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| 1488.1 | | OUTSRC::HEISER | watchman on the wall | Wed Jan 31 1996 18:43 | 11 |
| This whole scenario gets stranger all the time. It's obvious that
Israel is straying from democracy to maintain "peace" talks. So
obvious that an American professor in the Midwest writes about it, yet
the American national news is silent about it. Jesse Helms speaks out
about human rights violations of Israel citizens, yet the American TV
news is silent about it.
What exactly is going on over there?
thanks,
Mike
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| 1488.2 | All the news that fits - they print | TAVENG::KREMER | Itzhak Kremer | Tue Feb 06 1996 18:38 | 43 |
| Mike,
You're not the only one who is asking what exactly is going on over here?
Very few really know. The right of the people to know apparently extends
only to what the media and the upper echelons want them to know.
Many recent events can be used to demonstrate the 'politically correct'
selectivity of the media. Some news items which are of primary importance
to the Israeli public have been trivialized or ignored. For example, have
you heard or read anything about Arafat's recent election campaign
speeches? Probably not...
A Tel-Aviv based media company, the Institute for Peace Education, has
collected films of all of Yassir Arafat's speaking appearances during and
immediately after the PLO's election campaign. A spokesman for the
institute made the following statement:
"In his election campaign, Arafat spoke of his commitment to the armed
struggle against Israel. On six occasions, he promised to 'stay on the
mountain,' which is a clear Islamic reference to waging warfare. On
four occasions, he told his Palestinian audiences that they must
remember that the struggle is divided into two stages, as clearly
stated in the 1974 amendment to the PLO Covenant. The amendment known
as the 'phased plan' calls for the destruction of Israel in stages. In
front of his Arab audiences, Arafat makes no mention of peace; quite to
the contrary, he states time and time again, that the prime reason he
seeks Chairmanship of the PA, is to continue the armed struggle against
Israel."
The spokesman added that "the speeches were not broadcasted on any
networks either in Israel or abroad despite the fact that all of them,
including those from the U.S., were there filming right next to us."
I wonder why...
Doesn't anybody care what Arafat has to say? Shouldn't the Israeli public
be concerned about how the so-called "peace" process is being viewed by
the same people that we are so enthusiatically arming to the teeth?
The institute is currently in the process of translating the speeches to
English and Hebrew. They plan to present the films with translated
sub-titles at the National Press Club in Washington on February 27th.
-Itzhak
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| 1488.3 | | OUTSRC::HEISER | watchman on the wall | Wed Feb 07 1996 19:30 | 5 |
| Scary. It almost sounds like some sort of conspiracy among the nations
with Israeli government officials joining in. Arafat still supports
violence and the world turns a blind eye and a deaf ear. Why?
Mike
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| 1488.4 | The deadly peace | TAVENG::KREMER | Itzhak Kremer | Wed Feb 28 1996 22:20 | 38 |
| Tonight my sister came home after spending the last 4 days at Ein Karem
hospital. On Sunday morning she was a healthy, attractive girl - today
her face is full of burns, cuts, and bruises, she has no eyebrows and no
eyelids, her hair has been partly burnt off and her hands and legs are in
bandages. The doctors say that my sister's face may never entirely return
to it's previous appearance.
She was on her way to work that Sunday morning. She remembers approaching
the intersection near her office... and then she awoke in an ambulance.
She later found out that bus #18 which stood at the same intersection
literally blew up in her face. She didn't even hear the blast.
Thank G-d my sister was "only" "lightly" wounded. My neighbor, a regular
member at my schul, wasn't quite so lucky. He's still in critical
condition and we are praying that he pulls through.
I wish to express my deepest sorrow to the families and friends of our
most recent "victims of peace". In three terrorist attacks this week, 28
innocent men, women and children lost their lives. The number of terror
victims since the Oslo agreements -- only 2 and a half years ago -- has
grown and now exceeds the number of Jews killed in the entire 6 years of
intifada. While our government continues negotiating "peace" with the
man whose life's goal is the destruction of the Jewish State, the
terrorist have only become more efficient -- they have more arms, better
explosives, and greater freedom to operate.
May Arafat, his PLO comrades and his Hamas brethen quickly join that
growing list of "victims of peace". Only then will peace have a chance.
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| 1488.5 | Its Heartbreaking, the things that people do | CPCOD::JOHNSON | A rare blue and gold afternoon | Thu Feb 29 1996 00:06 | 5 |
| You and all the families affected by the latest incindents have my
sympathy and prayers.
Leslie
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| 1488.6 | growing up fast in Israel | TAV02::FEINBERG | Don Feinberg | Thu Feb 29 1996 13:58 | 30 |
| My daughter, who is 19, is doing her Sherut Leumi (national service) working
as a paramedic/aide for the MADA (the Magen David Adom; Israel's ambulance
and rescue service).
On Sunday, she got to spend 3-1/2 hours working at the scene in Jerusalem.
She has had to deal with death in accidents before, but the first thing
she saw at the scene was a car (behind the bus) with a dead man in the front
seat, decapitated. His head was in the back seat, eyes still open. She told
us that she just "lost it" at that moment, and almost couldn't continue.
During the time, she had to do CPR on one of her friends from her high
school class. Fortunately, the girl will live. She also saved the life of a
child.
She was also troubled by small body parts falling out of the trees as she
moved around; you know, a couple of fingers here and there...
So, she contributed. Bravely. Kal hakavod, she did superbly well. But,
afterwards, we spent two days and two nights working with her, talking to
her. She couldn't eat or sleep. If she closed her eyes, she said that all
she could see was burned up, charred people with shrapnel sticking into
them. She would just burst out crying in the middle of the day.
Nice education for a 19-year-old. What a way to grow up!
Nice "peace" we have here. And at a Palestinian rally in the near future,
you can be sure that Arafat will give his congratulations, in Arabic
of course, to the boys.
don feinberg
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| 1488.7 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | | Thu Feb 29 1996 22:42 | 9 |
| Itzhak (.4) and Don (.6)
This is painful, disheartening and infuriating news. You have my
prayers. May G-d be with you and your loved ones. May G-d deal
swiftly with the enemies of peace.
Shalom,
Richard
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| 1488.8 | "Palestinian peace" - again !!!! | TAVENG::CHANOCH | C. Gotlieb, Israel Engineering, DTN 882-3346 | Sun Mar 03 1996 09:59 | 30 |
| Onec agaaaaain!!!
Twenty families lost their most loved, lots of new widows and orphans, blood
and parts of bodies around -- again, in Jerusalem our holy capital for ever.
Who said that terror is not "existing problem" for the state of Israel??
It's a strategic existence problem!
WE MUST FIGHT BACK IF WE WANT TO SURVIVE IN THIS WAR!
NO MORE --
No more political tricks,
No more negotiations with the archi-murder Arafat (yes we know he
arrested 200 from the Hamas, no ONE from them is in the list
I.D.F asked him to arrest, and we also know that they will be
free soon)
No more defensive attitude, we need OFFENSIVE approach!
A good friend of mine from one of the Shomer Atsair Kibutsim (belong to left
parties) told me three years ago "What's the problem, let's give the peace a
chance and if it will not work we will bomb them with our artillery, and our
well known air force"....
I'm Crying (yes I'm really, physically crying!!) with all the Jewish nation --
But we shouldn't let the tears close our eyes!
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| 1488.9 | | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE | | Sun Mar 03 1996 18:00 | 5 |
| That seems to be what they're asking for. That certainly seems to be what
they want.
Richard
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| 1488.10 | Baruch Dayan Emet | TAVENG::KREMER | Itzhak Kremer | Sun Apr 14 1996 09:31 | 5 |
| Yitzchak Weinstein, my neighbor who was critically wounded from the bus
blast in Jerusalem over a month ago, died of his wounds yesterday
morning.
Hashem Yikom Damo.
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| 1488.11 | | TFOSS1::HEISER | watchman on the wall | Mon Apr 15 1996 22:51 | 5 |
| I caught something this weekend about tensions between Syria/Lebanon
and Israel. Anyone care to clarify what's going on?
thanks,
Mike
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| 1488.12 | | TAVENG::KREMER | Itzhak Kremer | Tue Apr 16 1996 16:06 | 72 |
| Back in 1993, Israel launched an offensive against Hizbullah targets in
Lebanon in response to repeated rocket attacks into northern Israel. The
offensive ended with a cease-fire agreement between Israel and the
Hizbullah terrorist which was supposed to have assured the tranquility of
Israel's northern civilian population.
After repeated violations of the agreement by the Hizbullah, Israel last
week renewed it's military offensive.
The following list of recent Hizbullah events was copied from the IRIS
Web site.
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The list below shows 15 of the most serious Hizbullah attacks against
Israeli targets, both military and civilian, and the Israeli allied South
Lebanese Army (SLA), in the six weeks preceding Israel's current operation
against Hizbullah. Unless otherwise specified, those killed and injured are
Israeli soldiers.
In total, 7 Israeli soldiers and 2 SLA soldiers were killed in these
incidents. Also, 22 Israeli soldiers and 36 civilians were injured.
Since Katyusha fire from Lebanon began in 1968, Kiryat Shmona has been hit
by some 3,800 Katyusha rockets, and a similar number has fallen on
surrounding mountains and villages, as of 11 April 1996.
(Sources: Israeli dailies Maariv, 11 April, p. 2, and Haaretz, 11 April,
pp. A2,A3.)
Date Event
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28 Feb: Hizbullah suicide bomber attempts to infiltrate Israel by hang
glider. Explodes within kilometers of Israeli village.
4 Mar: Hizbullah ambushes soldiers near Israeli border town. 4 killed, 7
injured
9 Mar: Hizbullah mortar fire on Israeli position. 1 injured
9 Mar: SLA soldier killed by Hizbullah action in security zone.
10 Mar: Israeli unit hits explosive device near border. 1 killed, 4 injured
11 Mar: Heavy Hizbullah artillery fire in security zone. No injuries.
12 Mar: SLA soldier killed by Hizbullah explosive.
12 Mar: Hizbullah anti-tank fire against 19 Israeli positions.
14 Mar: Hizbullah explosive injures 8 soldiers, 2 of them seriously.
20 Mar: Israeli officer killed by Hizbullah suicide attack in security zone.
30 Mar: Hizbullah launches several Katyusha salvos into Galilee. No injuries.
2 Apr: Hizbullah fires mortars and Sagger missiles at two SLA posts.
9 Apr: Hizbullah fires two volleys of Katyushas at Kiryat Shmona and
Galilee. 36 civilians injured.
10 Apr: Hizbullah mounts mortar and Sagger attack on Israeli positions in
security zone. One killed by direct Sagger hit and two injured.
11 Apr: Israel launches major offensive, codenamed Operation Grapes of
Wrath, to defend northern Israel against Hizbullah attacks.
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Leiah and Jason Elbaum
IRIS
IRIS Web Page: http://www.netaxs.com/~iris/
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| 1488.13 | | STAR::FENSTER | Yaacov Fenster, Process Improvement, Quality & Testing tools @ZK | Tue Apr 16 1996 16:15 | 29 |
| <<< Note 1488.11 by TFOSS1::HEISER "watchman on the wall" >>>
I think the word "tensions" is understating it.
A bit of background, back in 1993 when the Hizbullah attacks became too
frequent, Israel launched an operation called "Accountability" and
forced ~300K lebanese towards Beirut. This put pressure on the Syrians
and Lebanese who in turn put pressure on the Hizbullah to came to some
sort of an agreement with regard to refraining from attacks. Since then
Hizbullah has had an ever-expanding understading of the agreement as
it violates it more and more. The last few rounds of Katyusha rockets
into Israel were the last straw. As of the last week or so, Israel has
been launching air attacks throughout Lebanon, pinpointing Hizbullah
headquarters and strongpoints, and sending a message to the Lebanese
(who just finished with their civil war) that if there isn't any quiet
in Israel, there shall be no quiet in Lebanon. As always, the Israeli
army does it's best to prevent what the Americans call "Collateral
damage". Usually it is prevented, but the media loves to show what
happens when it doesn't or acts put on by the terrorists. Remember that
these terrorists are using the local population as a human shield.
While the technical part seems to be going well, one should remember
that this will not destroy the Hizbullah and I doubt that any large
scale ground operations will be undertaken. One hopes that any
understanding reached this time will be better enforced and that the
Lebanese will understand that it is in their best interests to rid
themselves of the Hizbullah.
One shouldn't forget the broader context of the Syrians using terror as
a political leverage against Israel while discussing "peace".
The operation is called "Grapes of Wrath".
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