terrorist bomb discovered, dismantled near Jerusalem bar mitzvah party. January 23 Report: Arafat asks Saddam Hussein to come help Palestinians. UN representative: Israel, Palestinians on the brink of war. Burg accepts invitation to address Palestinian parliament. Hizb'Allah launches assault on IDF outposts near Mt. Hermon; no injuries. Israeli warplanes, artillery strike back at Hizb'Allah. Officials slam US ambassador for suggesting civil unrest. US officials considering diplomatic actions against Arafat. January 24 Ministerial committee to visit controversial Nazareth mosque site. Report: Bush sent Karine A evidence to top regional leaders. US administration supports confinement of Arafat to Ram'Allah. Former Lebanese Christian warlord assassinated in Beirut. January 25 Egypt warns US: Don't cut ties with Arafat. Suicide bomber wounds 10, one seriously, at Tel Aviv central bus station. ............................ [Sources: Jerusalem Post, Arutz-7, Ha'aretz, AP, Israel My Beloved, DEBKAfile, The Media Line, Jane's Defence Weekly] :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: "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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