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Subject: [bprlist] Mark 6:34 Jesus teaches many things... that we have missed
From: "Susan Kanen"
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 01:37:17 -0000
Before the miracle of the feeding of five thousand, we have:
Mark 6:34
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with
compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a
shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
Many things? What things? Why aren't His teachings to shepherdless
people recorded here? All we have in the next passage is the number
of loaves and fishes in a boy's lunch (recorded seven times in the
New Testament) of five loaves and two fishes and the number of twelve
leftover baskets.
After the second miracle feeding with four thousand,
Mark 8:12-21
And he (Jesus) sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this
generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no
sign be given unto this generation. [13] And he left them, and
entering into the ship again departed to the other side. [14] Now the
disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship
with them more than one loaf. [15] And he charged them, saying, Take
heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of
Herod. [16] And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is
because we have no bread. [17] And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto
them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet,
neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? [18] Having
eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not
remember? [19] When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how
many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him,
Twelve. [20] And when the seven among four thousand, how many
baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. [21] And
he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
Again, what is it that we do not understand? Again we miss the point
about the numbers concerning the loaves and fishes causing Jesus to
sigh deeply in His Spirit. Apparently there are many things we don't
yet understand and perhaps the number pattern presented in these two
similar miracles holds the key to many things we have missed. The
numbers seven and twelve are found in many Bible stories. Satan has
used people to misinterpret numbers with superstition and through the
false use of numerology. I appreciated BPR post on 10/1/01
titled ....On Numerology. As Christians we need not fear what Jesus
has to teach us using number patterns. For more see:
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Misc_Studies/ms028.htm Contact
author at kanen@aptalaska.net
Blessings to the list readers in the New Year...
Sue
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Subject: [bprlist] Is Chocolat a remedy for what ails Christianity?
From: owner-bpr@philologos.org
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 01:58:29 -0000
[ModNote: We normally don't do this, but I'm attaching your standard
everyday disclaimer with this article to avoid any possible notion that
I actually agree with this guy.]
Is Chocolat a remedy for what ails Christianity?
by Charles Henderson
[About the author from About.com: The Rev. Charles P. Henderson is a
Presbyterian minister.
Experience: Rev. Henderson has led churches in New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut and has served as a chaplain at Princeton University.
He is the organizing pastor of the First Church of Cyberspace and is
the author of numerous articles and books including God and Science
(Hypertext Edition, in progress). Henderson is currently executive
director of the Association for Religion and Intellectual Life which
publishes the magazine, Cross Currents. This summer he will be
teaching a course on religion and the internet at the Iliff School of
Theology in Denver, Colorado. ]
I doubt that Lasse Hallstrom's Chocolat will break any box office
records, but it may garner an Academy Award nomination or two. This
would be one of my picks for Best Picture of the Year. If you were a
fan of "Babette's Feast," you'll love Chocolat. It's a feast for
body, mind and spirit.
To be sure there is enough eye candy in this one to please those who
go to the movies for pure visual pleasure: the sensuality of Juliette
Binoche and Johnny Depp, the picturesque French village of
Lansquenet, and the assortment of characters who move in and out of
the village church, chocolate shop, medieval castle and surrounding
countryside where most of the action takes place. There is a strong
story line that begins when Vianne Rocher and her daughter Anouk
arrive in the village to open up a "chocolatier." No ordinary cook,
Vianne draws upon some prodigious intuitive powers to discern the
thoughts and feelings of those that surround her and suggest exactly
the right combination of candy and counsel to address their deeper
hungers. Vianne is part French and part Mayan, but it is her Mayan
blood and near magical powers of perception that seem to color her
very being, making her the perfect alter ego to the film's chief
protagonist. Presiding over Lansquenet is the overly pious Comte De
Reynaud. He rules over the political, social and religious life of
the village like a benevolent despot. The Comte's main vehicle for
exerting his will over the townspeople is the young priest of the
village church who is so anxious to please that he allows the Comte
to rewrite his sermons. Lansquenet is, then, a miniature theocracy.
Imagine an America ruled by an all powerful Jerry Falwell.
As it happens Vianne opens ups her chocolatier during the middle of
Lent and in a variety of ways succeeds in "tempting" a number of the
villagers to break their Lenten fasts and indulge in both chocolate,
and the more powerful sensual pleasures that it unleashes. Vianne,
it is clear, functions as a kind of earth mother, offering a taste of
the passionate life that the Comte finds so powerfully unsettling.
Vianne's charms are powerful enough; when she teams up with the gypsy-
like Roux (Johnny Deep) who arrives by river boat, it is clear that
events in Lansquenet are beginning to spin dangerously out of
control.
Chocolat functions as a parable. It's the repressive Christianity of
the Comte and his church, locked in combat with the passionate
paganism of Vianne and her growing community of liberated misfits and
outcasts. This movie seems to be suggesting that the remedy for a
repressive Christianity is exposure to the warmth, charm, and sensual
beauty of paganism. It's the cold hearted and immovable Father God
of the Comte's Catholicism thawed by the passionate Earth Mother of
pantheism. But is this recipe for the greening of Christianity as
much of a cure all as Hallstrom and crew seem to believe? I have
some major reservations. A casual, feel good Christianity may prove
to be far less durable than the strong minded orthodoxy it seeks to
replace. The warming up of the faith can also be its dumbing down. In
truth, this movie is not so much a prescription for what could be, as
it is a description of what already is.
I must report from the frontlines of change within churches all
across America and, indeed, the world, that this film's program for a
post-modern Reformation is already well underway. One sees it
everywhere as worshippers come to church in casual dress, participate
more actively in worship, and sing praise songs that borrow
expansively from pop music genres of every kind. Today a good number
of priests and ministers no longer feel it necessary to hide their
personal interests, like the Elvis loving prelate in this movie; they
are now unabashed in their embrace of many features of popular
culture, from rock to rap. Likewise, many churches have long welcomed
women into leadership positions, affirmed gay and lesbian persons as
legitimate members of the body of Christ, and joined with
environmentalists to save the planet. And while I share the view that
Father God has a lot to learn from Earth Mother, and would welcome
the news of a more permanent union between them, still, it is crucial
to remember that the Holy One remains above and beyond our
understanding, and at the same time, is closer to us that we will
ever know. Hence, even Chocolat, however delicious and delectable,
does not provide a cure all for the ailments of institutional
religion, let alone the larger woes that afflict the human family on
the face of this troubled planet.
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Subject: [bprlist] Number of generations prior to the Noahic flood
From: "David Elphick"
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 04:34:43 -0800
It is usual to see it written that there had been ten or eleven generations on earth when the Noahic flood occurred, this being based on Noah's geneaology, he being the tenth from Adam.
In population predictions for the earth the number is based on eleven generations (I stand corrected if what I am about to type is commonplace thinking when it comes to population determinations for the pre-flood earth) but this number is logically way out for the following reason: Noah sired his first son when he was 500.
People of Noah's generation would have had children at 30 or so. Using 40 years for a generation, 40/500 = 12 generations. This would suggest that there had been at least 22 by the time Noah was 500, and 25 by the time of the flood, when Noah was 600.
This larger number, 25 rather than 10 or 11, allows for far larger populations to be determined while also allowing for large but conservative estimates.
And no I'm not going to try and determine the population size, except to say 100s of billions are possible given the long lifetimes and the plausible likelihood for very large families at least during the first few generations (we know that Adam and Eve had Abel, Cain, Seth, other sons (2 or greater) and daughters (2 or greater) giving 7 as a minimum).
The amount of knowledge during the later years of the pre-flood world must have been awesome.
One additional line of thought: there is a reason for the tenth and eleventh generations of humanity being saved during the flood, that of genetic stability. Arthur Custance points out somewhere in his work, the title doesn't come to me right now, that animal genes begin to break down after the tenth generation. Obviously by the 25th generation there are going to be more errors in the population than with the 11th.
There is lots of fruit for the sideboard in the above, particularly in terms of our physical and mental capacity now as compared to then. I think we are far dumber and weaker now than we have ever been. Why else would people believe that life evolved from a rock?
David
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Subject: Re: [bprlist] Number of generations prior to the Noahic flood
From: "Stricker"
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 14:05:12 -0600
Is there something to indicate that Noah sired his "first" son when he was
500 or is that simply the child God wished to mention?
Dia
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) VW: Jerusalem march
From: "Moza"
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 12:00:12 -0500
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Re: Jerusalem march
Monday evening, January 8, there is slated to be a march to the Temple
Mount in Jerusalem. By the time all is said and done, they plan to form
a "human-chain" around the Temple Mount. This event seems to be a grass
roots uprising of Israelis that I've been reading about for a couple of
weeks, now, in protest against the 'dance-around-the-peace-table'
antics of the "Clinton Plan" with Barak and Arafat. The 'plan' which
would give away God's land and sovereignty to those who would wish to
make Israel 'disappear'. Clinton seeks a "legacy". How does "man of
sin" fit?
In an e-mail this morning (1-6-01) it appears that the Christian
Embassy in Jerusalem is going to get into the act, as "christians" are
also being called upon to support and participate in this "rally".
Their purpose seems to be to "show solidarity" with Israel, since,
after all, Christianity has its "roots in" Israel. It has been their
goal to "demonstrate worldwide Christian support for a united Jerusalem
under Israeli sovereignty and open to all faiths."
Well, such a statement is not a "Christian" statement, is it. "All
faiths" is not of the God Most High. Such support for such a rally is
not "Christian" (Godly) support, is it. They claim to be supporting
Israeli sovereignty over the Temple Mount "based on Biblical
principles". Thing is, the Scripture says that the Temple is to be a
"house of prayer for all nations" (Is56:7) ...not, 'for all faiths'.
There is only -One- God (Deu6:4) and when Messiah comes to rule, "..the
LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be-
'Jehovah is one', and His name one." (Zech14:9) Thus, the "house" in
question is "My house" (Is56:7). "My" == "Jehovah"
Another example of the sad state of UNBELIEF regarding those who pledge
support to Israel and Jerusalem... Recently we observed the Temple
Mount's reliance upon the "spirit of the Maccabees". They went to
commune with the spirits of the Maccabees, and to "take" this -spirit-
to the Temple Mount area recently during Chanukah. In an e-mail from
Gershon Salomon since then, telling about how that Chanukah march went
and what they did, he quotes from Zechariah, "and they shall look
towards me, regarding those whom the nations have pierced; and they
shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only son.." (Zech12:10)
Again, notice the misquoting of Scripture. That passage says, "..-THEY-
will look on Me whom -THEY- have pierced.." This was the jist of
Peter's message at Pentecost, "Jesus...WHOM -YOU- CRUCIFIED.." (Ac2:36)
They are yet in unbelief regarding their True Messiah. Until they
acknowledge Him, Whom they blank out by typing "G-d", whose work is a
"forbidden chapter" to read, Isaiah 53, they will continue striving in
futility.
We might encourage them to not negotiate away what God gave them, with
false treaties. But if they are yet in unbelief, none of these rallies
will be of any benefit. They will likely only cause to spark more
unrest, eventually leading to the prophesied war.
Dear Believer: do not despair at Israel's blindness, nor be deceived by
that which calls itself "christian". In fact, it is rather 'fitting'
that Israelis and false-christians should join together in such futile
efforts...-IN- Jerusalem. That is the focus of prophecy. Israel is
about to be "refined" (Mal3:3) and Laodicea is about to be "vomited
out" (Rev3:16)
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: Evacuated Palestinian "wounded" walked away
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:04:45 -0500
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Ha'aretz: Evacuated Palestinian "wounded" walked away overseas
Aaron Lerner Date: 5 January 2001
A senior security representative from a friendly state visited Israel
last month and shared an interesting story. His country was shocked
by the sight of the Palestinians wounded by IDF fire in the riots and
volunteered to hospitalize scores of them.
When they were brought off a plane the cameras filmed the wounded
Palestinians on stretchers and in casts. Yet once they reached the
hospital they removed their casts and were on their way, as healthy
as their doctors.
I do not know, wondered the foreigner, if this was just a propaganda
ploy, or if under the casts hid wanted Palestinians who got away from
Israel.
Ha'aretz correspondent Amir Oren in the 5 January edition of Ha'aretz
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: Evacuated Palestinian "wounded" walked away
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:04:45 -0500
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Subject: Ha'aretz: Evacuated Palestinian "wounded" walked
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Ha'aretz: Evacuated Palestinian "wounded" walked away overseas
Aaron Lerner Date: 5 January 2001
A senior security representative from a friendly state visited Israel
last month and shared an interesting story. His country was shocked
by the sight of the Palestinians wounded by IDF fire in the riots and
volunteered to hospitalize scores of them.
When they were brought off a plane the cameras filmed the wounded
Palestinians on stretchers and in casts. Yet once they reached the
hospital they removed their casts and were on their way, as healthy
as their doctors.
I do not know, wondered the foreigner, if this was just a propaganda
ploy, or if under the casts hid wanted Palestinians who got away from
Israel.
Ha'aretz correspondent Amir Oren in the 5 January edition of Ha'aretz
Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director
IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: U.S. asked Syria to restrain Hezbollah
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:04:45 -0500
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Ha'aretz: U.S. asked Syria to restrain Hezbollah
By Daniel Sobelman Ha'aretz 7 January 2001
U.S. Under Secretary of State Thomas Pickering telephoned Syrian President
Bashar Assad this week and asked him to fetter the activities of Hezbollah
in the Sheba Farms area, near Har Dov on the Israel-Lebanon border.
According to a western diplomat quot ed yesterday in the Al Hayat newspaper,
Pickering told Assad that it would be a mistake to encourage Hezbollah to
attack targets inside Israel.
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: 12.5% of housing units built over Green Li
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Ha'aretz: 12.5% of housing units built over Green Line
By Nadav Shragai Ha'aretz 7 January 2001
During 2000, the Israel Lands Administration released lands for the
construction of over 2,800 housing units in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
12.5 percent of the land made available by the ILA for about 22,500 housing
units around the country. The figures, based on ILA reports, were disclosed
Friday by MK Mussi Raz (Meretz). Raz noted that in a year when the
government had invested considerable effort in attaining a final status
accord with the Palestinians, one-eighth of the countrys housing units were
built beyond the Green Line. He demanded that the construction of
settlements in the territories be suspended immediately. The Yesha Council
said that the figures proved public concern for housing projects in Judea
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: Israel officially redefines conflict
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it from responsibility for paying compensation for damages
caused by necessary military action
Ha'aretz: Israel officially redefines conflict to exempt it from
responsibility for paying compensation for damages caused by necessary
military action
By Amos Harel Ha'aretz 7 January 2001
Israel has altered its official designation of the situation in the
territories, arguing that under new conditions of violence it should be
exempted from responsibility for paying compensation for damages caused by
necessary military action.
Until recently, Israel defined the situation in the territories as
"belligerent occupation," in accord with section 43 of the Hague Convention.
Under this classification, the army commander in a region is authorized to
take steps deemed necessary to ensure that life goes on as normally as
possible. Yet the occupying power is responsible for compensating for any
damage caused by actions undertaken for military purposes, such as the
seizure of property belonging to a resident in a conquered area.
Responding to months of violence in the territories, Israeli authorities
have changed the legal designation of circumstances there. Instead of
"belligerent occupation," Israel describes conditions on the West Bank and
Gaza Strip as "hostilities." By making this designation, Israel claims
exemption from compensation requirements.
Israeli legal authorities believe that the stand-off in the territories now
involves armed confrontation between two sides, rather than a popular
uprising against conquest. Distinguishing between the first Intifada of
several years ago and the current violence, they point to the current
Palestinian use of firearms, autonomous PA government control and the use of
PA para-military groups.
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Subject: [bprlist] Tzemach News items (1/7/01)
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CLINTON WEIGHS INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE: US President
Bill
Clinton is considering convening either an international conference or a
White House summit to issue a presidential statement formalizing his
Middle East peace proposal. Clinton would then seek endorsement for the
draft from world leaders as a basis for future negotiations, diplomatic
sources in Washington said Saturday. Israeli negotiator Gilead Sher
delivered a six-page document to Clinton on Friday evening that formalized
Israel's acceptance of the president's peace proposal and listed Israel's
reservations. Israel has expressed concerns about all elements of the
Clinton proposal, including how to divide control of the holy sites in
Jerusalem, the Palestinian 'right of return', and the positioning of an
international force in the Jordan Valley after Israel redeploys from 94-96
percent of Judea and Samaria.
EVEN THEIR OWN 'LEADERS' DO NOT WANT THEM: Here is a riddle: The
lives
of how many families - out of a total of 420,000 residents of the Gaza
Strip still living in refugee camps - have been improved with the large
sums of money that the PA/PLO has received from donor states, since the
signing of the Oslo agreement in 1993? Answer: None.This fact proves that
the Palestinian leadership is basically no different from the leaders of
the Arab states who, for several generations, have placed at the top of
their respective agendas the desire to perpetuate the plight of the
Palestinian refugees, but not the desire to end or even alleviate their
suffering. The only difference is that the refugees living in the PA are
the Palestinian leaders' own flesh and blood, and are living under their
regime. However, the essentially indifferent attitude of the PA's leaders
towards the plight of the Palestinian refugees does not, of course, stop
Palestinian representatives at the multilateral conference on refugee
affairs that was set up after the Madrid peace conference from demanding
more and more contributions in order to "help improve the lives of the
refugees."
Here is another riddle: What is the total amount that the Palestinians are
demanding as an overall compensation payment for the refugee situation
that was created by the War of 1948? Answer: Approximately $550 billion!
This sum, which is targeted at a number of different issues, was arrived
at by representatives of leading Western nations at a multilateral
conference on the refugee question after they had calculated the
Palestinians' claims. But the story does not end here. Recently, Arafat's
economic adviser, Dr. Mahar Al-Kurd declared that, in addition to
compensation for the refugees, the Palestinians would demand
"compensation
for damage incurred by the [Israeli] occupation since 1967." This separate
"bill" even includes compensation for the "exploitation" of both the
Palestinian beachfront on the Dead Sea and the underground water that
Israel has pumped out, as well as the return of direct and indirect taxes,
including those related to tourist activity, that Israel has collected
from the Palestinians. Although this additional list of demands sounds
like a joke, Al-Kurd claims that he and several of his colleagues heard
Israeli experts give their indirect consent to it.
Regarding the matter of experts, one should beware of Israeli "experts"
who make promises but have not been authorized by anyone to do so -
because the problem of the Palestinian "right of return" is not really a
problem. These experts rely on their own common sense, not on that of the
Palestinians. It would be a good idea to compare what Palestinian leaders
say today with what they said after the signing of the Oslo agreements.
After the Oslo agreements had been signed, these leaders said that the
refugees were not really interested in returning to Israel and that the
issue was merely the granting of the right to return, and not the
exercising of that right. Thus, the only demand Palestinian leaders made
regarding the Palestinian refugee issue was that Israel issue a
declaration recognizing its responsibility for the creation of the refugee
problem. No credence should be given to these ingratiating words. In
private conversations, responsible Palestinian leaders say - off the
record - that nobody really knows how many Palestinian refugees want to
return to Israel. According to these responsible leaders, a very large
percentage of the refugees in Lebanon, where successive governments have
never been interested in their remaining there, will undoubtedly want to
return to Israel's Galilee region.
Regarding the Palestinian settlement in Lebanon, Lebanese President
Lahoud passed on his negative stand against the matter. According to him,
Lebanon continues to maintain its earlier decision on rejecting any
negotiation through which would approve the Palestinian settlement in
Lebanon.
SUGGESTED WEB SITES: Maps of Israel, including ones showing what the
current "negotiations" are all about.
<http://www.jr.co.il/things/maps.htm>
Tremendous pictures: http://www.jr.co.il/things/poli-01.htm
Tzemach News Service - http://www.tzemach.org/fyi
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:04:46 -0500
1. Sunday morning shooting attacks in Gaza=09
2. Kochav HaShachar residents stop Arab motorists=09
3. Night of learning in memory of the Kahane=92s=09
4. No injuries in Saturday night shooting attack near Kiryat Arba=20
5. Shooting attack at Ariel=92s Givat HaAntenna=09
6. Shots fired at Bezeq base=09
7. Fragmentation grenade explodes in Hod HaSharon=09
8. Garbage trucks stolen from Tel Monde area parking facility=09
9. 26-year-old stabbed to death at Rehovot nightclub=09
10. Friday nigh shooting attacks in southern Gaza=09
11. Gunfire aimed at Netzarim late Friday night=09
12. Gunfire at Mount Eval on Friday night=09
13. Stone-throwing attacks on Hussan bypass Friday night=09
14. Serious shooting attack on Shchem (Nablus) bypass road=09
15. Shots fired at Givat HaDagan in Efrat Friday night=09
16. Beit Chaggai outpost attacked on Friday evening=09
17. Soldiers attacked by stones at Ayosh Junction on Friday afternoon
18. Vehicular convoy attacked by gunfire in southern Gaza=09
19. Tourism still hurting due to regional violence=09
20. Soldiers attacked by stone-throwers near Qalkilya=09
21. No injuries in Saturday night nail gun attack in capital=09
22. Israeli lightly injured in stone-throwing attack near Kiryat Arba=09=20
*****************************
7-JAN-00 =96 8:00am
*****************************
1. Sunday morning shooting attacks in Gaza
(BNI-JAN.7) Shots were fired earlier this morning at IDF positions at Neve
Dekalim and Rafiach in southern Gaza. There were no reported injuries to
IDF soldiers or Israeli civilians. Soldiers returned fire.=20=20
++++
2. Kochav HaShachar residents stop Arab motorists
(BNI-JAN.7) Residents of Kochav HaShachar in the Benjamin Regional=20
Council
of Samaria took to the streets on Sunday morning at 6:00am, blocking Arab
motorists that are traveling on the Alon Road. Protesters are calling to
=93remove the murderers from the roadways.=20=20
++++
3. Night of learning in memory of the Kahane=92s
(BNI-JAN.7) Organizers held a night of Torah learning near the Prime
Minister=92s Residence in the Rehavia section of Jerusalem in memory of
Rabbi Binyamin Ze=92ev and Talia Kahane, who were killed by terrorists last
Sunday. Participants also viewed a movie of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane. =
=20
++++
4. No injuries in Saturday night shooting attack near Kiryat Arba
(BNI-JAN.7) IDF soldiers came under attack near Kiryat Arba on Saturday
night. There were no reported injuries. Soldiers did return fire.=20=20
++++
5. Shooting attack at Ariel=92s Givat HaAntenna
(BNI-JAN.7) Shots were fired at soldiers manning the Givat HaAntenna area
of Ariel, located in Samaria. There were no reported injuries. IDF forces
returned fire.=20=20
++++
6. Shots fired at Bezeq base
(BNI-JAN.7) Shots were fired at the IDF=92s Bezeq Base south of Jenin on
Saturday evening. No injuries. Soldiers returned fire.=20=20
++++
7. Fragmentation grenade explodes in Hod HaSharon
(BNI-JAN.7) A fragmentation grenade exploded in a home on Netzach Yisrael
in Hod HaSharon on Saturday morning. There were no injuries but there was
damage to the home.=20
Neighbors first thought a hot water boiler may have exploded but soon
learned the explosion was from a grenade. Police are investigating.=20=20=20
++++
8. Garbage trucks stolen from Tel Monde area parking facility
(BNI-JAN.7) Four Arab men on Friday night tied up a night watchman at a
parking facility for garbage trucks near Tel Monde Prison. At knifepoint,
they forced the guard into a garbage receptacle.=20
The four then stole garbage trucks and the private car of the watchman.=20
On Saturday morning, the watchman managed to extricate himself from his
bondage and he called HaSharon District police.=20=20
++++
9. 26-year-old stabbed to death at Rehovot nightclub
(BNI-JAN.7) A 26-year-old male died following a predawn stabbing attack on
Saturday at the entrance of the Condom Night Club in Rehovot. The victim
of the attack which is under investigation died about an hour following
the attack in Kaplan Hospital. Police later in the day closed the
nightclub. Police have indicated they believe the attack was =91criminally=
=92
motivated.=20=20
++++
10. Friday nigh shooting attacks in southern Gaza
(BNI-JAN.7) There were heavy exchanges of gunfire on Friday night
emanating from the PA autonomous area of Khan Yunis, aimed at the Jewish
communities of Gadid and Neve Dekalim. There were no reported injuries to
IDF forces or Jewish residents. IDF soldiers returned fire.=20=20=20
++++
11. Gunfire aimed at Netzarim late Friday night
(BNI-JAN.7) Gunfire was directed at the northern Gaza community of
Netzarim beginning at about 11:30pm Friday night. There were no reported
injuries among soldiers that returned fire.=20=20
Earlier in the evening, there was gunfire aimed at numerous IDF positions
in the Gush Katif area. No injuries. Soldiers returned fire.
++++
12. Gunfire at Mount Eval on Friday night
(BNI-JAN.7) IDF positions on Mount Eval, north of Shchem (Nablus) were
attacked by PA gunfire on Friday night. No injuries to IDF forces that
returned fire.=20=20
++++
13. Stone-throwing attacks on Hussan bypass Friday night
(BNI-JAN.7) Stone-throwing attacks were reported on the Hussan bypass=20
road
in the Bethlehem District on Friday night against military and Israeli
civilian vehicles. There were no reports of injuries resulting from the
attacks. Soldiers fired rubber bullets at the attackers.=20=20
++++
14. Serious shooting attack on Shchem (Nablus) bypass road
(BNI-JAN.7) Shots rang out for a period of about two minutes on the Shchem
bypass road, near the northern Samarian community of Elon Moreh, on=20
Friday
night. There were no injuries. Soldiers did not return fire since they
were unable to locate the exact origin of the attack. The attack occurred
at about 7:30pm.
Later in the evening, automatic weapons fire was directed by IDF soldiers
at the village of Salim =96 the point of origin of the earlier gunfire
attack.=20
++++
15. Shots fired at Givat HaDagan in Efrat Friday night
(BNI-JAN.7) At about 7:30pm, shots were directed at Efrat=92s Givat HaDagan
neighborhood on Friday night. Soldiers stationed in the Gush Etzion
community returned fire towards the nearby PA area.=20=20
++++
16. Beit Chaggai outpost attacked on Friday evening
(BNI-JAN.7) Shots were directed at an IDF position in the Southern Hebron
Hills community of Beit Chaggai not long after the start of the Sabbath.
There were no injuries to soldiers or community residents. Soldiers
returned fire.=20=20
PA sources report a 19-year-old was killed by IDF fire and another teen
injured.
The area IDF battalion commander expressed his sorrow over the death;
explaining that when persons permit gunfire from inside a home, everyone
inside that building is in danger from the return fire.=20
The IDF officer stated that the collateral damage was a risk taken by
persons who permit attacks to be launched from their homes.
The 19-year-old was laid to rest in Hebron on Saturday with over 1,000
persons participating in the funeral.=20
++++
17. Soldiers attacked by stones at Ayosh Junction on Friday afternoon
(BNI-JAN.7) IDF soldiers at Ayosh Junction in Samaria were attacked by
Arab stone-throwers from the nearby PA autonomous city of Ramallah.
Soldiers returned fire with rubber bullets.=20=20
++++
18. Vehicular convoy attacked by gunfire in southern Gaza
(BNI-JAN.7) A vehicular convoy traveling on Friday afternoon in southern
Gaza, near the Rafiach border crossing to Egypt, was attacked by gunfire.
No injures. Soldiers returned fire.=20=20
++++
19. Tourism still hurting due to regional violence
(BNI-JAN.7) The PA orchestrated Al Aqsa Intifada has hit the economy hard,
including a powerful blow to the tourism industry. Some 1,00 hotel
industry employees at the end of the week were placed on unpaid leave due
to the sharp decline in visitors to the southern port city.
To date, at least 15,000 hotel employees and tour guides are reportedly
without income due to the situation.=20=20
++++
20. Soldiers attacked by stone-throwers near Qalkilya
(BNI-JAN.7) IDF Soldiers on Friday afternoon were attacked by Arab
stone-throwers near the PA autonomous municipality of Qalkilya, in
Samaria. No reported injuries. Soldiers returned fire with rubber bullets.
++++
21. No injuries in Saturday night nail gun attack in capital
(BNI-JAN.7) Several motor vehicles were targeted in Saturday evening nail
gun attacks on Dov Yossef Street in Jerusalem=92s Armon HaNatziv
neighborhood. There were no reported injuries.=20=20
Police report the incident was the sixth involving nail gun attacks in the
capital during the past two weeks.
++++
22. Israeli lightly injured in stone-throwing attack near Kiryat Arba
(BNI-JAN.7) An Israeli motorist sustained light injuries in a Saturday
night stone-throwing attack in the Kiryat Arba area. The injured man was
treated in a Kiryat Arba medical clinic for his injuries.=20=20
---------------
1. Stone-throwing attacks in Mevaseret Tzion area
2. Two firebombs thrown in southern Jerusalem during the night=09
3. Shooting attack in Gush Shilo =96 no injuries=09
4. Unrest and stone-throwing attack north of Gush Shilo=09
5. Three injured and one fatality in gas leak in Lower Galilee=09
6. Explosive devices located in Nahal Oz area of Gaza=09
7. Israeli Embassy in Rome remains close due to security threats=20
8. Fatal MVA on Aravah road near Eilat=09
9. Police rescue taxi driver=09
10. Stabbing in downtown Jerusalem on Sunday morning=09
11. Firebomb attack against Ranaana Municipality office=09
12. Sunday Times: Saddam Hussein increases military preparedness for war=09
***************************
7-JAN- 10:30am
***************************
=20=20
1. Stone-throwing attacks in Mevaseret Tzion area
(BNI-JAN.7) Stone-throwing attacks were reported on Sunday morning in the
northern Mevaseret Tzion area in the Jerusalem corridor. This was the
third such incident in past days.=20
The attacks emanated from the nearby Arab village, targeting border police
forces operating in the area. There were no reports of injuries. Several
persons were placed under arrest while dozens fled to the nearby Arab
village of Beit Sourif. Those arrested were attempting to take over the
water tower in the area. Border police were compelled to fire rubber
bullets.=20
Mevaseret, which is located off the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway, is
considered a suburb of the capital.=20=20
++++
2. Two firebombs thrown in southern Jerusalem during the night
(BNI-JAN.7) Police report that two firebombs were discovered on Sunday
morning in Jerusalem=92s Armon HaNatziv neighborhood, indicating they were
most likely hurled during the night. There were damages to a building on
Meir Nakar Street.
It is believed the incendiary devices were thrown from the nearby Arab
village of Jabal Muqaber.=20=20=20=20=20
++++
3. Shooting attack in Gush Shilo =96 no injuries
(BNI-JAN.7) Shooting has been reported from the Arab village of Sinjel in
the Gush Shilo area of Samaria. There were no immediate reports of
injuries. There were also reports of stone-throwing attacks from the same
Arab village.=20=20=20
On Thursday night, a passenger bus and vehicle were attacked by gunfire
from the same village.=20
++++
4. Unrest and stone-throwing attack north of Gush Shilo
(BNI-JAN.7) There are reports of stone-throwing attacks and clashes
between residents of the Arab village of Luban a-Sharqiya and IDF forces
operating in the area.
The village is located north of the Jewish community of Eli in the Gush
Shilo section of Samaria, on Route 60, the area=92s main north/south road.=
=20
++++
5. Three injured and one fatality in gas leak in Lower Galilee
(BNI-JAN.7) Three persons were injured on Sunday morning from a gas leak
in Yavniel, in the Lower Galilee. All of the injured and the one fatality
are from the same family.
Israel Radio reported that the father, 34-year-old David Abu-Chatzera, who
was seriously overcome by gas, died of his injuries. His wife and other
family members were transported to Poriah Hospital in Tiberias.=20=20
++++
6. Explosive devices located in Nahal Oz area of Gaza
(BNI-JAN.7)=20
Two explosive devices were discovered by IDF soldiers on Thursday night in
the Nahal Oz area of Gaza near the border fence. The devices were
neutralized without incident by bomb demolition experts on Sunday morning.
The decision to wait to neutralize the bombs was related to inclement
weather conditions in the area as well as other military operative
considerations.
The discovery of the devices prevented another attack against Israeli
forces operating in the area.=20=20
++++
7. Israeli Embassy in Rome remains close due to security threats
(BNI-JAN.7) Israel=92s diplomatic facility in Rome, Italy, remains closed
for the second consecutive day due to threats against members of its
staff. No additional details have been released by official Israeli
sources.
A senior American security source in Italy, quoted by Israel Radio,
explained that there is a high alert against terrorist attacks surrounding
the ongoing conflict between Israel and the PA or by Islamic
fundamentalists associated with Osama bin-Laden.=20
++++
8. Fatal MVA on Aravah road near Eilat
(BNI-JAN.7) An occupant of a motor vehicle involved in an accident at
about midnight was killed and the driver gravely injured on the Aravah
road at kilometer 29 from Eilat. Police report the vehicle overturned for
reasons that remain unknown at this time.
The gravely injured driver was transported to Eilat=92s Yossef-Tal Hospital
and from there he was taken to the trauma unit of Beersheba=92s Soroka
Hospital.=20
Police have reported the two are resident of the center of the country but
their names are not being released at this time pending notification to
their families.=20=20
++++
9. Police rescue taxi driver
(BNI-JAN.7) Police during the night rescued a taxi driver who was attacked
by a foreign resident during the night on the Aravah road. When the
vehicle was near the Paran Bridge, the foreign resident began to smash the
contents of the taxi and threaten the driver. Police who happened to be
passing saw what was talking place and intervened, placing the attacker
under arrest.=20=20
++++
10. Stabbing in downtown Jerusalem on Sunday morning
(BNI-JAN.7) A man was stabbed and moderately wounded in a Sunday=20
morning
brawl in downtown Jerusalem, on Havatzelet Street. A second man was
stabbed and lightly wounded in his shoulder. The moderately wounded man
was transported to the nearby Bikur Holim Hospital.
Three suspects in the attack are in police custody. Police have indicated
they believe the attack was =91criminal=92 and not =91 terror=92 in nature.=
=20=20
++++
11. Firebomb attack against Ranaana Municipality office
(BNI-JAN.7) A firebomb was thrown at approximately midnight at a Ranaana
Municipality office responsible for collecting taxes from residents.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze which resulted in minimum damages to
the entrance to the city office. Police are investigating.=20=20
++++
12. Sunday Times: Saddam Hussein increases military preparedness for war
(BNI-JAN.7) According to a Sunday Times report, Iraqi dictator Saddam
Hussein has increased the level of preparedness of his military forces to
enable an attack against Israel, Israel Radio reported on Sunday morning.
It was also reported that Hussein has established a new unit that would
assist the PA in an armed conflict against Israel.=20=20=20
---------
1. Erekat says the picture is a bleak one=09
2. Suspected stone-throwers arrested on Sunday morning=09
3. Man loses legs in mine explosion in southern Lebanon=09
4. Over 200,000 expected at Monday evening pro-Jerusalem rally=09
5. Multilateral meeting planned in Cairo for Sunday evening=09
6. Yesha residents boycotted by official state agencies=09
7. Arafat meeting with Jordan=92s King Abdullah II=09
8. Kfar Vitkin Pancake House robbed of NIS 200,000 at gunpoint=09
9. Terrorists apprehended on their way to an attack=09
10. Skolnik release delayed by High Court of Justice =96 again 5
************************
7-JAN-01 =96 1:19pm
************************
1. Erekat says the picture is a bleak one
(BNI-JAN.7) Senior PA negotiator Dr. Saeb Erekat on Sunday morning stated
there was almost no hope of reaching an agreement with Israel by the end
of President Bill Clinton=92s term in office on January 20th.
Erekat canceled his planned trip to Washington for a Sunday meeting,
explaining the differences between the sides on the key issues that remain
outstanding was significant and he was not optimistic that any of the
parties involved would achieve a mutually acceptable solution before the
inauguration of President-elect George W. Bush.=20=20=20
++++
2. Suspected stone-throwers arrested on Sunday morning
(BNI-JAN.7) Four Arabs suspected of having participated in stone-throwing
attacks against Israeli motorists traveling on the Hussan bypass road have
been placed under arrest on Sunday morning.=20=20
++++
3. Man loses legs in mine explosion in southern Lebanon
(BNI-JAN.7) A Lebanese man lost his legs in a landmine explosion in
southern Lebanon, in the Marjayoun area, in the former IDF security zone.
The 24-year-old man is hospitalized in a Nabatiyeh hospital. According to
a =91Ynet=92 report, since Israel unilaterally withdrew from the security z=
one
on May 24, 2000, one person was killed and 62 injured by landmines.=20=20
++++
4. Over 200,000 expected at Monday evening pro-Jerusalem rally
(BNI-JAN.7) Over 200,000 persons are expected to participate in the Monday
evening rally under the banner, =93Jerusalem =96 I pledge to thee,=94 an ev=
ent
organized in opposition of the government=92s willingness to make
territorial concessions in the capital, including the Temple Mount, the
site of the First and Second Temples.
Participants will gather at the Jaffe Gate to Jerusalem=92s Old City at
6:30pm. Transportation is being provided from locals around the country.
For additional information, one may contact 02-627-7416, the Forum for
Jerusalem.=20=20
++++
5. Multilateral meeting planned in Cairo for Sunday evening
(BNI-JAN.7) Scheduled to participate in the multilateral security meeting
in Cairo are representatives of the PA, Israel and the US CIA. CIA
director George Tenet is taking part in the meeting along with Minister of
Tourism and former IDF Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, along with
General Security Service (GSS/Shin Bet) director Avi Dichter.=20
Representing the PA are Rajoub and Gaza Security Chief Mohammed=20
Dahlan and
PA Intelligence Command Toufiq Tirawi.
In advance of the meeting, Colonel Jabril Rajoub, who heads the PA=92s
Preventative Security Force in Judea and Samaria, stated there would be no
resumption of Israeli/PA security prior to an end of the Israeli
occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state.=20
++++
6. Yesha residents boycotted by official state agencies
(BNI-JAN.7) Social workers and other officials of the National Insurance
Institute (Bituach Leumi) have refused to visit the Beit Haggai home of
Haim Didovsky and his six children.=20
On December 8, 2000, 39-year-old Rina Didovsky was shot and killed in an
Islamic terror attack. In accordance with the law and their job
descriptions, agents of the NII are to have visited the Didovsky family to
assist them during their mourning as well as making arrangements for
financial and other assistance. Instead of activating the support system
that all citizens receive during such a difficult time period, the
Didovskys received a telephone call while observing the seven-day =91shiva=
=92
mourning period. They were told that the NII would do all it can to assist
the family but the agents would not make the trip to the Southern Hebron
Hills community because they were afraid to do so. Being told that there
are bulletproof buses that travel to the community did nothing to persuade
them.
Didovsky told Israel Radio last week that this discrimination by civil
servants was unacceptable. He told BNI that on one hand, the government
does nothing to stop the daily terror attacks and on the other, the state
agencies responsible for assisting victims fall short of their obligations.
In another situation, a school nurse in Samaria was shocked to learn that
state health officials would not be making routine visits to a school due
to the recommendations of the ministry=92s security officials.
A nurse who is employed in a school in Samaria, whose name is not being
reported to protect her anonymity, documented that in her correspondence
to state officials, it was made clear to her that physicians who normally
visit schools would not be doing so in her area in light of
recommendations to refrain from traveling to Yesha schools by security
officials.=20
The nurse explained that since the schools she works with have a total of
about 500 students, they are entitled to 5-6 days of man hours by
physicians who are responsible to check the facility and deal with school
nurses and other health officials.=20
In her letter to health officials, the nurse explains, =93The residents of
Yesha are not second class citizens. Despite the logistical difficulties
involved in providing safe transportation for officials, the students are
entitled to proper healthcare, as are students in other Israeli schools.
There are bulletproof transportation means available. One may not abandon
these children. The system is not even seeking an acceptable alternative
to the problem=85=94=20
=20
++++
7. Arafat meeting with Jordan=92s King Abdullah II
(BNI-JAN.7) PA Chairman Yassir Arafat on Sunday traveled to Jordan for a
meeting with King Abdullah II. The two leaders will be discussing the US=92
bridging proposals aimed at reaching an agreement between Israel and the
PA before the end of the Clinton administration.=20=20
++++
8. Kfar Vitkin Pancake House robbed of NIS 200,000 at gunpoint
(BNI-JAN.7) Gunman made off with NIS 200,000 when they held up the=20
manager
of the Kfar Vitkin Pancake House as he was heading for a bank to deposit
the monies.=20
The armed gunmen made off in a car and then changed to another waiting car
in the well-planned stickup.=20=20=20
++++
9. Terrorists apprehended on their way to an attack
(BNI-JAN.7) Two terrorists were apprehended on Friday night in Gaza as
they were on their way to carryout a terrorist attack. The two were
apprehended in a joint effort by security agencies and are currently in
the custody of the General Security Service (GSS/Shin Bet).=20=20
Two Israelis were also apprehended and are suspected of assisting the Gaza
residents in the perpetration of an attack.=20
++++
10. Skolnik release delayed by High Court of Justice =96 again
(BNI-JAN.7) The High Court of Justice on Sunday issued a restraining order
blocking the release of Yoram Skolnik. The three-justice panel decided
that the petition filed to block the release would be heard by the same
size panel as the one which dealt with the case six months ago, namely
seven justices.
Skolnik was sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of a bound
Arab terrorist. His sentence was commuted twice by former President Ezer
Weizman, once to 16-years and then to 11-years.=20
Skolnik was to have been released last spring in accordance with the
customary reduction of one=92s sentence by one-third for good behavior but
the release was blocked by the High Court in response to an appeal from
left-wing MK Zahava Gal-On.
On Sunday, Chief Justice Aaron Barak instructed the prison parole board to
continue processing Skolnik=92s release for this week but the actual releas=
e
will now once again be contingent on the nation=92s highest court.
Many public officials recently stated that Skolnik should be released as
is the case with many Arabs who were convicted of murder, adding that this
was a decision made by the government to pardon them and release them=20
from
behind bars. Proponents of the release add that Skolnik was pardoned by
the president of Israel and is entitled to the same treatment under the
system of due process as other prisoners and he should not be singled out
since he is a resident of Yesha.=20
Opponents of the release explain that is was unconscionable for a
convicted murdered to be released after seven years and while they reject
the presidential pardon, it is a reality of life. Nevertheless they add,
they will continue to oppose all efforts to release Skolnik before the end
of his 11-year term.=20=20
--------------
1. Gunfire aimed at P=92sagot=09
2. Large explosive device on Shchem (Nablus) bypass road=09
3. Yesha communities to hold general strike on Monday=09
4. Police to restrict pro-Jerusalem demonstrators on Monday night
5. Shahak will not attend Cairo security meeting=09
6. Arab shot near Maale Levona by Israeli motorist=09
7. Funds to assist families of terror victims=09
8. Arab child seriously injured in clashes at Ayosh Junction
9. Rabbi Yosef visits Kahane children=09
************************
7-JAN- 01 =96 1:30pm
************************
1. Gunfire aimed at P=92sagot
(BNI-JAN.7) The Samarian community of P=92sagot was attacked by gunfire a
short time ago from the nearby PA autonomous city of el-Bireh. There were
no reported injuries. At the time of this report, IDF forces are engaged
in a gun battle with PA forces.=20=20
++++
2. Large explosive device on Shchem (Nablus) bypass road
(BNI-JAN.7) Bomb demolition experts exploded a large roadside bomb=20
located
on the southern Shchem bypass road. The controlled explosion avoided
another terrorist attack. The road in the area was closed due to the
activities of security forces.=20=20
++++
3. Yesha communities to hold general strike on Monday
BNI-JAN.7) The communities of Neve Tzuf, Peduel, Ateret, Dolev, Mevo
Horon, Talmonim, Maale Levona and Shilo, all located in Samaria, will hold
a general strike on Monday.=20
The strikers and students will participate in anti-government
demonstrations in protest of the continuing deterioration in the security
situation nationwide.=20=20
++++
4. Police to restrict pro-Jerusalem demonstrators on Monday night
(BNI-JAN.7) Police have announced that they intend to restrict the
movements of persons who will be attending the pro-Jerusalem rally in
Jerusalem, in the area of the Jaffe Gate.=20
Police explain the decision is based on security considerations and as
such, they will not permit participants in the anti-government rally to
approach the Flower or Damascus Gates of the Old City.=20=20=20
In a press conference Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert stated that event
organizers would adhere to all requests made by police. MK Natan
Sharansky, another organizer of the event, stated the rally would be
apolitical; adding that elected officials would not be addressing the
expected 250,000 persons. Sharansky added that persons addressing the
event will not address either candidate in the upcoming elections for
prime minister.=20=20
++++
5. Shahak will not attend Cairo security meeting
(BNI-JAN.7) Prime Minister Ehud Barak has decided that Minister of Tourism
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak would not be attending the trilateral security summit
in Cairo on Sunday night as planned. Barak prefers that Shahak, a former
IDF Chief of Staff, remain in Israel to participate in a meeting of the
Security Cabinet.=20
Shahak was to have met with security officials of the PA and the United
States. He was to be accompanying Cabinet Secretary Yitzhak Herzog to the
meeting. The minister was recalled from Cairo to attend today=92s security
meeting in Israel.=20=20
++++
6. Arab shot near Maale Levona by Israeli motorist
(BNI-JAN.7) An Arab was reportedly shot from gunfire emanating from an
Israeli vehicle in the Gush Shilo area of Samaria, near the Arab village
of Sinjel.
According to a Haaretz on-line report, the attack was in retaliation for
increased Arab attacks against Israelis in the area.=20=20
A security official in the Gush Shilo area told BNI that an Israeli
motorist who was attacked by stone-throwers from the Arab village of
Sinjel and apparently fired his weapon when he felt his life was in
danger. The motorist continued driving and police are currently searching
for him.=20
The security official told BNI that he was uncertain of the condition of
the wounded man.
++++
7. Funds to assist families of terror victims
(BNI-JAN.7) Following is a list of funds established to assist some of the
families of victims of Islamic terror attacks since September 29, 2000. 45
Israelis were killed in terror attacks since that date.
BNI does not necessarily endorse or recommend any one over the other, but
has researched the funds and has established that they have been set up in
agreement and cooperation of the surviving families.
a) Didovsky family
On December 8, 2000, 29-year-old Rina Didovsky, a resident of Beit Haggai,
was killed in an attack on her way to work. She is survived by her husband
and six children.=20
Contributions may be deposited in=20
Bank Mizrahi=20
Account number 576712
Ben Yehuda Street (Jerusalem) Branch.=20
Check may also be made payable to Haim Didovsky =96 Beit Haggai, M.P.
Southern Hebron Hills, 90430 =96 Israel=20
b) Ben-Ami family
On December 8, 2000, 41-year-old Eliyahu Ben-Ami, a resident of Otniel,
was killed while driving teachers to work, including Rina Didovsky. He is
survived by his wife Mazel and two children.
Contributions may be deposited in=20
Main Postal Bank branch at 217 Jerusalem=92s Jaffe Street, Jerusalem.
Account number 8235138.=20
Checks may be made payable to Mazal Ben-Ami and mailed to Otniel, M.P.
Southern Hebron Hills, 90407 =96 Israel.
c) Cohen family
On November 20, 2000, Gabi Biton and Miri Amitai, residents of Kfar Darom,
were killed in a bombing attack against a bus. Among the many injured were
the children of Noga and Ofir Cohen, all of whom have had legs of portions
of legs amputated. Included in the major medical expenses are the costs of
accommodating the family home, wheelchairs and rehabilitation therapies,
and related expenses.=20
Contributions may be deposited in=20
Mizrahi Bank,=20
Branch 426 on Keren Kayemet LiYisrael Street in Beersheba.=20
Account number 071010.=20
Donations from abroad may also be mailed to the Cohen family at Kfar
Darom, M.P. Gaza Coast, 79720 Israel.
d) Biton family
On November 20, 2000, Gabi Biton was killed in a bombing attack on the bus
he was traveling in on his way to work. He is survived by his wife Avigail
and six children.
Contributions may be deposited in=20
Mizrahi Bank,=20
Neve Dekalim Branch (number 491)=20
Account number 103827.=20
Checks may also be made payable to Avigail Biton and mailed to Kfar=20
Darom,
M.P. Gaza Coast, 79720 Israel
e) Amitai family
On November 20, 2000, Miri Amitai was killed in a bombing attack on the
bus he was traveling in on his way to work. He is survived by her husband
Eliezer and four children.
Contributions may be deposited in donations to
Bank Mizrachi (Neve Dekalim Branch =96number 491)
Account Number 419964
Checks may also be made payable to Eliezer Amitai and mailed to Kfar
Darom, M.P. Gaza Coast, 79720 Israel
f) Kahane family
On December 31, 2000, Rabbi Binyamin Ze=92ev Kahane and his wife Talia were
killed in a terror attack near Ofra. The two are survived by six orphans.
Contributions may be deposited into=20
Bank Leumi=20
Branch 753/=20
Account number 1415282 =96 or=20
Bank Mizrahi Old City (Jerusalem) branch 460=20
account number 111615.=20
Checks may also be made payable to the Kahane Fund and mailed to Post
Office Box 61379, Jerusalem Israel.
The following fund was established by the Aish HaTorah Yeshiva.
Victims of Terrorism and War in Israel Fund was established to provide
financial assistance and support to the survivors and their families, as
well as to the families of the dead and the hostages. 100% of each and
every donation will go directly to aid the victims of terrorism and war in
Israel.=20
The top Israeli law firm Herzog, Fox, Ne=92eman, led by Professor Yaakov
Ne=92eman, a former Justice Minister and Finance Minister, will audit Help
the Victims of Terrorism in Israel Fund. The Jerusalem Fund of Aish
HaTorah will cover all expenses involved in setting up and administering
Help the Victims of Terrorism and War in Israel Fund to ensure that 100%
of all gifts to go directly to benefit those in need.=20
Checks can be made out to The Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah in trust for
Help the Victims of Terrorism and War in Israel Fund.=20
Contributions to:
Help the Victims of Terrorism and War in Israel Fund
The Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah
156 West 56th Street, Suite 1201
New York, NY 10019
=20
All contributions are Tax Deductible according to U.S. Law.=20=20=20=20=20
++++
8. PA sources: Arab child seriously injured in clashes at Ayosh Junction
(BNI-JAN.7) Soldiers stationed at Ayosh Junction in Samaria were attacked
a short time ago by stone-throwers from the nearby PA autonomous city of
Ramallah. Soldiers fired rubber bullets in response to the attacks.
Israel Radio quoting PA sources reported that a 10-year-old Arab who was
participating in the unrest was seriously wounded by the IDF fire.=20=20
IDF commanders stated they were unaware of such an incident, stressing
that only rubber bullets were fired.=20
++++
9. Rabbi Yosef visits Kahane children
(BNI-JAN.7) The spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party Rabbi
Ovadia Yosef on Sunday visited the children of the late Rabbi Binyamin
Ze=92ev and Talia Kahane, who were killed in an Islamic terror attack one
week ago. Veteran Hebron resident and activist Baruch Marzel escorted the
rabbi.
Rabbi Yosef distributed gifts to the six orphans of the Kahane family.=20=20
----------------
1. Stone-throwing attack on Yutma bypass road=09
2. Yitzhar residents without water over the Sabbath=09
3. Bus hit by gunfire in terror attack =96 no injuries=09
4. Judean demonstrators heading towards Jerusalem=09
5. Police report Ceasarea death may have been terrorist attack=09
6. TA bomber reportedly a Jordanian citizen=09
***********************
7-JAN-01 =96 4:57pm=20
***********************
1. Stone-throwing attack on Yutma bypass road
(BNI-JAN.7) An Israeli vehicle sustained damages in an afternoon
stone-throwing attack on the Yutma bypass road north of Gush Shilo in
Samaria. No one was injured in the attack.=20=20
++++
2. Yitzhar residents without water over the Sabbath
(BNI-JAN.7) Residents of Yitzhar, located in northern Samaria, spent the
Sabbath without drinking water. Arab saboteurs damaged the water line
feeding into the community.=20=20
++++
3. Bus hit by gunfire in terror attack =96 no injuries
(BNI-JAN.7) A bus traveling on the Jericho bypass road was hit by gunfire
on Sunday afternoon while traveling on the Jericho bypass road near the
northern entrance to the autonomous city. There were no injuries in the
attack. The bus was bulletproof.=20=20
As a result of the attack, the road was closed and traffic is being
diverted to the security road that runs along the Jordanian border.=20
++++
4. Judean demonstrators heading towards Jerusalem
(BNI-JAN.7) About 150 residents of Judea are at this time marching on the
Minharot road leading to southern Jerusalem under the call to =93remove the
murderers from the road.=94=20=20
++++
5. Police report Ceasarea death may have been terrorist attack
(BNI-JAN.7) Forensic experts on Sunday afternoon made a positive
identification of the body found Friday evening in the area of the
Ceasarea industrial park.
Police report the victim of murder was Motti Cohen, 33, whose body was
discovered by someone taking a walk. Police have confirmed reports that
the body of the deceased showed signs of violence. All motives are being
investigated, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.=20=20
++++
6. TA bomber reportedly a Jordanian citizen
(BNI-JAN.7) A gag order was lifted on Sunday permitting publication that
the bomber responsible for the January 1, 2001 bus bombing on Derech=20
Petah
Tikvah on December 28, 2000 was a Jordanian citizen.=20
The terrorist, who was identified as Abdullah Awed Abu-Jabed, was residing
in Israel illegally and was apprehended by a joint effort between Israel
Police, General Security Service (GSS/Shin Bet) and other agencies.
Security officials report he admitted to placing the pipe bombs on the
number 51 bus and reenacted his actions for police.
Two others involved in the attack, one being a resident of the Jaffe
section of Tel Aviv, are in custody as well. One of the suspects in
custody works as a security guard in a Bat Yam building.=20=20=20
According to an Israel Radio report, the terrorists received orders from
the PA intelligence network operating in the autonomous city of Shchem
(Nablus). The bombs were detonated by a cellular telephone and the attack
was officially attributed to the Fatah faction which is aligned with PA
Chairman Yassir Arafat.
It has also been learned with the lifting of the gag order that at least
one of the explosive devices failed to detonate as planned.=20
According to official Israeli reports, the attack marks the first that was
perpetrated by Fatah.
Additional information will be available with the continued lifting of the
gag order barring publication of details.=20
++++
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Subject: [bprlist] Companies Using Tracking Devices to Monitor Employees
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:04:46 -0500
Every Step You Take .
Companies Using Tracking Devices to Monitor Employees
By Betsy Stark
N E W Y O R K, Jan. 4 - Memo to American workers: Many big employers
admit they are watching you with cameras, reading your e-mails or listening
in on your phone calls. And now a growing number have gone a step further.
At the University of California-San Francisco Medical Center, pediatric
nurses are required to wear electronic locators that monitor them wherever
they go.
"Every time a nurse goes into a room, it records that," says Inez Wiegig,
head nurse at the center.
Some employees think the monitor, which also records how long a person
stays in a room, makes their job easier.
"Things that need to be accomplished right away, you can actually find the
nurse and get those things accomplished," says nurse Nicole Hodgebloom.
Helps Increase Productivity
The city of Aurora, Colo., has put tracking devices inside its sweepers and
snowplows to make sure they're being used as taxpayers intended.
Supervisor and project engineer Lynn Center says it's working.
"We have seen an overall increase in productivity for our units, about 15
percent, just by having the units in the vehicles," Center says.
And truck driver Maria Coleman is also under constant surveillance while
working. She says she doesn't mind it, but she doesn't kid herself about it,
either.
"It's Big Brother. It's watching you, making sure you do what you're
supposed to do, but if you are doing what you're supposed to be doing then
you shouldn't have a problem," Coleman says. All sorts of industries are
using tracking devices, among them security guards, casinos and restaurant
workers and miners - often with no problem.
Invasion of Privacy?
But lots of employees and civil libertarians do have a problem with workers
being asked to wear electronic tracking devices, especially devices originally
designed for felons on parole. They say the technology is easily abused.
Officials at Wyckoff Hospital in Brooklyn say they require nurses to wear
personal tracking devices to improve care, but the local nursing
representative calls the practice a clear violation of privacy.
"These badges are worn every place they go," says Christine Terranova of
the New York State Nurses Association. "If they take their break, if they go
to the bathroom, it reads out on a computer-generated real-time screen and
it's logged."
The nurse's union filed a grievance against wearing the sensors but lost that
battle in arbitration.
The pressure on nurses to account for every moment is a threat to patients,
too, says Terranova.
"[Patients are] crying cause they just found out they have cancer, and I can't
stop for five minutes and hold their hand because I know the schematic is
going to say that I spent 35 minutes there instead of five," says Terranova.
The American workplace is trading privacy for efficiency, say employee
advocates, and the costs are high. "It can stifle all kinds of activity," says
Jeremy Gruber, legal director of the National Workrights Institute. "It can
stifle union organizing, it can stifle whistle-blower activity, not to mention the
lack of privacy that employees will have when they have absolutely no ability
to have some individual time for themselves."
An increasing number of workers have no choice but to wear the devices. In
the hospital industry alone, 55,000 employees now wear an electronic
monitor as a condition of employment. That means the cost of objecting to it
may be their job.
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) LAW SUIT CALLS FOR ARREST OF HOLLYWOOD MOGUL AND
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:04:46 -0500
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Subject: LAW SUIT CALLS FOR ARREST OF HOLLYWOOD
MOGUL AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
LAW SUIT CALLS FOR ARREST OF HOLLYWOOD MOGUL AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 7, 2001
NEW LAW SUIT CALLS FOR THE ARREST OF HOLLYWOOD MOGUL
CHAIM SABAN & ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
Fox Kids Worldwide CEO Alleged To Have
Aided Barak in Campaign Fund-Raising Plot
(Jerusalem) A law suit has been filed today in Israel's High Court of
Justice calling for criminal charges to be brought against Prime Minister
Ehud Barak and Los Angeles television producer Chaim Saban. The court
papers allege that on March 25, 1999, a month and half before Israel's
national elections, Saban hosted a campaign fund-raiser in his Beverly Hills
home for then prime minister candidate Barak in violation of Israeli
election laws. The 35 to 40 guests who attended the parlor meeting were
each asked to donate $10,000 to benefit the Barak campaign.
Invitations sent by Saban to his guests noted his concern that former Prime
Minister Netanyahu might win the May 1999 elections and called on members of
the Hollywood community to support Labor's Barak in his bid for the prime
minister's office. Saban promised to match each donation to Barak, dollar
for dollar. On the evening of the fund-raiser Barak flew into L.A. and
spoke before the parlor meeting held in Saban's home and contributions were
solicited.
Israeli law sharply restricts the amount of money that individuals are
permitted to donate, limiting it to a few hundred dollars a year.
Non-Israeli citizens, such as the majority of the guests at the fund-raiser,
are not entitled to donate at all. Violations of these campaign
regulations are punishable by up to one year in prison.
One guest at the fund raising event, businessman Daniel Dilbort, the
president of L.A.'s Nu Image productions, admitted to Israel's leading
daily Yediot Aharanot, that the participants understood that they were
donating to Barak's campaign: "We knew we were donating to Barak's election
campaign, but we did not know where the money was going exactly," Dilbort
says he wrote a check for $10,000 that evening.
Israeli police have been investigating allegations for over a year that the
Labor party boss illegally raised millions of dollars in funds for the 1999
campaign which brought him to power. Several of Barak's closest advisers,
including his chief of staff and his brother-in-law, have been named as
suspects in the widening scandal. Both have refused to cooperate with the
police investigation citing their right to remain silent. It is alleged
that Barak's campaign employed as many as 18 not-for-profit organizations to
illegally channel funds to his election team. Several of these
organizations were revealed to exist on paper only. Law enforcement agents
in England, Canada and the United States have joined with Israel in the
investigation of the Barak campaign.
Tel-Aviv attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, who brought the High Court
petition stated: "We have been waiting almost a year as the Attorney General
drags his feet in this matter. Barak's assistants and brother-in-law are
stonewalling the police and not one indictment has yet been handed down.
This Beverly Hills cocktail party is the smoking gun that directly ties
Barak to illegal campaign donations and fake front organizations. We insist
that the Prime Minister be indicted before Israelis go to the polls and tens
of millions of shekels are wasted on new elections."
Chaim Saban, an Israeli who resides permanently in the United States, is the
chairman of Fox Kids Worldwide, a television company he co-owns with Rupert
Murdoch's media conglomerate News Corp. Saban is well known as the producer
of the popular television programs the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and
"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers."
Today's law suit calls on Israel's Attorney General to file an indictment
against both Barak and Saban and prosecute them for violating the campaign
laws. The court petition further demands that an indictment be filed before
the up-coming February 6th, elections for prime minister. Barak is
currently trailing far in the polls behind Likud candidate Arik Sharon in
that race.
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Subject: [bprlist] NSA abandons wondrous stuff
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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:15:46 -0500
NSA abandons wondrous stuff
Surprises: Astronomers who took over an abandoned spy base find
remarkable, expensive and often incomprehensible stuff at every turn.
By Laura Sullivan
Sun National Staff
Originally published Jan 5 2001
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. - Along the long,
twisting
road through the Pisgah National Forest, the first sign
that something is out of the ordinary is a line of giant
transformers. Then, around the bend, a barbed-wire
fence, guard shack and surveillance cameras protect what
looks like nothing more than another hill of trees and
dense shrubbery.
It is anything but.
This is the entrance to one of the National Security
Agency's former spy stations, a place shrouded in secrets
and denials, the source of local lore that seems right out
of "X-Files."
What is inside that giant geodesic dome that looks like a
golf ball? Where do the tunnels snaking beneath the
202-acre site lead? Why are the rugs welded to the floors
of the windowless buildings?
Few people have been beyond these gates, deep inside
the Appalachian Mountains, 50 miles southwest of
Asheville.
The NSA abandoned the site to the U.S. Forest Service
five years ago, leaving behind a deserted minicity in the
middle of nowhere. Now, some of the secrets are being
revealed.
Last year, with the base boarded up and close to
demolition, the property was transferred to a group of
astronomers in exchange for a piece of land in western
North Carolina. Over the past year, they have begun
piecing together the site's past.
"There are things on this site you will never see
anywhere else," said site manager Jim Powers. "I've
never had someone come here that wasn't blown away."
The astronomers, who formed the Pisgah Astronomical
Research Institute, were attracted by two 85-foot
satellites dishes on the site - some of the largest in the
country - which could be repositioned to catch
deep-space radio signals and allow them to study the life
and death of stars.
When the group arrived in January 1999, they expected a
basic, albeit large, government facility, but as the weeks
passed they realized little about the site was what it
appeared.
As they began to install their computers, they found
hundreds of miles of top-of-the-line cabling running
under every floor. They discovered that the
self-contained water and sewer treatment plant could
handle tens of thousands of gallons of water at a time and
the generator could produce 235 kilowatts of energy -
powerful enough to light up a small city.
In a basement room of one of the larger buildings, they
found the entrance to a 1,200-foot tunnel system that
connects two of the site's main buildings.
Every inch of floor in more than four buildings was
covered with two-by-two-foot squares of bleak brown
carpet. When the astronomers tried to replace it, they
discovered it was welded with tiny metal fibers to the
floor. The result, they eventually realized, is that the rugs
prevent the buildings from conducting static electricity.
Even the regular lighting looks different, covered by sleek
metal grids that prevent the light bulbs from giving off
static interference. The few windows are bulletproof.
But what fascinated the astronomers was the
still-operable security system that, among other things,
sounds an alarm in the main building any time the front
perimeter is crossed. The group can watch on monitors
as cars approach from miles away.
Inside the site, the agency had taken further measures.
One area is in a small, sunken river ravine surrounded by
barbed wire and an additional guard post. Steps, with
reflective metal paneling to shield the identity of those
walking beneath, lead down a small hill and wind their
way to two small buildings with conference rooms inside
- both of which once emanated "white noise" to prevent
electronic eavesdropping.
What Powers and several others in the group find
remarkable, though, is not just the expansive network of
buildings and security, but the extraordinary cost of all
they items they have found - items the agency discarded.
He said the extensive fiber optic cabling that runs for
miles under the floors and through the tunnel system is
the most expensive on the market.
When a state regulator came out to issue a permit for a
massive underground storage tank with a double lining,
the astronomers said he told them he wished he had a
camera. He wanted to take a picture to show his
co-workers because he had never seen a system so
sophisticated.
And the agency didn't just install one water tank; it
installed two. In a basement room, beneath a system that
pressurizes wells, is another system just like it.
"You see this kind of thing everywhere here," Powers
said. "They never have just one of something."
Even most of the heavy bolt locks - which every door
has - are covered by black boxes locked with padlocks.
Despite the site's stark appearance, there are some
human - and humorous - vestiges. A bright happy face is
painted on the smallest of the four satellite dishes on the
site, something one former employee said was done so
that they could "smile back at the Russians."
Inside the tunnels, too, are chalk drawings of animals and
warriors resembling those found in caves thousands of
years ago.
Aside from the rustling of deer and the wild turkeys that
run rampant across the hundreds of vacant parking
spaces, everything about the place is now eerily quiet.
Paperwork in the guard shack is held in place by a stapler
though no one has been inside the small building in years.
Security cameras still work and alarms all still sound,
though no one is listening.
When the agency withdrew in 1995, some of the 300
workers, especially those who grew up locally and got
hired on as groundskeepers and mechanics, returned to
the nearby towns, though many say they are still
forbidden to talk about their work.
Most of the others - the security officers, military
personnel and cryptologists - left the area for their next
Department of Defense post.
The site dates back to the early 1960s, when a
scaled-down version was carved out to support the space
program. It was operated at first by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and scientists
used the early satellite dishes to track the flights into
outer space and kept the door open for school groups and
visitors who wanted to learn more about space missions.
But suddenly in 1981, the NSA took over from NASA.
Local hikers and hunters who stumbled onto some of the
agency's acreage would be suddenly surrounded by
armed guards who appeared as if from nowhere to escort
them out of the woods. Vans with darkened windows
shuttled past the local coffee shops, fueling rumors.
The agency's presence was hard on the local employees
as well.
Don Powell began working on the site in 1967 as a car
mechanic and spent the next three decades learning the
mechanics of every inch of the satellite dishes for the
Defense Department. He also learned to avoid questions
about his work and to lie to his neighbors.
For 15 years people would approach him and the few
other local workers, asking what was out there, what
they did and, of course, what is that golf ball?
"The kids would always ask, what's in [that] giant
dome?"
He would tell them it was "filled with chocolate pudding,"
he said. "I couldn't even tell my wife. I couldn't tell
anyone."
The 1995 closure appears to have caught the agency by
surprise. It had recently cleared several more areas and
laid the foundations for additional smaller satellite dishes
that were never built. One newly built satellite dish,
which one insider says was never turned on, was
dismantled and shipped to England.
The Forest Service tried unsuccessfully to engineer a land
trade for three years, hampered by a site that posed
many problems for the few interested parties - from the
remote location to the expense of removing satellite
dishes embedded 80 feet into the ground.
The agency was about to return with a bulldozer when
the astronomers group, headed by benefactor J. Donald
Cline, a scientist and former computer executive, offered
to buy and trade 375 acres along the French Broad River
in North Carolina for the spy station.
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