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ISRAEL
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- SANHEDRIN CEREMONY HAS TAKEN PLACE IN TIBERIAS.
The Sanhedrin, the highest Jewish legal tribunal, have once again
coming into their own after 1,600 years. In a ceremony reminiscent
of the days of Jesus, the Sanhedrin have been reintroduced into
the court system in Tiberias, Israel. The Sanhedrin, a religious
assembly that formerly met in the chambers of the Holy Temple
in Jerusalem, had 71 sages and existed from several decades before
Jesus until about 425 A.D., or what the Jews call the "common
era" (C.E.) Seventy one rabbis received special rabbinic
ordination as specified by Maimonides, a Jewish sage from the
first century. Earlier attempts to reconvene the Sanhedrin was
made several centuries ago in Tzfat, Israel were unsuccessful
when other leading rabbis soon forced the end of the endeavor.
Membership as one of the new Sanhedrin is not permanent but this
cohesion of members will give Israel one rabbinic body in Jerusalem
that will convene monthly and issue rulings on central issues.
Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, who heads the Temple institute in Jerusalem,
is one of the participating rabbis. "Whether this will be
the actual Sanhedrin that we await, is a question of time - just
like the establishment of the State; we rejoiced in it, but we
are still awaiting something much more ideal. It's a process."
The Jewish Sages who believe in the Talmud, (Oral commentaries
on the Law or Torah, or the first five books of the Bible,) describe
what they believe to be ten stages of exile of the Sanhedrin
from Jerusalem to other locations, until it ended in Tiberias
- and this is the place where it was foretold that it would be
renewed, and from here it will be relocated to Jerusalem. I personally
find it interesting that at this point in time, right before
the return of Jesus, there is a renewal of this religious court.
As in the days of Jesus, we know what came from this very same
august body of religious believers, they conspired to put Jesus
to death. Perhaps the revived Sanhedrin will help establish the
"one who comes in his own name" that
will be received, by Israel and the whole world. After all, mankind
doesn't mind religion, as long as the Name, power and authority
of the real King of Kings is not the issue. [Open Seal by Hollis
Caravetta ]
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- SHARON DENIES OLMERT'S DISENGAGEMENT 2 PLAN
 Olmert´s Israel National
News - Jan 02, '05 / 21 Tevet 5765 - PM Sharon's Bureau rejects
the idea raised by Minister Olmert in The Jerusalem Post today,
according to which a second disengagement plan from additional
areas in Judea and Samaria is on the way."There is no option
of sitting and doing nothing," Olmert was quoted as telling
The Jerusalem Post today. "Israel's interest requires a
disengagement on a wider scale than what will happen as part
of the current disengagement plan." He said that this will
need to happen whether or not a viable peace partner emerges
on the PA side. Olmert was the first government minister to allude
to the current disengagement/withdrawal/expulsion plan, just
over a year ago. Two weeks later, Sharon came out publicly with
the transfer plan he called "disengagement." Currently
in the legislation process in the Knesset, the plan calls for
the demolition of 25 Jewish communities in Gush Katif and northern
Shomron, the transfer of their residents, and the abandonment
of the land to the Arabs.This time, however, Sharon's Bureau
negated Olmert's position. The Bureau released a statement saying
there will be no further disengagements, that there is no such
plan, and that the only peace program Israel will be a party
to will be the Road Map drawn up by the Bush Administration.
- http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=74443
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- TSUNAMI REACTIONS
- MEMRI TV Project January 14, 2005 - Retired Saudi General
Dr. Anwar Ashqi: US Knew About Tsunami; Committed "Passive
Murder," Isn't Generous An excerpt: "The U.S., before
the disaster, gave warning to its base in Diego Garcia and warned
all of its shores about this earthquake. It did not, however,
warn the governments of those countries. Had it warned those
countries' governments, they could have warned their citizens,
and if people had retreated to a distance of 15-30 meters from
the shore, the loss of life would not have been so great. These
things should be taken into account. Just as there is active
murder, there is also passive murder. Did the U.S. understand
this, or did it just not care? Saudi Arabia, as always, is showing
unparalleled generosity. If we look at this in terms of percentages,
we will see that every year Saudi Arabia allocates three percent
to seven percent of its budget to charity, while the U.S. and
Europe, whom the media portrays as generous, allocate no more
than 0.3 percent of their yearly budgets." http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=481
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UHAMID REZA ASEFI, SPOKESMAN FOR THE IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY
ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR INTENTIONS
- An excerpt: "The Muslim world feels threatened by Israel.
That is true. They themselves don't hide this. They still want
to make good on the slogan, "from the Nile to the Euphrates."
We did not start a war with the Israelis. It is the diplomatic
right of every nation to define its identity. Iran has the right
to recognize one country, and not to recognize another. It is
its diplomatic right to consider the Zionist regime an illegitimate
regime and an illegitimate country, and not to recognize it.
It may be that someone
will destroy the nuclear facilities, but it is impossible to
destroy the nuclear know-how. This know-how is in the minds of
this country's youth. If a given facility should be destroyed,
another one will be built. We are not worried on that count."
http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=485
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- ISRAEL TO HAND OVER SEVERAL WEST BANK CITIES
NYT By Greg Myre January 31, 2005 - JERUSALEM, Jan. 30 - Israel
is prepared to hand over security control of several West Bank
cities to the Palestinians in the next few days, Defense Minister
Shaul Mofaz said Sunday, in the latest sign of increasing cooperation
between the sides. The Israelis and Palestinians have resumed
security and diplomatic discussions this month, and if the process
goes smoothly, Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, and the
Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, are expected to meet on or
around Feb. 8, both sides said over the weekend... "We talked
about handing over responsibility, as has started in the Gaza
Strip," Mr. Mofaz told army radio on Sunday. "We believe
that in the next few days, they will get responsibility over
other towns in the West Bank." The Palestinian prime minister,
Ahmed Qurei, speaking in the West Bank city of Ramallah, called
the security meeting "very successful." .. In Jerusalem,
Jewish settlers and their supporters held a huge demonstration
on Sunday evening outside Israel's Parliament building to protest
Mr. Sharon's plan to withdraw settlers from Gaza. The Israeli
news media estimated the crowd at more than 100,000... Mr. Sharon
has described a referendum as a stalling maneuver and says he
will press ahead with the evacuation of the more than 8,000 settlers
in Gaza, along with several hundred of the approximately 200,000
in the West Bank. The withdrawal is planned for this summer.
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SECRETARY CONDOLEEZA RICE REMARKS AT TOWNHALL MEETING
Washington DC Dean Acheson Auditorium - January 31, 2005
QUESTION: I had a specific question about your vision of the
role of the U.S. in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially
after Arafat left, and specifically our relationship with the
Palestinian territories. SECRETARY RICE: Yes, sure. Well, in
June of 2002, the President laid out a very important vision
for how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be resolved, but
he said that basically the actors are going to have to make some
fundamental choices, fundamental choices on the part of the
Palestinians about ending terror and building democratic institutions
and, at that time, finding new leadership.
- He talked about fundamental choices that the Israelis were
going to have to make about creating conditions in which a new
Palestinian state could emerge, and, indeed, that meant that
the Israelis were going to have to recognize that there was going
to have to be land for -- contiguous land for this Palestinian
state to exist on. And he talked about the responsibility of
Arab states to end incitement and to support the peace process
and for all of us to recognize that peace and security and democracy
and an end to terror all go together.
- The good thing about the last couple of months has been that
I think you're starting to see the parties make good, fundamental
choices. And as they make those good, fundamental choices, it
opens up the possibility of getting back
on the roadmap toward a two-state solution.I don't think any
of us doubt that without a Palestinian state that is
viable, that can represent the aspirations of the Palestinian
people, that there really isn't going to be a peace for either
the Palestinian people or for the Israelis. And so we're going
to be -- over the next several months, I'm going to Israel and
to the West Bank on this trip that I'm going on. We're going
to be working with the parties, now that they've begun to make
those fundamental choices, to push forward toward the date when
we have a two-state solution. And I think it's in our grasp,
although it's still something that has to be worked toward vigilantly.
- http://www.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/2005/41414.htm
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- SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST
- Did Six Million Jews really die under Nazism? No, the real
Holocaust took place in Russia and the old USSR when Jewish Bolshevism,
Jewish communism took over Russia and destroyed nearly every
church and murdered Christians by the millions. These Jews who
took over Russia killed nearly every priest and every pastor.
JEWISH ESTIMATE SEES NUMBER OF HOLOCAUST DEAD DROP TO 2.8 MILLION
According to Hilberg, as quoted in an article written by himself
in the 1998 Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia under the heading
Holocaust, the six camps, their means of killing and their total
number of victims was as follows: "Chelmno had gas vans,
and its death toll was 150,000; Belzec had carbon monoxide gas
chambers in which 600,000 Jews were killed; Sobibor's gas chambers
accounted for 250,000 dead; Treblinka's for 700,000 to 800,000;
At Majdanek, some 50,000 were gassed or shot; and in Auschwitz,
the Jewish dead totaled more than 1 million." - Raul Hilberg,
"Holocaust," Microsoft "Encarta" 98 Encyclopedia.
1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.)"
This only accounts for 2.8 million dead: (as the other camps
did not have gas chambers); if Hilberg's figures are correct,
then the number of six million dead drops, by Jewish estimates,
by half to just over 3 million, even if the verified Einsatzgruppen
victims are included. Full detail:
- http://www.cephas-library.com/israel/ Estimates of
the number of Jews in Nazi Occupied Europe Differ Vastly.htm
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- ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES TO HOLD CEREMONIES AT JORDAN
RIVER BAPTISMAL SITE
(Communicated by the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria
Spokeswoman) Monday, 17 January, 2005 Several of Israel's Christian
communities ( http://tinyurl.com/6vwoy ) will on Tuesday and
Wednesday, 18-19.1.05, hold their traditional ceremonies at the
baptismal site on the Jordan River, just off the Jericho bypass
road. The main Greek Orthodox ceremony is due to be held tomorrow
(Tuesday), 18.1.05, beginning at 10:30 (with a procession from
the adjacent St. John
Monastery to the baptismal site); approximately 5,000 participants
from around the world are due to participate. Greek Orthodox
Patriarch His Beatitude Irenaios I will lead prayers at the baptismal
site. The Ethiopian community will hold its ceremony tomorrow
at 13:00. The Syrian and Coptic communities will hold theirs
on Wednesday, 9.1.05, at 08:30 and 10:30, respectively. IMRA
- Independent Media Review and Analysis Website: www.imra.org.il
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- UNITED STATES AND EUROPE DIFFER OVER STRATEGY ON IRAN
NYT by Elaine Sciolino - January 29, 2005 - PARIS, Jan. 28 -
President Bush's second term has barely begun, and Iran is already
shaping up as its most serious diplomatic challenge. But conflicting
pronouncements by Mr. Bush and his national security team have
left Iran frustrated and angry about the direction of American
policy, and the Europeans more determined than ever to push Washington
to embrace their engagement strategy. To the outside world, the
administration seems divided over whether to promote the overthrow
of Iran's Islamic Republic - perhaps by force - or to tacitly
support the approach embraced by the Europeans, which favors
negotiations and a series of incentives that would ultimately
require American participation. "You need to get everybody
to read from the same page, the Europeans and the Americans,"
said Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy
Agency, in an interview in Davos on Friday... France, Germany
and Britain - with European Union support - opened negotiations
with Iran last month that could give Iran generous rewards on
nuclear energy, trade and economic, political and security cooperation
if Iran can provide guarantees that it is not developing a nuclear
weapon... The British foreign secretary, Jack Straw, has also
strongly criticized a possible military attack on Iran as "inconceivable."
Mr. Straw told the BBC that the issue of a military option was
not raised during his talks with Ms. Rice and other officials
in Washington this week.
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- SHARON SEES PEACE CHANCE WITH PALESTINIANS
NYT by Greg Myre -: January 28, 2005 - JERUSALEM, Jan. 27 - In
unusually upbeat remarks, the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon,
said Thursday that there was an opportunity for a "historic
breakthrough" with the Palestinians, and he had warm words
for their new leader, Mahmoud Abbas. Mr. Abbas called for a formal
cease-fire agreement with Israel, while his prime minister ordered
a ban on carrying weapons in areas under Palestinian security
control, the latest of several steps intended to rein in militants.
Mr. Sharon has expressed skepticism about whether such steps
are substantive. But on Thursday, he offered some of his most
optimistic comments since Mr. Abbas was elected on Jan. 9. "I
believe that the conditions have been created that will allow
us and the Palestinians to reach a historic breakthrough in relations,"
Mr. Sharon said Thursday night in a speech in Tel Aviv. "It
seems that there is a positive approach there regarding the war
on terrorism and advancing the diplomatic process." "If
the Palestinians take comprehensive action to stop terrorism,
violence and incitement," he said, then the Middle East
peace plan known as the road map could begin being put into place,
and the coming Israeli withdrawal from Gaza could be coordinated.
He spoke during a visit by William J. Burns, the chief State
Department diplomat for the Middle East. Prime Minister Ahmed
Qurei issued the weapons ban at a meeting of the Palestinian
National Security Council in Ramallah, said Saeb Erekat, the
chief Palestinian negotiator.
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- LETTER FROM SHARON TO PERES DELINEATING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Aaron Lerner Date: 13 January 2005 [Original Hebrew appears
on
13 January 2005 To: Minister Shimon Peres - Vice Prime Minister
- My honorable,
- In accordance with what was set in the coalition agreement
between the Likud faction and the Labor faction, we finalize
today that the vice prime minister will be in charge of the following
matters:
- 1. The vice prime minister will act, on behalf of the Government.,
before all the elements dealing with economic and civilian development,
including recruiting resources in the world, and all relating
to the disengagement plan.
- 2. The vice prime minister will develop a strategic economic
plan to develop the Gaza Strip and economic relations with Israel
in the era that is after the disengagement and will include the
establishment of an international apparatus that will act for
the economic development of the Gaza Strip.
- 3. The vice prime minister will be responsible for the development
of the Negev and the Galilee and will head the ministerial committee
that will be established for this purpose. The authorities for
the development of the Negev and Galilee will be transferred
to the office of the vice president. Likewise, the vice prime
minister will act to exploit the new opportunities
in the areas of the Negev and Galilee as a result of the disengagement
plan as per the letter of President Bush of 14.4.2004.
- 4. The vice prime minister will be a full partner in the
advancement and implementation of the disengagement pan and the
diplomatic processes that the prime minister will lead including
the Roadmap.
- 5. The prime minister and the vice prime minister will have
ongoing and set meetings and consultations on various matters
on the agenda of the State and among them diplomatic, societal
and economic matters.
- I wish you great success in fulfilling your role and look
forward to close cooperation between us.
- Regards,
Ariel Sharon
- Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review
& Analysis)
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- PM SHARON MEETS WITH EU ENVOY JAVIER SOLANA
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) 13 January,
2005 - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met today in his Jerusalem
office, with European Union High Representative for Common Foreign
and Security Policy and Secretary-General of the EU Council Javier
Solana, and EU Special Representative to the Peace Process Marc
Otte... Prime Minister Sharon noted the EU's contribution to
the signing of the European Neighborhood Policy agreement between
Israel and the EU. The Prime Minister said that Israel wants
to enhance its relationship with the EU and commended EU High
Representative Solana's role in advancing bilateral relations
and the diplomatic process. The Prime Minister thanked EU High
Representative Solana for assisting in Arafat's funeral arrangements.
- Prime Minister Sharon said that a new opportunity has now
been created in which to advance the diplomatic process in the
region. The Prime Minister said that he is interested in resuming
security coordination between Israel and the Palestinians on
all levels and added that if the Palestinians take tangible steps
to halt terrorism it would be possible to coordinate elements
of the Disengagement Plan with them in order to assure that territory
is delivered only to Palestinian Authority officials and that
the evacuations are conducted quietly and not under fire.
- Prime Minister Sharon emphasized that the Disengagement Plan
has the potential of returning to the Roadmap but added that
there would be no compromises and no concessions on the issues
of security for Israel and its citizens and a halt to terrorism
and incitement. EU High Representative Solana commended the Prime
Minister for sticking to the Disengagement Plan
despite the difficulties that he has encountered; he noted that
Europe is hopeful and truly desires to advance bilateral relations
with Israel. EU High Representative Solana said that during his
visit to the region ( http://tinyurl.com/599zw ) he has sensed
a new air of hope, optimism and determination on the part of
Abu Mazen to proceed towards negotiations, and Egypt's willingness
to assist the process. For its part, Europe is ready to extend
all necessary economic assistance and to assist the PA on police
issues.
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- SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN FORWARDS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
PRESIDENT LETTER ON CREATION OF REGISTER OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY
SEPARATION WALL IN WEST BANK
www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/sgsm9671.doc.htm January 11,
2005 Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for
Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General has today
forwarded a letter to the President of the
General Assembly regarding the establishment of a register of
damage relating to Israel's construction of a barrier in the
West Bank. The letter sets out a framework for the register,
the establishment of which was requested by the General Assembly
in its resolution ES-10/15, and for the next steps in its creation.
[ IMRA - Independent Media Review and Analysis Israel]
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- SUHA ARARFAT IS LIVING OFF OF HER HUSBAND'S MILLIONS
- By Syrian Nabil Fayyadhi: While Palestinians die of starvation
Arafat's fortune is estimated at $4.2 billion. How can I explain
that Ahmed Qurei, for instance, indirectly funds the building
of the separation fence built by the Sharon government? I understand
that this is an occupying government that has a conflict with
the Palestinian people. I realize that. I don't justify it, but
I understand it. But how can I understand that the Palestinian
people in Gaza, the West Bank, and everywhere is starving to
death while Mrs. Suha Arafat is living off of her husband's millions
traveling from one place to another?"
- http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=477
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ALLAH'S REWARD TO A MARTYR
- By Palestinian-Kuwaiti Sheik Ahmad Qattan: "A martyr
gets six rewards from Allah: His sins are forgiven with the first
drop of his blood, and he sees his place in heaven; he is spared
the torments of the grave, and he is safe from the great horror;
the
crown of honor is placed on his head - with a jewel finer than
this world and what is in it; he is married off to 72 black-eyed
women, and he may plead for 70 of his relatives. This reminds
me of the Mujahideen and Martyrdom seekers who stand in line
in Palestine: men and women, adults and children, awaiting their
turn to sign, with their blood and their broken
bones, their pledge of faith in Allah." http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=464
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STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT BUSH
- January 9, 2005 - "I am heartened by today's strong
turnout in the Palestinian elections Palestinians throughout
the West Bank and Gaza took a key step toward building a democratic
future by choosing a new president in elections that
observers describe as largely free and fair. This is a historic
day for the Palestinian people and for the people of the Middle
East. America and all free nations strongly support the efforts
of the Palestinian people to create lasting democratic institutions.
These efforts -- including today's presidential elections and
the parliamentary elections that will follow in several months
-- are essential for the establishment of a sovereign, independent,
viable, democratic, and peaceful Palestinian state that can live
alongside a safe and secure Israel. These elections are further
proof that when given a choice, all peoples seek to live in liberty
and to choose their own government. The United States stands
ready to help the Palestinian people realize their aspirations.
The new Palestinian president and his cabinet face critical tasks
ahead, including fighting terrorism, combatting corruption, building
reformed and democratic institutions, and reviving the Palestinian
economy.
We look forward to working with him and the Palestinian people
to address these challenges and to advance the cause of Middle
East peace consistent with the vision I set forth on June 24,
2002, of two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side
in peace and security. Other countries also have constructive
and vital roles to play. Israel must help to improve the
humanitarian and economic situation in the West Bank and Gaza,
and follow through with the Disengagement Plan. The Arab states
must take concrete steps with all parties to create a regional
environment conducive to peace, lend financial support to the
Palestinian people, and refuse to assist or harbor terrorists.
The United States is looking carefully at how we can best
organize and fund our own efforts to help the parties achieve
a lasting peace. # # # www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/01/20050109.html
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- PM SHARON AND FM NETANYAHU RECOMMEND STANLEY FISCHER AS NEXT
BANK OF ISRAEL GOVERNOR
09 January, 2005 - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Finance Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu have agreed to recommend that Stanley Fischer
appointed next Governor of the Bank of Israel. This was agreed
at a meeting between the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister
and the Directors-General of their ministries, Yossi Bachar and
Ilan Cohen, respectively, who served
as the search committee for a suitable candidate. The decision
will be submitted to the Bach Committee on Senior Civil Service
appointments, the Cabinet and President Moshe Katsav for their
approval. Stanley Fischer is a Jew from the US, who speaks Hebrew.
He has had many years of contact with the State of Israel and
the Israeli economy, including
serving as US administration representative vis-?-vis the Israeli
economy's mid-1980's stabilization plan. Fischer has also taught
at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Fischer, 61, is today
the Vice Chairman of Citigroup, the largest financial
corporation in the world, and is considered to be one of the
most senior economists in the world. He has previously served
First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary
Fund. Prime Minister Sharon and Finance Minister Netanyahu proposed
to Fischer a few weeks ago that he emigrate to Israel, where
he would be appointed Governor of the Bank of Israel; this morning,
Fischer accepted the offer. Prime Minister Sharon and Finance
Minister Netanyahu said that, "Fischer is
an economist with a global reputation and the State of Israel
will be blessed with his talents, principally in the era of globalization
in the economic markets. The fact that a person like him is willing
to cut his ties to Citibank, to immigrate to Israel and serve
as Governor of the Bank of Israel, is a wonderful opportunity
for the Israeli economy." [ IMRA - Independent Media Review
and Analysis Israel ]
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UNITED TORAH JUDAISM SAYS IT WILL JOIN SHARON'S COALITION
- Haaretz 5 January 2005 [Some abstained from voting ] It noted,
however, that Yachad MK Zahava Gal-On said this week that Yachad
would even go so far as to vote in favor of the coalition if
that was required in order to insure that the disengagement is
not delayed by elections.] The ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism
party will join Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon's reshuffled coalition, party Knesset Member Avraham Ravitz
said on Wednesday. The move will give the new coalition a parliamentary
majority. Ravitz told Channel One that the 95-year-old spiritual
leader of the party,
Rabbi Shalom Elyashiv, gave his approval for joining Sharon's
team on Wednesday afternoon. Ravitz said that Elyashiv had to
struggle with widespread opposition among Orthodox Jews to Sharon's
plan to withdraw from Gaza and part of the West Bank. "Like
every scholar, he took into account a wide variety of issues"
in making his decision, Ravits told Channel One. Elyashiv took
a week to decide, leaving Sharon without a stable government.
In recent days he talked about calling an election if UTJ did
not join. The Labor party has already agreed to enter Sharon's
coalition. Along with Likud's 40 Knesset seats and Labor's 21,
UTJ's five seats would give Sharon a majority of the 120 seats
in parliament for the first time since the summer. www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/523506.html
- IMRA - Independent Media Review and Analysis Israel
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- JEWISH GROUPS CALLS 'THE PASSION' AN ACT OF TERRORISM
- Capitol Press 2.27.2004 - Washington D.C. - A prominent Jewish
organization has denounced Mel Gibson's "The Passion"
as an act of terrorism and can prove the movie violates the Patriot
Act. Jews Against Anti-Semitism, a recently formed Washington
D.C. based defense league for Jews, has issued a press release
pointing out sections of U.S. law which are being violated by
Mel Gibson's film. "Clearly there are laws on the books
which have outlawed the inciting of riots or acts civil disobedience
which endanger human life. Mel Gibson's movie will incite violence
against Jews and put the lives of million of Jews in danger"
said Rabbi David Feldman, a spokes person for Jews Against Anti-Semitism.
Indeed, see HJR 104, Public Law 102-14 Universal Noahide Laws
of Talmud Bavli, which states that any one who worships Jesus
of Nazareth should be decapitated... According to Rabbi Feldman
"Under Section 802 of the 2001 USA Patriot Act, any crime
which endangers human life is defined as an act of domestic terrorism.
Mel Gibson's incitement of anti-Semitism is a civil disobedience
crime which endangers human life and under the Patriot Act "The
Passion" is an act of domestic terrorism" The USA Patriot
Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush shortly after
the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York and Washington
D.C. in order to protect Americans from terrorism. "We are
hereby calling on Attorney General John Ashcroft, the Department
of Justice, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and the Department
of Homeland Security to arrest Mel Gibson as a terrorist, confiscate
all prints of "the Passion", confiscate all materials
related to the film as "terrorist paraphernalia" and
shut down every terrorist hate site on the internet supporting
the film" said Rabbi Feldman. The Justice Department and
the Department of Homeland Security have yet to respond to the
inquiries made by Capitol Press regarding this story.
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- TEMPLE MOUNT MOSQUES CONTINUE TO SERVE AS BREEDING
GROUND FOR ANTI-ISRAELI AND ANTI-AMERICAN INCITEMENT IN THE POST-ARAFAT
ERA
- DISCUSSION ABOUT ARAB DISENFRANCHISEMENT - DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE TALMUD AND THE TORAH
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