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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:03:15 -0000

Guerrillas Detonate Bomb in Israel
by SHIBLI ABI-ASSI
Associated Press Writer

KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) -- Israel sent warplanes Sunday to strike
southern Lebanon for the first time in six months, responding to
roadside bomb that was detonated by Hezbollah guerrillas and
reportedly injured several soldiers on patrol in a disputed border
area, security officials said.

In a statement issued in Beirut, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah claimed
responsibility for the bombing in the Chebaa Farms area where the
borders of Israel, Lebanon and Syria meet, saying its guerrillas
scored ''direct hits'' on the Israeli patrol. Israel's army radio
said the blast injured several soldiers.

The Hezbollah statement said the group was performing its ''duty to
complete the liberation of the occupied territory, a reference to a
border enclave occupied by Israeli troops for 18 years before they
withdrew in May.

Hezbollah, which led the guerrilla war against Israeli forces the
occupation, insists Israel's pullout from the area is incomplete as
long as the Chebaa Farms remain under Israeli control.

Shortly after the 6:40 a.m. (11:40 p.m. EST Saturday) explosion, two
Israeli fighter jets fired six missiles in three sorties targeting
suspected guerrilla hideouts in hills near the village of Kfar
Chouba, about a mile from the Chebaa Farms, Lebanese officials said
on condition of anonymity.

In the first Israeli air raid since the May 24 withdrawal, the jets
targeted an observation post for Hezbollah guerrillas in the area.
Such positions are usually evacuated after the guerrillas stage an
attack to avoid retaliatory Israeli strikes.

Full story at:
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Subject: [bprlist] Turkey Warns Against Pokemon
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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:04:48 -0000

Turkey Warns Against Pokemon

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's health minister urged TV stations
Saturday to replace Pokemon cartoons with other children's programs
after a 7-year-old girl jumped off a balcony apparently believing she
was a Pokemon character with superhuman powers.

Seda Aykanat, who jumped off her fifth-floor balcony Friday and broke
her leg, was the second Turkish child to jump off a balcony
apparently to imitate Pokemon characters -- cartoon animals with
special powers. Earlier, a 4-year-old boy sustained injuries after a
similar jump.

Health Minister Osman Durmus already had asked ministry experts to
study the effect of the Pokemon cartoon on children. The experts
concluded Friday that the cartoon distanced children from reality,
confused them by presenting both ''good and bad heroes,'' and
desensitized them to violence, daily Hurriyet reported Saturday.

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Subject: [bprlist] IDF: Summary of Today's Events (11/24/00)
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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 12:06:45 -0500

IDF Spokesperson: A Summary of Today's Events in the West Bank and
Gaza Strip (as of 19:30 24 November 2000)

24 November 2000

The West Bank

An Israeli civilian employed by the IDF was murdered this afternoon, shot
dead when fire was opened at his vehicle, near the village of Otzrin, east
of the Tapoah Junction in the region of Samaria. Two other passengers were
in the vehicle at the time.

Following the shooting, the driver continued to the Tapoah Junction, where
an IDF medical team attempted to revive the civilian, but did not succeed.

Another Israeli civilian was lightly wounded from a rock thrown at his
vehicle, driving from Beit Horon in the direction of Modi'in

An IDF officer was lightly wounded this afternoon, from stones thrown at an
IDF force at the Jewish settlement in Hebron. He was treated on site by an
army medic and was evacuated for further treatment at a hospital.

An explosive charge was employed against a Gush Etzion regional
municipality bus, north of Beit Anon Junction, located to the north of Hebron.
No one as injured but the bus was damaged.

Palestinians opened fire at Israeli civilians and IDF force at the following
sites:

Exchanges of fire took for nearly an hour at Ayosh Junction.

Palestinian snipers fired at IDF positions at Rachel's Tomb. IDF forces
fired tank shells at the sources of the fire. Earlier, shots were fired at
the tomb, the source of fire was not identified and therfore IDF forces did not
return fire.

Shots were fired toward the industrial area west of Tul Karem. An IDF force at
the site returned fire toward the sources of the shooting.

Shots were fired at an Israeli vehicle east of Tul Karem. No one was injured
bus the vehicle was damaged.

In two incidents, shots were fired at a Border Police base north of the
Jerusalem. In one of these incidents, the policemen at the base returned
fire.

Violent disturbances, which included throwing of stones and petrol bombs
and burning of car tires occurred at the following sites:

In the area of the village of Al-Arub, south of Beit Lehem, the northern
Shema'a Junction, the East Halhul Junction, Ayosh Junction, the entrance to
the Kalandia refugee camp south of Ramallah, the Peirot block and the
security road near Kalkillia, the village of Hares east of Ariel, near the Kaduri
college east of Tul Karem, at the southern Jericho roadblock and at Al-Hadar
Junction south of Jerusalem.

In some of the incidents the IDF is employing measures for crowd dispersal.

The Gaza Strip

Shots were fired this morning toward a convoy making its way to the
community of Netzarim. IDF forces returned fire toward the sources of the
shooting.

Palestinian policemen wearing bullet proof vests fired at the community of
Rafiah-Yam in the southern part of the Gush Katif region.

During the early afternoon, Palestinians fired live ammunition at IDF
positions near the community of Neve Dekalim. In one incident an anti-tank
missile was fired at an IDF position. IDF forces returned fire at the
sources of the shooting and fired an anti-tank missile toward the location
from which the Palestinian missile was fired.

In the last hours shots have been fired at the Southern Gaza Brigade HQ.

"IMRA Newsletter" <imra-l@lyris.vcix.com>

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Subject: [bprlist] Prophecies From Hollywood
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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:30:34 -0500

Prophecies From Hollywood: -- The Achievement Of Human
Immortality, Applauded By Physicians And Scientists

Story Filed: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 3:04 PM EST

CHICAGO, IL, Nov 21, 2000 (INTERNET WIRE via COMTEX) -- And on the
sixth
day, God created man in his own image.

Set against a backdrop of the most widely read text in all of human
history, The 6th Day [Columbia Pictures/Phoenix Pictures, opened
nationwide November 17, 2000] is a strikingly prophetic film that glimpses
into a world where man has attained near godlike biotechnological powers.
In this exciting new world, man has the capacity to reign above all
diseases and ultimately usher in a new age of human immortality, captioned
on the screen as taking place "in the near future -- sooner than you
think."

Arnold Schwarzenneger's latest action adventure film is a bittersweet
vision of a near term future filled with technological wonderments which
could have been lifted from the pages of the American Academy of
Anti-Aging Medicine's (A4M) scientific journal, Anti-Aging Medical News.
This authoritative publication, focusing on emerging technologies expected
to grant humans with an unlimited lifespan, is read quarterly by 45,000
forward-thinking physicians, health practitioners, scientists, and
researchers in nearly every country across the globe. Anti-Aging Medical
News has featured human stem cell technologies, organ repair, noninvasive
computerized medical diagnostics, and the methods for cloning everything
from frogs to sheep, calves to people, and these technologies are rapidly
reaching perfection.

Indeed, the A4M's cofounder and Chairman of the Board, Dr. Bob Goldman,
serves as Mr. Schwarzenneger's personal scientific and medical advisor,
and has regularly kept Mr. Schwarzenneger up to date on the activities and
exponential growth of the A4M, the world's only non-profit,
non-commercial, medical society devoted to eradicating the degenerative
diseases of aging. Since its inception seven years ago, the A4M has been
the first and only scientific nonprofit medical society to have forecast
the deliverance of human lifespans in excess of 100 years.

Director Roger Spottiswoode, a veteran sci-fi videosmith, along with
co-producer and star Arnold Swarzenegger, entice the populous of millions
of movie goers to imagine a world in the very close future in which the
most tantalizing applications of biotechnologies, medical diagnostics, and
cutting-edge computing are everyday reality:

Biometric identification that collects your entire complement of
laboratory and physical data in the time it takes to press your thumb onto
a data pad Genetic technologies to detect diseases at their very earliest
onset, and the opportunity to eliminate them in order to preserve maximum
life expectancy Rapid optic scanning that regularly downloads and encodes
all of your thoughts, memories, feelings, and behaviors to be saved onto a
storage medium End to organ shortage, through the development of methods
for mass organ reproduction and rejection-free transplantation Cloning of
any living being, from crops to pets, to humans as well, with 100%
completely successful replication of physical, cognitive, and behavioral
characteristics On-demand completion of the replication of a cloned body
into which your soul-on-storage can be transferred, and the ability to
repeatedly do so, making each of us truly immortal A virtual reality
environment that is highly personalized and provides the same level of
sensory engagement as reality itself

The team that wrote, produced, and directed The 6th Day is to be
commended
for their sound scientific construct around which they built a thrilling
story plot. Adam Gibson (Arnold Swarzenegger), is engaged in a
moment-to-moment struggle to avoid being assassinated by the highly
respected Michael Drucker (Tony Goldwyn), who cloned Gibson in error to
cover up the illegal human cloning being conducted by Drucker for years.
While most in the theater will envision Drucker as the archvillain, we
anti-aging movie goers are cheering from our seats, for he is the ultimate
visionary biotechnologist who has the capacity to give mankind the
greatest gift of all - true immortality It is from Drucker's cavalier
defiance of the human cloning ban with which we all may be at last freed
from the diseases and infirmities of old age and the end of a finite
lifespan.

Spottiswoode's subplot in which he interweaves the bioethical
considerations on cloning, particularly human cloning, presented by
fundamentalists, is certainly thought-provoking. Is a perfect cloned
replacement any less of a being than the original? Do clones have a soul?
Is killing a clone acceptable?

Says Dr. Ronald Klatz, President of the A4M and physician founder of the
anti-aging movement, "A4M hails Spottiswoode and his movie team on the
superb delivery of the science behind the most exciting medical and
technological advancements that are currently in the year 2000, either
realized or on the brink of realization, and how they may be integrated by
a pioneer scientist. As history has shown, it is often from the
perseverance and personal sacrifice by just one single visionary that
heralds a leap that forever alters the human condition for the better."

Venture capitalists and grant funders take heed - The 6th Day is a
blueprint for creating a profound shift in the identification and
treatment of disease and options to permanent death, and the map can
readily be followed and realized within the next 35 years.

The writers, scientific advisors, producers, and director of The 6th Day
have propelled cutting-edge biomedical and technological innovations to
invite curiosity and discussion among everyone - our family members,
neighbors, coworkers, and yes - even our personal physicians and
government researchers. Anti-aging medicine owes a great debt to
Spottiswoode and Schwarzenneger. They have cast the notion of anti-aging
into the minds of millions of people around the world who, if they can
envision a world like that in The 6th Day, are embracing anti-aging
medicine as the prelude to true immortality.

You are invited to learn about the important and tireless efforts of the
American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. The 10,000 physician, scientist,
and health practitioner members of the A4M are forging a profound
healthcare paradigm shift that alleviates the mounting social, economic,
and medical woes otherwise anticipated to arrive with the rapidly growing
volume of an aging population. The A4M sponsors The World Health Network,
the Internet's #1 anti-aging portal, at www.worldhealth.net, as part of
its mission of promoting advocacy and awareness of this new clinical
science. Please visit The World Health Network at www.worldhealth.net and
voice your opinion on the current poll question: With human cloning now
possible and probable application in the next 35 years, do you think human
clones will have a soul?

Special complimentary media-only offers are available at
www.worldhealth.net/press. Media is welcome to receive a complimentary
subscription to the A4M's Anti-Aging Medical News. Our Fall 2000 issue
focuses on "Making the Quantum Leap to Human Immortality in the Year
2029"
and "Anti-Aging Medicine Delivers the Potential for Human Immortality."
Press Credentials for the foremost annual conference on human longevity
are available. Join us at the Eighth International Congress on Anti-Aging
Medicine and Biomedical Technologies taking place 15-17 December 2000 at
The Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, where 4,000 of the world's
top scientists and clinicians will be in attendance and exchanging the
latest findings and breakthroughs in life-extending medical care and
biotechnological applications. By 1 December 2000, send an e-mail or fax
(stating your media affiliation) to the contact listed below.

CONTACT: Catherine Cebula
                  The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
                  978-742-9719
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Subject: [bprlist] Mummy, there's a monster in the lab
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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:30:34 -0500

Mummy, there's a monster in the lab

By ANDREW MASTERSON
Sunday 26 November 2000

Thousands of years ago, in the Mediterranean Sea, a pirate captain made
his ship look a tad more fearsome by adorning its prow with the severed
heads of a lion, a goat and a snake. Little could he have imagined that
his actions would still be causing unease today.

Yet they are, in London and Melbourne. The terrifying appearance of his
craft gave birth to the legend of the hideous three-headed creature, the
Chimera - a word that re-entered the language this past week in the
distinctly non-mythological context of genetic engineering.

In Britain, Greenpeace has sounded the alarm over a patent held by
Melbourne biotech company Stem Cell Sciences. The patent, covering the
use
of a hormone called leukaemia inhibitory factor, potentially allows
scientists to create animals containing DNA from more than one species.
These have been dubbed "chimeric" animals.

Whether any such animals are created is, in one sense, irrelevant. The
patent has permitted the reinvention, or updating, of a primal fear that
has been part of Western consciousness since the dawn of recorded history.

Humans have always been scared of mixed-species monsters. The difference
is that now we can make them.

The Chimera legend found full expression in Homer's works. The mundane
explanation of the pirate with a flair for theatricality was replaced by
the story of two people called Typho and Echidna, who had sex and gave
birth to it.

Warrior hero Bellerophon killed the monster. Bellerophon rode another
mixed-species creature, the winged horse Pegasus.

Pegasus was something of an exception in that he was likeable. The
overwhelming majority were held to be extremely frightening; repositories
of all that was wrong about acting against the natural order.

Some were much more real than others. The Scythians of Central Europe
domesticated horses around 700BC. When the Scythians went to war
against
the Greeks, the Greeks were terrified. Having never before seen people on
horseback, they concluded that man and beast were one. In time this first
impression became the mythological Centaur.

And then there were the ruminants. For some reason Western culture has
always had an obsession about sex with bulls, stags and goats (and, in the
current crop of Kiwi farmer jokes, sheep). The terrifying Cretan Minotaur
- half man, half bull - is a prime example. According to the poet Ovid,
the awful creature in the labyrinth was the result of a sordid fling
between Pasiphae, the wife of the Cretan king, and a white bull intended
for sacrifice to Neptune.

Goat and stag hybrids are probably central to all Europeans mythologies.
The ancient Celtic god Cernunnos was a man with stag horns. The Greek god
Pan had goat's legs (as did the minor spirits known as satyrs). In the
Christian tradition, Satan has long been portrayed as having cloven hoofs.

Mixed species monsters are deeply embedded in Judaeo-Christian
mythologies. In the Old Testament Book of Daniel, we find visions of a
lion with eagle's wings, and a four-headed winged leopard.

In the Middle Ages, chimeras continued to exert a strong, if more
fanciful, influence on the popular imagination. Mediaeval stories are full
of weird and wonderful creatures such as the Gryphon - half eagle, half
lion.

If Greenpeace is to be believed, the technology to create real, breathing
chimeras has arrived. Science and mythology have never been so close.

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Subject: [bprlist] Yom Kippur Katan
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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:30:34 -0500

Yom Kippur Katan prayer services
 (IsraelWire-11/26) Due to the present situation in Israel, the Chief
Rabbinate of Israel has declared that this Monday, November 27, 2000, Erev
Rosh Chodesh Kislev [evening of the new moon for the month of Kislev],
should be observed as a Yom Kippur Katan ["Minor Yom Kippur," the last
day of each month, on which many communities fast and recite a special
liturgy.].

The Yom Kippur Katan service will be recited in a mass prayer service at
the Western Wall at 3:00pm, as well as in congregations throughout Israel.

Synagogues and schools in America are urged to participate as well.
Should a 3:00pm service prove untenable, synagogues are requested to
recite the special Yom Kippur Katan service at Shacharit morning prayers.

Aside from the call of the Chief Rabbinate, newspapers and posters in
Israel carry a similar message signed by numerous leading rabbis. The
signatories include Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Rav Chaim P. Scheinberg,
Rav S. Y. Karelitz, Rav Chaim Kanievsky, Rav Moshe Shmuel Shapiro, The
Bostoner Rabbe R' Yitzchok Halevi Horowitz and many more.

Their statement calls for Monday to be observed as a Yom Kippur Katan with
a "Taanit Shaot," and for a bolstering of Torah, Avodah and Gmillut
Chasadim.

 Service suggestions include reciting Psalms # 83, 130, 142, saying Avinu
Malkeinu ["Our Father, our King," a litany recited during the Ten Days of
Penitence and, in some rites, on fast days. Each line begins with the words
Avinu Malkenu and ends with a petition] and giving charity.

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Subject: [bprlist] Gene test can screen embryos for low IQ
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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:30:34 -0500

November 26 2000 BRITAIN

Gene test can screen embryos for low IQ
Lois Rogers, Medical Correspondent

SCIENTISTS have developed a =A3125 test that enables doctors to screen
embryos for low intelligence. Their testing kit can identify a range of
genetic defects known to lead to learning difficulties.

Developed by a British company, it is the first gene test for low IQ and
has already been adapted for use by doctors in America and Spain on
families they suspect have an inherited risk of a defect.

Using test-tube baby techniques, the American and Spanish doctors have
selected only perfect embryos to be returned to the womb.

Some experts are concerned that such testing echoes Aldous Huxley's Brave
New World, in which epsilon babies were bred in hatcheries for menial
tasks while alphas lived a life of luxury.

"There is an urgent need for regulation of what constitutes legitimate use
of this type of genetic diagnosis," said Richard Nicholson, the editor of
the Bulletin of Medical Ethics.

"Low IQ is not life-threatening. This is a significant step towards
eugenics."

The =A3125 kit being marketed by Cytocell, of Banbury, was developed from
research at the Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford.

Scientists have identified the specific arrangements of genetic material
on the telomeres, the ends of DNA strands in each chromosome, which
cause
children to suffer anything from moderate learning problems to mental
handicap.

About 21,000 children are born with a learning difficulty in Britain each
year. Scientists say the test could identify up to 2,000 of them.

Research is now turning to the quest for other genetic characteristics
which may cause sub-normal intelligence, with the ultimate goal of
offering screening to women carrying naturally conceived babies.

Cytocell has already produced customised probes for couples at high risk
of having mentally retarded children at the St Barnabas Medical Centre in
New Jersey and at a genetics centre in Barcelona.

The American government is ploughing federal funds into developing such
tests.

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Subject: [bprlist] Daily World Affairs Report items (11/25/00)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:30:34 -0500

POPE SOON MAY APPOINT THOSE WHO WILL NAME HIS
SUCCESSOR

By naming new archbishops in New York and Washington, D.C., Pope
John Paul II has filled 2 holes in the U.S. church. Now he must fill the
bigger hole in the College of Cardinals, the body that will elect his
successor. The selection of new "princes of the church," as they are
traditionally called, is long overdue. It has been nearly 2 years since Joh n
Paul named new cardinals, and some say the wait has been risky in view of
the 80-year-old pope's frail health.

Death and old age have sharply reduced the number of cardinals eligible to
vote for a new pope, and key church figures from a number of important
posts around the world would be locked out if a papal election were held
today. Speculation is that John Paul will act early in the new year, when h e
may name as many as 25 new cardinals. The new group may include 3
Americans, as well as church leaders from Ireland, England, Argentina,
Chile and Japan.

Archbishop Edward Egan of New York, who succeeded the late Cardinal
John O'Connor, is the most likely of the Americans to be elevated. Others
possibly in line for a red hat are the newly appointed archbishop of
Washington, D.C., Theodore E. McCarrick, and Archbishop Justin Rigali of
St. Louis, a friend of John Paul's from his days at the Vatican. Some
thought Archbishop McCarrick, at 70 and archbishop of Newark, N.J.,
since 1986, was too old to get the high-profile Washington post, said the
Rev. Thomas J. Reese, editor of the Jesuit magazine America. All bishops
must submit their resignations at 75, and cardinals are barred from voting in
a papal election when they turn 80.

"Some say the pope is rewarding old friends, while others say he is
appointing older men so that his successor will have a free hand in
appointing their replacements," Mr. Reese said. "Both theories may be
true." Whatever the case, John Paul will have the opportunity to put a
further imprint on a body that already heavily bears his mark.His 22-year
pontificate, the longest this century, has given him the possibility to fil l the
College of Cardinals with like-minded men of a conservative bent.

The College of Cardinals is limited to 120 cardinals under the age of 80.
There are now 97 cardinals eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a pope,
and the number will drop to 95 in February, when 2 more cardinals reach
the age limit. Of those, all but 11 were elevated by John Paul. So-called
progressive cardinals are isolated in the college. Cardinal Carlo Maria
Martini of Milan, a favorite of liberals, was given a cool reception at a
European bishops meeting last year when he suggested that a new church
council may be needed to tackle such issues as mandatory celibacy for
priests, calls for the ordination of women and the Vatican's condemnation
of artificial contraception.

The pope is likely to draw up his list of cardinals both with an eye to his
succession and an interest in rewarding those who have worked with him.
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re, an Italian recently promoted to lead the
influential Congregation of Bishops and long close to the pope, seems a sur e
bet to be elevated. The Italian press has speculated that the pope's privat e
secretary, fellow Pole Bishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, could also be in line. The
announcement may be made after the pope declares an end to the church's
Holy Year on Jan. 6. The new appointees would then come to Rome in
February for the formal installation. (The Dallas Morning News)

ITALIAN RACISM ALARMS E.U. UNIT

EU officials expressed alarm over =93xenophobia=94 in Italy yesterday as th e
Northern League (NL) mayor of a town in Northern Italy declared that
Muslims and other non-Christians would not be allowed within 15 metres of
the parish church. The ban came as Jean Kahn, head of the EU unit that
monitors racism, said that the prospect of a centre-right government in Ita ly
which included the NL was disturbing. Italy faces an election by next sprin g
at the latest and the Centre Right, led by Silvio Berlusconi, the media
tycoon, is poised to return to power for the first time in 6 years. As in 1 994,
Signor Berlusconi has formed an alliance with the far-right Alleanza
Nazionale (AN) and the NL.

Mr Kahn, presenting the EU observer unit=92s report for 1999 in Brussels,
drew an analogy with the ultra-nationalist Freedom Party (FPO) led by J=F6r g
Haider in Austria. Earlier this week, when accused of xenophobia by Prime
Minister Giuliano Amato, NL leader Umberto Bossi angrily denied any link
with Herr Haider and said that the League =97 which is campaigning for a
crackdown on illegal immigration as well as for greater independence for
Italy=92s northern regions =97 had nothing in common with Herr Haider=92s
FPO. Mr Kahn said that he had also been shocked by remarks by Cardinal
Giacimo Biffi, the Archbishop of Bologna, calling for a defence of Christia n
values in the face of a =93Muslim invasion of Europe=94.

Yesterday Roberto Manenti, the Mayor of Rovato, near Brescia, confirmed
he had issued a local ordinance forbidding non-Christians to approach close r
than 15 metres of the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta or any other
=93sacred Christian site=94. He said the move was to protect Christian valu es
against the =93incessant contamination of other religions=94. He said he ha d had
the idea after a visit to Algeria, where he was forbidden entry into a
mosque as a =93non-believer=94.He said that tolerance of Muslims in Western
countries was not reciprocated in Islamic cultures. (The London Times)

2.4BN OFFER TO BUY PEACE IN THE BALKANS

Leaders of the EU and 6 Balkan states tried to bury years of mistrust and
enmity yesterday at a summit in Zagreb. But the curse of ethnic conflict,
with fresh fighting between ethnic Albanians and Serbs,poisoned the
atmosphere of reconciliation. For the first time since the Yugoslav
federation fell apart, the EU was able to offer the former republics and
neighbouring Albania, a vision of a peaceful, prosperous European
community of nations.

=93The 15 member states of the EU =97 countries that in the lifetime of my
father were at war with one another =97 are now working in union with 50
years of peace and prosperity behind us,=94 Tony Blair said. =93And now we
are holding out the prospect of bringing the same peace and prosperity to
the Eastern and Central European nations and even to the Balkan
countries.=94

The EU offered 2.4bn economic aid, duty-free access to EU markets for
Balkans products and an open door to eventual membership. Slovenia is
already on the path to join the EU, with the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia next in line. The smiles were overshadowed by fears that the
relative peace in the region, made possible by the removal of Slobodan
Milosevic from power, could be shattered. Tensions emerged between
Croatia and Serbia about the need to prosecute Serb war criminals. Then
President Djukanovic of Montenegro signalled his intention to press for
independence from Yugoslavia in a refendum next year.

By far the most explosive issue was the fresh violence this week in and
around Kosovo, the troubled province run by the UN and protected by
NATO=92s KFOR troops. President Kostunica, the moderate Yugoslav
leader who wants to bring his country into the EU, gave warning that
Kosovo remained the biggest problem in Europe. =93The old Balkan story of
violence and =91ethnic cleansing=92 is not over yet. Kosovo is the only reg ion
where terror still reigns and the exodus of people from their ancestral
homeland continues.=94

As he spoke yesterday, ethnic Albanian guerrillas in Kosovo continued their
week-long offensive across the border into southern Serbia. The fighters
are members of the Liberation Army of Presevo, Medveda and Bujanovac
(UCPMB), a splinter of the now-disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army
(KLA). According to the UN, the fighting led to the exodus of about 600
villagers living in the border zone, a supposedly demilitarised area inside  the
Serb border with Kosovo.

The raid left several Serb policemen dead and injured and prompted a top
Serb official to say yesterday that unless NATO=92s KFOR troops put a stop
to the violence, Serb paramilitary forces would go in, even though they are
barred from entry under an agreement with NATO.=93The police have given
a 72-hour deadline for the attacks to stop,=94 Bozo Prelevic, one of Serbia =92s 3
Interior Ministers, said. =93After that the police will return to the terri tory of
the republic of Serbia (in the buffer zone) with all the forces at our
disposal.=94

Yesterday KFOR said that it had intensified operations along the eastern
border. It claimed to have seized more weaponry, including mortar rounds
and rocket-propelled grenades. However, the region is mountainous and
difficult to control. Although the clashes are still small in scale, the
implications are grave. Unless the fighting can be stopped, Mr Kostunica, a
Serb nationalist, could find himself drawn into confrontation with Western
forces. Javier Solana, the EU=92s foreign policy and security chief, said: =93In
Kosovo we have not escaped entirely the shadows of the past.=94 (The
London Times)

MICHAEL TURNER =0F
(mykelturner@airmail.net) =0F

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Subject: [bprlist] Arutz-7 News (11/26/00)
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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:45:18 -0500

Arutz Sheva News Service
  <http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Sunday, Nov. 26, 2000 / Cheshvan 28, 5761

TODAY'S HEADLINES:
   1. IDF RETALIATES AGAINST HIZBULLAH
   2. VIOLENCE TODAY AND LAST NIGHT
   3. ON THE POLITICAL FRONTS
   4. YESHA TRAFFIC
   5. TWO MORE FUNERALS
   6. FASTING AND PRAYER TOMORROW
   7. FORTIFYING ISRAELI TOWNS
   8. BOLSTERING THE ETHICAL CODE
   9. MILITARY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
   10. ANTI-SEMITISM IN FRANCE

1. IDF RETALIATES AGAINST HIZBULLAH Sgt. Halil Taher, an IDF tracker
from Acre, was killed this morning when a heavy roadside bomb, planted by
Hizbullah, exploded early this morning in the Mt. Dov region as an IDF patr ol
jeep passed. Two other soldiers were evacuated to the hospital in moderate
condition. Israeli planes and helicopters attacked Hizbullah targets along  the
border and within Lebanon, in three waves of raids.

Brig.-Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky, Commander of the IDF's Galilee Forces, said
today that the double bomb was placed, and exploded, between 800 and 900
meters south of the U.N.-approved international border - inside Israeli
territory. He said that Israel's retaliatory raid was directed at every pl ace
where it was estimated that Hizbullah terrorist activity occurred.

Brig.-Gen. (res.) Rafi Noy, a former Northern Commander, told Arutz-7 today
that there was nothing surprising about the attack: "It was the same type of
attack as Hizbullah carried out two weeks ago, except that no one was hurt
then; it is also just as serious as the kidnapping a month ago of the three
soldiers. No one should think that Hizbullah has suddenly decided to
escalate; it has been clear from the start that Hizbullah is trying to igni te the
region. It's equally obvious that Hizbullah will intensify its attacks - un less
Israel knows how to react." Kaplinsky offered his prediction for the futur e,
and some advice as well: "It's clear that within a few months - or possibl y
less, given the fast rate things are going - we will be forced to return to
Lebanon. But we will not do so, because no Israeli government or Chief of
Staff will recommend such a course of action after the way in which we
became entangled last time, nor do we have the support of the local
population given the way in which we left them [six months ago]... To wage
war on the border is impossible, because then Kiryat Shmonah and even
towns further south will become the security zone with battles raging aroun d
them=85 We therefore have only two options: to attack Beirut and Damascus,
or that which I recommend: the diplomatic option - to press the U.S., Russi a,
and Europe to declare Lebanon a terrorist-supporting state. This has clear
ramifications in the world, and it is something that Lebanon will not be ab le
to live with, economically."

The IDF was forced to respond to violent rioting by dozens of Lebanese at
the Fatma Gate, near Israel's northern city of Metullah, with rubber bullet s.

2. VIOLENCE TODAY AND LAST NIGHT Today's scorecard: Palestinian
shooting at the Hartzit outpost in Gaza; Israeli soldiers returned fire...  Firing
on and off all night and morning between Gush Katif and Kfar Darom, from
houses along the road. The army recently razed buildings there, but Kfar
Darom residents accuse the army of reacting too late, and destroying the
buildings after the Palestinians shoot from them... Shots were fired from a
Palestinian car at a passing Israeli vehicle at Halamish junction in Binyam in;
no one was hurt... Palestinians attacked a Border Guard patrol jeep near
Hawara, south of Shechem, this morning, leading to a heavy exchange of fire
between Israeli and Palestinian forces, and the closing of the Tapuach-
Shechem road.

Later this afternoon: Two Israelis were injured by rocks thrown at their b us
south of Shechem, and another Israeli motorist was similarly injured at the  A-
Ram junction, north of Jerusalem... Shots were fired at Jewish homes in
Hevron; soldiers returned fire=85 Shots were fired at Gilo... A soldier w as
injured by rocks near Shechem...

Last night: An IDF soldier was lightly wounded near Ofrah from shooting
emanating from Bitin, while another soldier was hit by a brick at Hizme; th ere
was shooting on the Jenin bypass road, Psagot, Beit Haggai, at a bus near
Alfei Menashe, in Gaza, and elsewhere; there was a roadside bomb near the
Elisha Nachal outpost, exchange of fire at the Erez Checkpoint, and heavy
fighting at the Ayosh Junction yesterday afternoon. On Friday night, IDF
soldier Sharon Arama of Ashkelon was murdered by Palestinian sniper fire in
Gaza.

A terrorist crossed over the Jordanian border into Israel on Friday night;
Israeli forces located, shot, wounded, and caught him. He later admitted
under interrogation that Hamas had sent him to carry out a terrorist attack
within Israel.

3. ON THE POLITICAL FRONTS Former IDF Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-
Shachak, currently serving as Transportation and Tourism Minister, and ex-
GSS head Ami Ayalon met last night in Gaza with Yasser Arafat. Prime
Minister Barak authorized the meeting, in an effort to renew diplomatic
negotiations as part of his new plan to this end. Following the meeting,
Barak ordered two top IDF officers to meet with their Palestinian
counterparts. The Prime Minister has authorized Gen. Uzi Dayan and Atty.
Gilad Sher to coordinate the new plan, and wishes to appoint former GSS
head Ami Ayalon as liaison with Arafat in place of Yossi Ginosar.

Barak's security aide Gen. (res.) Danny Yatom met this morning with
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo; the two did not hold a press
conference afterwards. Mubarak met later with Jordan's King Abdullah.
Prime Minister Ehud Barak said today that there is no alternative to
negotiations with the Palestinian Authority - including military options - but
added that Israel would not agree to "peace at any price."

The Likud appears to be determined to go ahead with its proposal to topple
the government this Tuesday. MK Silvan Shalom explained today that the
Likud would not join a national emergency government, "because we refuse
to serve as a board for Barak to walk across on his way to signing an
agreement with Arafat. He has made more concessions than any Israeli or
Jewish Prime Minister could ever have made - including actually agreeing to
divide Jerusalem - and we do not wish to be a party to his efforts to final ize
such a deal."

Shalom admitted that Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg - "with his blatantly
partisan decision that 61 MKs are required to pass even the first reading o f
our government-toppling bill" - had made things a bit difficult for the Lik ud.
The Likud is suing against the decision in the Supreme Court, as "the
Knesset's legal counsel said clearly that 61 MKs are not required for the f irst
reading, and Attorney-General Rubenstein said that this was an opinion that
would withstand Supreme Court scrutiny. We hope that the Court will rule
that a simple majority is all that is needed." Shalom said that if the Cou rt
rules in favor of Burg, he [Shalom] will have to check carefully whether it  has
the required 61; he will not submit the proposal unless it is certain to pa ss,
because if it does not, it cannot be submitted again for six months.

4. YESHA TRAFFIC The Yesha Council wishes to bolster traffic to and from
Yesha communities, and to this end has asked the government to provide
additional bullet-proof buses for night-time use. The Council emphasizes
that the buses are not meant to replace regular private-car transportation,  but
rather to help those who are daunted by the security situation from using
their cars.

Beit El Mayor Uri Ariel told Arutz-7 today that Minister Lipkin-Shachak met
with Yesha Council leaders, and then with Psagot residents, this past
Thursday. "We discussed a variety of topics," Ariel said, "including our
request for more public transportation. At the same time, we want everyone
to keep up their routine, and drive regularly..." Ariel said that contrary  to
some reports, there is no increase in those wanting to move out of Yesha:
"On the contrary, there is the usual increase in people wanting to live her e -
a growth rate of something like 9% - 11.5% throughout Yesha. In Beit El, f or
instance, no one is leaving, and in other places, the rate is the same as i n
other years."

5. TWO MORE FUNERALS The two Israeli casualties of Friday will be buried
today. Ariel Jerafi, an IDF employee who was murdered in a terrorist
ambush attack as he was driving west towards Tapuach on Friday afternoon,
was buried in Petach Tikvah. The funeral of Maj. Sharon Arameh, who was
killed by a Palestinian sniper in southern Gaza on Friday night, was held i n
Ashkelon.

6. FASTING AND PRAYER TOMORROW The Chief Rabbinate has declared
tomorrow, Monday, to be a "little Yom Kippur," in light of the grave securi ty
situation facing the People of Israel. A half-day fast until noon has been
called, and a communal prayer service at the Western Wall will be held at 3
PM. The names of the wounded children in the Kfar Darom bus attack are:
Orit bat [daughter of] Nogah; Yisrael ben [son of] Nogah; Tehillah bat Noga h -
both of whose legs were amputated after lengthy operations did not succeed;
Leora bat Shulamit; Rachel bat Tziporah; Matanyah Moseh ben Nurit; Nurit
bat Orli; Rachel bat Tova.

7. FORTIFYING ISRAELI TOWNS The violence of the past two months -
particularly that which originated in the Israeli-Arab villages - has left its mark
all over the country, and the defense establishment wishes to ensure that t he
lessons are learned. The army has prepared a list of 43 towns, all well wi thin
Israel's pre-1967 borders, that require extra fortifications and defenses.  The
extra measures include extra military protection during the night hours,
fences, and observation points.

The list is a manifestation of the defense establishment's conclusion that the
Israeli-Arab sector is an element that endangers the nearby Jewish
population. Criteria for inclusion on the list of security-needy towns incl ude:
isolation from other Jewish towns but within 1.5 kms of an Arab town;
vulnerability to light-weapons fire; and danger of being cut off during tim es of
violence. The towns include Lotem and Avtalyon in the Upper Galilee; Beit
Rimon and Netofa in the Lower Galilee; Kfar HaHoresh and Adi in the Jezre'e l
Valley; Ma'aleh Gilboa near Beit She'an; Kokhav Ya'ir, Bat Hefer, and N'vei
Yamin in or near the Sharon Valley; Ma'aleh HaHamisha and Ramat Rachel
in the Jerusalem region; Shekef and Nevatim further south; and many more.

8. BOLSTERING THE ETHICAL CODE The IDF's ethical code specifies as
follows: "A soldier will always come to the rescue of his friends when the y
require his help, or [their lives] are dependent upon him, even in the face  of
any danger or difficulty, and even at the expense of his own life." An
organization called "Ichpat" [Care, Concern], comprised of reserves officer s
and soldiers, gathered for the second time in two weeks last night to prote st
what it feels is the deterioration of this all-important principle. "We fe el that
the IDF's ethical code has been broken, and that the trust of the younger
soldiers in their officers is eroding. We therefore decided to get up and make
our protest known." So said Prof. Shmuel Hershkovitz of Tel Aviv Universit y,
a Lt.-Col. in the reserves and one of the organizers of the rally. "We mus t
revive this code, because if not, the situation will deteriorate - if today  the
Chief of Staff decides not to rescue a wounded soldier, then tomorrow it wi ll
be a battalion commander who will do so, and the next day a more junior
officer, and so on, until this will be the new norm in the army, and the
responsibility will be shunted from one to another. In addition, we must k now
that this commitment to come to the rescue of one another under all
circumstances is the glue that holds the army together; it's not the tanks,
not the planes, not the politicians that does this - only this feeling of s upport
and fellowship that exists among the soldiers and officers... I cannot reca ll
any case such as the one in Joseph's Tomb - and I have fought in many
wars, tougher than this one - where soldiers stood above and watched and
did nothing as a soldier bled to death for five hours. [The generals decid ed
not to mount an offensive on Shechem, but rather to ask the PA to help
evacuate the soldier - ed. note] This must be stopped - and we have been
receiving many calls of support from soldiers who ask us to continue this
fight on their behalf."

9. MILITARY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS The IDF issued an order today
forbidding military travel in the Jordan Valley in non-bullet-proof vehicle s.
After a spontaneous uproar by residents, the order was changed to exclude
soldiers traveling in jeeps as school bus escorts. The order has still cau sed
a bit of a stir: Soldiers returning home to their bases, who generally do not
have bullet-proof cars, must wear civilian clothes, while food and supplies  will
not be able to arrive in the bases.

A resident of the Jordan Valley town of Patzael, Yochanan Divalenca,
expressed his consternation to Arutz-7 today: "An order like this is both a
surrender, and a sign of bankruptcy=85 What about the civilians? We *can*
travel in regular vehicles? Is our blood any less red?... We have begun a
program of 'one friend accompanies another' on the roads, so as to provide
ourselves with at least a sensation of security, if those who are supposed to
do this cannot..."

10. ANTI-SEMITISM IN FRANCE A Jewish cemetery in France, north of
Paris, was vandalized over the weekend. Thirty-four gravestones were
damaged; the police are investigating.

Hebrew News Editor: Ariel Kahane
English News Editor: Hillel Fendel

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Subject: [bprlist] Yesha under attack
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:47:10 -0500

BreakingNews-Israel

Shooting resumes in Gilo (NOV.26 =96 19:02-IST)
(IsraelWire-11/26) Shooting resumed a short time ago in Jerusalem=92s
southern neighborhood of Gilo. There were no reports of injuries in the
second volley of gunfire on Sunday night but there are confirmed reports
of damages. The first attack of automatic gunfire began at about 5:30pm.

In both attacks, Israeli forces in Gilo responded with automatic weapons.

As a result of the shooting attacks, the Minharot road from Gilo to the
Gush Etzion area of Judea has been closed and public bus service to Jewish
communities in and around the Gush has ceased.

    ++++

2. Shooting and other attacks throughout Yesha (NOV.26 =96 19:10-IST)
(IsraelWire-11/26) Three IDF reservists were lightly injured in
stone-throwing attacks near Araba, in the Jenin area of Samaria. In the
same area, border police troops came under fire. They returned fire. No
injuries.

In the Nablus area, gunfire was directed at an IDF position on Mount
Greizim. No injuries.

A firebomb was hurled at border police troops near Kalkilya. No injuries.

Shots were fired at an Israeli vehicle traveling near Alfei Menashe in
Samaria. No injuries. It is unknown at this time if the bullets struck the
vehicle.

IDF forces at Rachel=92s Tomb in Bethlehem are engaged in a gun battle with
PLO Authority (PA) forces. No injuries.

In the Gush Katif area of Gaza, near the Geffen Outpost, an explosive
device was detonated against an Israeli vehicle in the past hour. No
injuries.

In the past hour, soldiers stationed in the Neve Dekalim industrial area
were under fire from the autonomous area of Khan Yunis. No injuries.

    ++++

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Subject: [bprlist] PA officials are organizing terror cells, IDF says
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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:50:37 -0500

Sunday, November 26, 2000

PA officials are organizing terror cells, IDF says

Two Israelis, 10 Palestinians die in weekend fighting; escalation expected
during Ramadan

                  By Aliza Arbeli and Amira Hass
                  Ha'aretz Correspondents and Staff

Secret terrorist cells are being organized by Mohammed Dahlan's
Palestinian Preventive Security forces in Gaza, in an effort to carry out
bombing and shooting attacks in the territories analogous to those carried
out by the radical Islamic groups, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Israeli security
officials said yesterday. These cells may also attempt to carry out bombing
attacks inside the Green Line, the sources said.

The weekend saw a significant increase in the number of shooting incidents
in the territories and Israel defense sources believe this trend will continue,
and may even worsen, with the imminent start of the month-long fast of
Ramadan.

In two separate incidents in the territories on Friday, two Israelis were killed.
Ariel Jerafi, 40, a civilian from Petah Tikvah, working for the Israel Defense
Forces, was shot dead while driving in the West Bank in a military vehicle.
Major Sharon Arama, 25, from Ashkelon, was killed in the Gaza Strip
following heavy exchanges of fire with Palestinian gunmen. Four Israelis,
among them one civilian, were lightly injured yesterday.

Ten Palestinians were also killed during the weekend and some 160 others
were injured in clashes with the IDF. The focal points of the fighting were the
West Bank towns of Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah, Qalqiliya, Bethlehem and
Hebron, and at the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Gaza.

According to Israeli defense sources, the heads of the Palestinian security
organizations are behind the escalation which includes the formation of
terrorist cells whose activities are kept separate from the broader activities of
the Palestinian Authority. The PA is trying to remain "clean" with regard to
accusations that they are behind terror attacks by keeping control of the
cells separate.

"In parallel to diplomatic activities, the senior [Palestinian officials] are
making efforts to develop underground terrorist activities," senior Israeli
defense officials said.

The officials pointed to Mohammed Dahlan and Tawfiq Tirawi, in charge of
intelligence in the West Bank, as being the senior Palestinian officials
behind the undercover activities.

Most of the recruits into the terror cells are officially employed by the PA in
its Preventive Security Organization and in General Intelligence in the West
Bank, and carry out terrorist attacks along with their regular activities.

In recent weeks, the Shin Bet security service and Military Intelligence
collected solid information which links Dahlan's and Tirawi's organizations to
a significant portion of the shooting and bombing incidents carried out in the
West Bank and the Gaza strip since the violence began in late September.

The main concern of the Israeli security forces is that the members of the
terrorist cells will now begin attempts to carry out mass bombing attacks
inside the Green Line in conjunction with other terrorist organizations and the
Tanzim militias.

Both lethal shooting incidents on Friday are believed to have been carried out
by Palestinian sharpshooters. Jerafi was hit in the chest as he traveled in a
military vehicle with two other civilian workers of the IDF, near the Palestinian
village of Otzrin in Samaria. The large caliber bullet penetrated the flak jacket
Jerafi was wearing. He died as emergency IDF first aid units tried to save
him.

Arama was hit in the neck, also by a sharpshooter, while he stood inside the
command center of the Southern Gaza Brigade, at Gush Katif. He was not
wearing a flak jacket; IDF troops are not required to wear extra protective
gear while inside the headquarters. According to a senior officer yesterday, if
the shooting against the headquarters continues, soldiers will be required to
wear helmets and flak jackets inside the compound as well.

Arama will be laid to rest today at 2:30 P.M. at the military cemetery in
Ashkelon. He is survived by a wife, 22, a 1-year-old son, his parents and four
siblings.

Meanwhile the IDF arrested a citizen of Jordan who crossed into the Jordan
Valley with the intention of carrying out an attack against Israeli troops.

Initial questioning revealed that the man is a Hamas activist.

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Subject: [bprlist] International inquiry into Intifada starts
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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:52:11 -0500

Sunday, November 26, 2000

International inquiry into Intifada starts

                  By Nitzan Horowitz and Shlomo Shamir
                  Ha'aretz Correspondents

The international committee of inquiry into Intifada 2000 commences its work
in New York today, despite Israel's objections. The United States has been
adamant that the committee get down to work in the belief that this will bring
about a calming of the situation in the territories.

"From our point of view, the fact-finding committee can fulfil a major role in
improving the current atmosphere [in the territories] and we ask that it begin
its work the minute its members reach the conclusion that they can begin to
operate," said a spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council

According to American officials, Israel has softened its objections, and has
promised to cooperate with the committee's inquiry. In a meeting between
U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Prime Minister Ehud Barak
last Wednesday, Israel committed itself to cooperating with the committee.

Last week, acting Foreign Minister, Shlomo Ben Ami, sent a letter to U.S.
National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, expressing Jerusalem's objections
to the start of the committee's work in "the current atmosphere of ongoing
violence." However, the White House rejected his request for a delay and
called for an immediate commencement of the probe.

While the U.S. recognized that it may be difficult for the committee to carry
out its task in view of the continuing fighting in the territories, administration
officials insisted that fact-finding team must begin its work as soon as
possible.

The committee comprises two former U.S. senators, George Mitchell, its
chairman and a veteran of the Northern Ireland peace process, and
Republican Warren Rodman. In addition, the committee includes former
Turkish president Suleiman Demirel, Norwegian Foreign Minister Thorbojrn
Jagland, and European Union representative, Javier Solana.

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is also expected to participate
in the meeting. Annan was instrumental in organizing the Sharm al-Sheikh
summit last October, as a result of which, Israel and the Palestinian
Authority agreed to a cease-fire and the setting up of an international
committee of inquiry into the violence.

It is still unclear when the committee will be able to begin its fact-finding
mission, and Mitchell expressed hope that teams will be able to enter the
territories as soon as possible.

Annan suggested that the fact-finding teams be accompanied by military or
police observers in an effort to calm the situation on the ground. This is one
of the options being considered, given the Palestinian demand for a 2,000
member international force which would protect the Palestinian population
from the Israeli security forces. Other international organizations have also
called for the sending of international observers to the territories, but Israel
has rejected this demand.

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Subject: [bprlist] Ben-Ami to push for war-crimes tribunal agreement
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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:54:29 -0500

 
Sunday, November 26, 2000

Ben-Ami to push for signing of war-crimes tribunal agreement

                  By Aluf Benn
                  Ha'aretz Diplomatic Correspondent

Acting Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami plans to discuss with Prime
Minister Ehud Barak the issue of Israel's signing an international war-crimes
pact. Ben-Ami has directed ministry officials to prepare for Israel's signing
the pact, which would establish an international war-crimes tribunal.

Israel has until the end of the year 2000 to decide whether it will put its
signature to the pact. Such a signature would be a symbolic statement of
assent only. Should Israel decide to join the international court, next year it
would have to carry out a complicated ratification process, one that would
entail changes in some domestic laws.

Ben-Ami discussed the war-crimes pact signature issue with Justice
Minister Yossi Beilin last week, and the pair decided to collaborate in an
effort to promote Israel's signing the document. But officials in the security
establishment and Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein oppose Israel's
signing the pact.

Until now Israel has refused to sign because the tribunal's draft constitution
includes Jewish settlement activity in occupied territories on its list of war
crimes. This settlement clause was incorporated due to Syrian and Egyptian
lobbying.

Other clauses in the war-crimes tribunal's draft constitution have also
dampened enthusiasm here for the pact. These include a demand that
classified military information be submitted in accord with any future tribunal
request.

It was, however, the court constitution's "settlement clause" that forced Israel
to oppose the pact two years ago, when it was first signed by member
countries.

The Israel Defense Forces has consistently objected to Israel's signing the
pact.

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Subject: [bprlist] ben Yosef Update: Gilo attacks resume; Gog-Magog alliance
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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 18:20:48 -0500

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Subject: Gilo attacks resume; Israeli planes bomb Lebanon; More Violence in Yesha; Chief Rabbi declares emergency fast; Diplomatic jockeying; Eyes on Russia; Settler Defense Fund update; Prayer Request
Date sent: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 01:03:09 +0200

Shalom,

GILO, Jerusalem -- After a lull of almost 10 days, (with the exception
of a brief flurry of gunfire on Thursday afternoon), our Jerusalem
suburb came under fire again this afternoon and tonight. The first gun
battle lasted about 10 minutes during rush hour and caused bus traffic
in Gilo to be re-routed as Rehov Margalit was blocked off for almost a
half kilometer. But the second flurry of automatic weapons broke out
just as Kol Yisrael Radio broadcast its 7 p.m. news and lasted for
most of the broadcast. No injuries were reported.

Most of the gunfire was directed at the apartments and streets facing
Beit Jalla. The IDF said Tanzim militia holed up in Beit Jalla homes
was responsible. The IDF responded with heavy caliber machine guns,
but no helicopters were summoned.

The major news tonight is the attack on the northern border from
Hizbullah forces in Lebanon and the flurry of diplomatic activity
coming from Russia, who appears willing to take a leading role in the
peace process, officials here say to "balance the US support of
Israel." (I have been beseiged with emails asking me whether this is
the start of Russia's involvement in the Gog-Magog conflict. I don't
think so, for reasons which are explained at the end of this report).

Meanwhile, Hizbullah detonated a roadside bomb in the Har Dov region
of the Israeli-Lebanese border, wounding one soldier very seriously
and two others lightly. Israel responded with attack helicopter and
war planes, who bombed the Hizubllah strongholds for the first time
since the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon six months ago. The Lebanese
border has been heating up for months with repeated warnings from
Israel Security Services.

Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview
yesterday that war was the only way to gain return of what the
organization considers disputed Lebanese territory, Army Radio
reported this morning. "We have learned the only way to get back our
lands is not through peaceful means, but rather through Jihad (Holy
War), blood, martyrs, and bullets," said Nasrallah.

The Hizbullah claims despite withdrawing from Lebanon, Israel has yet
to evacuate forces from what the organization refers to as the "Shab'a
Farms."

Likud MK Ariel Sharon was critical of Prime Minister Ehud Barak's
delayed response, calling it "too little, too late."

Sniper attacks continued last night and today on Israeli passengers
traveling main highways in the Shomron and Gaza. Palestinians attacked
a Border Guard patrol jeep near Hawara, south of Shechem, (one of the
villages lying below Itamar) this morning, leading to a heavy exchange
of fire between Israeli and Palestinian forces. An IDF civilian
employee was killed in a terrorist ambush attack as he was driving
west in the region towards Tapuach earlier on Friday. And an IDF major
was killed by a sniper in the southern Gaza on Friday night.

Last night an IDF soldier was lightly wounded near Ofrah (which lies
just to the south of the Shomron) from shooting emanating from Bitin,
while another soldier was hit by a brick at Hizme; there was shooting
on the Jenin bypass road, Psagot, Beit Haggai, at a bus near Alfei
Menashe, in Gaza, and elsewhere; there was a roadside bomb near the
Elisha Nachal outpost, exchange of fire at the Erez Checkpoint, and
heavy fighting at the Ayosh Junction yesterday afternoon.

The Yesha Council (Judea-Samaria and Gaza) issued a statement today
that it will begin asking settlers to curtail unescorted traffic in
the territories and urged settlers to not travel in vehicles that are
not bullet-proofed but rather to take the buses, which are. The
request came with pleas for more bullet-proofed buses to accommodate
the anticipated increase in passengers.

Barak meanwhile continues clandestine efforts to reach a diplomatic
agreement with Yasser Arafat. He has authorized Uzi Dayan and Gilad
Sher to coordinate his new plan to this end, and wishes to appoint
former GSS head Ami Ayalon as liaison with Arafat, in place of Yossi
Ginosar. But when the media got wind of the secret meetings, Minister
Amnon Lipkin-Shachak would say only "no comment" to reports that he
met with Arafat on Friday night.

The IDF shot and wounded a would-be terrorist who crossed into Israel
over the Jordanian border on Friday night. He admitted under
interrogation that Hamas had sent him to carry out a terrorist attack.

The Chief Rabbinate has declared tomorrow, Monday, to be a "little Yom
Kippur," in light of the grave security situation facing the People of
Israel. A half-day fast until noon has been called, and a communal
prayer service at the Western Wall will be held at 3 PM.

All eyes today also were on Russia where Foreign Minister Shlomo
Ben-Ami was slated to go tomorrow but chose to delay his trip until
the results of Tuesday's challenge to the Barak government is known.

Jordan's King Abdullah is in Cairo for meetings with Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak. Meanwhile Mubarak met today with Barak's
security adviser, Danny Yatom. Mubarak refused to be photographed with
Yatom, Israel Radio reports, and no communique was issued with regard
to the meeting. According to newsagency reports, Yatom requested that
Egypt return its ambassador to Israel and that Mubarak use his
influence to help calm the violence on the part of the Palestinians.

Mubarak said in an interview with a Kuwaiti newspaper yesterday that
Egypt will not go to war with Israel, and will also not support an oil
embargo against the US. However, he was also quoted as saying that the
current crisis could lead to a weakening of Arafat and the
"moderates," and give an opportunity to extremists. He said the recall
of Ambassador Bassiouny was a clear sign to Israel that "the
suppression of the Palestinians" will have a grave negative influence
on the region.

Meanwhile, a government source said yesterday that Israel had agreed
to lift its blockade of Palestinian cities by the start, either today
or tomorrow, of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan, but only "on
condition that violence stops from the Palestinian side." Yesterday
the IDF permitted a temporary break from the closure and hundreds of
Palestinians passed through Gaza checkpoints to stock up on supplies.

Ben-Ami's visit to Russia to meet with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov
follows a meeting in Moscow between President Vladimir Putin and
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat on Friday.

Palestinians have been seeking a larger diplomatic role for Russia, a
co-sponsor of the Middle East peace process, to counterbalance what
they see as pro-Israeli bias by the United States.

Ivanov said yesterday that Russia wants an international peacekeeping
force to try to stem the spread of Israeli-Palestinian violence, but
denied that Moscow has a new Middle East peace plan.

"Russia believes that international observers or, I would say, an
international presence, could be useful," Ivanov told reporters during
a visit to Germany. "We are ready to support that form of
international presence which is acceptable to both sides." Arafat's
envoy in Moscow said yesterday that Putin had put forward "new peace
proposals" during his talks with Arafat.

Ivanov said Putin had not developed a new peace plan, but rather that
Moscow was working with the United Nations, the United States, Europe,
and others to help calm the crisis. On Friday, Putin was the middleman
who arranged a telephone conversation between Barak and Arafat.

Barak, according to his office, called Putin to stress that all
efforts must be put into bringing the violence to an end. During the
conversation, which took place while Putin was meeting with Arafat,
the Russian leader asked Barak if he would be willing to speak with
Arafat. The two spoke and agreed to reopen the 10 district
coordinating offices in the Gaza Strip that were closed Thursday after
the killing of Lt. Edward Matchnik. Barak pressed Arafat to put an end
to the violence, terrorism, and incitement.

Bassam Abu Sharif, a member of the PLO National Council and an adviser
to Arafat, described the meeting between Putin and Arafat and the
telephone conversation between Arafat and Barak as "very positive and
constructive."

In a related matter, Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Liel is to
hold talks in Vienna today with the foreign ministers of Egypt,
Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria. This meeting will precede a
conference of some 55 foreign ministers from Europe and other
countries, including the Mediterranean region, the US, and Japan, as
part of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe that
will meet in Vienna tomorrow and Tuesday. Israel will be represented
by Liel, and not Ben-Ami, because of Israeli diplomatic sanctions in
effect against Austria.

Now, here is why I don't think the Russian involvement in the peace
process figures into the Gog-Magog alliance.

Ezekiel 38:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief
 prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,
 the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

The ASSUMPTION that Russia is even part of this alliance is based on
the Hebrew word ROSH (translated CHIEF in verse 2) and the belief that
Meshech and Tubal are etymological derivatives of Moscow and Tubalski.

Back during the Cold War when Russia looked like the global threat to
world peace, I would have agreed. But in the words of the prophet of
MY generation, Bob Dylan, "the times they are a changin."

BIBLICALLY and HISTORICALLY, Meshech and Tubal were regions of Asia
Minor along with Gomer and Togormah (the modern Hebrew word for
"Turkey.") All of these regions define the land mass of modern
TURKEY, which is a GOG (Hebrew for "roof" over the entirity of the
Middle East and so they naturally lay to the north of Israel.

Something else characterizes these regions of Asia Minor which is
"n'yet" true of Russia. They are majority Moslem and THIS is what
unites them with the rest of the alliance of GOG listed in verses 5-6:
"Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and
helmet: Gomer, and all his bands; the "house of Togarmah" OF THE NORTH
QUARTERS, and all his bands: and many people with thee."

I put THE NORTH QUARTERS in uppercase for a reason. Note that it is
Togormah, NOT GOG of the North Quarters and note that "the House of
Togormah" includes Meshech and Tubal, which are not otherwise
repeated.

Persia we know is Iran, which is a Moslem Shi'ite nation. Ethiopia we
know comprised the areas of Sudan and Somalia in ancient times, who
are also Moslem today. Libya is Moslem Libya. Gomer MAY comprise some
of the land mass of the former Soviet Union, (all of those MOSLEM
states that border Turkey and Iran whose names now end in "stan"). But
one of the reasons these states have their independence from the
former Soviet Union is to free "Communist" Russia from the Moselm
fundamentalist influence.

Verse 7 states, "Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and
all thy KAHAL that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a MISHMAR unto
them.

The word KAHAL (usually translated "company") is almost always
associated with a "religious ideology." Evidence the number of
congregations that are called "Kehilat" Whatever. A MISHMAR is a
"guard" in the sense that whatever is going to transpire will not
transpire until the GUARD is let down. It is as though the SIGN that
what is about to happen will happen will come from the nation which is
called THE GUARD -- Togormah, (which is it bears repeating, the modern
Hebrew word for Turkey).

 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the
 young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil?
hast thou gathered thy KAHAL to take a prey? to carry away silver and
gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
 14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the
 Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou
not know it?
 15 And thou shalt come from thy place OUT OF THE NORTH PARTS, thou,
 and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great
company, and a mighty army:

Again, the only previous mention of any nation coming out of the NORTH
PARTS is TOGORMAH (Turkey).

KJV Ezekiel 39:1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and
say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

Since earlier the prophet Daniel warred against spiritual "princes of
Persia and Greece" it stands that the "chief prince" of Magog is also
a spiritual entity. Magog was anciently the name of the wall
constructed between Mongolia and China.

 2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee,
 and will cause thee to come up from the NORTH PARTS, and will bring thee upon
the mountains of Israel:
 6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell
 carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am HASHEM.
 7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel;
 and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall
know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

I believe this reference to the "pollution of the Holy Name" is its
association with Islam. Hashem makes it clear in verse 7 that HE is
the G-d of my people ISRAEL and the Holy One in ISRAEL. The Islamic
peoples and "Allah," their object of worship would NEVER accept this
title.

In conclusion, since "Rosh" is a Hebrew word for the head or chief
(NOT Russia) and since Meschech and Tubal are the HOUSE OF TOGORMAH
biblically and historically which comprise modern Turkey, TURKEY is
the nation to watch. This is not to say that Russia may not have some
role in turning Turkey against Israel, however.

A personal prayer request. In the morning, I will be traveling to
another settlement where there has been a lot of violence in recent
weeks and which is also relatively defenseless. Only ONE IDF soldier
is currently stationed there because the settlement is so sparsely
populated and, like Itamar, spread out over several hillsides. I would
rather not state the name of the settlement, but again I would greatly
appeciate your prayers and the dispatching of angels for this mission.
 I will be going with an Orthodox Jewish friend I have not seen in 10
years and a friend of his who is producing a videotape to assist in
raising funds for this settlement's defense. Although it is not in
the Shomron, I believe this settlement has a prominent role in days to
come and my purpose for going, besides to renew an old acquaintance,
is to do some spiritual warfare.

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