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Subject: Re: [bprlist] Election 2000
From: jbonner101
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 07:50:33 EST
In a message dated 11/19/00 5:37:22 PM Pacific Standard Time,
moza@butterfly.mv.com writes:
<< Bush signs a bill for hand counts in Texas, but
doesn't want that in Florida - WHY >>
The ballots in Texas are marked in a different way, not the lousy machines in
Florida
>>Those
who voted for Gore want to guarantee their right to get rid of
inconvenient babies and promote homosexuals into every area of
American life. Bush supporters prefer restraint on these matters.<<
I did some phone polling: Those who vote for Gore really believe that he is
on the side of the poor and the union worker and the minorities. They were
often union workers who said Republicans are rich and greedy. They were also
minorities who said Bush was a racist. Many of these people are ill-informed
and decide on the propoganda they've heard.
Regretably, I think this election is about Mammon. People voted for the one
who would either give them money or not take it away. That is the way the
majority votes.
Yours in Christ,
JaneB
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Subject: Re: [bprlist] Election 2000
From: "cjohnson"
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 09:00:35 -0700
In my humble opionion this election reflects the general indifference with
which many voters view the lack of choice. One political pundit remarked
that, for the voter, it was like entering a beautifully stocked grocery
store and being told, at check out, that one could only buy chalk or toilet
paper. If Divine Mind is in charge the election will be resolved the way
it's supposed to be, and all the emotion expended in ascribing any belief of
conscience to either candidate is a waste of energy that could be better
spent expressing love for our neighbor (fellow voters) and love for God.
Cynthia Johnson
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) CRISIS HEADLINES-TERROR ATTACK NOV 19
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 08:06:31 -0500
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Subject: CRISIS HEADLINES-TERROR ATTACK NOV 19
Date sent: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:34:08 +0200
Extremely ominous developments here in the Middle East today. Details
below:
Two Israelis were killed at 7:40 this morning and nine or ten wounded,
five of them children, in the worst terror attack yet in the nearly
two-month old Palestinian uprising. Three of the children are in
serious condition in a hospital in Beersheva. One of the dead adults
was a female school teacher, and the other a man. The teacher is being
buried this afternoon in Ofra. Israeli officials say Yasser Arafat's
security forces may have launched the attack, although Palestinian
officials are denying this. Calls are coming in for the immediate
establishment of a national emergency government in Israel. Officials
say such a government could be established as early as later today.
A powerful bomb was set off as an Israeli school bus was traveling
south from the Gaza Strip community of Kfar Darom to a regional
school. The bus, filled with Israeli schoolchildren accompanied by
adults, was escorted by an army patrol. Other attacks have been
previously launched on civilian buses in the area, but the explosive
charges were not enough to cause causalities-adding to suspicions that
today's attack was a more professional blast engineered by Palestinian
security forces. A group calling itself "the martyrs of Al Aksa' said
it carried out today's severe terror assault. Other groups in Beirut
and Damascus say they were behind the bomb blast.
Israeli officials have strongly condemned today's attack. Prime
Minister Ehud Barak-under increasing criticism for his policy of
relative restraint in the face of continuing Palestinian violence-was
scheduled to fly by helicopter to tour the Gaza Strip today. Instead,
he has convened his inner security cabinet in emergency session to
discuss a possible military reaction to the deadly assault. Barak put
out a statement saying he was "deeply shocked" by the "very grave"
attack. A top aide later indicated that military action was probable.
Opposition Likud party leaders called for Barak to unleash the army to
deal with continuing Palestinian violence. They charge that Yasser
Arafat is trying to appear "moderate" to international audiences,
while secretly ordering more armed attacks by his security forces.
Arafat has convened his autonomy cabinet today to discuss the latest
crisis.
Suspicions that Arafat's forces were behind the attack rest on the
fact that his PLO Fatah faction and the Palestinian media have been
calling for renewed terrorism to avenge the death of Baha Saeed, an
official in Arafat's security forces. His boss, Gaza security chief
Muhammad Dahlan, is quoted in today's Israeli newspapers saying he is
"disappointed that not enough Israelis have died in comparison to our
numbers" during the new Palestinian uprising. Saeed was killed at Kfar
Darom on Saturday morning after he shot dead an Israeli soldier and
wounded two others who were guarding the community. Israel radio said
the Palestinian officer was posthumously promoted in rank to "honor"
him for carrying out the attack. He has been widely hailed as a martyr
and hero in the Palestinian media. Saeed shot dead 21 year old Baruch
Flum-ironically one of the last Israeli soldiers to leave Lebanon in
May-and wounded two others (one remains in critical condition after
being struck in the head) before he was killed.
Despite Arafat's call on Friday for armed Palestinians to stop
shooting at Israeli civilians and soldiers, attacks continued
overnight in several places, although at a slightly lower level than
in previous nights. Gunfire was again directed at the Psagot civilian
settlement north of Jerusalem, at Israeli soldiers on patrol near
Ofra, at an army base near Tulkarm and at a bus near Alfei Manashe.
Firebombs were thrown at Israeli cars near Netzarim in the Gaza Strip,
near Shilo north of Jerusalem and in the Jordan valley.
Israeli armed forces chief Shaul Mofaz said the IDF has detected "no
clear operational orders" for Palestinians to stop all shooting
attacks, noting that Arafat's Friday statement was somewhat ambiguous.
He also confirmed that many Israeli reserve soldiers are being called
up for military service to relieve weary soldiers serving in the
disputed territories. He would not comment on reports that the call-up
might also be related to the tense situation along the Israel-Lebanon
border or threats emanating from Iraq.
Israeli officials say that the radical Hizbullah militia, which set
off a bomb near an Israeli border patrol last Thursday, apparently
orchestrated wide-scale stoning attacks along the border with Lebanon
on Saturday. Mofaz said the army did not respond to the bomb attack in
order "not to open up a new front" at this explosive time. However, he
added "we know there is a decision by Hizbullah to continue attacks in
the north." Israel's largest newspaper, Yediot Achronot, reports today
that Iran is stepping up arms shipments to Hizbullah, including
supplying it's ally with more rockets that can strike Israeli civilian
centers like Haifa and Tiberius. Two Israeli soldiers were wounded on
Saturday when Lebanese civilians threw rocks at them along the border.
One Lebanese man was shot in the leg during the violence.
An Israeli diplomat remains in a Jerusalem hospital after bullets
struck him as he was driving to the Israeli embassy in Amman Jordan on
Sunday morning. Two Islamic groups took responsibility for the armed
attack, saying it was meant to "drive the Zionists from Jordan."
Jordanian officials are on edge amid growing calls for the country to
break its peace treaty with Israel and join Iraq's call for a holy war
against Israel. Palestinians living in the country have rioted several
times in recent weeks in support of the new uprising, the worst unrest
to rock the small country in over ten years. Iraqi dictator Saddam
Hussein again called on Saturday for Arab states to cut diplomatic
ties with Israel (only Jordan and Egypt have such ties) and join him
in "liberating Palestine." Unconfirmed reports say that additional
American B-1 bombers are being flown into the tense Mideast to
reinforce US armed forces stationed here, who have been on full alert
since an American ship was attacked by terrorists in Yemen over one
month ago.
DAVID DOLAN is a Jerusalem-based author and journalist. He has written
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10 days or so to say you are praying for me and others here. I am
currently rushing to finish my new book ISRAEL IN CRISIS: WHAT LIES
AHEAD? which will be published right away due to the current
situation. I will tell you more about that soon. However, due to the
situation here and the heavy work needed to finish it early, and also
due to three special articles I have been asked to write for US,
British and German magazines this month, I have not been able to reply
to those who have asked questions. I will try to do that soon--if the
creek don't rise too much!
Concerning the last item in the November 17-18 report, a number have
written to say they were disappointed that I was backing Al Gore
against George Bush, or wondering why Israel was taking that stand.
First of all, I was NOT TAKING ANY STAND on the election. That is not
proper in a strict news report. The truth is that I did not vote as I
live permanently in Israel and have not really followed the election
that closely. Plus my home state always goes overwhelmingly
Republican (Bush got 68% of the vote this year!), so my vote would
never effect the actual outcome either way. I was only telling you
what some Israeli political commentators (NOT anyone in the
government) were saying about the unsettling stalemate. They were
basically stating that they were not happy that the election was
apparently hung up over such a heavily Jewish county (Palm Beach) in
that it draws attention to the Jewish people as a whole (If you know
that Jews have been singled out for attack throughout most of their
history, you will understand why too much attention, for whatever
reason, is usually not desired. That is one reason why some opposed
Lieberman's selection as Gore's running mate). They were mainly
concerned that this could inspire some radical groups (NOT the average
Bush voter, but neo-Nazi extremist groups) to step up anti-Jewish
attacks, and also that the acrimonious stalemate will divert US
attention from the unstable Middle East, thus tempting tyrants like
Saddam to engage in fresh mischievous actions. I noted that they said
the chances of anti-Semitic attacks might increase if Al Gore "won" by
apparently employing "questionable menthols," in other words, methods
seen as unethical or even illegal by many people. As for
American-Israeli voters, the several that I know from south Florida
all voted for George Bush.
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Subject: [bprlist] Christmas called off in Bethlehem
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 13:07:44 -0000
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Christmas called off in Bethlehem
THE GRINCH OF WAR: Bethlehem was to hold a grand finale of 12 months
of millennium celebrations. But the event has been cancelled due to
violence surrounding the intifada
THE OBSERVER AND REUTERS
BETHLEHEM
Two thousand years after the birth of Jesus Christ, Bethlehem has
cancelled Christmas.
The grand finale of 12 months of millennium celebrations, a Christmas
spectacular in Manger Square featuring choirs from around the world,
has been called off because of the violence surrounding the intifada.
Confirmation that the Bethlehem 2000 Project, which co-ordinated this
year's globally televised millennium celebrations in a packed town,
will not be happening as planned follows cancellations by choirs and
other groups which had agreed to perform.
It also follows the complete collapse of tourist bookings to a city
which had been enjoying massive urban regeneration on the back of its
program of millennium events.
In the last seven weeks, however, the ancient town and the
neighboring suburb of Beit Jala have been at the center of some of
the worst violence of the intifada.
Beit Jala, where a German doctor, Harry Fischer, was killed last week
by Israeli helicopter fire as he tried to give medical attention to
wounded neighbors, has been the scene of almost nightly gun battles
and shelling.
Bethlehem, too, has been the scene of fierce fighting and fatalities,
centered on the flashpoint at Rachel's Tomb, a few hundred meters
from Bethlehem's most impressive new luxury hotel.
Jack Persekian, events co-ordinator for the Bethlehem 2000 Project,
said last week: "We were going to wait and see what the situation was
like next month. But the truth is that most of the groups who had
agreed to come and perform have already cancelled. We had been hoping
that the centerpiece would be a performance by children's choirs from
around the world performing in Manger Square. Now we have had to put
everything on hold. We have to wait now and see how serious the
hostilities are before we can know whether we can have any kind of
event at all.
"If the situation allows it, we will try to have a small religious
event even if it is without the tourists. It is a great shame. We had
put so much effort into trying to persuade people that Bethlehem was
a nice place for tourists to come to and now all that is in ruins.
"Hotels had been reporting booking rates for the next few months in
the realm of 90-plus percent. Now that has all fallen through."
Disclosure of the cancellation of Bethlehem's Christmas spectacular
came as violence continued yesterday in the Palestinian territories.
In the most serious incident, a Palestinian policeman killed an
Israeli soldier and wounded two others before being shot dead himself
in Gaza.
An Israeli army statement said Baruch Plum, a 21-year-old staff
sergeant from Tel Aviv, had been killed in the early morning attack
on an army post near the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom. In a
separate incident, a Palestinian security official said three
missiles had struck a Palestinian police post in Khan Younis.
Palestinian Minister of State for Bethlehem 2000 affairs, Nabil
Qassis, said: "It's awful. Some choirs have been canceled and some
postponed. This is not the time to put up decorations."
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Subject: [bprlist] Daily World Affairs Report items (11/19/00)
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 09:14:36 -0500
BRITISH FORCES TO BEAR E.U. STARS INSIGNIA
British troops are to bear the insignia of the European Union on their
uniforms and vehicles, the government admitted this weekend. Units that
participate in Europe's planned rapid reaction force will have an EU symbol
,
likely to be the organisation's circle of 12 yellow stars, alongside their
existing regimental and national insignia. "When you have international
operations you have an international designation for the operation alongsid
e
regimental and national insignia," said a minister involved in talks about
the
EU force.
Sources at the MoD said the motif was "almost certain" to include the 12
stars of the EU, though no decision had yet been taken. One possibility
would be a recent MoD design featuring the national flag encircled by the
EU stars. Another would be branding the new force as "Euromil", the name
given to the existing 5-nation Eurocorps, which excludes Britain.
The admission comes after several months in which the government has
tried to play down suggestions that Tony Blair intends to deploy troops
under the EU flag. Challenged on Radio 4 last week, Geoff Hoon, the
defence secretary, stated: "We will not be fighting under a European flag.
The reality is that we will be organised in a way wholly consistent with th
e
way a NATO multinational force or a UN multinational force is organised."
Hoon's comments were carefully chosen.
Defence sources pointed out that the likeliest use of the new European
force would be peacekeeping rather than "fighting". They also pointed out
that the UN forces referred to by Hoon bear UN insignia alongside national
emblems, and predicted the same for the EU force. The EU symbol is likely
to be painted onto troop carriers and other vehicles, and to be borne on
armbands worn by troops. "You have to do it so that the natives of the area
you are patrolling can be sure who you are," a senior MoD source said.
(The London Times)
* Robin Cook has dismissed claims that Britain is helping to build a
European army. He was speaking as foreign and defence ministers from
the European Union are preparing to meet in Brussels on Monday, to
formally put forward their pledges towards a collective rapid-reaction forc
e.
Critics of the British government have said the force would drive a wedge
between Europe and the United States. But Mr Cook said it would
complement, not rival NATO. (BBC)
A TYPICAL WEEK IN THE BUILDING OF A SUPERSTATE
Come off it, says Tony Blair. This superstate idea is a fantasy: a false
creation proceeding from the overheated brains of Euro-sceptics. Can
anyone imagine the French being any less French, or the Germans less
German? With respect, Prime Minister, you should have been in Strasbourg
last week. Here you would have seen superstatery alive and well. Since
you were busy elsewhere, allow me to list for you some of the measures
just passed by the European Parliament. Individually, hardly any of them
made the news. But, taken collectively, they give a pretty good indication
of
where power really lies.
One Bill strengthens Europol, which it helpfully describes as "the embryoni
c
federal European police force". Another establishes a body called Eurojust
which will, as a first step, bring together national public prosecution
services, but which is intended over time to create a separate EU criminal
justice system. A third sets up a European Police College, where officers
will be taught to "develop a European approach in the field of crime
fighting". A fourth lays down new regulations on the seizure of criminal
assets. All this is necessary, we are told, in order to "build a single mar
ket in
justice".
There is a Bill telling us how to treat illegal immigrants, and another
regulating the price of pigmeat. There are rules on what may be sold in
second-hand shops, and on what health insurers are allowed to ask their
clients. There are common standards concerning access to children, the
employment of domestic workers and the position of women in the Armed
Forces. And, on Tuesday, the Parliament endorsed the Charter of
Fundamental Rights, accurately described by its supporters as an EU
constitution.
My point is not that all these things are frightful - although we Tories
opposed most of them. Rather, it is that this was a fairly typical Strasbou
rg
week. We have become so inured to transfers of authority to Brussels that
we barely notice them. Of all the measures passed last week, only the
Charter received much attention. Mr Blair is following the textbook
Eurofederalist strategy. He knows the EU will carry on agglomerating
powers anyway; so why rub voters' noses in it? Better by far to croon
reassuringly while the superstate goes on building itself.
+ 'The French," a Bavarian colleague tells me, "want the EU to be run by
the Commission. We Germans want it to be run by the Parliament. But you
British want it to be run by the Court of Auditors!" This week, the auditor
s
published their report on the 1999 budget. As in each of the past 5 years,
they refused to endorse it, citing major irregularities in agriculture, str
uctural
funds and overseas aid. In a break with custom, they refused to estimate
the total amount of money lost in fraud, although Strasbourg rumour has it
that the figure has climbed from 5.5% to more than 7%. There have even
been reports, hotly denied, that money intended for retraining the
unemployed has ended up in the coffers of a Spanish political party.
In theory, the Parliament could react by refusing to vote any more funds to
the Commission until it cleans up its act. But most MEPs are horrified by
the prospect of "slowing the process of European construction". Less
drastically, they could signal their disapproval by refusing to discharge t
he
budget, a power they have used once before. But, again, most MEPs
regard this as likely to put their constituents off the EU. And so the proc
ess
rolls on. (The London Telegraph)
A EURO-MED MUCK-UP
How right he was. Even before ministers from the 15 EU countries met
their counterparts from the southern and eastern shores of the
Mediterranean in Marseilles this week, France's foreign minister, Hubert
V=E9drine, had admitted that the conference would be taking place in "an
unfavourable context" -- diplomatic language for the collapse of the Arab-
Israeli peace process. In other words, what was billed as a summit of heads
of state, and a fine stage for France to display its skills as current pres
ident
of the EU, ended up as a meeting of mere ministers, unable, thanks to the
absence of Syria and its "sister" Lebanon, to agree to any political and
economic breakthroughs.
But would a favourable context have made much difference? The aims of
the 5-year-old programme of occasional meetings, known as the "Barcelona
process", linking the EU's 15 countries with 12 "partners" around the
Mediterranean, including Malta, Cyprus, the Palestinian Authority and
Turkey, are simple: let there be a common area of peace and stability; let
there be an economic and financial partnership leading to a free-trade zone
by 2010; and let there be greater regional understanding through cultural
and other exchanges. The aims are pragmatic too, since the alternative is
an influx of illegal immigration into the EU from North Africa.
The trouble is that5 years on the aims still look far-fetched. The idea of
peace and stability has fallen victim to inter-Arab rivalries, Algeria's ci
vil
war and now the rupture between Palestinians and Israelis -- and all the
while Libya has been excluded, though this week its government accepted a
"special invitation" as a reward for its help this summer in freeing French
hostages in the Philippines.
But the greatest disappointment is economic. Five years ago, at a Euro-
Med summit in Cannes, France persuaded EU countries to part with $4.1bn
over 5 years to help countries on the southern side, equal to 70% of the ai
d
offered to Central Europe?s countries. But bureaucratic inefficiency, plus
the inability of countries such as Morocco to cope with the accounting and
other requirements of the European Commission in Brussels, meant that at
the end of last year only 26% of the main dollop of cash had been paid out.
Yet to the 74% left over, the EU has now decided to add another euro5
billion or more for a programme lasting until 2006. (The Economist)
END OF THE GLORY DAYS?
For a frightening few moments on Monday morning the American stock
market looked as if it was about to go over the cliff. Shockingly
disappointing earnings from Hewlett-Packard, a blue-chip technology
company, sent the Nasdaq index into a 100-point vertical dive, fanning
growing fears that the American economy may be heading not simply for a
slowdown but for recession. The "Goldilocks" expansion, neither too hot nor
too cold, that has characterised the entire Clinton presidency may not, it
was feared, survive beyond his administration.
Deeply troubled by the continuing confusion surrounding the week-old
presidential election, investors seemed ready to abandon the market
altogether. One broker commented: "There just weren't any buyers in the
market when it was going down. Everyone was waiting for it to stop
falling." Buyers did eventually step in and the Nasdaq closed the day at
2,967, the first time it had closed below 3,000 in more than a year.
The markets were spooked by evidence that the American economy is
apparently heading for a joltingly hard landing. With corporate earnings
continuing to soften, oil prices remaining high and overseas profits
undermined by the weak euro, more and more analysts are wondering if
America's long boom has come to an end.
The Federal Reserve, which met on Tuesday, did not help matters.
Although the Fed left interest rates unchanged at 6.5%, a 9-year high, it
also maintained its bias towards further tightening, citing historically lo
w
unemployment (3.9%) and rising oil prices as inflation dangers. A rate rise
would be bad news for companies, which are already facing a credit
crunch. "In the American credit market a recession, and not a particularly
benign one, is already under way," says James Grant, publisher of Grant's
Interest Rate Observer.
A spate of profits warnings has highlighted the drop in consumer
confidence and demand. Bellwether retailers, such as Wal-Mart and Home
Depot, reported disappointing earnings and warned that Christmas sales are
unlikely to be as robust as usual. Analysts are predicting slowdowns in sal
es
of everything from computers to cars. Property prices, which soared on the
back of a booming stock market, are falling for the first time in years. In
Manhattan the cost of the average apartment has fallen 7.7%.
With more than half the American public owning stocks, the collapse of the
stock market's hottest sectors has had a chilling effect on consumer
spending. Many people have lost a large part of their life's savings as the
dotcom universe has collapsed. High flyers, such as Priceline, DoubleClick,
CMGI, Freemarkets and VerticalNet, have seen their shares fall more than
90%. Others have gone bankrupt. Even the giants of the internet - Amazon,
Yahoo and America Online - have had valuations cut in half.
The virtuous cycle of rising stock prices and rising consumer spending is
now in danger of turning into a vicious cycle of tumbling shares and lower
spending. After the internet stocks crashed, telephone stocks, weighed
down by the huge debts they had taken on to build broadband networks for
the internet, imploded. Yesterday's darlings, WorldCom and Sprint, have
fallen more than 60% and smaller companies, such as ICG
Communications, have been driven to the verge of bankruptcy.
With this domino effect, telephone-equipment suppliers, such as Cisco
Systems and Nortel, which have extended many billions of dollars in credit
lines to their customers, are suddenly unable to collect debts and maintain
the flow of past orders. Their shares are now collapsing.
Next in line could be the banks that have extended loans to the telephone
companies. Last week bank shares plunged after Bank of America and
First Union warned that they would have to make substantial write-offs to
cover bad debts to a single borrower, believed to be Sunbeam. Bank of
America's non-performing loans have jumped to $4.2bn from $3bn at the
end of last year. The figure may be even worse than it appears because the
bank's total exposure to the telecom companies is $8.7bn.
Many banks say they expect to see a continued rise in problem loans.
Michael Mayo, a former banking analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston, says
a third of banks' syndicated loans are now of junk-bond quality,compared
with 12% 5 years ago. He believes the industry's reserve ratio is only abou
t
1% of loans, the lowest level in 50 years, and says an economic downturn
could have devastating consequences. Banks are too reliant, he says, on the
health of the financial markets, such as trading profits, venture-capital
investments and brokerage services.
Despite the dire news, most economists still believe Alan Greenspan, the
much-respected Fed chairman, will manage to steer the economy to a soft
landing. But the bears are growing in number. Barton Biggs, Morgan
Stanley's outspoken global equity analyst, is predicting a "hard and cold
landing". "Huge excesses in telecom financing will leave many institutions
with serious bad-debt problems. Too many people and too many companies
have leveraged up at exactly the wrong time."
Evidence of a cyclical downturn is mounting. Gross domestic product
growth fell to 2.7% in the third quarter. Manufacturing output fell 2%. The
National Federation of Independent Business reports that companies are
scaling back on hiring, inventory building and capital-spending. Chuck Hill
,
chief analyst at First Call, a company that collates analysts' forecasts, s
ays
earnings estimates have been sharply cut back in the last few weeks and he
now believes the economy has entered a cyclical downturn.
Biotechnology, the one technology sector still riding high, was finally
beginning to show signs last week of weakening. Once it crashes, some
analysts believe, the market may find a bottom and begin to recover. But
before then the stock market could fall much further.
Investors are getting the message. Last week, amid the election uncertainty
and fears that a cold winter may push up energy prices still further,
investors, for the first time in months, began pouring more money into
international funds than American funds. According to AMG Data
Services, which tracks mutual-fund flows, the net flow into overseas funds
was $1.4 billion compared to a net flow of $358m into local funds. That
raises fears that foreign investors, who have poured more than $3.3tn into
American financial and business assets since 1995, may pull out too.
Michael Mandel, the economics editor of Business Week who spearheaded
the magazine's coverage of the new economy, has just published a book
with the provocative title, The Coming Internet Depression: Why the High-
Tech Boom Will Go Bust, Why the Crash Will be Worse Than You Think
and How to Prosper Afterwards. He believes the situation could get really
nasty. He predicts that the collapse in technology stock valuations will le
ad
to a rapid slowdown in technology spending as these companies are forced
to pay back debts and are denied access to new money.
His argument is that the new economy represents a financial revolution as
well as a technological one. For the first time a marketplace exists where
entrepreneurs with bright ideas can actually get sufficient funds to
challenge the existing orthodoxy. The decline in venture capital spending,
which has played a major role in America's technology boom, will mean
fewer innovations and productivity gains.
That in turn will slow growth and lead to accelerating inflation. The Fed,
eager to contain rising inflation and bolster a sinking dollar, will raise
interest
rates, intensifying the slowdown and driving the economy into recession.
Whatever happens, investors are going to continue to have a white-knuckle
ride on the rollercoaster stock market. (The London Times)
WORRIES OF U.S. SLOWDOWN HAVE ASIA TREMBLING
The presidential impasse and Wall Street's fears of a not-so-soft landing
threaten fresh turmoil in the Far East
On=0Ethe surface it was Bill Clinton's successful farewell to the globalise
d
Asian economy that is so crucial to his trade policies. A "family photo" an
d
a call for a new round of trade- liberalisation talks wound up the 8th
meeting of the Asia- Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum (APEC) in
Brunei. Once again, it seemed, Washington had got the policy statement it
wanted. Clinton left for a landmark visit to Vietnam confident that APEC, a
group he has nurtured throughout his presidency, was on the free-trade
track. But politics and economics across Asia are conspiring to ensure that
the Clinton legacy is far from assured.
Despite the call for new trade talks, old disputes soon surfaced among
officials offstage in Brunei. Thailand's Supachai Panichpakdi, who is to ta
ke
over as head of the 139-nation World Trade Organisation, said
environmental issues and arguments over workers' rights should be kept out
of the negotiations. America's trade representative, Charlene Barshefsky,
briskly retorted that the next US Congress would not ratify agreements that
failed to incorporate such terms. The eventual communiqu=E9 said the agenda
would "respond to the interests and concerns of all".
The rumbles from Asia were clearly at the back of Alan Greenspan's mind
when he warned last week that an economic slowdown could revive the
protest movement against globalisation and free trade. The movement for
free trade could be further obstructed by a series of political upheavals t
hat
are about to break out across east Asia. They will delay reform and
paralyse decision-making as governments change and leaders grapple with
challenges to their rule. Asia's newest democracies are experiencing their
first round of painful adjustments as leaders face entrenched interest grou
ps
from the authoritarian past and disillusioned voters who have seen little
improvement in their lot.
The most immediate problems loom in Tokyo, where an enfeebled prime
minister and a paralysed bureaucracy seem incapable of making structural
changes to revive the economy. The government's latest spending package
has further inflated Japan's huge public debt while failing to put a floor
under the stock market or to boost consumer spending. Now Yoshiro Mori,
the prime minister, is to face a rare challenge from within the dominant
Liberal Democratic party. His rival, the self-styled reformer Koichi Kato,
has enough support to ensure that Tokyo will suffer months of political
manoeuvring. Meanwhile, the Nikkei 225 index has been dragged down by
the political uncertainty and the repercussions of instability on Wall Stre
et.
(The London Times)
MICHAEL TURNER =0F
(mykelturner@airmail.net) =0F
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Subject: [bprlist] Fatidic
From: Shophar_Sho_Good
Date: 20 Nov 00 09:50:51 EST
Came up on the word-of-the-day for Saturday...
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fatidic \fay-TID-ik or fuh-TID-ik\ (adjective)
: of or relating to prophesy
Example sentence:
It didn't require any special fatidic powers to foresee
that Yolanda would succeed in making a go of her new business,
since she'd already proven herself a successful entrepreneur.
Did you know?
As you might guess, "fatidic" is a relative of the word "fate."
Both terms descend from the Latin "fatum" -- literally, "what has
been spoken." In the eyes of the ancients, your fate was out of your
hands -- what happened to you was up to gods and demigods. Predicting
your fate was a job for oracles and prophets. Not surprisingly, "fatidic"
also shares an ancestor with the word "predict." Both words trace to
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Subject: [bprlist] Parameters of Barak's reduction in violence remains a puzzle
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 10:51:55 -0500
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Subject: Parameters of Barak's reduction in violence remains a puzzle Aaron Lerner
To: freemanlist@lists.io.com
Parameters of Barak's "reduction in violence" remains a puzzle
Aaron Lerner Date: 19 November, 2000
While Ehud Barak said earlier today that Israel wanted a "reduction"
in violence without a clarifying adjective, Barak's chief of staff,
Danny Yatom told Israel Television Channel One during the 7:30 PM
program that though there may be a reduction in violence today that
such a reduced level of violence would not suffice to bring Israel to
the negotiating table even if it continued for many days. Yatom went
back to Barak's earlier requirement of a "significant reduction" in
violence.
By the 9:00 PM Mabat news program on the same station, the story
changed again. Correspondent Karen Neubach quoted "senior sources in
the Prime Minister's Office" that "if the current quiet continues for
ten days Israel will attend a summit with Arafat and Clinton." (It is
noteworthy that the term "quiet" rather than "relative quiet" was used
to describe a situation in which there have been tens of shooting
incidents over the course of the day).
Ironically, her report was introduced by mention of the fact that for
several days no shots have been fired at Psagot. Less than ten
minutes later in the same news broadcast the Mabat anchorman reported
"this just in - shots have just been fired at Psagot".
Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director
IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
(mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-548-0092
INTERNET ADDRESS: imra@netvision.net.il
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Subject: [bprlist] Real World News -- 11/20/00
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:23:12 -0000
Selected items from...
REAL WORLD NEWS 11/20/2000
Visit Real World News online at http://www.realworldnews.net
PA PLANS TO DECLARE STATE DEC. 31
The Palestinian Authority has set a new date for statehood -- Dec.
31. PA officials said the Palestinian leadership now intends to
announce a state on Dec. 31, on the eve of the launching of the Fatah
movement loyal to PA Chairman Yasser Arafat. On that date in 1965,
Fatah carried out its first attack on Israel. "The announcement of
independence and of the realization of Palestinian sovereignty over
Palestinian territories occupied by Israel in 1967 will coincide with
the anniversary," Palestinian National Council chairman Salim Zaanoun
said. http://www.menewsline.com/headline1.html
U.N. SIGNS HUMAN RIGHTS DEAL IN CHINA
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson says there
has been "a very significant move" in human rights in China. She was
speaking after signing a co-operation agreement on human rights with
the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister, Wang Guangya on Monday. The
agreement provides for technical co-operation in the field of human
rights and covers co-operation in areas such as the training of
lawyers and policemen. It comes after two years of negotiations and
is also aimed at helping prepare China's legal system for the
ratification of human rights covenants.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-
pacific/newsid_1031000/10319 37.stm
VIETNAM LEADER ACCUSES CLINTON OF IMPERIALISM
President Clinton ended his visit to Vietnam yesterday having won the
hearts of the people, but earned a stinging rebuke from their
Communist masters. Le Kha Phieu, general secretary of the Communist
Party, marred what was intended as a gesture of reconciliation with
Vietnam, as well as Mr Clinton's foreign policy swansong, by
attacking him for "interference" and "imperialism". Vietnam's leaders
have been taken aback by the power of Mr Clinton's popular touch.
Thousands of people thronged the streets to see the first serving
American president to visit since the end of the Vietnam War.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?
ac=001136033854542&rtmo=VkjPmlZx&atmo=kkkk
kkku&pg=/et/00/11/20/wclin20.html
CLINTON PREDICTS MORE CUTS IN U.S., RUSSIAN ARSENALS
President Clinton said today it is "quite possible" that the United
States and Russia will agree to deeper cuts in nuclear arsenals and
that he would support a missile defense system if it could reliably
block weapons from striking American soil. Clinton put off a decision
to build a missile shield this year, leaving it to his successor to
explore whether the anti-missile system should be pursued. Moscow
opposes the idea, pushing instead for more arms cuts.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/articles/usrussia20.htm
1,700 ARRESTED AT GEORGIA SOLDIER-TRAINING SCHOOL
Civilian and military police arrested 1,700 protesters who had
marched into Fort Benning on Sunday demanding the closing of the
Army's School of the Americas, a training center for Latin American
soldiers. About twice that number, including actor Martin Sheen, had
entered the west-central Georgia post, chanting and carrying
cardboard coffins and crosses, while others continued the protest
outside the gates.
http://www2.nando.net/nation/story/0,1038,500281509-500442469-
502856361-0,00.html
RUSSIA STICKS TO COLLISION THEORY ON KURSK
SOS signals received as the Kursk sank came from elsewhere and the
favoured theory is that the Russian nuclear submarine hit a foreign
submersible, a deputy premier said Sunday. Moscow has favoured an
explanation that a NATO submarine monitoring the exercises collided
with the Kursk, asserting that three NATO submarines -- two US and
one British -- were in the vicinity at the time. But London and
Washington have adamantly denied any role in the tragedy, the British
military insisting that none of its submarines were within a 1,000
nautical miles of the site of the tragedy in the Barents Sea.
http://www.voila.co.uk/News/afp/int/001120005439.wbcbmz1j.html
E.U. MINISTERS PLEDGE TROOPS FOR NEW E.U. FORCE
European Union defense ministers pledged manpower and weapons Monday
for a new rapid reaction corps to use in humanitarian and
peacekeeping missions where NATO chooses not to become involved. The
force was being assembled a year after the 15 EU leaders decided in
Helsinki, Finland, to create a corps of 60,000 troops capable by 2003
of deploying within 60 days and remaining on the ground for up to a
year. http://www.foxnews.com/world/1120/i_ap_1120_32.sml
EUROPEAN FORCE 'NO THREAT TO NATO'
The new military force being planned in Europe will not undermine the
traditional role of Nato, according to Nato Secretary-General Lord
Robertson. His comments came as foreign and defence ministers from
the European Union met in Brussels to declare how many troops they
would commit to their new force. Critics of the planned 60,000-strong
force say it has the potential to duplicate or destabilise Nato's
role, and is the first step towards a European army.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1032000/1032162.s
tm
LETHAL BREW DEATH TOLL MOUNTS TO 121
A lethal home-brew laced with methanol has killed 121 people and has
left another 495 hospitalized in Kenya's capital. Police spokesman
Peter Kimanthi says the dead include 100 men and 21 women. He says
22 people have been arrested. One of the arrests included the
director of a small chemical company that local news reports say
could be the source of the bad brew. Kenyan police are continuing to
comb Nairobi and an area north of the capital where they suspect the
brew is still being sold, Mr Kimanthi said.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_120477.html
KEY DONORS BREAK RANKS, CRITICIZE GORE
The Democrats' top donor is disappointed in Vice President Al Gore's
conduct since the presidential election and believes that the
candidate bears responsibility for the stalemate because he failed to
give Americans a "compelling reason" to choose him. And Peter
Buttenwieser, whose $1.3 million in donations put him at the top of
the list of individual donors to the election--Democrat or Republican-
-is apparently not alone. Several of Gore's biggest contributors and
fund-raisers are quietly or openly expressing dissatisfaction with
him, blaming him for the murky outcome.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/decision2000/lat_donors001120.htm
CHURCH, UNDER SIEGE, HOLDS SERVICES
Sunday services went on as usual at the Indianapolis Baptist Temple -
even though federal marshals have been expected to seize the tax-
evading church since last Tuesday. "Well, they said we wouldn't be
here today," the Rev. Greg A. Dixon told the congregation of several
hundred worshippers. "But we are." The church owes $6 million in tax
debt, and the IRS is expected to auction off the property to recoup
the money. Members and supporters have staged an around-the-clock
vigil at the church since the Tuesday deadline set by a federal judge
for the congregation to vacate the property.
http://www.foxnews.com/national/112000/church_irs.sml
TAKING A STAND FOR MARRIAGE
Alarmed by the nation's divorce rate and growing numbers of couples
living together outside marriage, the country's four largest
Christian church groups have issued an unprecedented joint
declaration in defense of traditional marriage. Representatives of
the National Assn. of Evangelicals, the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches and the Southern
Baptist Convention called this week for a deepened commitment to
traditional marriage between a man and a woman.
http://www.latimes.com/print/metro/20001118/t000110806.html
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) PA reports: IAF attacking PA infrastructure in Gaza
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:22:37 -0500
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Subject: NOV/20/00 [20]
BreakingNews-Israel
PA reports: IAF attacking PA infrastructure in Gaza (NOV.20 =96 18:17-IST)
(IsraelWire-11/20) According to official sources in Gaza and PLO Authority
(PA) Television, Israel Air Force helicopter gunships are at this time
attacking PA targets, including Fatah and other PA structures as well as
electrical and other essential infrastructure. There are also reports of
attacks being launched by the navy.
IBA reporters from Kfar Darom in Gaza report seeing and hearing explosions
in the distance.
There are no official Israeli confirmations of the aerial assaults at this
time.
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Subject: [bprlist] Infobeat News items (11/19/00)
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:33:49 -0500
*** Israeli court hears women at wall
JERUSALEM (AP) - Women for and against reading aloud from the Torah
at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, argued their cases
Sunday before an expanded Supreme Court panel that agreed to rehear
the controversial issue. Six months ago, a tribunal of three Supreme
Court justices issued a groundbreaking ruling that said Jewish women
could read aloud from the Jewish holy text, the Torah, at the
Western Wall in Jerusalem. But a state prosecutor asked for a
review, and nine justices listened to arguments Sunday, though they
issued no ruling. The court will reconvene Wednesday after the
justices tour the Western Wall area. The state argued that the
decision in May allowing women to read aloud from the Torah - as
Jewish men do - would offend the majority of worshippers who pray at
the wall and might provoke violent demonstrations. Adhering to
Orthodox interpretation, women who opposed the ruling say women
reading aloud from the Torah violates Jewish law and the division of
roles that God assigned men and women. Earlier attempts by women to
conduct services at the Western Wall have sparked violent protests
by the ultra-Orthodox. The site is revered by Jews because it is a
remnant of the Jewish Temple destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D.
*** Pakistanis condemn electoral system
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Members of Pakistan's religious minorities
Sunday condemned an electoral system that separates Muslims from
non-Muslims. Following a daylong meeting involving representatives of
several religious minorities, the Christian Liberation Front of Pakistan
issued a declaration calling the system "religious apartheid." In
Pakistan, where 95% of the country's 140 million people are Muslim,
members of minority religions vote not for candidates in their local
district but for a list of minority candidates. The minorities are given
separate seats in the National Assembly, which is the powerful lawmaking
lower house of Parliament. Minorities have 10 seats in Pakistan's 211-seat
parliament, which was suspended by the army when it seized power in a
military coup Oct 12, 1999. The declaration comes as Pakistan's
military-led government prepares to hold local elections, set to begin
Dec. 31. The army has promised to hold general elections before the end of
2002, in keeping with a Supreme Court ruling.
*** Jordanians publish Israeli blacklist
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Hard-line professional associations and unions
on Sunday issued their official "blacklist" of Jordanians who have
dealt with Israel, after pledging for two years to publicize the
names. The list contains 22 names of journalists, academics,
artists, companies and schools that have advocated cross-cultural
and economic ties with the Jewish state. The publishing of the list
is intended to punish those who have promoted closer ties with
Israel and discourage others in the future. Some associations and
unions have warned members that contact with Israel will result in
the loss of guild membership _ and with it the ability to work.
Because people on the list may file defamation lawsuits, newspapers
and news agencies have declined to publish the listed names. One
prominent personality on the list called it "a defamation against
the people who acted in accordance with the law and the peace treaty
signed with Israel in October 1994 and endorsed by the parliament on
Nov. 6, 1994."
*** Doctors perform nerve transplant
HOUSTON (AP) - An 8-month-old Mexican boy was recovering in a Houston
hospital Friday after a team of doctors transplanted nerves from his
mother's legs into his lifeless left arm. The procedure was among the
first of its kind in which nerves are transplanted from a living donor,
Dr. Scott Gruber, the head of the transplant team, said during a news
conference at Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital. Other nerve transplant
procedures have been done in the United States, Gruber said, but in most
cases, the nerves were taken from cadavers. Texas Children's Hospital,
also in Houston, completed a procedure last year that was similar to the
one done Friday. Rodrigo Cervantes Corona's nerves in his left shoulder
and arm were torn during birth, curtailing movement and sensation. The
surgery to repair them took 12 hours. Doctors said Rodrigo should regain
use of his left arm within one year. Rodrigo will have to take
anti-rejection drugs for nine to 12 months. Doctors can then evaluate
whether the operation was a success.
*** Families sue over gene patent
CHICAGO (AP) - The families of children who died of a rare
degenerative brain disease are suing researchers who used their
blood and tissue to identify and patent the gene responsible for the
disorder. The families contend the patent has hindered study of
Canavan disease, which most commonly afflicts children of Ashkenazi
Jewish families whose ancestors lived in eastern and central Europe.
Their lawsuit in federal court alleges that the researchers are
trying to profit from their children's illness and are hindering
access to the test for other families. In 1998, the American College
of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended that all Ashkenazi
Jewish women be tested to determine if they are Canavan carriers.
Miami Children's hospital then sought to enforce its patent and
charge a $25 fee for every test, later lowered to $12.50, the
lawsuit says. As a result, the lawsuit alleges, the Canavan
Foundation was forced to stop offering free genetic screening. The
plaintiffs are seeking damages of more than $75,000 from royalties
collected from genetic tests covered by the patent.
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Subject: [bprlist] Update: Military Strikes in Gaza
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 13:02:08 -0500
Israel confirms military strikes (NOV.20 =96 18:37-IST)
(IsraelWire-11/20) Deputy Minister of Defense Ephraim Sneh has
confirmed that Israel Air Force helicopter gunships are at this time s
triking
out at strategic PLO Authority (PA) targets as was decided by the
Security Cabinet earlier in the day following a terror attack on an Is
raeli
schoolbus in Gaza today.
Sneh stated each target was chosen for a specific reason, declining to
detail the location of the attacks taking place after nightfall, expla
ining it
has been established that the trail of the latest terrorist attack lea
ds
directly
to Arafat=92s office.
Unlike past retaliatory assaults launched by the IAF of late, no prior
warning was issued on Monday evening in Gaza.
IsraelWire will provide additional details as they are made available.
http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/israelwire/articles/891001.htm
--------------------
Qatari TV reporting heavy Israeli airstrikes
(IsraelWire-11/20) Qatar TV reporting live from PLO Authority (PA)
autonomous areas in Gaza indicates Israel Air Force strikes have plung
ed
Gaza City into darkness, apparently due to strikes against electrical
infrastructure by Israel.
Deputy Minister of Defense Ephraim Sneh has confirmed that the
retaliatory raids have begun.
Foreign sources in Gaza report that targets were hit by Israeli helico
pter
gunships in Gaza City, Rafiah, Jabalya and other locations. The report
s
indicate that targets include Fatah facilities, as well as other PLO
Authority
(PA) security agency facilities.
Israel Radio is now confirming that nine locations are being targeted,
including the Tanzim, Fatah headquarters, and the headquarters of Gaza
n
Security Chief Mohammad Dahlan. The government sees those forces as
being directly responsible for recent terror attack against Israeli ta
rgets in
Gaza.
The media advisor to Deputy Minister Sneh stated the terror attack thi
s
morning against a schoolbus was carried out by Fatah and the others ar
e
also involved in the attack Saturday morning in Gaza in which two sold
iers
were killed.
Military sources report that the exact location and details of targets
selected will not be discussed while the retaliatory raids are ongoing
.
In addition, the IDF has closed down the road connecting northern and
southern Gaza, apparently an economic sanction, cutting off Khan Yunis
and Rafiah from the northern areas. Additional troops have been deploy
ed
to enforce the new measure, accompanied by tanks and other
armaments.
As a result of the move, there is no route open between Kissufim and
Gush Katif.
IsraelWire will provide additional details as they are made available.
http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/israelwire/articles/892001.htm
--------------------
PA playing up underdog role (NOV.20 =96 19:13-IST)
(IsraelWire-11/20) Senior PLO Authority (PA) official Saeb Erekat told
CNN a short time ago that an international force and the international
community must take immediate action to stop Israeli hostilities.
Erekat pointed out that the PA does not have an air force or navy, and
is
now enduring airstrikes by Israel after =93Mr. Barak decided to accuse
President Arafat,=94 in today=92s terror attacks. Erekat stated, =93Pr
ime Minister
Ehud Barak has destroyed the peace process.=94
=93The international community must act to provide us assistance from
the
hostile forces. Once again, Gaza is the most densely populated city on
earth,=94 Erekat added, noting the damage resulting from the aerial as
saults
will be heavy.
Erekat blamed the =93Israeli occupation since 1967=94 for the terroris
m,
explaining =93the Israeli aggression and occupation=94 is the reason t
here is
terrorism, with =93tanks and forces blocking their cities and homes.
=94
Senior Arafat aides have released statements that if the bombardments
are
not halted, they would not be responsible for the reaction of the peop
le.
So far it is known that about fifty percent of Gaza City has been plun
ged
into darkness as a result of the aerial assaults and PA military targe
ts
were
hit including Tanzim and Fatah facilities and the headquarters of the
elite
presidential Force 17.
http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/israelwire/articles/893001.htm
-----------------
PA reports 25 injured, mostly lightly (NOV. 20 =96
19:30-IST)
(IsraelWire-10/20) The PLO Authority (PA) is reporting that twenty-fiv
e
persons were injured in the Monday night aerial assaults launched over
PA areas by Israel, Israel Radio reported. Most of the injured sustain
ed
light injuries.
http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/israelwire/articles/895001.htm
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Israel explains airstrikes a =93measured response=94
(IsraelWire-11/20) Gilad Sher, a senior aide to Prime Minister Ehud
Barak told CNN on Monday night that the aerial strikes airstrikes agai
nst
PLO Authority (PA) targets in Gaza was a =93measured response=94 in li
ght of
daily and continued terrorist attacks originating in the PA.
Sher stated, =93We expect the Palestinian Authority to exert is author
ity
and
control,=94 making reference to the terror attack on Monday morning in
Gaza in which two persons were killed and ten wounded. Some of the
children whose fragile bodies were blown apart by a powerful terrorist
blast had their legs amputated as a result.
Sher rejected any attempt to place Israel in the aggressor=92s seat,
documenting a long string of PA violations and attacks. Sher stated th
e
administration has been enduring and warning for the past weeks, but t
he
pleas for restraint and returning to the negotiating table have fallen
on deaf
ears.
Earlier in the day, in a press event for the foreign media, government
spokesperson Nachman Shai distributed documentation to the media,
documenting PA violation and involvement in terrorist activities again
st
Israel.
The aerial strikes and aggressive public relations campaign some
analysts
state may signal a turn around by the government, realizing that conti
nued
restraint alone would not convince the PA to bring an end to the viole
nce.
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Subject: [bprlist] Arutz-7 News items (11/20/00)
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:32:37 -0500
Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Monday, Nov. 20, 2000 / Cheshvan 22, 5761
TODAY'S HEADLINES:
1. TWO KILLED IN ANOTHER TERRORIST ATTACK
2. MASS PROTEST THIS EVENING
3. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER REACTIONS
4. P.A. BUSINESS AS USUAL
5. BARAK TURNS TO UNITY
6. CHIEF RABBINATE IN BEIT EL
7. IN BRIEF
8. OFFICERS OFFER THEMSELVES TO SETTLERS
1. TWO KILLED IN ANOTHER TERRORIST ATTACK
Miri Amitai, 36, a mother of four, and Gabi Biton, 34, a father of six,
are the two Israelis who were killed in the terrorist attack this morning
near the Magen Junction in Gaza. Close to 7:30 AM a large bomb,
comprised
of a 122-mm mortar shell, was detonated on the road as a school bus passed
on its way from Kfar Darom to N'vei Dekalim. Eleven were wounded,
including two in serious condition. Three terrorists detonated the
explosive from a distance of 200 meters. Although the bus was bulletproof,
it was not fortified against bombs. The road on which the attack took
place had been reopened to Palestinian traffic only a short while before.
Three siblings of the Cohen family from Kfar Darom are hospitalized in
Soroka in Be'er Sheva; a fourth one missed the bus and remained at home.
Their mother was unable to get to the hospital because the roads are
closed. Government minister Rabbi Michael Melchior, a relative of the
family, visited them today. The names and ages of the three children:
Orit (bat Nogah), almost 12; Tehillah, 8.5; and Yisrael, 7. They are
suffering from severe injuries to their limbs, and doctors are struggling
to prevent the need for amputations.
Thousands of mourners took part in the funeral of Mira Amitai this
afternoon, in her original hometown of Ofrah. Among them were busloads of
her students at the Girls' High School in Gush Katif, where she taught.
Michal Finkel, a sister of Mira Amitai, tearfully told Arutz-7 today that
her sister was quite aware of the dangers and had lived through the
experiences of many previous attacks, "but it was always clear to her and
her husband that they would remain in Kfar Darom, that it was all Eretz
Yisrael and that it was ours and important to remain there."
Gabi Biton's funeral will be held in Yerucham this evening.
Sgt. Shimon Shitubi, 21, died this afternoon of wounds he suffered two
days ago when a Palestinian policeman penetrated an IDF outpost in Gaza
and opened fire. St.-Sgt. Baruch Snir Flum was killed immediately in the
attack, and a third soldier was lightly wounded. Shimon will be buried
tomorrow afternoon in Ramle.
2. MASS PROTEST THIS EVENING
The Yesha Council calls on all Israelis to go out to dozens of
intersections throughout the country at 5 PM this evening and protest
against Barak's policy of restraint. Former Council head Yisrael Harel
expressed disappointment in the public for not showing up at "spontaneous
protests" this morning. The main entrance and exit to Jerusalem were
blocked this morning for a half-hour by several dozen people, causing
giant traffic jams in both directions. Later today, a group of protestors
attempted to block the main Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway at the Sha'ar HaGai
junction. A follow-up protest is scheduled for outside the Prime
Minister's residence in Jerusalem this evening.
IDF bulldozers were busy this morning destroying groves and buildings
alongside the road, which the terrorists had hidden behind. Gaza Coast
Regional Council head Aharon Tzur told Maj.-Gen. Uzi Dayan - currently on
leave from the army in order to head the National Security Council - that
Kfar Darom's security demands include full IDF control of 300 meters on
either side of the roads, razing of Palestinian buildings alongside the
roads, and closing them off to Palestinian traffic.
Council Secretary Shlomo Filber, asked this morning if he blames Prime
Minister Barak for the killings today, said, "Any fool in the country
knows that there is one man who is holding the army back from responding
with the required force... Barak is simply forsaking the security of
Israel's citizens out of a baseless hope that he can reach an agreement
with Arafat."
Former Yesha Council head Yisrael Harel sounded some criticism of the
nationalist public today: "It could be that we are finally waking up - I
pray that we are. Since Rabin's death, we have lost our will... Our
public support is growing, but people are still not sure what to do, and
they sit by the radio and TV instead of getting up and doing something=85
Why is it that it's only a few guys who go and demonstrate at the
Jerusalem entrance - why don't thousands more come and join these
spontaneous protests? Instead, we spend lots of money for flyers and for
advertising for rallies days in advance, and at the end the same people
come out=85 Where are we? Why aren't we doing anything?" As of 6 PM,
rallies had already been reported at many intersections around the
country, including one of Israel's major arteries, the Geha highway, which
was blocked with burning tires from three directions. Other junctions
that hosted protests: Har Hotzvim (Jerusalem), Tapuach; Tzemach, on the
southern shore of the Sea of Galilee; Golani, Amiad, and Machanayim in the
Galilee; Kiryat Arab's Harsina; Ra'anana; Rehovot; and more.
3. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER REACTIONS
Prime Minister Barak expressed deep shock at the murderous attack
today. He convened the security cabinet for an emergency meeting for
several hours today, at which several operative decisions were made,
including: attacks against specific targets within the Palestinian
Authority; the division of the Gaza area of the Palestinian Authority into
two cantons, by cutting off the northern part from the southern; sharper
economic punitive measures against the PA; and the publication of parts of
the "White Book" which reveals the corruption of Arafat and other senior
PA figures, as well as Arafat's involvement in terrorist attacks of the
past five years.
Barak was originally scheduled to arrive in Kfar Darom this afternoon,
according to a plan made several days ago, but he cancelled the trip at
the last moment. He would have been greeted by hundreds of angry Gush
Katif residents, who demonstrated this morning for over two hours against
the government's policy of restraint. One woman told Arutz-7's Kobi
Finkler, "As you can see, the burnt and full-of-holes bus is still here
(six hours after the explosion). The police wanted to take it away and
clean up the area very quickly, as if nothing happened - and we are not
letting them. What, the families in Kfar Darom are all busy with their
wounded, and everything should be cleaned up here, as if nothing
happened?! We want people to see what happened here!" On the bus
someone
had scrawled the words, "Results of the Restraint."
The government laid the blame for today's murders directly on Yasser
Arafat and other Palestinian Authority figures, specifically Gaza
Preventive Security head Muhammad Dahlan. This, despite the fact that
little splinter groups associated with Hamas have claimed responsibility.
Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami said today that the terrorists arrived
from Area A - under total Palestinian control - and escaped back to there.
Arafat had recently said that shootings from Area A upon Israelis should
stop. Gaza commander Brig.-Gen. Ya'ir Naveh said, "We just today opened
the road, under the impression that a period of calm had begun - but as
you can see, there is no calm at all; this is war, plain and simple, with
children as the targets."
National Religious Party head Rabbi Yitzchak Levy said this
morning: "Arafat is making fools out of Israel and its Prime Minister, by
promising to stop the terrorism while at the same time continuing to wage
systematic war against us."
Even Peace Now condemned today's attack, announcing, "The killing of
innocent civilians, especially children, is an unforgivable crime... No
agreement can be reached until Arafat and the Palestinian leadership
demonstrate a willingness and ability to put an end to the violence."
Shella Roznak-Shorshan, whose husband Doron was murdered by Arab
terrorists in Kfar Darom eight years ago, called upon "Shimon Peres and
all the others who were involved in the Oslo agreements to come and take
part in today's funerals." She made the same call upon Rabbi Ovadiah
Yosef, spiritual leader of Shas, which voted for the original Oslo
agreement. Speaking with Arutz-7 today, Mrs. Roznak said that whoever
gave guns to the terrorists or supported the government that did so must
come and see the results of his actions: "Whoever spoke of =01'peace of th
e
brave' should come and realize that we are the ones who are brave, not
they - not the ones who rushed to sign agreements with murderers." She
related how, a few years ago, she went to the Shas Knesset Members and
"told each of them that if they vote for giving guns to the Palestinians,
they will never be able to say that their hands =01'did not spill this
blood.' They should show their bravery now, by coming to the funerals=85"
President Moshe Katzav met today with Yesha Council leaders, and echoed
their call to "let the IDF retaliate with strength."
4. P.A. BUSINESS AS USUAL
A Palestinian driver attempted to run down soldiers in Hevron today; the
soldiers opened fire, but the would-be murderer escaped. The Palestinians
continued to shoot at Israeli targets last night in Gaza, Binyamin, and
Shomron. Residents of Ofrah, between Jerusalem and Shilo, blocked the
main
highway to Arab traffic this morning in protest of the shooting. A
terrorist who attacked a bus in Alfei Mehashe was killed by soldiers; no
one else was hurt.
5. BARAK TURNS TO UNITY
Prime Minister Barak resumed efforts today to form a national-emergency
government, but initial responses from the opposition were negative.
Likud leader Ariel Sharon said that Barak had called him on the matter
today, "but I rejected the idea out of hand." Likud MK Danny Naveh said,
"This is just a continuation of Barak's stuttering zig-zag policy, which
has caused the public to lose all its confidence in him and in his
government." The Yisrael B'Aliyah party demands that Barak first deal
with full force against today's attack, and only afterwards to start
talking about a national-unity government. Shas party leader Eli Yeshai
said that although a unity government is not advisable, an emergency
cabinet should be formed of representatives of different parties, without
the distribution of government portfolios. The NRP and Yisrael B'Aliyah
are in favor of a national unity government.
6. CHIEF RABBINATE IN BEIT EL
The Chief Rabbinate Council held its monthly meeting in Beit El today, in
solidarity with the Yesha populace. The Rabbis, including Chief Rabbis
Lau and Bakshi-Doron, IDF Chief Rabbi Weiss, and Rabbis She'ar-Yashuv
Cohen (Haifa), Simcha Kook (Rehovot), Eliyahu Glicksberg (Givatayim),
Shmuel Eliyahu (Tsfat), Yehuda Deri (Be'er Sheva), and others, addressed
students - ranging from the married students in Yeshivat Beit El, to the
elementary schoolers in Talmud Torah Sha'ar HaShamayim - throughout Beit
El. Following a call by Beit El's Rabbi Shabtai Sabbato for the Council's
voice to be heard on public issues, Rabbis Deri and Eliyahu proposed that
the rabbis issue a declaration against further negotiations with the
Palestinian Authority while the violence continues. The Council then
departed for the funeral of Mira Amitai in Ofrah.
Sephardic Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron blamed Moslem religious
leaders
for encouraging war; "They call on children to take part in dangerous
activities, and then they blame Israel throughout the world for their
deaths, as if it's our fault. Where are the religious leaders, like
[Hamas terrorist leader] Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who call on the children to
be holy martyrs=85"
7. IN BRIEF
After a two-week grass-roots struggle, which followed several weeks
during
which Rachel's Tomb was closed to the public, the holy site is now
open. Reinforced cars are allowed to drive to the site during daylight
hours, and the 15-student Rachel's Tomb yeshiva has resumed studies...
Prime Minister Ehud Barak's Media Advisor, Gadi Baltiansky, resigned
yesterday. He is Barak's third senior aide to resign in as many months...
In the north, terrorists opened fire at a group of workers who were
involved in constructing the new border fence in the north, near Kibbutz
Manara. No one was hurt...
8. OFFICERS OFFER THEMSELVES TO SETTLERS
A group of high-ranking reserves officers have banded together to help out
in places that are suffering from Palestinian violence. Col. Uzi Keren of
Kibbutz Ein Gev [a secular community on the eastern shore of the Kinneret
Sea] explained to Arutz-7 today:
"We have started a group called, 'We Won't Let Them Be Alone.' The
reference is to all those settlers and others who have been under fire for
almost two months, who have been under siege, who are afraid to go out at
night, and whose kids go to sleep afraid from the sounds of gunfire
nearby... There is nothing political about this; during wartime, we
suspend our political arguments - they can wait until after the war... We
are planning to offer help in guard duty, working in fields, and even
writing letters, which we have been told is very important to the children
in these besieged communities... One of our number is Yoav Chatto-Tsidon,
who provided military escort for convoys to Jerusalem in 1948, and now
again he'll be doing the same thing - except this time from the east, not
from the northwest..." Other officers participating in the efforts
include Moshe Peled and Yaakov Chisdai.
Hebrew News Editor: Haggai Segal
English News Editor: Hillel Fendel
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Subject: [bprlist] Harpazo.net news items (11/20/00)
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:32:38 -0500
Russian FM Calls For "Regional Security System" With Return of Iraq
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Sunday he held talks with Kuwaiti
officials on a new "security system" that would bring together Iraq and its
Gulf neighbours. "It's a regional security system," he said before travelling on
to Saudi Arabia, the last stop of his Middle East tour, ahead of US Defence
Secretary William Cohen, whose country has security pacts with the oil-rich
Gulf Arab monarchies. "It includes a series of steps, starting with full respect
for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of states and renouncing the use of
force," Ivanov told reporters.
During a two-day visit, Ivanov met the emir, Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah,
and also held talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-
Sabah. "The system must take into consideration the interests of all
countries in the region and for this reason it is important to hold
consultations with all sides. We have detailed our proposals to the Kuwaiti
leadership," Ivanov said. The system must be guaranteed by the international
community, including the five permanent members of the UN Security
Council, he said.
Ivanov, whose country supports a lifting of the UN sanctions on Iraq imposed
after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, said the system could take years to set up,
but this "will not be a substitute for the settlement of the Iraqi issue" which
was separate. The Russian foreign minister proposed to Kuwait that for Iraq
to play an active role in the system, it must be reinstated in the world
community, a foreign diplomat told AFP. AFP
Call For Debate Over Engineering Humans
A leading British fertility expert is calling for public debate over whether
scientists should be allowed to genetically engineer humans. Lord Winston
believes the approach of modifying human genes that would be passed on in
the sperm or egg could one day be used to eradicate serious genetic
diseases. But he says there would be inherent dangers in altering the DNA
of future generations. It raises the possibility that the technology might be
used for social rather than medical reasons, he said. And modifying a gene
to prevent a disease runs the risk of making someone prone to another
disorder. Lord Winston was speaking ahead of the last programme in the
BBC television series Superhuman, which explores the issue. BBC
Banned 'Kill-Me-Quick' Home-Brew Kills And Blinds Hundreds In Kenya
More than 128 Kenyans are dead and almost 400 are in hospital, many
suffering from blindness, after drinking an illegal home-brew known as "kill
me quick". Drinkers have been falling dead on the streets of Nairobi's slum
areas since last Tuesday when a lethal batch of chang'aa came on the
market. It was laced with methanol, a type of alcohol usually used in anti-
freeze or as a car fuel.
Nairobi's main hospital has been inundated with victims, some arriving in a
coma while others writhe in pain after losing their sight. One man reportedly
died at the hospital door after stepping out of a taxi. The driver then stole his
shoes to cover the fare. Doctors have been injecting those blinded with
another alcohol, ethanol, in an attempt to flush out the poison. Hospital staff
have been recalled from leave as more deaths are expected.
Chang'aa was outlawed in Kenya two years ago. However, it remains popular
among the poor, both for its powerful effect and its low price. This week's
fatal batch was sold under the name "kumi-kumi". One plastic mug's worth
sold for 10 shillings (9p), less than a third of the price of legal beer. Those
killed have been predominantly middle-aged men but included one girl aged
17 and the female owner of a bar where kumi-kumi was sold. Police have
arrested 22 people, mostly middle-aged women suspected of making the
brew. But there was widespread scepticism about the ability of the
authorities to crack down on the drinking dens. Many home brewers have
operated freely up to now by paying bribes to corrupt policemen. independent
Tomato Puree Bomb Blows Off Woman's Fingers
A terrorist who is thought to have modelled himself on America's
"Unabomber" has struck fear into the region around Venice. The attacker has
been blamed for at least 21 devices, ranging from pipe bombs to explosives
left in supermarket food. Several people have been badly wounded.
The latest victim was a 37-year-old housewife, Nadia Da Ros, who was
recovering in a hospital near Venice last week. Her left thumb and two fingers
were blown off when a bomb planted in a tube of tomato puree blew up as
she was cooking in her kitchen in Cordingano, near Treviso. Surgeons
operated for four hours to sew back part of her thumb, and she needs further
surgery to try to recover the use of her left hand. Investigators are linking the
attack with an incident on November 4, which involved an explosive egg. In
that case, a workman grew suspicious at his home in nearby Azzano
Decimo, when he spotted a thin wire protruding from an egg which had been
bought at a supermarket.
Explosives experts were called to examine it. They said the egg had been
carefully cut in half, emptied of its contents, filled with explosive, wired and
stuck back together to become a bomb. It was placed in a box with five other
eggs. Police point to similarities between the explosives used in the egg and
a number of pipe bombs which have blown up in the area over the past six
years. After a lull, the latest attacks have re-ignited fears of an Italian
"Unabomber". telegraph
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Subject: [bprlist] Gaza Strip totally runs out of fuels, says official
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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:36:28 -0500
Gaza Strip totally runs out of fuels, says official
Sunday, 19 November 2000 16:24 (ET)
Gaza Strip totally runs out of fuels, says official
By SAUD ABU RAMADAN
GAZA, Nov. 19 (UPI) - A member of the Palestinian Petroleum Corporation
announced Sunday that most of the Gaza Strip's gas stations have run out of
fuel because of the Israeli siege.
Louai Arandas told reporters that normal activities in the Gaza Strip would
stop within the next few days if Israel kept closing the borders of the
Palestinian territories.
"The crisis of fuel shortages ... increased in the last couple of weeks when
Israel, without any warning, blocked fuel tankers from entering into Gaza,"
Arandas said. "This will have a negative impact on the population."
He said that the last fuel vehicle arrived on the Gaza border on Friday, but
was turned back by the Israeli military.
More than 1 million people live in the Gaza Strip. Arandas said about 100
tons of gas is consumed in the area every.
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