-Caveat Lector- http://www.spotlight.org/Links/Aid/aid.html Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad To some, Mossad is the precise - and at times lethal - instrument of Israel's will, a fiercely dedicated group who masterminded the abduction of Adolf Eichmann and stole a MiG jet from under the nose of the Iraqis. To others, Mossad is a fearsome intelligence organization, loyal only to those who can control it. No one has ever gotten close enough to Mossad to know the truth. Until now. 354 Pages, $28. http://www.spotlight.org/Bookstore/New_Books/new_books.html The Liberty Lobby Book Store THE store for Patriots! 1-800-522-6292 Stop Aid to Israel IMAGINE YOU ARE A POLITICIAN. A FOREIGN country accepts a man it knows is wanted for murder to hide in its country. What would you do? Some would suggest sending in spies to capture the suspect and return him for trial as the Mossad did to Mordechai Vanunu. Others could suggest ceasing diplomatic relations or even bombing the rouges, such as President Reagan did with Libya. But if you are Bill Clinton, and the rouge nation is question is Israel, you insist Congress send them $1.2 billion immediately. He also wants to increase the official amount America gives to the Mideast ministate for military purposed by $500 million to $2.4 billion. In return, Israel's new prime minister, Ehud Barak, says he will attempt to "reinvigorate the [peace] process." This news came less than a month after accused killer Samuel Sheinbein admitted to sawing off the arms and legs of a Maryland resident, Enrique Tello, Jr., then he and an accomplice burnt the corpse. Sheinbein's attorney had allegedly struck a deal with prosecutors in which prosecutors would not seek the death penalty in exchange for Sheinbein agreeing not to fight extradition. Prosecutors kept their end of the deal, but Sheinbein reneged. Rather than breaking off diplomatic relations, the Clinton administration wants to reward Israel, a rich nation, with more cash. Last year, then House Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Livingston (R-La.) suggested it was inappropriate for the United States to provide aid to Israel under these conditions. Livingston resigned in disgrace shortly after pornographer Larry Flynt aired some of the congressman's dirty laundry. In fiscal 2000, economic aid to Israel was supposed to fall slightly in the second year of an Israeli 10-year initiative to wean itself from the assistance. On average, Israel's portion of the foreign operations measure hovers near 40 percent. Outside the Israel lobby, foreign aid has few forceful constituents. The first policy position the Liberty Lobby Board of Policy (BOP) voted on, some 43 years ago, was against foreign aid. The BOP remains true to that position today. Over the years, the rest of the country has caught on, but politicians have continued to give a fortune away. Israel has been the leading benefactor of U.S. gifts. In 1951, Congress sent $65 million to help Israel take in European Jews and Jews living in Arab countries. Since then, American assistance has seen Israel through the Yom Kippur War ($2.2 billion in emergency aid) and the Camp David accords ($4.9 billion in aid and loans). Since 1985, Congress has annually provided Israel with at least $3 billion per year in official grants. In the meantime: U.S. military personnel and their families live on food stamps; the Veterans Administration budget have been capped as part of the budget balanced agreement; American farmers are going bankrupt; Government schools across the land complain of being underfunded; etc. You have the opportunity now to contact your representatives is Congress and encourage them to freeze or eliminate foreign aid. Use the Samuel Sheinbein case as a blatant example of how Israel abuses America's friendship. Another example is the Chinese missile crisis. According to an Israeli publication, The Jerusalem Report dated Aug. 3, 1998, Israeli scientists breached anti-missile agreements by selling arms with American-made parts to China. This is a SPOTLIGHT story, that the U.S. media continues to cover up. But The Jerusalem Report, the defense industry standard bearer, Britain-based Janes and many other international publications have printed the information. It is about time Israel and U.S. politicians were held accountable. FARMER WOES A group of 41 House members, led House Agricultural Committee Chairman Larry Combest (R-Tex.), has apparently fallen on deaf ears at the White House. The congressmen want President Clinton to submit an emergency funding request to Congress. They say this is the quickest way to alleviate the problem. It's not surprising that Congress has taken the lead on finding solutions to the nation's worsening farm crisis. The House Agricultural Committee is considering various proposed agricultural reforms. Among them are H.R. 2395, which would make $5.13 billion available to farmers, and H.R. 1592, the Regulatory Fairness and Openness Act of 1999. Introduced by Combest, H.R. 2395 would allow farmers to elect to receive all their Agricultural Marketing Transition payments on Oct. 1, the beginning of each federal fiscal year, rather than biannually—in December or January and again in September. This would enable farmers to cope with cash shortages they are likely to face after this crop season, Combest says. H.R. 1592, sponsored by Rep. Richard W. Pombo (R-Calif.), would establish specific requirements for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The EPA would be required to publish data the agency uses to make tolerance decisions and to provide a proposal for revising the agency's priorities and resources so all new registrations and petitions for tolerances and exemptions can be processed promptly. The USDA would establish and monitor a program to continuously monitor the competitive strength of U.S. agriculture sectors in the international marketplace. The House Agriculture Committee has already taken a series of actions to help U.S. farmers and ranchers. The committee: Pushed the release of $470 million so that these funds may be immediately available for the guaranteed farm loan program; Passed a supplemental budget that backs $1.1 million in loan funds and meets Clinton's request for replenishing loan funds; and Questioned the USDA policymakers on the agency's delay of disaster relief, which Congress approved last fall. Clinton signed into law H.R. 4328, an omnibus appropriations bill providing $5.9 billion in additional agricultural spending, including $2.5 billion in disaster assistance. The USDA did not begin sign-up for this program until Feb. 1 and soon after announced a four-week extension, delaying completion of sign-up until April 9. Congress also placed $6 billion funding behind a permanent improvement to the crop insurance program for coverage that begins this year with the winter wheat crop. Also at issue in Congress is Clinton's lifting of agricultural sanctions against some countries in July. Opponents claim the sanctions could hurt American farmers without hurting the sanctioned nation. That's because countries can easily find other trading partners for food products, opponents point out. Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) has introduced S. 566, the Agriculture Trade Freedom Act, the first sanctions reform legislation to advance through Congress this year. S. 566 would exempt the commercial sales of agricultural commodities, livestock and value-added products from U.S. imposed unilateral sanctions. The president could override an exemption for foreign policy and national security reasons. Everything from farm relief assistance to sanctions is still up for grabs in Congress. The House has already passed its FY 2000 spending bill, which includes funds for USDA programs but no emergency funds for farmers, The SPOTLIGHT has learned. The Senate is expected to take action on its spending bill in September. [Home] [Newsbureau] [Subscriptions] [Bookstore] [Order Form] [Links] [07/31/99] http://www.spotlight.org/Links/Aid/aid.html ------------------------------------------------------------- "Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no one can find a safe way out for himself if society is sweeping towards destruction. 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