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To: bprlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [bprlist] "The Laodicean Lie"
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 09:49:41 -0500

Hi Lambert,

It's always nice to hear from you on the list. :-) While I generally agree with
much of what you've written, I must be fair to Michael Brown's argument on
this topic and share some more of what he has written with the list, lest I
misrepresent his work. Please understand that I'm not necessarily taking his
side on this issue (as I would have to study the topic in much greater depth to
do so). I'm just trying to present his viewpoint as best I can since I brought
the topic up. :-)

First, for the list's benefit, some background on the book "Let No One Deceive
You." The subtitle of the book is "Confronting the Critics of Revival." One of
Brown's points in bringing up what he calls the "Laodicean Lie" is that the
critics of revival "expect nothing better than ever-increasing darkness until the
Lord returns" partly based on the interpretation that the seven churches
represent seven Church ages. Therefore, if we are living in the "last days" any
news of true revival and repentance would be looked upon with suspicion
from the start.

As to the historical progression of the Church ages as they relate to the seven
churches, Brown writes:

"...such an interpretation is a logical impossibility. This is because in every
century, the seven so-called Church ages would have to be adjusted! In other
words, using Christians living in the year 1000 AD as an example, since these
believers felt the end of the world was near, they would have considered
*themselves* to be the Laodicean church. Thus they would have split up
these seven eras over a 1,000 year period, whereas believers today split up the
eras over a 2,000 year period. And this changes everything! In fact, the only
generation that could ever get the whole interpretation right would be the last
generation, and no one will know with *total* certainty that they are part of
that final generation until Jesus comes back." (p. 203)

Brown goes on to say that this interpretation would mean that only the last
generation would know the truth of the meaning of the seven letters to the
seven churches. This interpretation "requires that the truth of certain portions
of the Bible to be hidden from the eyes of Bible believers until the time came
for real interpretation to be revealed. Shades of cult-like esoteric knowledge
and secret revelation!" (p. 203)

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Subject: RE: Re: [bprlist] "The Laodicean Lie"
From: "David
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 19:02:49 -0800

I am of the opinion that the seven churches are churches chosen because each reflects a type of church congregation and doctrine. The seven churches are seven lessons to the Christian church, the body of Christ. There would have been other churches to write to, but they might not have met the criteria of being instructive.

David

>To: bprlist@yahoogroups.com
>From: Lambert Dolphin <lambert@ldolphin.org>
>Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:37:52 -0800
>Reply-To: bprlist@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [bprlist] "The Laodicean Lie"
>
>
>There is some flaw in this thinking in my opinion.
>
>There is a historical progression of churches from one through seven.
>Each of the seven churches has its day in the sun, a time of
>widespread influence.
>
>But at any time in history we can find representative churches of
>each type thriving in various places. That is, there are always these
>7 types of church in existence at any point in history.
>
>The church at the end of the age will generally be weak and diluted
>and ineffectual, i.e. Laodicean. This is especially true within the
>revived Roman Empire (and its extension into the US) since the
>apostate "great harlot" church of the tribulation arises in Europe
>primarily.
>
>Bible events always have Jerusalem at the center. The next circle out
>is the Roman Empire. After that the remainder of the Gentiles. The
>Bible does not pay much attention to the nations of the world which
>do not have an impact on Israel. (Egypt, Persia, Babylon, Tyre,
>Sidon, Jordan, Arabia, Gomer, and so on).
>
>But the article is helpful to us in the "prosperous" western world
>because, as he says, the majority of Christians elsewhere are
>suffering or persecuted and part of fast growing new congregations
>where the gospel penetration is still in its early stages.
>
>I do think the overall character of the church age has now reached
>last stage. "When the Son of Man returns, will he find the faith on
>earth?"
>
>Lambert Dolphin
>http://ldolphin.org/
>lambert@ldolphin.org
>
>>[Just something I came across that made me think.]
>>
>>
>>
>>Revelation 3:17
>>Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have
>>need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and
>>miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
>>
>>
>>Confronting the interpretation which Michael Brown, author of "Let No
>>One Deceive You" calls the "Laodicean Lie," where it is believed that
>>the seven churches in chapters 2-3 of the book of Revelation
>>represent seven Church ages that extend from New Testament times
>>until today, he argues several issues that he believes makes this
>>interpretation an impossibility. On one point Brown argues,
>>specifically with reference to Rev 3:17 that the Church-age theory is
>>in error as it applies to the present age:
>>
>>"The description doesn't fit. It is a North American and/or European
>>projection of the state of the Church, and it is completely
>>inapplicable to the Body of Christ in most of the world today. In
>>other words, although the message to Laodicea most definitely applies
>>to much of the complacent, rich, self-sufficient, and lukewarm
>>Western Church as it has existed over the last few decades...it does
>>not apply in the least to most of the Church in China, Africa, India,
>>Vietnam, Iran, Indonesia, etc. Instead, it is the message to Smyrna
>>[Rev 2:9-10] that so aptly describes these impoverished, persecuted,
>>yet thriving believers who actually make up the bulk of the Body
>>today.
>>
>>"Stop for a moment and think. How absurd it is to apply the
>>words, 'You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a
>>thing,'' to the persecuted house churches in China, where Bibles are
>>as scarce as precious jewels, or the grass-hut churches in the
>>villages of India, where one family in 10,000 has running water and
>>electricity. And how ignorant and self-centered it is to project the
>>state of a small-but-influential part of the Body (i.e., the Church
>>of the West) on the rest of the Body (i.e., the Church of the Third
>>World, better called 'the Two-Thirds World').
>>
>>"Right now, more Christians are dying for their faith every year than
>>at any other time in history, 'being faithful to the point of death,
>>that they may receive the crown of life" (in the words of Jesus to
>>Smyrna; see Rev. 2:10). In contrast with this, we sit in our
>>luxurious homes in North America, drive our air-conditioned cars to
>>our multi-million dollar sanctuaries, and spend more money on new
>>carpenting than on foreign missions. For many of us today, sacrifice
>>is defined as, 'The remote control on the VCR is not functioning' --
>>in which case we actually have to get up and change channels! And
>>from this overstuffed vantage point, we look at our backslidden,
>>compromised, comfortable condition and say, 'How Laodicean we are!'
>>And I agree! The messages to Laodicea, as well as to Sardis, really
>>do apply to most of us in the West today. But they don't apply to
>>most of the Church worldwide by any stretch of the imagination." (pp.
>>204-5)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Subject: Re: [bprlist] "The Laodicean Lie"
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 09:49:41 -0500

Hi David,

> I am of the opinion that the seven churches are churches chosen
> because each reflects a type of church congregation and doctrine. The
> seven churches are seven lessons to the Christian church, the body of
> Christ. There would have been other churches to write to, but they
> might not have met the criteria of being instructive.

I'm going to share some info from a flyer I received by JKI Publishing, the
same group that published "Scarlet and the Beast." I can't personally vouch
for or recommend the tapes as yet (if ever) since I haven't listened to them.
Therefore I *was* going to wait before I mentioned anything to the list about
this particular interpretation, but since we are on the topic of the seven
churches, others may find this interesting and perhaps want to explore it a bit
further.

(BTW, I trust Matthew is home and mending well.)

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Secret Societies and their infiltration of the Seven Churches of
Revelation Seven 1-hour audio cassette messages by John Daniel, author
of "Scarlet and the Beast"

Call 1-800-333-5344 to order

________________________

Biblical text: Revelation 1-3

Why These Seven Churches?

The seven churches in Revelation were named after the seven cities in
Asia Minor (Turkey) where they were headquartered. First was Ephesus,
followed in order by Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia,
and Laodicea.

Why did Jesus instruct the Apostle John to write to these seven
particular churches in this particular order? There were other churches
Christ could have chosen. South of Laodicea was Colosse. In Greece there
were three churches, Philippi, Thessalonica, and Corinth. There were
also churches at Galatia, Hierapolis, and Troas. Why these particular
seven?

Many theologians agree that these seven churches were selected by Christ
because they exemplify seven ages through which the prophetic Church has
now historically passed.

First Proof. The Greek meaning of the name of each city where the
churches were headquartered defines a peculiar characteristic that we
find in each of seven historic church periods.

Second Proof. Each church in Asia Minor was plagued with a pagan problem
peculiar to that city where it was headquartered. The pagan problem was
a mystery religion, or in our modern vernacular, a secret society. Each
church in Asia Minor reacted to these secret societies in a specific
manner. These same reactions toward secret societies can also be
recognized in seven distinct historic church periods spanning the last
2,000 years.

Third Proof. As each of the seven churches in Asia Minor was located in
a city with a peculiar characteristic and secret society, so too each
historic church period was headquartered within a country having those
same peculiar characteristics and secret societies. These countries are
Asia Minor, Rome, northern Europe, England, and America.

Fourth Proof. As did all seven church types exist simultaneously in
John's day, so too were all seven in existence throughout the church
age, with one of the seven predominant during each of the seven church
periods.

Fifth Proof. Each individual Christian will have at least one
characteristic, and be confronted by at least one pagan problem peculiar
to each of the seven churches.

John Daniel's message to you is that you understand what characteristic
best fits your spiritual walk with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
because that characteristic is developing you for your eternal vocation
-- only if you overcome the pagan problem. Christ speaks to you and to
your eternal vocation when He says, "To him that overcometh [the pagan
problem] will I give [this particular eternal vocation]."

The seven eternal vocations are: (1) Caretaker of Paradise; (2)
Caretaker of the New Jerusalem; (3) Special companion of Christ; (4)
Kings over the nations of the New Earth; (5) Bride of Christ; (6)
Priests in the New Jerusalem; (7) Kings, ruling with Christ over all
creation.

After listening to these tapes, you will most assuredly know what you
will be doing for all eternity.

John Daniel believes that these messages to The Seven Churches of
Revelation are so vital to the Church today that he will not permit JKI
Publishing to copyright them. He wants you to have complete freedom to
duplicate them and give them to your pastors and Christian friends.

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Subject: Re: [bprlist] "The Laodicean Lie"
From: "Susan
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 09:40:41 -0900

Also seven churches may have been chosen because of the inherent meaning of
the number seven. For whatever reason, I believe God has chosen the number
seven to be associated with himself as Father (seven days of creation) and
with the Bridegroom as splendidly described and adored with the number seven
in:

Rev. 1:11-20
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou
seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in
Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira,
and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. [12] And I
turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven
golden candlesticks; [13] And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one
like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt
about the paps with a golden girdle. [14] His head and his hairs were white
like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; [15] And
his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice
as the sound of many waters. [16] And he had in his right hand seven stars:
and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as
the sun shineth in his strength. [17] And when I saw him, I fell at his
feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not;
I am the first and the last: [18] I am he that liveth, and was dead; and,
behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of
death.
[19] Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and
the things which shall be hereafter; [20] The mystery of the seven stars
which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The
seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks
which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Christ is associated with seven candlesticks and seven stars which are then
associated with the seven churches. This is a wedding and Christ's Bride so
long named with 12 (tribes, disciples) now takes on her Bridegroom's name
and number--seven. I wonder that we, the church with all our shortcomings
and imperfections, are given the honor to have His name and number, to be
selected and conformed to Him in all His Glory! To be in the presence of
"his voice as the sound of many waters" is like being at creation when the
barren earth responded to the voice of God and brought forth life. This
first part of Revelations is a wedding announcement for all ages that
presents the perfect Bridegroom rather than proclaiming as we do today in
newspapers, the beauty and clothing of the Bride. The seven letters to the
churches can then be seen as a prenuptial agreement on the part of the
Bridegroom (recognizing faults and strengths of His Bride) and His set of
vows. The groom then sets about in the Book of Revelations to prepare a
place for His Bride. At the consummation of all things is the invitation of
the wedding couple:

Rev. 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say,
Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the
water of life freely.

In Verse 19 we are told that this vision is past, present, and future so
that seven churches could be over time or concurrent. However my eyes are
not on the Bride, but on the groom holding the seven candlesticks. This is
the same word for candle as the seven light candlestick or menorah in the
Temple of Heb 9:2, which is also the same special "lamp" which is the Word
of God as in:

Psalm 119:105

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Our Groom stands with His Word or His Testimony to us, the Word found in the
Old Testiment and the Word found in the stars. The stars also are used to
proclaim His Glory (see Psalm 19) and He holds seven of them in His right
hand saying that His Word has been, is, and will be proclaimed in the
written word and in the stars. (see Bullinger's, 'Witness of the Stars').
Today we as a church in the west are lukewarm--but keeping Jesus first in
our mind and heart we need not be.
In Christ, Sue

For more on Number Patterns in Scripture see:
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Misc_Studies/ms028.htm

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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) PMW: "Lies and Libel of Israel in the Palestinian Authority
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 09:39:28 -0500

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Subject: PMW: "Lies and Libel
of Israel in the Palestinian Authority"
Special Weekly Report 25 FEBRUARY 2001

PMW: "Lies and Libel of Israel in the Palestinian Authority" Special Weekly
Report 25 FEBRUARY 2001

"Lies and Libel of Israel in the Palestinian Authority"
by Itamar Marcus, Director

PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH
59 King George St., Jerusalem, Israel
phone: 972- 2- 625-4140 fax: 972-2- 624-2803
for further information, contact PMW Director, Itamar Marcus
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material may be quoted, citing PMW as the source

Libels, lies, and false accusations against Israel and Jews are frequent,
prominent components of the Palestinian leadership's public discourse and in
the Palestinian media. Suha Arafat's accusation, made while standing next to
Hillary Clinton, that Israel was poisoning Palestinians was consistent with
standard Palestinian libels.

The quantity and intensity of these libels have increased lately with the
aim of presenting Israel and Jews as evil, treacherous enemies that pose a
mortal danger to the Palestinians, to Islam, and to all that is holy to
them. The intent of this campaign is to intensify the hostile atmosphere
toward Israel and is consistent with the Palestinian Authority's policy of
fostering hatred toward Israel.

Yasser Arafat, at the recent Davos Economic Forum, called on the
international community to protect the Palestinians from Israeli actions,
including the use of tanks, combat helicopters, and machine guns against
Palestinian children. He also asserted that Israel is using ammunition
tipped with depleted uranium and other prohibited weapons.

In a sequel to Suha Arafat's accusations, the Palestinian Authority's
newspapers reported again about gas poisonings:

"Medical sources reported yesterday evening that more than 40 residents were
injured in a strange occurrence of hysteria and nervous collapse as a result
of their inhaling poison gas, fired for the first time by the Israeli
occupation forces on defenseless residents. Medical specialists are of the
opinion that it is nerve gas, prohibited by international law. [Al Ayyam,
13 February 2000, and a similar report in Al Quds]

Two other recent Palestinian "medical" reports:

"Senior medical sources related yesterday that the occupation forces used a
new kind of lethal bullets against innocent residents. The new bullets have
sharp metal wings and they fly at great speeds." [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, 28
October 2001]

"Authoritative medical sources revealed that there is an increase in the
average number of deformed births in the Shafaa hospital in Gaza. They do
not deny the possibility that this phenomenon is associated with depleted
uranium." [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, 31 January 2001]

There is of course no basis to any of this. Not only has the Israeli Army
categorically refuted the allegations, but it is clear that these claims are
in the same category as the Palestinian libel that Israel infected
Palestinians with AIDS.

The Palestinians often issue false statements contradicting even publicly
known facts. The entire world saw the televised destruction of Joseph's Tomb
by Palestinian mobs and police. Yet the Palestinians reported the event as
follows:

"Yesterday, the City of Nablus began the rehabilitation and renovation of
the demolished parts of 'Joseph's Tomb' . It is important to note that heavy
damage was caused to the tomb and to a large number of nearby structures
during these disturbances, in the wake of the shootings by the occupation
forces which are concentrated on Mounts Grizim and Eival, and because of
their use of heavy machine guns." [Al Ayyam, 10 October 2000]

The big lie, stated consistently in reports on the continuing violence, is
the continuous portrayal of Israel as the attacker and the Palestinians as
the defenders, in news accounts of shooting incidents. They also attribute
to Israel sophisticated plots:

The permanent [Palestinian] Military Court in Hebron sentenced the
[Palestinian] officer Hassan Massalem, 55, yesterday morning to death by
firing squad . The military prosecutor accused Massalem with conspiring with
Israeli intelligence. and with firing a pistol from the Hebron neighborhood
of Al Sheikh toward Israeli positions on orders of his Israeli controllers,
in order to give the occupation soldiers a pretext for massively shelling
the residential neighborhood." [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, 12 February 2001]

The portrayal of Israel as wanting to expand to occupy all the Arab states
is a common lie. This is exemplified in a particularly venomous video clip
entitled This is How they Humiliated My Mother that began airing recently.
A teacher is depicted in the video clip with a classroom of Jewish children
wearing kippot (religious skullcaps) in front of the Israeli flag, teaching:
"The Land of Israel from the Nile to the Euphrates". [Palestinian
Television, 14 February 2001]. The video clip is shown as if were an actual
classroom in a Jewish school. The actors speak Hebrew.

The denial of Jewish history and tradition with the goal of negating Israel'
s historical right to exist, is policy within the Palestinian Authority's
formal and informal educational frameworks. In textbooks and similarly in
educational television broadcasts, the P.A.'s leadership and educators erase
the entire Jewish past, denying Jewish presence in Jerusalem and the Land of
Israel. The Palestinian go to especially great lengths to try to refute that
Jerusalem is the site of the Temple.

Dr. Suliman Alshrafaa, a Palestinian academic who hosted the religious
television program, Customs of Ramadan:

"We often hear those false claims of the Jews that their Temple Solomon's
Temple is located underneath the Al Aqsa mosque... There is a professor by
the name of Menachem Klein from Bar Ilan University, located in occupied
Palestine [Ramat Gan, adjacent to Tel Aviv - Ed note] whose specialty is
Jerusalem and argues that the false arguments according to which the Temple
is located underneath Al Aqsa are indeed deeply rooted Jewish claims, but in
truth it is envisioned that the third Temple in its entirety will descend
from heaven after the coming of the Messiah. This is the truth. Klein
argues that this is stated explicitly in Rashi's commentary Rabbi Shlomo
Yitzchak, the number one [Jewish] commentator on the Talmud on the Mishna
in Sukkah, Chapter 40, side 1 [sic]. And so it is asserted by Rav Sa'adiah
Ga'on, a native of Al Fahoum who headed the great Yeshiva in Iraq,
commentator number two. Therefore, Rabbis maintained that it is totally
incorrect that the Temple is underneath the Al Aqsa Mosque...".
[Palestinian Television, 23 December 2000]

This week Sheikh Ikrama Sabri, the PA-appointed Mufti of Jerusalem, released
a religious ruling, a "Fatwa", denying the Jewish connection to the Kotel:
"No stone of the Western Wall has any connection to Hebrew history."

Recently the Mufti responded to a viewer's question on TV as to why the Jews
pray in the direction of the Al Aqsa Mosque, with the following distortion
of Jewish tradition. He did not simply explain the truth - that the Jews are
praying in the direction of the Western Wall of the destroyed Temple upon
which the Muslims built the Mosque. Rather he stated that the Jews call the
"Western Wall" the "Wailing Wall" and then creates a bizarre fantasy for
their "wailing" :

". The Jews call this the Wailing Wall for two reasons. The first, the overt
[reason] is that they cry because they lost one of the Ten Commandments
[tablets], and they lie and claim that the Commandment [tablet] was lost in
the area around Al Aqsa. This is why religious Jews are apprehensive of
entering the Temple Mount, because of the fear that they might step on a
paving stone underneath which may be the lost commandment [tablet]. The
second reason, that is not openly stated is that the Jews cry, repent, and
remonstrate before Allah that He chose Mohammed from among the Arabs and did
not choose a [prophet] from among the Children of Israel. In Mohammed's
time the Jews thought that the final prophet would be a Jew, and they
prepared themselves to receive him and they even threatened the Arabs and
said to them that 'When the new prophet comes, we'll see what we will do to
you' and then the prophet turned up from among the Arabs and they (the
Jews) became angry and bitter that he (Mohammed) is the prophet. What they
are crying about is their protest 'Why wasn't the prophet [chosen] from
among the Children of Israel, as they had anticipated."
[Palestinian Television, 11 January 2001]

This distortion is part of the continuing attack on Jewish tradition by the
Mufti who, a few months ago, said:

"There is not a single stone in Palestine that proves the [historical]
Jewish existence [in the land]."
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, 15 October 2000]

Translated and adapted from the Hebrew by Hershel Ginsburg.

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Prophecy and Current Events

Behold, I set thee a Watchman on the Wall" (Isaiah 62:6)

A Wake Up Call - The Winds of War

02/25/2001, Vince Aquilino

A Wake up Call! The Winds of War!

Vincent Aquilino

The Ezekiel 38 positioning is continuing as God is aligning the players on
the chessboard of the Middle East.

Iraq has indicated to Syrian President, Bashar Assad, that Iraq would be
willing to provide Syria with strategic depth, in the event of a clash with
Israel. As evidence, Iraq has twice deployed division level forces in
maneuvers along its common border with Syria and Jordan in the past
several months.

An Israeli war with Syria could be the result of Israel large scale retaliation
against the Hizbullah. Israeli Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz said
yesterday that he holds Syria and Lebanon responsible for the Hizbullah anti-
tank missile attack on an IDF patrol on the northern border last Friday.
Mofaz hinted that Israel will not put off much longer retaliating on a larger
scale. IDF Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh acknowledged that such
a retaliation is liable to lead to a widening of the conflict, including a limited
conflict with the Syrians,"

PLO is also engaging Syria in diplomatic discussion attempting contacts
with Syria designed to coordine a common front against Israel's Prime
Minister-elect Ariel Sharon's unity government.

The Biblical prophecy of Isaiah chapter 17 is crying out from over 2500 years
ago: "Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, and it will be a ruinous
heap. The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be for flocks which lie down,
and no one will make them afraid. The fortress also will cease from Ephraim,
the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they will be as the
glory of the children of Israel," says the LORD of hosts."

Israeli deputy defense minister indicated that Saddam Hussein's threats
against Israel should not be ignored as Iraq, in spite of sanctions, as re-
armed its conventional forces. Perhaps, in what was a wake of call to
Saddam, two dozen US and British warplanes struck five Iraqi radar and
command posts north of the 33rd parallel, which had been threatening
American and British aircraft. Russia condemns US-British air raids on Iraq.
What is prophetically of interest is that it was Great Britain and the United
States that brought the attack -- the Lion and Young lion of Ezekiel 38.

Russia, of course, in response to the attack and accusing the new US
administration of George W. Bush of ignoring international humanitarian
norms. "What the American military is in the process of doing, at the
beginning of the new US administration, is a threat to international security
and the entire international community," General Leonid Ivashov told Interfax.

Russia is not just posturing with these statements. It is actions that speak
louder than words and Russia has been flexing its muscles. On Friday Feb
16,2001 Russia test-fired nuclear-capable strategic missiles from air, land
and sea on Friday, a comparatively rare demonstration of all three branches
of Russia's "nuclear triad." The navy and land-based Strategic Rocket Forces
announced their launches within minutes of each other, one of a Topol
rocket, the other of a ballistic missile fired from a submarine of the Northern
Fleet. Two hours later, the air force said a TU-95 bomber had also fired a
strategic missile. Russian strategic bombers intruded into Japanese
airspace and flew near Norwegian airspace. The flights prompted a protest
from Tokyo. Russian Il-78 tanker aircraft also have been sent to the edges of
the vast Russian Federation and have been spotted in aerial refueling of
Russian warplanes. In addition to strategic forces, Russian conventional
forces are involved, according to intelligence officials. Troops of the Russian
Border

Guards and Federal Security Service have been mobilized. Russia's military
press reported Monday that motorized rifle and airborne divisions are
participating, along with air force and air defense troops.

The Nuclear-capable Russian bombers had just two days earlier performed
unannounced exercises near Norway and Japan, forcing those countries' air
forces to scramble to respond. Japan said Russian warplanes entered its air
space, which Moscow denied. Felgengauer said the missile launches and
the earlier air tests were probably part of a single strategic exercise designed
to simulate nuclear war.

Do you have ears to hear?

Equally disconcerting was the fact that U.S. spy satellites have pinpointed
Russian tactical nuclear arms in the Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad between
Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea -- contradicting Moscow's contention
that it had not transferred the battlefield

As has been discussed in past analysis, the Israeli-Turkish alliance is
critical to preventing a Middle-East War. Israel and Turkey signed a military
pact in 1996 that reversed years of frosty ties, but Turkey has begun to waver
on support to the U.S.A. as well as Israel.

Turkey is an ally of the United States as well as Israel, but Turkey's close
ties with Israel included military agreements and military cooperation such
as in the recent Air force maneuvers using F15 and F16 fighter jets. However,
Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said after talks with Yasser Arafat last
fall indicated he supported the principle of Palestinian statehood. But was
even more disturbing was that Arafat pointed out that Turkish soldiers are in
the West Bank city of Hebron assisting a Palestinian army unit.

Turkey is an important regional power and it is continuing to move toward the
Arab world. President Suleyman Demirel visited Eygypt last year with hopes
increasing economic cooperation and to consolidate already close political
ties with Cairo. King Abdullah of Jordan also said during a visit last year to
Amman that Turkey should play an important role in middle eastern peace
making: ``Changes in the region dictate that our relations with Turkey
assume a strategic dimension which we hope will set an example for Arab-
Turkish ties,'' Of particular note was Intelligence Digest's observation at that
time that " Syria cannot possibly go to war with Israel until Turkey is
neutralized." In their eyes, Turkey is the linch-pin to stability in the area.
Syria figures prominately in Biblical prophecy as Isaiah chapter 17 tells us
that at some point in the future that Damascus will be utterly destroyed:

"The burden against Damascus. "Behold, Damascus will cease from being a
city, and it will be a ruinous heap. The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will
be for flocks which lie down, and no one will make them afraid. The fortress
also will cease from Ephraim, the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant
of Syria; they will be as the glory of the children of Israel," says the LORD of
hosts." (Isaiah 17:1-3)

The Syrian-Israeli peace talks broke off in early 1996 and relationships with
Syria continue to be strained. A Syrian peace agreement was always
contingent on Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, which has occurred,
but what has proved a stumbling block is the status of the Golan Heights --
which is critical to Israeli defenses. Syria is still insisting that the entire
Golan be turned back over to Syrian control. This is not likely to occur and
could make Syria the trigger-point that could result in a full-scale assault
against Israel.

If Israel defends itself against Syrian aggression with a nuclear strike against
Damascus, not only would this undoubtedly precipitate the Ezekiel 38
invasion of Israel, but the whole world would stand against Israel.

On Febuary 15th, 2001 the Middle East Newsline reported that Russia wants
security cooperation from Turkey as Russia wants Turkey's help in fighting
the Islamic insurgency in Chechnya. Officials said Moscow has sent a
message to Ankara that calls for increased security cooperation that would
include a joint battle against terrorism. This is a disturbing trend that has
Russia(Gog) holding out its hand to Turkey (Togarmah)! - both part of the
Israeli invasion force identified in Ezekiel 38. First they may Before invade
Chechnya, then Israel. It is important to note that Chechnya is located just
north of the Caucasus mountains in the Russian republic of Georgia,
biblically known as Magog. We know that God will draw Magog into this ill-
fated invasion of Israel by putting "hooks in their jaw". It appears that the
Chechnyian affair may prove to be one of those hooks. This means that
Russia, which already has a burgeoning military presence just 900 miles
north of Israel, may soon be joined by Turkey. The Russian bear is in
position for its final plunge south toward Israel and the riches of the Middle
East.

Russia has been negotiating with Iran, exchanging nuclear technology and
weapons for both Iran's silence in the Chechnyian affair (the Chechnyians are
Muslim) and to prevent radical Muslim agitation in the southern republics of
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyztan.
Russia is becoming hopelessly entangled in Muslim affairs. Furthermore,
considering that every Arab state has expressed support for their Muslim
brothers in Chechnya, Russia's predicament becomes more and more
difficult. What price will they pay to maintain the relationship with their new-
found Muslim allies? We know from God's word that it will be their direct
involvement with and leadership of the Israeli invasion force.

Ehud Ya'ari, a Jew from a Caucasus city west of Chechnya, discusses this
entanglement in an article entitled "The Northern Middle East" ("Jerusalem
Report", June 29, 1995). He writes "The Caucasus, with Chechnya at its
heart, is the new front line between Russia and the Islamic world; the new
starting line for rising competition between Iran and Turkey; and the new
point of contact between Israel and its Muslim environment. Whatever
happens in the Caucasus will affect Moscow's stance toward Islamic powers
far beyond...Jerusalem's current interest in the region is to rescue the 30,000
Jews from the Caucasus and, beyond that, is exporting goods in a limited
capacity. Israel can only look on and watch the growing battle for influence,
which our ancestors would have seen as something on the scale of Gog and
Magog." An incredible choice of words and accurate prophetic assessment.

On Feb 17,2001, UPI reported that Russia and Iran are slated to hold military
talks in Moscow soon to discuss security issues and closer military ties
between the two countries, a senior Russian military official said Saturday.
The official agenda will also include talks on regional security, the Middle
East peace process and the situation in war-torn Afghanistan. In response to
this explanation, the Editor of Weekend News Today had this to say:
"Russia and Iran claim their expanding military ties are only for regional
security and not for directing at third parties. Of course, it's too soon to tell
the world that the reason for this great geopolitical alliance is not for peaceful
causes. They don't want the world to know their consolidation plans are
heading for a secret invasion of Israel. Not so secret though if you believe in
God's word and are familar with the Russian invasion of Israel in the book of
Ezekiel 38. Ezekiel, a prophet of God, predicts that in the final days Russia,
Iran and other allies will form a regional military alliance capable of invading
Israel. God will destroy the invasion."

So the Russian army is now in strategic proximity to the countries with
whom she will ally in the attempt to destroy Israel. To the west and
southwest of Chechnya lie Turkey and Armenia, the House of Togarmah. To
the south, en route to Israel, lie Iraq and Iran (Persia). Chechnya is also
close to Russia's Black Sea naval facilities, which would be key to quick
deployment to the south and to the west.

"Gomer and all his bands" are also part of the Israeli invasion force. Gomer
was an immediate descendant of Noah who settled north of the Black Sea
and then migrated westward into what is today Eastern Germany and
Poland. So Israel will be hemmed in by the Mediterranean on the West, on
the east by Iran and Iraq, to the north by Syria and Turkey. "Cush" (Ethiopia)
and "Put" (Libya) to the south will complete the invasion force, making Israeli
escape an impossibility.

Interestingly, Syria--though not mentioned in Ezekiel 38 and 39-- remains a
major threat to Israel. Syria is the leading Arab country in the development of
chemical weapons. They have thousands of chemical bombs and a well-
developed delivery system of Scud-B missiles and attack aircraft. She also
has recently begun to produce the longe-range Scud-C missiles, in
cooperation with Iran, North Korea and China. With these missiles, Syria can
strike every point in Israel.

Should Israel decide to launch a preemptive first strike against Syria (see
Isaiah chapter 17; Damascus is destroyed, never to be inhabited again),
Russia would be forced to retaliate on behalf of her ally. In this event,
Russia's alliance with Syria would prove to be another "hook in the jaw",
which would draw Russia into the Israeli invasion. This is especially likely
given Russia's growing ties to the Muslim nations. If that were to happen,
Israel would use all options available to defend herself--including nuclear
weapons.

Israel has openly stated that she will never be conquered again and, if faced
with annihilation, would use the "Sampson" option (nuclear weapons). "The
Jerusalem Post" reported in the June 17, 1995 issue that Israel's new and
improved Jericho missile has been deployed. The Jericho-2 missile has a
range of 930 miles and can carry a payload of 500 kg with incredible
accuracy. Considering Israel has a significant stockpile of nuclear weapons,
Israel can now reach southern Russia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Sudan,
Ethiopia and Libya. Rest assured that this has not been overlooked by either
Russia or the radical Muslim nations, who may use it as an excuse to invade
Israel and protect their borders from this "growing Israeli threat."

In any event, if Israel is put in a position of having to defend herself against
overwhelming odds, or if she decides to launch a preemptive first strike, a
nuclear disaster could certainly ensue. If this occurs, the world would want
peace at any cost. Enter the "man of peace" (the anti-christ) and the One-
World Government, stage left.

The noose is tightening around Israel and on Feb. 15, 2001 the Middle East
Newsline reported that in preparation for a for regional war Israel plans to
increase reserve military duty. Israel plans to significantly increase reserve
military duty over the next year as part of efforts to prepare for regional war.
Military sources said reserve duty over the next year will be doubled. They
said this is a reversal of plans drafted less than a year ago that called for a
reduction of reserve duty amid hopes that a peace accord would be signed
between Israel and the Palestinians.

But the sources said that the military has dubbed 2001 as the "year of
readiness" for a war with the Palestinians and their Arab allies. They said the
military has been given hundreds of millions of dollars for the increase in
reserve duty to allow the standing army to train for war.

On Feb. 16, 2001, World Net Daily reported that the Russian Bear has
awakened and has become a major concern to intelligence experts over their
spreading of influence in Asia and the Mideast: "Russian military and
diplomatic contacts have been throughout Asia and the Middle East for the
past several months -- namely with India, China and Iran -- which has caused
increasing concern among U.S. intelligence and military analysts. Since
1998, Russia -- in a bid to regain some of its former superpower status --
began to expand contacts with old allies and rivals alike, both as a means of
heading off future Western and NATO influence and as a means of bringing in
much-needed hard currency through resumption of weapons sales. In the
past few years, for example, Russia has signed a number of "strategic
partnership" agreements with China, India and Iran that include the sale and
transfer of advanced Russian weapons systems, exchanges of military-
technical assistance and training."

The Kings of the East are also rising just as Biblical prophecy indicated.
China, which at the time of the end will march into the Middle-East with a
200 Million man army, is also starting to flex its military muscles. In fact, two
war simulations done between the USA and China shows the USA losing as
they are eventually overwhelmed due to the sheer volume of China's
weaponry and manpower. China has been moving closer to war with Taiwan
and has recently moved missiles closer to the Taiwan theatre. Chain
possesses long-range nuclear missiles that are capable of reaching the
West coast of the U.S. and they have threatened to nuke the U.S. navy in
the Taiwan straits if they get in the way of their ambitions for Taiwan and just
last year they threatened to nuke Los Angeles. China and Russia have
become allies against the United States.

The powder keg in the Middle East could ignite WWIII and the time is
running short.

Middle East Newsline, on Feb 23,2001, reported that Israel's military was
urging Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon to approve plans for an offensive
against both the Palestinian Authority and the Hizbullah in Lebanon. Military
sources said Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Moshe Yaalon and several
leading generals said such an offensive is required to prove to the
Palestinians, Arab states and Iran that Israel is capable of defeating any
military coalition. The sources said Yaalon is concerned that what they term
Israel's restraint policy is encouraging Iraq and Syria to consider launching a
war against the Jewish state.

On February 24th, war almost started in the Middle East. World Net Daily
reported that a regional war in the Mideast was on the brink of "exploding"
into reality this week, only days after U.S. and British warplanes struck an
Iraqi radar command-and-control site Feb. 16. Mideast sources close to The
DEBKAfile said on Thursday that six divisions of Iraqi troops were massed
near the Syrian border and U.S. intelligence officials had "additionally picked
up Iraqi preparations for launching long-range surface-to-surface missiles,"
the intelligence news agency reported.

The movements, which were relayed to Israeli intelligence and military
officials, were tracked by American spy satellites, the report said, prompting
the Jewish state to place its forces on high alert and warn some towns in
northern Israel to prepare for incoming missile attacks. The report said U.S.
intelligence estimates claimed that Iraqi missile forces would have been
ready to launch at Israel by 6 p.m. local time Thursday, but Mideast sources
said "a European government -- probably Britain" -- sent word to Iraqi
intelligence that if missile launch preparations continued, "Israel would not
again sit still and wait for Iraqi missiles to rain down on its towns, as it did in
the 1991 Gulf War."

DEBKAfile said Israeli air force officials were planning a pre-emptive strike
against the amassed Iraqi troops and missile launch sites, using
conventional munitions "and with the help of small neutron bombs."

Nevertheless, Iraqi forces continued preparing the missiles for launch, "taking
them up to one stage before [Iraqi President] Saddam's firing order." On Jan.
18, WorldNetDaily reported that U.S. forces based in Europe had been
placed on heightened alert on information that Iraq and other Arab forces
may be planning strikes against Israel. In addition to wars and rumors of
wars, sickness and disease are running rampant, earthquakes and volcanic
activity is increasing, and the love of most is growing cold. Clearly it is time
for all of us to get our spiritual houses in order. Read the Ezekiel 38 Study
on this web site for America's role in all this and pray Luke 21:39 daily.
America's days are numbered and there is not much time left.

As a closing thought it was the U.S.A. and Great Britain that let this latest
attack on Iraq. These two countries are the "Lions" and "the young lions
thereof" mentioned in Ezekiel 38. It is no co-incidence that the U.S.A. and
England have been drawing closer together as they see there enemies
closing in around them, but as Ezekiel indicates, when the invasion begins,
nwither country will be able to mount more then a diplomatic protest.

I would encourage you to listen to the audio Message below as you consider
your spiritual condition before it is truly too late! Watch Israel. Watch Israel's
enemies. But most importantly keep your eyes on Jesus, turn neither to the
left or the right, be aware of the wiles of the enemy that seeks to snare you
and "watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to
escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son
of Man." (Luke 21:36)

The Return of the Lord grows closer day by day. Choose this day whom you
will serve, for no man may serve two masters. You are either hot or cold and
if lukewarm, the Lord will spew you out of His mouth. Are you yearning for
His return? Are your lamps filled with the oil of the Holy Spirit as a witness to
a lost and dying world or will you be left behind only to ultimately be denied
access to the Wedding Supper of the Lamb and eternity in heaven.

Your eternal destiny hangs in the balance. Therefore, work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will
and to do for His good pleasure. Do all things without murmuring and
disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God
without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom
you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that I may
rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.

"Put off everything that easily entangles, forgive that your Father in heaven
may forgive you, and love your neighbor as your self. "By this all will know
that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." (John 13:35)

Whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this
we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself
also to walk just as He walked. Brethren, I write no new commandment to
you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The
old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. Again, a
new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you,
because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until
now. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for
stumbling in him. But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in
darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has
blinded his eyes. I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven
you for His name's sake. I write to you, fathers, because you have known
Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have
overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because you have
known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known
Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because
you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome
the wicked one. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone
loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world
- the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life - is not of the
Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it;
but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Purify yourselves daily by the reading of the Word. Jesus is returning for a
Holy and Spotless Church. ``Today is the day of salvation for many who are
perishing; their tomorrow shall not see my return in glory to judge the living
and the dead. Today is the day of their salvation." Don't delay. Time is short.
You have no guarantee that you will even see tomorrow. If you die without
receiving Jesus as your Lord and Savior, your eternal destiny is fixed.

``It is now the hour to awake from sleep, for our salvation is closer than when
we first accepted the faith.'' (Rom 13:11)

As we see the signs of His return drawing close, what manner of holy life
should we be living? Remember that Jesus is returning for a Holy and
Spotless Bride. Whether His return is today or 10 years from now is
irrelevant since eternity is only a heart beat away for any of us. So choose
this day whom you will serve, ask the Holy Spirit to search you to see if
there be any iniquity in you, and then call upon Jesus your Deliverer. He is
faithful for forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unfaithfulness.

"Watch and pray, therefore, that you would be counted worthy to escape the
judgment that is coming upon the earth and be able to stand before the Son
of Man" (Luke 21:36).

Maranatha!

How to Be Saved Through Jesus:
http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/salvation/index.html

How to Win the Race - Audio (2/19/2001)
http://aplus-software.com/thglory/va0001.htm

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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 10:08:22 -0500

2/25/01
PAX
6:00 pm
Encounters W/The Unexplained
WAS THE SIX DAY WAR A MIRACLE (1 Hr)

With all the odds against them, the tiny nation of Israel and its citizen army
scored a decisive military victory in the Six-Day War against a major force.
How was this victory possible? Where did all those mysterious extra tanks
and troops come from? Was this victory foretold by ancient writings
thousands of years before the war? Did the Israelis use ancient writings to
plan and carry out the war victory? Is this war only one in a series of current
events preparing the way for the End Times?

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Christians released from jail
February 22, 2001

http://www.persecution.com/news/index.cfm?action=article&newsid=91

The case against four Christians detained since October 29 on trumped-
up proselytism charges was dismissed February 11 in Rajbiraj, Nepal,
after prosecution witnesses failed to appear in court, according to
Compass Direct and VOM sources. The judge ordered the four (three
Nepali nationals and one Norwegian) to be released on February 15.

The four Christians are Trond Berg, a Norwegian national; Rev. Devi
Bhattarai, a Baptist pastor; Mr. Timothy Rai, a staffer for Campus
Crusade for Christ; and Mr. Prem Bahadur Rai, a local Christian
businessman. They were arrested October 29 in the border town of
Rajbiraj after 15 extremists began to attack Christians holding a two-
day seminar in the local Baptist church.

The ensuing fracas led to the police being called. One witness
alleged that Pastor Bhatarai was offering bribes for Hindus to
convert to Christianity. The charges were fabricated and should have
been thrown out. However, when the arraignment took place on November
1, the courtroom was besieged by extremist demonstrators, including
many bussed over the border from India. The judge gave in to the
crowd's demands and insisted the four accused Christians stay in jail
and await trial.

The baseless nature of the charges was borne out by the absence of
all the accusers when the trial was due to begin on February 11.
According to an eyewitness at the proceedings, "The magistrate stood
in frustration waiting for the witnesses to turn up. Only the
government attorney was present and disappointed that his star case
which had commenced with great fanfare and slogans was about to be
dumped in quiet disgrace."

The government attorney asked for a postponement of the hearing, but
defense lawyer Hikmat Singh objected, saying everyone had received
ample notification of the date and place. Singh also argued that
Christians have a right to assemble in their own private rooms and
conduct worship; because these Christians were doing just that, there
was no basis for claiming they created a public disturbance.

The judge wrote a four-page verdict asking for the case to be
dismissed and for the four to be released from their three-and-a-half
month incarceration.

Nepal changed from being a Hindu monarchical state to a democratic
state in the early 1990s, and a new constitution in 1990 supposedly
guaranteed each person "the freedom to profess and practice his own
religion."

Proselytizing is banned and carries a three-year jail penalty, but no
one thus far has been prosecuted. Eighty-five percent of Nepal's 24.3
million people are Hindu, although Hinduism is no longer the state
religion. In the past three years, extremist Hindu organizations from
India have set up offices in Katmandu and aggression against
Christians is on the rise.

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PAKISTANI PASTOR THREATENED, CALLS FOR DIALOGUE
February 20, 2001

http://www.persecution.com/news/index.cfm?action=article&newsid=90#

Muslim religious leaders packed a courtroom in Jacobabad, Pakistan
Monday to hear initial arguments in the case against eight Christian
evangelists. Six of the eight defendants--including Pastor Yousef
Masih--were present in the courtroom.

Pastor Masih has received numerous threatening telephone calls and
Muslims in the courtroom Monday raised placards demanding that the
magistrate banish pastor Masih from the city. Pastor Masih responded
by calling on Christians and Muslims in Jacobabad to join together in
a spirit of reconciliation and brotherhood. He has asked Pakistani
Christians to "contact their Muslim friends in Jacobabad to initiate
regular dialogues for maintaining peace and harmony in the area."

Pastor Masih and the seven other defendants are charged
with "provoking public anger" and "unlawful assembly." The charges
against them came following the showing of the JESUS Film in a
Christian neighborhood in Jacobabad January 11th. After the screening
of the film, the men handed out the Christian booklet, "Who is
Jesus." Some Muslims were also in attendance during the showing of
the film and later that evening took one of the booklets to
their "Moulvis," Muslim religious leaders. The leaders mobilized
Muslims against the Christians, and forced police and city officials
to file a case against them. They claimed the film and the booklet
were against Islam.

After that, a group of radical Muslims attacked the local Baptist
church and the home of Pastor Yousef Masih. The pastor wasn't home at
the time, and his wife and one-year-old daughter were forced to hide
under the bed while the Muslims threw stones at the church gate and
the windows of the pastor's house. The mob left after 30 minutes
because the pastor was not there.

VOM representatives in Pakistan report that the atmosphere in
Jacobabad is very tense. The next hearing in the case is scheduled
for March 3rd when attorneys for both sides are expected to present
their full arguments.

Pastor Masih says he is encouraged by the "support of his brothers
and sisters in Christ." He asks that Christians everywhere pray for
him and the seven other defendants, "Pray for peace and harmonious
relations between Christians and Muslims in Pakistan."

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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:13:26 -0500

Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Sunday, Feb. 25, 2001 / Adar 2, 5761

TODAY'S HEADLINES:
   1. TWO TERRORIST ATTACKS, TWO WOUNDED
   2. POWELL AND SHARON MEET
   3. SHOVAL SUMS UP POWELL VISIT
   4. WAR IN GAZA; NO ONE HURT
   5. PERES TO LEAD LABOR PARTY
   6. SHARON MEETS WITH CHIEF RABBIS
   7. P.A. ARRESTS JEW
   8. PROBLEMS IN CANADA

1. TWO TERRORIST ATTACKS, TWO WOUNDED
Two residents of Ateret - a small town in southern Samaria, between
Ofrah/Beit El and N'vei Tzuf - were wounded in two separate terrorist
attacks today. Shortly after 1 PM, Yossi (ben Masouda) Cohen - married
and
the father of four - was shot while driving between Ateret and the Bir Zeit=

Bridge. He suffered bullet wounds in the head, inflicted by Palestinians
shooting from a passing car, and his wounds are reported as serious. He
was to be operated on this afternoon. About an hour later, a woman from
Ateret was wounded in a similar attack, in the same area - just north of
Ofrah. Her wounds to her hand and legs are considered light.

2. POWELL AND SHARON MEET
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell met last night with outgoing Prime
Minister Ehud Barak, and had breakfast this morning with Prime
Minister-elect Ariel Sharon. Following a short meeting with President
Moshe Katzav, Powell is now on his way to meet with Yasser Arafat; Arafat
is in Ramallah for the first time since he began the current mini-war.

Sharon and Powell appear to be in agreement that the Oslo process is no
longer the central issue in the Middle East, and has been replaced in large=

measure by Iraq and its dangerous weapons-buildup. Powell said, however,
that Israel's main concern should be the Palestinian front, and not
Iraq. Sharon made clear that Arafat must be made to understand that he
must stop the violence, and that Israel would not conduct talks before
that; Powell agreed. "Peace is supposed to bring security," Sharon
said. "It must be quite clear that Israel has the ability to maintain its=

security."

Also participating in the Barak-Powell meeting last night was IDF Chief of=

Staff Lt.-Gen. Sha'ul Mofaz. Powell was concerned by Mofaz's forecast that=

the Palestinian violence will only get worse. Mofaz said that Palestinians=

are sure to increase their attacks on IDF forces, as well as on Yesha
communities and roads. Terrorism by Hizbullah and others is also expected=

to be stepped up, Mofaz told Powell.

Powell was also informed by "senior diplomatic sources" in Jerusalem that
if the Hizbullah attacks on the northern border continue, Israel will have=

no choice but to react forcefully against Syrian and Lebanese targets. He=

concluded his Israeli visits today in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Jerusalem.

Sharon said today that if Arafat makes a clear call for the cessation of
all Palestinian violence, and renews security cooperation with Israel, he -=

Sharon - would agree to allow goods into Gaza. Regarding the transfer of
monies from Israel to the PA, Sharon said this would occur only after the
violence has totally ended. A Palestinian source confirmed today that
Muhammad Rashid, Arafat's economic advisor, had met recently with aides
of
Sharon, on a series of economic and closure-related issues.

3. SHOVAL SUMS UP POWELL VISIT
Zalman Shoval, Sharon's diplomatic advisor, told Arutz-7 today that
Powell's visit was "successful - and this was manifest in his remarks both=

in public and private. He understands that before any talks can resume,
there must be a total cessation of violence. The new Administration
reflects a better understanding of Israel's needs than the previous, and
Powell will tell Arafat that the ball is in his court=85 We will not suffi=
ce
with nice statements in front of foreign leaders or press - statements
which have nothing behind them. We demand clear instructions from Arafat
to stop the violence, and a stop to incitement that has increased over the=

past months. We are talking about a package of concrete steps, without
which we cannot make progress neither economically nor
diplomatically." When asked what will happen if Arafat does not accede to=

these demands, Shoval said, "Well, the Palestinian people will suffer, as
they have for many years, and the responsibility will be upon him. And if=

he expects American support for his goals, he will not get it..."

4. WAR IN GAZA; NO ONE HURT
Twelve Palestinian shooting incidents were registered in Gaza last night -=

none anywhere else - yet miraculously no one was hurt. The targets
included IDF outposts on the Egypt-Israel border, south of Kisufim, near
Netzarim and Dugit, and others. IDF forces returned fire in several of the=

cases.

The IDF announced this afternoon that terrorists had attempted to
infiltrate Kibbutz Nachal Oz in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday... A
large explosive was discovered and safely detonated by an IDF sapper team
this afternoon, north of the Karni Checkpoint in Gaza... At the southern
entrance of the Shomron town of Avnei Hefetz, shots were fired at an
Israeli bus; IDF troops pursued the attackers... Shots were fired towards=

the Ofer Base, west of Ramallah...

5. PERES TO LEAD LABOR PARTY
Prospects for a national-unity government are looking up once again, after=

the Labor party practically decided today to appoint Shimon Peres its
temporary chairman. The future of such a government appeared to be in
doubt last night, following the surprise reversal by Labor Party
Secretary-General Ra'anan Cohen, who said that the internal fighting within=

Labor does not allow for its entry into such a government. Ministers Yossi=

Beilin and Shlomo Ben-Ami continue to oppose joining a unity government,
while Peres is strongly in favor. Minister Chaim Ramon, a central figure
in the internal Labor party disputes of the past three weeks, now says he
no longer opposes joining a unity government, but that he will not take
part in it. Labor now demands that MK Benny Elon (National Union) not be
named Chairman of the Knesset Law Committee. The Labor Central
Committee
will convene tomorrow to vote on the questions of joining the government
and naming Peres the party head.

The initiative to name Peres was an initiative of Labor MK Effie Oshaya,
who feels that the vacuum of leadership created by Barak's resignation is
destructive to the party and must be filled. Oshaya's idea was based on
the confidence that likely candidates for the party leadership such as
Avraham Burg, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, and Chaim Ramon would agree to this
arrangement - on condition that Peres guarantee that he would not use his
short stint as a springboard from which to launch a run for permanent party=

chairman. Meanwhile, tensions between Burg and Ramon have surfaced;
the
two are good friends who said in the past that they would never run against=

each other. Now, however, the promise appears to have been forgotten, and=

harsh words have been exchanged between their two camps.

6. SHARON MEETS WITH CHIEF RABBIS
Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon paid a visit to the offices of Israel's
Chief Rabbis today, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau and Rabbi Eliyahu
Bakshi-Doron. Rabbi Lau said that they discussed three points: "First,
the strengthening of united and Israeli Jerusalem's status, as well as
those of the Temple Mount and the holy sites - especially in light of the
Moslem mufti's unfounded claims that the Western Wall is not
Jewish... Secondly, the issue of unity within our society... Third, a
stronger emphasis on the education to Jewish values - I'm not talking about=

observance and 'repentance,' but rather more knowledge..."

7. P.A. ARRESTS JEW
PA security forces are holding a Jewish man - Dr. David Marcea, a former
resident of Elon Moreh - on suspicion that he was involved in Israel's
killing of a leading Hamas terrorist last week in Shechem. Dr. Marcea, 50,=

has been living in Shechem with his mother, who is married to an Arab. His=

half-brother and brother-in-law, an Israeli-Arab from Jaffa, were also
arrested by the PA.

8. PROBLEMS IN CANADA
A rise in anti-Semitic incidents in Canada has been registered since the
beginning of the Rosh HaShanah Arab Assault. Although the rise was only
5%
nationwide, in Montreal the number of such incidents rose from 37 in 1999
to 71 last year.

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

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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 18:14:55 -0500

1. Terror attacks linked to Goldstein massacre anniversary=09
2. Terror victim in serious condition in Hadassah trauma unit=09
3. Second terror victim injured by shrapnel=09
4. Bir Nabala resident admits to luring terror victim via Internet
5. Excerpts from statements by PM-elect Sharon and Secretary of State
Powell=09

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25-FEB-01 =96 5:19pm
**************************

1. Terror attacks linked to Goldstein massacre anniversary
(BNI-FEB.25) Sources within the PA explain that the general strike called
on Sunday throughout PA areas, as well as the two shooting attacks in
Samaria, are directly linked to the 1994 Killing of 29 Moslem worshipers
in Hebron by Dr. Baruch Goldstein, a resident of Hebron prior to his death.

Goldstein opened fire at Islamic worshipers in the Cave of the Patriarchs,
killing 29 before he was killed by the mob after his weapon jammed.

++++
2. Terror victim in serious condition in Hadassah trauma unit
(BNI-FEB.25-4:00pm) The Ateret resident who was shot in his head in a
drive-by shooting attack early Sunday afternoon near the Bir Zeit Bridge,
is reported in serious condition in the trauma unit of Jerusalem=92s
Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem.

According to the hospital=92s deputy director, Dr. Shmuel Shapira, the
victim, whose name has not yet been cleared for publication, is undergoing
emergency CAT scans and will most likely enter surgery for wounds to his
head and neck. Shapira added it was too soon to know if the wounds are
from one or multiple bullets. He added that the victim is listed in
serious condition and it was to soon to state with certainty that he was
out of life-threatening danger.

++++
3. Second terror victim injured by shrapnel
(BNI-FEB.25) A female motorist, injured in a shooting attack near Ofra in
Samaria, not far from the earlier attack near the Bir Zeit Bridge, was
injured in her legs and arm with shrapnel. The name of the victim, a
resident of Ateret, is not cleared for publication at this time. She was
transported to the emergency room of Jerusalem=92s Hadassah Hospital on
Mount Scopus.

++++
4. Bir Nabala resident admits to luring terror victim via Internet
(BNI-FEB.25) Amana Jawad Mona Najar, 21, a resident of Bir Nabala,
confessed to Israeli authorities to luring terror victim, 16-year-old Ofir
Nahum, who was killed near P=92sagot on January 17, 2001.

According to information provided by the suspect during her interrogation,
she participated in what she thought was a plot to kidnap the Ashkelon
teenager but did not intend to kill him. When the unsuspecting youth
arrived at the rendezvous location, men got out of a waiting car and
gunned him down with automatic weapons fire. The body was then taken to
the nearby PA autonomous city of Ramallah.

According to Israel Radio reports, the terrorists responsible for the
attack are senior officials in Yassir Arafat=92s Tanzim force. It was also
learned the suspect was in contact with more than one Israeli on the
Internet. She claims she planned to kidnap one and then publish the event
to the world, drawing attention to the plight of youths living in PA areas
being persecuted by Israel.

++++
5. Excerpts from statements by PM-elect Sharon and Secretary of State
Powell
(BNI-FEB.25) Following are excerpts from remarks made by Prime
Minister-elect Ariel Sharon and US Secretary of State Colin Powell
following their meeting on Sunday, February 25, 2001, in Jerusalem.

PM-Elect Ariel Sharon: I conducted today a meeting with Secretary of State
General Colin Powell. We discussed both bilateral as well as regional and
international issues that are important to our two countries and which are
related to maintaining regional stability. I presented to Secretary Powell
my commitment and plans to achieve security and peace. I stressed the
point that the Palestinian Authority must take immediate action to stop
acts of terror and violence.

I have outlined to General Powell the steps I will take if calm is
restored in order to ease the economic conditions of the Palestinian
population in the Palestinian Authority territories. As the Prime
Minister, I will conduct negotiations with the Palestinian Authority
following the cessation of hostilities.

I look forward to continue close cooperation in the near future with the
United States, and particularly with Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell.
Thank you.

Sec'y Powell: I'm very pleased to be back in Israel and to have the
opportunity to meet and consult with Prime Minister-elect Sharon and last
night with Prime Minister Barak, and I welcome the statement that the
prime minister-elect has just made.

This is a time of democratic transition in Israel. But I want the people
of Israel to know that the relationship between the United States and
Israel is unbreakable and has been for so many years. America's
commitment
to the security of Israel is rock-solid, and will remain so under the Bush
administration.

We look forward to working with the new government to keep this
relationship strong and advance the prospects for stability in the region.
Toward that end the United States continues to support direct negotiations
between Israel and the Palestinian Authority based on UN Resolution 242
and 338.

Our immediate goal is to encourage both sides to alter the current
situation. There needs desperately to be a restoration of confidence,
coordination, and cooperation between the parties. Of course, the United
States cannot want peace more than the parties themselves, and we cannot
make for them the hard decisions that peace will require. But we will be
there to help, we will be engaged. President Bush intends to play a
leadership role, and that is one reason why I've made this the first trip
as Secretary of State to this part of the world.

Prime Minister Sharon and I discussed the recent escalation of violence in
the region, and the steps that can be taken to help create a better
environment for all. Later today I will talk with Chairman Arafat about
the steps that Palestinians can take to halt the violence and resume
security coordination.

I and so many, many people around the world have been profoundly troubled
by the violence over the past six months. To see so many lives torn by
conflict only underscores the imperative of bringing a swift end to the
cycle of provocation and reaction. The people of Israel have a right to
live within internationally recognized borders in security and peace with
all their neighbors.

It is my profound hope that we can bring the violence and suffering to an
end so that Israelis, Palestinians, and others throughout the region might
one day live side by side in peace and prosperity.

Q: (inaudible)

PM-Elect Sharon: I would like to emphasize that the Israeli citizens have
the full right to live quiet, normal lives. We live in this country, tiny
small country, the only democratic country in the region, that is the only
place what the Jewish people have the right and the capabilities to defend
themselves by themselves, and that is something that they have to
preserve. It should be very clear that there must be a cessation of
hostilities - that should be very, very clear. I will conduct negotiations
with the Palestinian Authority when we reach the point that the area will
be calm.

As to the steps in order to ease the conditions of the Palestinians, there
are certain steps that Chairman Arafat has to take. I talked about that
with the Secretary, and I am sure that when the Secretary will meet Arafat
he will give them the message. One thing will be clear - Israel will not
be negotiating under pressure of terror and violence.

Sec'y Powell: I was quite disturbed at the briefing I got from the head of
the IDF, the chief of the IDF last night. The level of violence has been
escalating and it has many different pieces to it, whether it's sniper
fire, mortar fire. It is a very dangerous situation, and I think as the
Prime Minister-elect said, we all have to work hard, every side, both
sides, to bring the violence under control, to get out of this terrible
spiral of increasing violence where we have violence, counter-violence,
provocation, counter-provocation. This is the time for all leaders in the
region to do everything possible to control passions, to speak out against
activities that lend themselves to incitement of passions. I have had this
conversation with the Prime Minister-elect, and I look forward to a
similar conversation with Chairman Arafat later in the day.

This is the time to bring calm to the region, this is the time to begin
security coordination again, this is the time to do everything to control
the passions. This is the time to give the prime minister elect the
opportunity to form his government and then to bring that government into
office and then listen to what proposals he has for moving the
negotiations forward in light of what the security situation is when his
government takes office. And so I would not, at this point, pre-judge what
positions he might formally present as Prime Minister.

What I think we all agreed on in our earlier meeting is that once calm is
restored, once there is economic activity again, once security
coordination has begun again, he is committed to negotiations. He
understands that at the end of the day, negotiations is the answer to find
a peace that will satisfy all the peoples of the region and allow them to
live in harmony with their neighbors.

Question: How do you see the role of Israel in your new policy towards
Iraq, and maybe more specific, can Israel help or maybe Israel is an
obstacle in your way of rebuilding this anti-Saddam coalition that you are
trying to build in this trip.

Sec'y Powell: Saddam Hussein is a threat to the Arabs of the region as
well as to Israel. What I am doing on this trip is trying to reinforce
that message and to reinforce the actions of the coalition to keep him
contained and in check until he complies with all the UN resolutions that
he is obliged to comply with. Obviously, I have had discussions with my
Israeli colleagues on this, but at the moment I am not asking for any
assistance or help from Israel. I am anxious for Prime Minister
Barak and Prime Minister-elect Sharon to spend all their energy and time
dealing with the situation that they have in their hands right now.

-----------------

1. Report: Iraq has nuclear capability=09
2. Attacks continue in Gush Shilo area=09
3. Sharon indicates willingness to relax economic sanctions=09
4. Ben-Ami says White House must remain involved=09
5. PM-elect meets with chief rabbis=09
6. Stabbing attack in Holon=09
7. Yesha =91safe road=92 map now on sale=09
8. Anti American protests continue throughout the PA=09
9. Update on condition of terror victims=09
10. Heavy stone-throwing attacks in Gush Shilo region of Samaria
11. Ministers opting for Peres to fill defense post=09
12. Jews barred from the Temple Mount=09
13. Herut Party MK calls for retaking areas =93A=94=09
14. Jewish MD arrested by PA for alleged participation in assassination=09
15. IDF soldier sentenced to 49 days in lockup for shooting in Gaza
16. Labor secretary says no to national unity=09

**************************
25-FEB-01 =96 7:33pm
**************************

1. Report: Iraq has nuclear capability
(BNI-FEB.25) According to a story in today=92s London Sunday Times
newspaper, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein carried out a successful nuclear
test before the 1991 Operation Desert Storm and now possesses a small
nuclear stockpile.

According to the report, the nuclear test was carried out in 1989
southwest of Baghdad and it was equivalent to the blast dropped over
Hiroshima Japan by the US. Iraq obtained the uranium from South Africa via
Brazil.

The London Times report stated the information was confirmed by a one-time
aide to Saddam=92s son, Uday.

++++
2. Attacks continue in Gush Shilo area
(BNI-FEB.25) At this time, there are reports of heavy stone-throwing
attacks against Israeli motorists traveling on Route 60, north of Eli in
the Gush Shilo area of Samaria, from the Arab villages of Luban
el-Sharqiya and Issawiya.

IDF forces on the scene report that at least one Israeli vehicle was also
targeted by gunfire.

There are no reported casualties.

++++
3. Sharon indicates willingness to relax economic sanctions
(BNI-FEB.25) Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon on Sunday sent a message
to
PA Chairman Yassir Arafat via visiting US Secretary of State Colin Powell
=96 indicating Israel=92s willingness to relax the economic sanctions impos=
ed
on the PA.

Sharon is calling upon the PA leader to address his residents, in Arabic,
making an unequivocal statement and plea for an end to terror attacks
against Israelis. Sharon indicated that if Arafat were willing to comply
with the request, Israel would relax sanctions blocking the import of
goods to PA autonomous areas.

Sharon added that funds would be transferred to the PA by Israel only
after a total cessation of daily violence and terror attacks.

In a press conference in the Jerusalem King David Hotel, the prime
minister-elect made it clear that his administration would not enter into
any negotiations with Arafat as long as violence and attacks continued. He
added that as soon as Israel saw clear signs that Arafat was truly working
towards bringing an end to the violence, he would be ready to arrange a
meeting between the two.

Addressing the same forum, US Secretary of State Colin Powell added he
was
=93quite disturbed=94 following the briefing from IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Ge=
n.
Shaul Mofaz on Saturday night, realizing the level of violence was
escalating to include sniper fire and mortar fire, creating a =93very
dangerous situation.=94

Powell stated both sides had to work hard to bring an end to the =93spiral
of violence=94 which included =93violence and counter violence and provocat=
ion
and counter provocation=94.

While meeting in the PA autonomous city of Ramallah, Powell demanded
that
Israel lift the economic sanctions that were imposed in the hope of
pressuring PA Chairman Arafat to bring an end to the warfare.

Addressing the forum in the presence of the visiting secretary of state,
Arafat stated that no government of Israel had the right to void any
agreements signed by previous administrations, sending a clear message to
Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon.

Powell told both sides that the Bush administration would be willing to
provide assistance but unlike the previous Clinton administration, the
White House would leave the negotiations to both sides and not become
involved.

++++
4. Ben-Ami says White House must remain involved
(BNI-FEB.25) Outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs Shlomo Ben-Ami stated
that the White House must remain involved in efforts to make peace between
Israel and the PA, and would not be able to remain outside of the
negotiations.

Ben-Ami=92s remarks come following statements by visiting US Secretary of
State Colin Powell who stated America was not planning to become involved
in talks between Israel and the PA, but was willing to offer assistance to
both parties. Powell=92s statements were clear, the Bush administration was
not making peace-making efforts between Israel and the PA the same
high-level US priority, as did the former administration of President Bill
Clinton.

Ben-Ami stated that during these critical times, the US does not have the
luxury of taking a back seat since the area was heading for an explosion
if an agreement was not achieved in the near future.

++++
5. PM-elect meets with chief rabbis
(BNI-FEB.25) In a meeting with Israel=92s Chief Rabbis Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron
and Yisrael Meir Lau, Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon made his position
clear, explaining he would be willing to remove economic sanctions imposed
on the PA if Yassir Arafat took the necessary steps to bring an end to the
daily warfare and attacks.

++++
6. Stabbing attack in Holon
(BNI-FEB.25) A male was stabbed and moderately wounded in a Sunday
night
stabbing attack in Holon. It appears the victim who was transported to
Wolfson Hospital knows the assailant.

Police report the motive for the attack remains unclear at this time. An
investigation is underway.

++++
7. Yesha =91safe road=92 map now on sale
(BNI-FEB.25) In cooperation with the government and Israel Defense Force,
The Survey of Israel map company has just completed its map of =91safe
routes=92 throughout Yesha areas, accurate as of February 1, 2001.

The new maps are intended to avoid Israeli mistakenly enter areas under
total PA control. The maps also carry other important information and
critical data, such as the locations of emergency medical facilities, IDF
checkpoint locations and more helpful information.

Persons wishing to purchase the map may do so. The cost is NIS 27 plus
NIS
8 for delivery.

For additional information, one may contact the publishers of the map at
03-623-1969 (voice), 623-1958 (fax), or email aviayet@netvision.net.il =

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8. Anti American protests continue throughout the PA
(BNI-FEB.25) Coinciding with the first regional visit of US Secretary of
State Colin Powell, anti-American demonstrations were held throughout PA
autonomous areas, including the burning of US flags and pictures of
President George W. Bush.

Opposition to the new US administration continues to increase among PA
residents with the recent US bombing attacks against Iraqi targets.

Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon in a meeting on Sunday with Powell
stated he did not believe the new US administration would succeed in
ongoing efforts to enlist an Arab alliance against Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein.

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9. Update on condition of terror victims
(BNI-FEB.25) Yossi Cohen, a resident of the community of Ateret, has come
out of emergency surgery and is reported in serious condition. Doctors at
Jerusalem=92s Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem add that it does not appear
that the victim sustained permanent neurological damage from the gunshot
wound to his head although a final determination may only be made at a
later date in Cohen=92s recovery process.

According to first responders to the scene of the attack near the Bir Zeit
Bridge in the Benjamin Regional Council district of Samaria, Cohen was
most fortunate to be alive with at least twenty bullets fired from the
passing terrorist vehicle striking his van.

BNI has also learned that Cohen=92s wife was injured in a terrorist attack
in the same are about three years earlier.

The victim of the second shooting attack, near Ofra, in the Benjamin
Regional Council as well, is another Ateret resident, Rachel Levine, 42.
She was shot in her left hand and sustained shrapnel injuries to both
legs. She remains in light condition in Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus
in Jerusalem.

Levine was fired upon from a stationary ambush position and not from
moving vehicle as first believed. The Benjamin District IDF Battalion
Commander, Colonel Ilan Paz, reported the terrorist fled to the nearby
Arab village of Yabrud.

IDF officials report that during last night, there were twelve shooting
attacks in areas throughout Yesha.

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10. Heavy stone-throwing attacks in Gush Shilo region of Samaria
(BNI-FEB.25) Heavy stone-throwing attacks were reported on Sunday from
the
Arab village of Sinjel, in the Gush Shilo area of Samaria. There were no
reported injuries from attacks but Route 60, the area=92s main north/south
vehicular route, was closed by the IDF for a period of time as a result of
the attacks against Israeli motorists.

++++
11. Ministers opting for Peres to fill defense post
(BNI-FEB.25) Labor Party cabinet ministers on Sunday evening announced
that at Monday=92s meeting of the party=92s 1,700-member Central Committee,
they would be supporting Shimon Peres=92 bid to fill the defense ministry
portfolio.

Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon has indicated the Likud would not be
willing to relinquish the finance portfolio and remains firm in his
position that Labor accept the defense portfolio. Former Prime Minister
Shimon Peres has indicated his willingness to accept the post but may not
do so without the party support, one of the issues that will most likely
occupy party leaders at Monday=92s meeting.

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12. Jews barred from the Temple Mount
(BNI-FEB.25) Ten Jewish activists were on Sunday afternoon barred from
entering the Temple Mount complex by Israel Police. Following a brief
scuffle and exchange of words between the group and the ten, three were
detained.

The group explained they would continue their struggle for the right of
Jews to pray on the Mount, the holiest site to the Jewish people, the site
of the First and Second Temples.

The Mount was liberated from Jordanian occupation by Israeli forces in the
June 1967 Six Day War.

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13. Herut Party MK calls for retaking areas =93A=94
(BNI-FEB.25) Right-wing opposition Member of Knesset Michael Kleiner of
the one-man Herut Party has called upon the IDF to retake areas =93A=94,
namely those areas under total PA control.

Following the continued increase in terrorist attacks and daily warfare
against IDF forces and Israeli civilians, emanating from areas =93A=94,
Kleiner stated there would be no alternative to retaking the areas given
away to the PA in order to restore law and order.

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14. Jewish MD arrested by PA for alleged participation in assassination
(BNI-FEB.25) A former resident of the northern Samaria Jewish community of
Elon Moreh, a physician by profession, was arrested by PA security forces
on suspicion of working with Israeli officials in the recent assassination
of a Hamas terror organization fugitive. The suspect, who was living in
the PA autonomous city of Nablus with his stepbrother, an Arab, was taken
into custody together with the stepbrother.

According to Israeli authorities, the 50-year-old doctor, David Marcea,
suffers from chronic emotional problems and his mental state is unstable. =

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15. IDF soldier sentenced to 49 days in lockup for shooting in Gaza
(BNI-FEB.25) An IDF soldier who was sentenced to 49 days in jail by his
commanding officer became the first soldier sent to prison for firing at
rioters since the Sept. 29, 2000 start of the PA orchestrated Al Aqsa
Intifada.

According to the commanding officer, the soldier is being sent to jail for
disobeying orders for opening fire. His gunfire wounded a 14-year-old Arab
youth in his abdomen.

The soldier, a member of the Givati Brigade, fired in southern Gaza near
Kfar Darom on February 3, 2001, striking the youth who the commander
stated did not present a threat to the soldier=92s life.

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16. Labor secretary says no to national unity
(BNI-FEB.25) Changing his previous position, Labor Party Secretary MK
Raanan Cohen on Sunday announced he opposes his party=92s inclusion in a
national unity government headed by Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon.

Cohen explained that the Labor Party must first place its own affairs in
order and elect a new head before it can enter into a coalition agreement.

On Sunday night, opponents to joining a coalition headed by Sharon are
staging a rally in the hope of increasing support against the move in
advance of the Monday convening of the 1,700-member Labor Party Central
Committee.

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IDF Spokesperson: The Detonation of a Booby Trapped Doll Left Behind by a
Terrorist Cell that Tried to Infiltrate Into Israel from the Gaza Strip

25 February 2001

This past Friday night IDF soldiers thwarted an attempted infiltration by a
terrorist cell into Israeli territory on the border fence, north of the
Nahal Oz crossing.

IDF soldiers identified the attempt to infiltrate and fired towards the
terrorists who escaped into territory of the Palestinian Authority.

During searches conducted Saturday morning and today they found an object
that was placed by the terrorists.

This morning IDF sappers detonated the object, and concluded that it was a
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Subject: [bprlist] Jubilee
From: "Moza"
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 20:37:19 -0500

Please Excuse My Miscalculations.

Over the past decade or more, in my lectures and particularly in the
November 1996 RESEARCHER, I have indicated that we might
expect=85prophetic events to be wrapped-up before and during Israel=92s
Jubilee year. Since the rebirth of Israel took shape during the years of
1947, 1948 and 1949, I projected that the climactic events should be
expected a Jubilee or 50 years later. The things simply did not happen as
quickly as I had anticipated. As the old adage goes, =93a watched pot never=

boils.=94 All the players were on the field, the spectators were all in the=

stadium, but the whistle never blew for the kick-off. Then Something Did
Happen!

As the Jewish New Year 5761 rolled around, those things we expected
to happen began to fall into place. Why the almost three year delay? My
daughter Sarah and I were discussing these expectations when she
reminded me that this was the second Shmitah (Sabbatical Year) that they
have lived in Israel on the settlement of Ma=92aleh Levonah. =93Yeah, Dad,=

you know that the Rabbis say that next year 5762 is the Jubilee year
because 5761 is the seventh Shmitah since the establishment of Israel in
1948 or 5708.=94

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who=92s the dumbest of them all? Why did I
calculate 1998-1999 as Israel=92s Jubilee year, when it was only the 50th
anniversary year of the formation of the state? It was not the 50th Jubilee=

year? The Rabbis calculate the first Shmitah in Israel=92s Third
Commonwealth as beginning in 1951, three years after their
Independence. Hence, counting seven Shmitahs or 49 years brings us to
the year 5761 on the Jewish Lunar Calendar or October 1st, 2000 CE on
the western Gregorian Calendar. This is the beginning of the Seventh
Shmitah year or the Seventh Sabbatical year of this Third Commonwealth
of Israel.

Gal-Gal, Gil-Gul, Gil-Gal

Gal-Gal is a wheel or tire. Gil-Gul is a turning, as in Gilgul HaNefesh, th=
e
recycling of the soul. Gilgal is to rollover or turn over. In Joshua 5:9 we=

read, =93And the L-RD said to Joshua, =91See, this day have I rolled away
(Gil-Gal) the reproach of Egypt from off you.=92 Therefore, the name of the=

place was called Gilgal.=94

=93The wheels (Gal-Galim) of G-D turn slowly, But they grind (groan)
exceedingly fine. And they never stop (Gilgalim) rolling over.=94

The Exodus happened on the 14th day of the first month in the Jewish
Year 2448. The Rabbis calculate that Israel entered their first
Commonwealth at the end of the 40 years wandering on the tenth day of
the first month in the Jewish year 2489. The 14 years they were at Gilgal
brings the date to 2503 before they occupied their inheritance. The
Rabbis calculate it as the year 2502 because each of the families of the
tribes had actually moved to their inheritances two full weeks following
Yom Kippur of the year 2502, so they could broadcast (plant) seed for
the coming year of 2503. This is also one reason why they observe Rosh
HaShanah, or the beginning of the Jewish New Year, at the Autumn
Equinox [the 7th month, seed planting time] of Tishri rather than in the
Spring equinox [the 1st month, spring harvest time] of Nissan. Thus, the
reckoning of the seventh Shmitah in the century falls on the 1st and 51st
years of each century making the Jubilee occur on the subsequent 2nd and
52nd years accordingly.

However, I still have an unresolved question regarding this calculation. If=

the 1st year of the counting of the Shmitah Year began the 1st year
following the Jubilee Year, then it seems that the Jubilee would ascend by=

one calendar year each Jubilee or 50 years. Since the Rabbis still
calculate the Jubilee to always occur on the 2nd and 52nd years of each
century, I guess I will have to revert to my original question: Mirror,
mirror on the wall, who=92s the dumbest of them all?

So, the Prophecies Were Seemingly Dragging their Heels These Past
Three Years

Calculating from 1947-1948 and 1949 from the rebirth of Israel, the
Jubilee related things should have happened in 1997-1998 and 1999 but
did not occur. When we revised our computation so the seventh Shmitah
occurs in 5761 or 2000-2001, the Jubilee occurs in the year 5762 or
2001-2002. Now, things that we suspected would occur three years ago,
we see unfolding at the beginning in October 2000.

Which Calendar, the Lunar or the Solar?

The Calendar used by the Jewish World since about 175 BCE is a
Lunar/Solar system that is regulated with the Solar Year by adding an
extra month 7 times each 19 years. There is no difference between the
two systems in the counting of the years. The difference, however, is that=

according to the Jubilee System, Rosh HaShanah (the head of the year) is
reckoned on the first day of the first month in the Spring equinox at
sundown March 21.

The other accepted Lunar/Solar calendar holds that Rosh HaShanah
occurs at sunset on the first day of the seventh month of the New Moon,
on or near the Autumn Equinox on September 23. The latter must also be
adjusted during certain years by adding extra months. According to the
Jubilee calendar, used by the Qumran community, Rosh HaShanah 5761
will not occur until sunset, March 22, 2001. According to the calculations=

on the Jubilee calendar, we are still in 5760 until March 22, 2001. No
one would question that the events we expected to unfold over the past
three years are indeed happening now. This is why I always say: =93G-d=92s=

time is not always our time, so again, let=92s let time be the interpreter!=
=94

Don Hutchinson pointed out something very intriguing regarding these
events that he found in the exhaustive work known as Me=92Am Lo=92Ez,
also called The Torah Anthology. The Parashah HaBrachah (the
blessings) in Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12 is read at the end of the Torah
readings for this year, during Simchat Torah (rejoicing in the Torah). This=

is when Deuteronomy is concluded and Genesis is begun again. Before
starting again with Genesis 1:1 this year, HaBrachah was read on October
21-28. This year, both Shabbat and the 8th Day of Succoth fell on
October 21.

Hutch found that the Rambam (Maimonides), in his Book of Redemption,
section seven, expounds on the final redemption of Israel in the last days.=

The dissertation begins with the word T=92vout, in Deuteronomy 33:16
which is not translated in the English texts. It is absorbed in the phrase=

=93the Sun=92s yield=94 (T=92vou oat-Shemish). It is an irregular verb form=
,
combining the future marker before the =93past=94 tense of the verb of the=

word =93He shall come=94 with the past tense of the same root, Botah. He
came and will yet come again. This metaphoric reference has to do with
the house of Joseph. Joseph was the first to come into exile in Egypt, and=

Joseph will be the first to come back to Eretz Yisrael in the Messianic
Age. Rabbenu Bachya explains that the Ten Northern Tribes [of the
House of Israel] will be redeemed 53 years before Judah=92s exiles will be=

returned (and redeemed) in the Era of Messianic Redemption.

How do the Rabbis come to that conclusion? They conjecture that when
the Babylonians destroyed Judaea and Jerusalem in 3338 that many of the
House of Israel, whose ancestors were dispersed by the previous
Assyrian Captivity, returned slowly and spasmodically to their inheritance.=

Only after 52 years did Zerubbabel begin his organized return in 3390.
This was 52 years after the Babylonian Captivity. The year 3391 was
Judah=92s first year to re-establish the Second House, in the 53rd year aft=
er
the Captivity. This year is the 52nd year of Israel=92s 3rd Commonwealth.
This re-occurrence implies that the final re-gathering of Israel in the Tim=
e
of the End, or the 53rd year, will be the pivotal point of turning from the=

old (goyish) socialist regime!

This, the 52nd anniversary year of the present fiasco, is perhaps the dying=

gasp of the old guard. It is also the seventh Shmitah that precedes the fir=
st
Jubilee of Israel=92s Third Commonwealth. The suggestion is that perhaps
the Third Commonwealth of Israel will have a life span of only 52 years.
Then the =93new era=94 begins. Ben-Gurion=92s anti-religious regime led by=

Bolsheviks will fall after the 52nd year of Despotic Tyranny. A Socialist
Zionist Israel does not merit survival! Strangely, the Persian Empire also=

endured only 52 years. The destruction of the old guard does