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CAFI Newsletter Newsletter #133 Friday, May 9, 2003=20
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1.. CELEBRATE ISRAEL IN STYLE=20
2.. STATEHOOD=20
3.. ISRAEL AT 55=20
4.. SMOKE AND MIRRORS=20
5.. QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES=20
6.. HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES=20
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1. CELEBRATE ISRAEL IN STYLE
By Moshe Spinowitz -Israelinsider.com - May 8, 2003=20
With Passover fresh in my mind, I find myself singing "Dayenu" on =
Israel's 55th Independence Day. We Jews are fortunate to have a nation =
of our own that has survived several wars of aggression and escaped the =
latest Middle-East war with nary a scud attack. For that alone, we could =
say, "Dayenu!" - "It would have been enough."=20
Israelis have defended more than their own country - they have =
saved countless lives around the world through their bravery: Colonel =
Yonatan Netanyahu was killed when he led a successful rescue mission on =
the Entebbe Airport in Uganda in 1976, freeing over 100 passengers from =
an Air France flight held hostage by terrorists. In 1981, Colonel Ilan =
Ramon, a victim of the recent Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy, =
participated in the bombing raid that destroyed Saddam Hussein's nuclear =
facility and saved America and the Middle East from atomic terror in =
1991 and 2003. Dayenu!=20
But Israel's accomplishments are greater than mere survival and =
military ingenuity. Israel is a diverse, creative, and free society that =
has flourished in the face of terror and has given the world the =
technology that we use everyday. This year, the Jewish community should =
celebrate Israel's many achievements - which we take for granted - in =
the arena of technology, medicine, culture, and sports.=20
Did you know that Israeli scientists from Motorola Israel =
developed the cell phone? This Independence Day, call five of your =
friends and tell them to thank Israel for the nifty communicator they =
slip into their purses and pockets. While you're IM'ing your buddies, =
pass on the news that four young Israeli programmers developed the =
technology behind AOL's Instant Messenger.=20
Did you know that Intel's new high-speed Centrino chip - which =
doubles battery life on laptops - was developed entirely in Israel? =
While watching a DVD for hours on your Centrino laptop, thank Israel for =
the extra battery life.=20
In the field of medicine, Israel is saving your heart and making =
innovations in early cancer detection. Did you know that researchers in =
Israel developed a new device that directly helps the heart pump blood, =
an innovation with the potential to save lives among those with =
congestive heart failure? Israeli scientists also developed the first =
fully computerized, no-radiation, diagnostic instrumentation for breast =
cancer. Israel's Given Imaging developed the first ingestible video =
camera, so small it fits inside a pill to help doctors diagnose cancer =
and digestive disorders.=20
How does Israel maintain this hit parade of medical achievements? =
Israel has more engineers and scientists per capita than any other =
country. It also produces more scientific papers per capita than any =
other nation. But Israeli heroes of medicine and science don't just stay =
in the lab; they rush into the fray and save people, not only in Israel, =
but around the world: When the U.S. Embassy in Kenya was bombed in 1998, =
Israeli rescue teams were on the scene within a day - and saved three =
victims from the rubble. A year later they were on the ground in Turkey =
rescuing earthquake victims.=20
And who said the Golden Age of Jewish athletes is over? Israeli =
tennis player Anna Smashnova is the 15th ranked female player in the =
world. Memo to all you Israel-loving tennis fans: In addition to =
following Venus and Serena this tennis season, add Smashnova to your =
roster of favorites.=20
Think Jews can't jump? Israel's Maccabi basketball team won the =
European championships in 2001, and Europe's SuproLeague MVP was Israeli =
center Nate Huffman.=20
At the next meeting of the Galactic Senate in the Star Wars =
universe, someone should inform Chancellor Palpatine that Queen Padme =
Amidala (actress Natalie Portman) was actually born in Jerusalem. I hope =
she can still serve in the Senate. Fans of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers =
should note that the show was developed by Haim Saban, an Israeli whose =
family fled Egypt.=20
Let the hip-hop generation learn that Israel has earned a spot on =
the map. This month, the rap group Wu-Tang Clan will visit Israel on a =
solidarity music tour. Wu-Tang member Cappadonna said, "No one thinks =
that a Hebrew-speaking country has anything do with hip-hop, but hip-hop =
is alive in Israel."=20
I assure connoisseurs of "high culture" that Israel has covered =
its bases. During the 1991 Gulf War, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra =
played a concert wearing gas masks as scud missiles fired by Saddam fell =
on Tel Aviv. Israel has more museums per capita than any other country, =
and Israel has the world's second highest per capita output of new =
books.=20
This Independence Day, celebrate Israel for all her diverse =
accomplishments and tell your friends and family about the unheralded =
contributions Israel has made to your life. For more information and =
posters that you can hang up about Israel's contributions, please see =
http://www.israelcelebration.com.=20
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2. STATEHOOD
by Charles Krauthammer -Washington Post - May 9, 2003=20
Last June 24, President Bush announced a radical departure in =
American Middle East policy. He expressed strong support for Palestinian =
statehood but only under a new reformed Palestinian leadership that did =
not include Yasser Arafat.=20
The reason is uncomplicated: As long as Yasser Arafat wields =
power, there can and will be no peace between Israel and the =
Palestinians. In 2000, the most dovish Israeli government in history =
presented Arafat with the most generous offer the Palestinians have =
gotten from anyone--a Palestinian state on 97 percent of the West Bank =
with its capital in a shared Jerusalem. Arafat, intent on getting land =
without peace, responded by starting a now 31-month-old bloodbath.=20
For a long time, there was no Palestinian alternative to Arafat. =
Now there is. Abu Mazen, a close comrade of Arafat for 40 years, wanted =
to accept the Camp David 2000 deal. Moreover, Abu Mazen has spoken out =
against the intifada as a terrible historical mistake. Is he sincere? No =
one knows for sure, but his courage entitles him to at least a test of =
his sincerity.=20
On April 30, Abu Mazen was sworn in as prime minister by the =
Palestinian Legislative Council. The United States and its peace =
partners then released the road map to Palestinian statehood by 2005. =
The problem is that Abu Mazen is not yet in control. And he may never =
be.=20
The consistent and principled American policy had been that the =
road map and the push to statehood would occur only when a Palestinian =
government dedicated to real reform and real peace replaced the violent =
and corrupt Arafat regime. That has not occurred.=20
During the decade of the phony Oslo peace, Arafat had set up seven =
``security organizations''--private militias and secret police--under =
his command. They were supposed to be transferred to Abu Mazen's =
control. They have not been. Arafat still controls five of the seven, =
including Force 17, which is actively involved in terrorism.=20
And Arafat controls more than guns. In pre-confirmation backroom =
maneuvering, Arafat managed to pack the ostensible Abu Mazen Cabinet =
with a dozen Arafat loyalists. Indeed, the crucial portfolios of foreign =
affairs and peace negotiations were given not to Abu Mazen's people but =
to Arafat's old guard.=20
The Bush administration can pretend that none of this has =
happened. It can pretend that Abu Mazen is really in control. It can =
pretend that Abu Mazen, without control of the security apparatus, is =
somehow going to stop the violence. That would be a precise repetition =
of the disaster of the Oslo ``peace process,'' in which the United =
States willfully and repeatedly ignored the realities on the =
ground--Arafat's corruption, incitement and support of terrorism--until =
all hell broke loose in September 2000, and it could pretend no more.=20
To publish the road map with Arafat still wielding enormous power =
over security, terrorism and negotiations is simply to step back into =
the Oslo morass. It can only end as Oslo did.=20
What to do? The only way peace will be possible is if we stick to =
the June 24 principle that Arafat must go. That means freezing the road =
map until Abu Mazen is ceded real control. This is a strategic decision =
the Palestinians themselves must make. But the United States should not =
be inducing them to make the wrong one.=20
The shunning of Arafat by the Bush administration helped bring Abu =
Mazen out of nowhere. To relax that shunning now, to reward the =
Palestinians by demanding Israeli concessions and by encouraging =
negotiations while the violence continues with the support and =
cooperation of Arafat, will do nothing but strengthen Arafat and doom =
any chance for a real transfer of power.=20
But that is precisely what our road map partners, the Europeans, =
are doing. They insist on having some pompous official--the latest is =
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer--ostentatiously visit Arafat in =
his compound, keeping alive his claim to ``international legitimacy.'' =
Even Britain's Jack Straw, foreign secretary of our closest and warmest =
ally, said: ``Arafat is still the person who we are dealing with.'' =
(Asharq al-Awsat, May 1.)=20
Nothing could be worse for peace. On June 24, 2002, the United =
States told the Palestinians: If you want a state, we will get you one. =
But you won't get there with Arafat, who has led you into a wilderness =
of blood and with whom we cannot deal because he will never make peace. =
This brought ferment among the Palestinians and brought Abu Mazen to the =
fore. But it is diplomatic suicide to stop that reform process now by =
proceeding along the road map as if Arafat didn't exist, when he is in =
fact still pulling levers. And triggers.=20
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3. ISRAEL AT 55
by Steven Plaut - May 7, 2003=20
Israel is 55 years old today. The good news is that five years ago =
it did not look like it was going to make it to 55. The bad news is that =
60 is still in doubt. 65 even more so.=20
If one takes a deep breath and steps back, much of the picture in =
Jewry now looks very good. In the past few weeks, one of the most =
viciously anti-Jewish powers on earth was annihilated in a few weeks =
without Israel lifting a finger, reminiscent of the Biblical command =
before the exodus from Egypt of the Israelites, You just sit back and be =
silent and watch. Iraq, once the center of the Moslem Caliphate, is =
today an American protectorate and may now undergo thorough =
denazification at last, the first and hopefully not the last Arab =
fascist regime to do so. Its fall may destabilize and threaten Iran and =
Syria. In a Purim-like inversion, instead of Israel being surrounded by =
hostile regimes, Syria suddenly finds itself completely surrounded by =
hostile regimes, every single one allied with the United States. Syrias =
economy continues to fester in Third-World poverty and Soviet style =
mismanagement, limiting the regimes options. Whereas historically the =
first military power on earth was generally balanced off by numbers two =
and three, who if they combined could balance number one, today the =
number one power cannot be balanced off even by the next 20 or maybe 30. =
Israels military deterrence gained enormously from the effortless =
defeat of Saddam by the Americans. Israel uses the same arms as the =
Yanks, and the Arabs use the same methods and arms as Saddam. North =
Korea may at long last be on the American hit list. Despite a deep =
current recession, Israels economy has solid healthy fundamentals, a =
First-World first-class labor force and a high tech sector at the =
forefront.=20
Most importantly, there has never been an era of such Jewish =
security as the past 55 years. Let me repeat that because it may strike =
you as absurd, given the daily atrocities and the Oslo bloodbath. Never =
have the Jews been so secure.=20
Yesterday Israel marked its Memorial Day. Around 21,500 Israelis =
have died in battle or in belligerent attacks by the Arabs since 1947. =
Of those, about half died in the War of Independence. Around 1300 were =
murdered in the Oslo bloodbath of the past decade, mostly civilians, =
many of them children. So how can I say this is an unprecedented era of =
Jewish security?=20
Because since the time of the destruction of the Second Temple, =
there was probably never an era of two generations in which ONLY 21,000 =
Jews were killed by anti-Semites! During World War II, at their height =
of "efficiency, that many Jews were killed each day by the Nazis.=20
21,500 dead is an outrage and those responsible especially for the =
1300 of the past decade must be held accountable and answerable. But it =
is still a pittance in terms of Jewish history. It is a bi-product of =
the complete denial and intentional erasure of Jewish history by the =
Israeli school system that Israelis have no idea of how to put that =
21,500 number into perspective. The Rabbis here have ruled that on =
Israel Independence Day the Hallel prayers, said on special festive =
days, should be recited. Contemplating that number makes this decision =
seem very wise.=20
Finally, Amram Mitzna, arguably the potentially most dangerous =
Israeli politician in the past decade, has crashed and burned. He not =
only got whipped in the national election, he has been forced to resign =
as head of the Labor Party, he has lost control of the Labor Party =
machine, he has been forced out even as Haifa mayor, and his corrupt =
local Haifa party machine is about to be creamed in the coming municipal =
elections, ending once and for all the Era of Mitznagate at the local =
Haifa level.=20
The problem with this rosy picture is that there are still =
existential dangers to Israels very existence and in some ways they are =
growing. Israel has been so undermined by Oslo and the countrys Left =
that much of the population has lost its will to survive and its =
instinct to resist national self-annihilation. The Likud itself is =
increasingly Beilinized and striving for yet another nice Oslo deal with =
the PLO, one that will be yet another unilateral appeasement by Israel =
that buys nothing but increased Palestinian savagery and atrocities. The =
US and the Eurotrash are still demanding that Israel place its neck into =
an existential noose by "giving a Palestinian state a try". While there =
are still some question marks about whether Ariel Sharon really has some =
idea of what he is doing buried beneath his facade of Oslo Lite, this =
seems to be becoming less and less plausible by the minute.=20
The Israeli Left is becoming more radicalized by the day. The =
extremist traitors now increasing dominate it, as the Satanic Left =
nudges aside the Stupid Left (or the Oslo Left). Israeli Leftists are =
now at the forefront, not only of world anti-Zionism and the movement to =
destroy Israel, but also of world anti-Semitism. There are Israeli =
leftist professors featured on the web sites of neonazis, Islamist =
fundamentalists, and Holocaust Deniers. Israeli leftists are spreading =
every anti-Jewish blood libel imaginable (just this week, an Israeli =
leftist anti-Semitic web site www.indymedia.org.il spread two newly =
fabricated blood libels that Israeli soldiers are carving Jewish stars =
into the limbs of Palestinian children and that Jewish settlers are =
throwing two year old Arab children out of windows). If these people =
have not yet adopted as their causes proving that Jews drink gentile =
blood for Passover this is just a matter of time.=20
Politically, choice in Israel remains one between leftist treason =
and rightist incompetence. Israel has not yet emerged from the era of =
the Oslo death wish and national self-destruction. It has not yet shown =
it is prepared to fight for its survival at long last, against not only =
Arab Nazism but also Oslo appeasement and leftist delusions.=20
Celebrate 55. But if Israel does not soon wake up, 60 is still in =
doubt and 65 more so.=20
To put things in perspective, have a look at the 3-year old: =
When Israel was 52:
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4. SMOKE AND MIRRORS
By Dore Gold - Jerusalem Post - May 1, 2003=20
President George W. Bush revolutionized US policy regarding the =
Arab-Israeli conflict on June 24, 2002, when he declared that a "new and =
different Palestinian leadership" was required and that the Palestinians =
must elect "new leaders, leaders not compromised by terror."=20
Israel had uncovered incontrovertible evidence, months earlier, =
that Yasser Arafat, the head of the Palestinian Authority, had =
authorized, in his own handwriting, payments to those who organized =
suicide bombings against Israeli civilians; he had dispatched emissaries =
to Iraq, and had purchased weapons from Iran that were intercepted by =
Israel aboard the Karine-A in the Red Sea. Given this background, Bush =
concluded: "Today, Palestinian authorities are encouraging, not =
opposing, terrorism."=20
In order to rectify the situation, Bush insisted that new =
Palestinian leaders "engage in a sustained fight against the =
terrorists."=20
It would not be sufficient for the new Palestinian security forces =
to just foil attacks against Israel. Bush demanded that they "dismantle =
their infrastructure" before the US would back the establishment of a =
Palestinian state.=20
With the Egyptian-brokered agreement between Arafat and Mahmoud =
Abbas (Abu Mazen) over the formation of a new Palestinian cabinet, it =
becomes necessary to give a preliminary assessment as to whether the =
Palestinian government that is being formed will be able to fulfill the =
US policy requirements established by Bush.=20
What are the chances that the new Palestinian government will =
constitute a real break from the past?=20
For Israel, the litmus test of the new Palestinian government will =
be its readiness to fight terrorism, instead of supporting it as it has =
done in the past. There are a number of reasons for skepticism about =
this new regime:=20
Arafat remains the head of the Palestinian Authority. Rather than =
choosing new leaders who replace those who were "compromised by terror," =
the Palestinians have created the new position of Palestinian prime =
minister, to be filled by Abu Mazen, who will share powers with Arafat. =
Yet Arafat will still control many aspects of Palestinian finances, =
negotiating strategy, and security organs. Thus, he has not been =
sidelined and simply relegated to a largely ceremonial position.=20
Pro-Arafat forces remain dominant in the new Palestinian cabinet. =
Arafat has succeeded in retaining powerful ministers in the new =
Palestinian cabinet. They include Saeb Erekat, Nabil Shaath, and Yasser =
Abed Rabbo. Erekat, who was originally sidelined as a =
minister-without-portfolio will be "Minister of Negotiation Affairs." =
Nasser Yusuf who was slated to be Abu Mazen's deputy, was dropped =
entirely. It is expected that Abu Mazen will be appointing about four =
ministers in the new 25-man cabinet, while the majority of ministers =
will come from the previous Arafat-appointed cabinet.=20
Despite Abu Mazen's control of the Preventive Security =
Organization, Arafat still commands other, larger security =
organizations. Abu Mazen succeeded in bringing his own prot g , Muhammad =
Dahlan, into his cabinet. But there are still a large number of =
redundant security services in the Palestinian Authority that owe their =
loyalty to Arafat. The General Intelligence Organization of Tawfiq =
Tirawi, as well as the uniformed Palestinian security forces of Haj =
Ismail (West Bank) and Abed al-Razak al-Majaida (Gaza Strip), are =
together much larger than Dahlan's Preventive Security Organization. =
Arafat still controls Force 17, his personal security apparatus. Last =
June, Bush insisted that the Palestinian security services be reformed =
and that they have a "unified chain of command." This has not occurred; =
the other security services have not been disbanded.=20
In recognition of Arafat's ongoing authority in sensitive areas of =
security, the Palestinian Authority Web site in fact states that while =
Abu Mazen is supposed to control the more limited area of "internal =
security," Arafat is still responsible for overall Palestinian "national =
security."=20
Arafat refused to accept Abu Mazen's demand that the armed =
factions of Fatah be dismantled outside of the Palestinian Authority. =
Arafat still controls armed groups such as the Tanzim of the Fatah =
movement and the elite Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, both of which have =
engaged in terrorism against Israel. Moreover, Arafat still controls =
Palestinian funds that enable him to financially maintain these groups.=20
ABU MAZEN'S appointment as Palestinian prime minister is =
significant largely because he, at least, has openly expressed his =
opposition to Arafat's strategy of employing terrorism as a political =
instrument to advance Palestinian political aims. Yet, in a March 3, =
2003, interview, it should be pointed out, he still justified "armed =
struggle" against Israeli civilians over the "Green Line."=20
Moreover, Abu Mazen still has hard-line political positions on =
Palestinian-Israeli final status issues such as the refugees' right of =
return, borders, and Jerusalem: at Camp David, he even insisted on =
Palestinian sovereignty over the Western Wall. Israeli negotiators =
during the Barak government recall that Abu Mazen was not a positive =
force at the failed 2000 Camp David summit only to make novel =
concessions.=20
Despite his being the most personable of the Palestinian leaders, =
it would be a mistake to assume he is sympathetic to the Israeli view. =
In fact, back in 1983, just a decade before he signed the Oslo =
agreements, he wrote an infamous Holocaust-denial book. It is doubtful =
that Abu Mazen, alone, can or will implement the necessary changes in =
Palestinian policy that Bush demanded last June. His reputation as a =
peacemaker has been over-rated, largely through inaccurate historical =
accounts of the Oslo period; for examples he has repeatedly denied ever =
signing the so-called 1996 Beilin-Abu Mazen Agreement.=20
Abu Mazen's key ally in security affairs, Muhammad Dahlan, also =
has a checkered past when it comes to security issues. It is widely =
believed that he hid Hamas mastermind, Muhammad Def, for years. Dahlan's =
deputy, Rashid Abu Shabak, was responsible for a bomb attack on an =
Israeli school bus in Kfar Darom in November 2000. It is likely that Abu =
Mazen and Dahlan prefer to achieve a hiatus in armed attacks against =
Israel by rejuvenating their internal dialogue with Hamas and Islamic =
Jihad in Cairo, rather than by forcibly disarming these groups.=20
Nevertheless, the US reportedly intends to publish the "Quartet" =
road map after Abu Mazen's cabinet is approved by the Palestinian =
Legislative Council. The road map represents an effort on the part of =
the European Union, the UN, Russia, and the US to draft a joint policy =
for implementing Bush's June 24 vision. It is surprising that the US, at =
this stage, is incorporating European, Russian, and UN positions in its =
policy on Israel and the Palestinians after all three utterly failed to =
deal properly with the crisis over Iraq. If these three were willing to =
continue inspections of Iraq for months instead of confronting Saddam =
Hussein, won't they be prone to giving Arafat a passing grade in =
security affairs, even while he backs ongoing violence?=20
Bringing into the Israeli-Palestinian equation the parties who let =
the US down on Iraq is not a recipe for diplomatic success. While =
Washington has sought to isolate Arafat, European Union representatives =
have visited him. Given the current state of US-European relations, the =
US and its diplomatic partners can be expected to continue to work at =
cross purposes, while the Europeans seek to outflank the Americans and =
undercut their positions in Arab opinion. It is not wonder that the =
Quartet suggests that Israel make premature concessions before the =
Palestinians fully live up to their security commitments. Should Israel =
follow this advice and pull back from Palestinian cities prior to a =
demonstrable effort on the part of the Palestinian government to uproot =
terrorism, then an escalation of terrorist attacks against Israelis =
could be the result.=20
The best outcome that can be realistically hoped for after Abu =
Mazen's appointment as Palestinian prime minister would be an =
Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire. But a diplomatic breakthrough in =
peace-making remains unlikely, despite Abu Mazen's tactical flexibility =
on the issue of violence, as long as Arafat is still pulling the strings =
of government.=20
The appointment of the new Abu Mazen cabinet thus will not =
automatically lead to new Israeli-Palestinian understandings. Only after =
the Palestinian security organizations demonstrate a sustained fight =
against terrorism should reciprocal actions on the part of Israel be =
expected, regardless of the language of the Quartet's road map.=20
The writer, currently president of the Jerusalem Center for =
Public affairs, is a former Israeli ambassador to the UN and the author =
of Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism =
(Regnery, 2003).=20
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5. QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES
Anti-Semitism on Canadian Campuses=20
Very important T.V. expose tonight on anti-Semitism in Canada=20
Friday May 9th at 9 PM on Global TV (8 pm Manitoba, 10 pm =
Maritimes)=20
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ISRAEL=92S POPULATION IS 6.7 MILLION - As Israel marks its 55th =
anniversary, its population stands at 6.7 million. The country=92s =
Jewish population is 5.4 million (accounting for 38% of the world=92s =
Jews). The remaining population is 82% Muslim, 9% Christian, and 9% =
Druze. (Jer. Post, May 5)=20
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6. HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES
a.. A Roadblock to Mideast Peace=20
b.. The Friendship Circle: Jews and Christians Together=20
c.. Children, Bullying and The Consequences of Hate=20
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Petition</FONT></B><BR><FONT size=3D-1><STRONG>The =
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<LI><A href=3D"#1">CELEBRATE ISRAEL IN STYLE</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#2">STATEHOOD</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#3">ISRAEL AT 55</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#4">SMOKE AND MIRRORS</A>=20
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<H3>1. <A name=3D1>CELEBRATE ISRAEL IN =
STYLE</A></H3>By Moshe=20
Spinowitz -Israelinsider.com - May 8, 2003=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2><STRONG>W</STRONG></FONT>ith =
Passover fresh=20
in my mind, I find myself singing "Dayenu" on Israel's 55th =
Independence=20
Day. We Jews are fortunate to have a nation of our own that has =
survived=20
several wars of aggression and escaped the latest Middle-East war =
with=20
nary a scud attack. For that alone, we could say, "Dayenu!" - "It =
would=20
have been enough."=20
<P>Israelis have defended more than their own country - they have =
saved=20
countless lives around the world through their bravery: Colonel =
Yonatan=20
Netanyahu was killed when he led a successful rescue mission on =
the=20
Entebbe Airport in Uganda in 1976, freeing over 100 passengers =
from an Air=20
France flight held hostage by terrorists. In 1981, Colonel Ilan =
Ramon, a=20
victim of the recent Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy, participated =
in the=20
bombing raid that destroyed Saddam Hussein's nuclear facility and =
saved=20
America and the Middle East from atomic terror in 1991 and 2003. =
Dayenu!=20
<P>But Israel's accomplishments are greater than mere survival and =
military ingenuity. Israel is a diverse, creative, and free =
society that=20
has flourished in the face of terror and has given the world the=20
technology that we use everyday. This year, the Jewish community =
should=20
celebrate Israel's many achievements - which we take for granted - =
in the=20
arena of technology, medicine, culture, and sports.=20
<P>Did you know that Israeli scientists from Motorola Israel =
developed the=20
cell phone? This Independence Day, call five of your friends and =
tell them=20
to thank Israel for the nifty communicator they slip into their =
purses and=20
pockets. While you're IM'ing your buddies, pass on the news that =
four=20
young Israeli programmers developed the technology behind AOL's =
Instant=20
Messenger.=20
<P>Did you know that Intel's new high-speed Centrino chip - which =
doubles=20
battery life on laptops - was developed entirely in Israel? While =
watching=20
a DVD for hours on your Centrino laptop, thank Israel for the =
extra=20
battery life.=20
<P>In the field of medicine, Israel is saving your heart and =
making=20
innovations in early cancer detection. Did you know that =
researchers in=20
Israel developed a new device that directly helps the heart pump =
blood, an=20
innovation with the potential to save lives among those with =
congestive=20
heart failure? Israeli scientists also developed the first fully=20
computerized, no-radiation, diagnostic instrumentation for breast =
cancer.=20
Israel's Given Imaging developed the first ingestible video =
camera, so=20
small it fits inside a pill to help doctors diagnose cancer and =
digestive=20
disorders.=20
<P>How does Israel maintain this hit parade of medical =
achievements?=20
Israel has more engineers and scientists per capita than any other =
country. It also produces more scientific papers per capita than =
any other=20
nation. But Israeli heroes of medicine and science don't just stay =
in the=20
lab; they rush into the fray and save people, not only in Israel, =
but=20
around the world: When the U.S. Embassy in Kenya was bombed in =
1998,=20
Israeli rescue teams were on the scene within a day - and saved =
three=20
victims from the rubble. A year later they were on the ground in =
Turkey=20
rescuing earthquake victims.=20
<P>And who said the Golden Age of Jewish athletes is over? Israeli =
tennis=20
player Anna Smashnova is the 15th ranked female player in the =
world. Memo=20
to all you Israel-loving tennis fans: In addition to following =
Venus and=20
Serena this tennis season, add Smashnova to your roster of =
favorites.=20
<P>Think Jews can't jump? Israel's Maccabi basketball team won the =
European championships in 2001, and Europe's SuproLeague MVP was =
Israeli=20
center Nate Huffman.=20
<P>At the next meeting of the Galactic Senate in the Star Wars =
universe,=20
someone should inform Chancellor Palpatine that Queen Padme =
Amidala=20
(actress Natalie Portman) was actually born in Jerusalem. I hope =
she can=20
still serve in the Senate. Fans of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers =
should=20
note that the show was developed by Haim Saban, an Israeli whose =
family=20
fled Egypt.=20
<P>Let the hip-hop generation learn that Israel has earned a spot =
on the=20
map. This month, the rap group Wu-Tang Clan will visit Israel on a =
solidarity music tour. Wu-Tang member Cappadonna said, "No one =
thinks that=20
a Hebrew-speaking country has anything do with hip-hop, but =
hip-hop is=20
alive in Israel."=20
<P>I assure connoisseurs of "high culture" that Israel has covered =
its=20
bases. During the 1991 Gulf War, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra =
played=20
a concert wearing gas masks as scud missiles fired by Saddam fell =
on Tel=20
Aviv. Israel has more museums per capita than any other country, =
and=20
Israel has the world's second highest per capita output of new =
books.=20
<P>This Independence Day, celebrate Israel for all her diverse=20
accomplishments and tell your friends and family about the =
unheralded=20
contributions Israel has made to your life. For more information =
and=20
posters that you can hang up about Israel's contributions, please =
see <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.israelcelebration.com">http://www.israelcelebration.co=
m.</A>=20
<HR>
<H3>2. <A name=3D2>STATEHOOD</A></H3>by Charles =
Krauthammer=20
-Washington Post - May 9, 2003=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>L</FONT>ast June 24, President =
Bush=20
announced a radical departure in American Middle East policy. He =
expressed=20
strong support for Palestinian statehood but only under a new =
reformed=20
Palestinian leadership that did not include Yasser Arafat.=20
<P>The reason is uncomplicated: As long as Yasser Arafat wields =
power,=20
there can and will be no peace between Israel and the =
Palestinians. In=20
2000, the most dovish Israeli government in history presented =
Arafat with=20
the most generous offer the Palestinians have gotten from =
anyone--a=20
Palestinian state on 97 percent of the West Bank with its capital =
in a=20
shared Jerusalem. Arafat, intent on getting land without peace, =
responded=20
by starting a now 31-month-old bloodbath.=20
<P>For a long time, there was no Palestinian alternative to =
Arafat. Now=20
there is. Abu Mazen, a close comrade of Arafat for 40 years, =
wanted to=20
accept the Camp David 2000 deal. Moreover, Abu Mazen has spoken =
out=20
against the intifada as a terrible historical mistake. Is he =
sincere? No=20
one knows for sure, but his courage entitles him to at least a =
test of his=20
sincerity.=20
<P>On April 30, Abu Mazen was sworn in as prime minister by the=20
Palestinian Legislative Council. The United States and its peace =
partners=20
then released the road map to Palestinian statehood by 2005. The =
problem=20
is that Abu Mazen is not yet in control. And he may never be.=20
<P>The consistent and principled American policy had been that the =
road=20
map and the push to statehood would occur only when a Palestinian=20
government dedicated to real reform and real peace replaced the =
violent=20
and corrupt Arafat regime. That has not occurred.=20
<P>During the decade of the phony Oslo peace, Arafat had set up =
seven=20
``security organizations''--private militias and secret =
police--under his=20
command. They were supposed to be transferred to Abu Mazen's =
control. They=20
have not been. Arafat still controls five of the seven, including =
Force=20
17, which is actively involved in terrorism.=20
<P>And Arafat controls more than guns. In pre-confirmation =
backroom=20
maneuvering, Arafat managed to pack the ostensible Abu Mazen =
Cabinet with=20
a dozen Arafat loyalists. Indeed, the crucial portfolios of =
foreign=20
affairs and peace negotiations were given not to Abu Mazen's =
people but to=20
Arafat's old guard.=20
<P>The Bush administration can pretend that none of this has =
happened. It=20
can pretend that Abu Mazen is really in control. It can pretend =
that Abu=20
Mazen, without control of the security apparatus, is somehow going =
to stop=20
the violence. That would be a precise repetition of the disaster =
of the=20
Oslo ``peace process,'' in which the United States willfully and=20
repeatedly ignored the realities on the ground--Arafat's =
corruption,=20
incitement and support of terrorism--until all hell broke loose in =
September 2000, and it could pretend no more.=20
<P>To publish the road map with Arafat still wielding enormous =
power over=20
security, terrorism and negotiations is simply to step back into =
the Oslo=20
morass. It can only end as Oslo did.=20
<P>What to do? The only way peace will be possible is if we stick =
to the=20
June 24 principle that Arafat must go. That means freezing the =
road map=20
until Abu Mazen is ceded real control. This is a strategic =
decision the=20
Palestinians themselves must make. But the United States should =
not be=20
inducing them to make the wrong one.=20
<P>The shunning of Arafat by the Bush administration helped bring =
Abu=20
Mazen out of nowhere. To relax that shunning now, to reward the=20
Palestinians by demanding Israeli concessions and by encouraging=20
negotiations while the violence continues with the support and =
cooperation=20
of Arafat, will do nothing but strengthen Arafat and doom any =
chance for a=20
real transfer of power.=20
<P>But that is precisely what our road map partners, the =
Europeans, are=20
doing. They insist on having some pompous official--the latest is =
German=20
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer--ostentatiously visit Arafat in =
his=20
compound, keeping alive his claim to ``international legitimacy.'' =
Even=20
Britain's Jack Straw, foreign secretary of our closest and warmest =
ally,=20
said: ``Arafat is still the person who we are dealing with.'' =
(Asharq=20
al-Awsat, May 1.)=20
<P>Nothing could be worse for peace. On June 24, 2002, the United =
States=20
told the Palestinians: If you want a state, we will get you one. =
But you=20
won't get there with Arafat, who has led you into a wilderness of =
blood=20
and with whom we cannot deal because he will never make peace. =
This=20
brought ferment among the Palestinians and brought Abu Mazen to =
the fore.=20
But it is diplomatic suicide to stop that reform process now by =
proceeding=20
along the road map as if Arafat didn't exist, when he is in fact =
still=20
pulling levers. And triggers.=20
<HR>
<H3>3. <A name=3D3>ISRAEL AT 55</A></H3>by Steven =
Plaut - May 7,=20
2003=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2><STRONG>I</STRONG></FONT>srael =
is 55 years=20
old today. The good news is that five years ago it did not look =
like it=20
was going to make it to 55. The bad news is that 60 is still in =
doubt. 65=20
even more so.=20
<P>If one takes a deep breath and steps back, much of the picture =
in Jewry=20
now looks very good. In the past few weeks, one of the most =
viciously=20
anti-Jewish powers on earth was annihilated in a few weeks without =
Israel=20
lifting a finger, reminiscent of the Biblical command before the =
exodus=20
from Egypt of the Israelites, You just sit back and be silent and =
watch.=20
Iraq, once the center of the Moslem Caliphate, is today an =
American=20
protectorate and may now undergo thorough denazification at last, =
the=20
first and hopefully not the last Arab fascist regime to do so. Its =
fall=20
may destabilize and threaten Iran and Syria. In a Purim-like =
inversion,=20
instead of Israel being surrounded by hostile regimes, Syria =
suddenly=20
finds itself completely surrounded by hostile regimes, every =
single one=20
allied with the United States. Syrias economy continues to fester =
in=20
Third-World poverty and Soviet style mismanagement, limiting the =
regimes=20
options. Whereas historically the first military power on earth =
was=20
generally balanced off by numbers two and three, who if they =
combined=20
could balance number one, today the number one power cannot be =
balanced=20
off even by the next 20 or maybe 30.=20
<P>Israels military deterrence gained enormously from the =
effortless=20
defeat of Saddam by the Americans. Israel uses the same arms as =
the Yanks,=20
and the Arabs use the same methods and arms as Saddam. North Korea =
may at=20
long last be on the American hit list. Despite a deep current =
recession,=20
Israels economy has solid healthy fundamentals, a First-World =
first-class=20
labor force and a high tech sector at the forefront.=20
<P>Most importantly, there has never been an era of such Jewish =
security=20
as the past 55 years. Let me repeat that because it may strike you =
as=20
absurd, given the daily atrocities and the Oslo bloodbath. Never =
have the=20
Jews been so secure.=20
<P>Yesterday Israel marked its Memorial Day. Around 21,500 =
Israelis have=20
died in battle or in belligerent attacks by the Arabs since 1947. =
Of=20
those, about half died in the War of Independence. Around 1300 =
were=20
murdered in the Oslo bloodbath of the past decade, mostly =
civilians, many=20
of them children. So how can I say this is an unprecedented era of =
Jewish=20
security?=20
<P>Because since the time of the destruction of the Second Temple, =
there=20
was probably never an era of two generations in which ONLY 21,000 =
Jews=20
were killed by anti-Semites! During World War II, at their height =
of=20
"efficiency, that many Jews were killed each day by the Nazis.=20
<P>21,500 dead is an outrage and those responsible especially for =
the 1300=20
of the past decade must be held accountable and answerable. But it =
is=20
still a pittance in terms of Jewish history. It is a bi-product of =
the=20
complete denial and intentional erasure of Jewish history by the =
Israeli=20
school system that Israelis have no idea of how to put that 21,500 =
number=20
into perspective. The Rabbis here have ruled that on Israel =
Independence=20
Day the Hallel prayers, said on special festive days, should be =
recited.=20
Contemplating that number makes this decision seem very wise.=20
<P>Finally, Amram Mitzna, arguably the potentially most dangerous =
Israeli=20
politician in the past decade, has crashed and burned. He not only =
got=20
whipped in the national election, he has been forced to resign as =
head of=20
the Labor Party, he has lost control of the Labor Party machine, =
he has=20
been forced out even as Haifa mayor, and his corrupt local Haifa =
party=20
machine is about to be creamed in the coming municipal elections, =
ending=20
once and for all the Era of Mitznagate at the local Haifa level.=20
<P>The problem with this rosy picture is that there are still =
existential=20
dangers to Israels very existence and in some ways they are =
growing.=20
Israel has been so undermined by Oslo and the countrys Left that =
much of=20
the population has lost its will to survive and its instinct to =
resist=20
national self-annihilation. The Likud itself is increasingly =
Beilinized=20
and striving for yet another nice Oslo deal with the PLO, one that =
will be=20
yet another unilateral appeasement by Israel that buys nothing but =
increased Palestinian savagery and atrocities. The US and the =
Eurotrash=20
are still demanding that Israel place its neck into an existential =
noose=20
by "giving a Palestinian state a try". While there are still some =
question=20
marks about whether Ariel Sharon really has some idea of what he =
is doing=20
buried beneath his facade of Oslo Lite, this seems to be becoming =
less and=20
less plausible by the minute.=20
<P>The Israeli Left is becoming more radicalized by the day. The =
extremist=20
traitors now increasing dominate it, as the Satanic Left nudges =
aside the=20
Stupid Left (or the Oslo Left). Israeli Leftists are now at the =
forefront,=20
not only of world anti-Zionism and the movement to destroy Israel, =
but=20
also of world anti-Semitism. There are Israeli leftist professors =
featured=20
on the web sites of neonazis, Islamist fundamentalists, and =
Holocaust=20
Deniers. Israeli leftists are spreading every anti-Jewish blood =
libel=20
imaginable (just this week, an Israeli leftist anti-Semitic web =
site=20
www.indymedia.org.il spread two newly fabricated blood libels that =
Israeli=20
soldiers are carving Jewish stars into the limbs of Palestinian =
children=20
and that Jewish settlers are throwing two year old Arab children =
out of=20
windows). If these people have not yet adopted as their causes =
proving=20
that Jews drink gentile blood for Passover this is just a matter =
of time.=20
<P>Politically, choice in Israel remains one between leftist =
treason and=20
rightist incompetence. Israel has not yet emerged from the era of =
the Oslo=20
death wish and national self-destruction. It has not yet shown it =
is=20
prepared to fight for its survival at long last, against not only =
Arab=20
Nazism but also Oslo appeasement and leftist delusions.=20
<P>Celebrate 55. But if Israel does not soon wake up, 60 is still =
in doubt=20
and 65 more so.=20
<BLOCKQUOTE>To put things in perspective, have a look at the =
3-year old:=20
<A href=3D"www.freeman.org/m_online/jun00/plaut.htm">When Israel =
was=20
52:</A></BLOCKQUOTE>
<HR>
<H3>4. <A name=3D4>SMOKE AND MIRRORS</A></H3>By Dore =
Gold -=20
Jerusalem Post - May 1, 2003=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>P</FONT>resident George W. Bush =
revolutionized US policy regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict on =
June 24,=20
2002, when he declared that a "new and different Palestinian =
leadership"=20
was required and that the Palestinians must elect "new leaders, =
leaders=20
not compromised by terror."=20
<P>Israel had uncovered incontrovertible evidence, months earlier, =
that=20
Yasser Arafat, the head of the Palestinian Authority, had =
authorized, in=20
his own handwriting, payments to those who organized suicide =
bombings=20
against Israeli civilians; he had dispatched emissaries to Iraq, =
and had=20
purchased weapons from Iran that were intercepted by Israel aboard =
the=20
Karine-A in the Red Sea. Given this background, Bush concluded: =
"Today,=20
Palestinian authorities are encouraging, not opposing, terrorism." =
<P>In order to rectify the situation, Bush insisted that new =
Palestinian=20
leaders "engage in a sustained fight against the terrorists."=20
<P>It would not be sufficient for the new Palestinian security =
forces to=20
just foil attacks against Israel. Bush demanded that they =
"dismantle their=20
infrastructure" before the US would back the establishment of a=20
Palestinian state.=20
<P>With the Egyptian-brokered agreement between Arafat and Mahmoud =
Abbas=20
(Abu Mazen) over the formation of a new Palestinian cabinet, it =
becomes=20
necessary to give a preliminary assessment as to whether the =
Palestinian=20
government that is being formed will be able to fulfill the US =
policy=20
requirements established by Bush.=20
<P>What are the chances that the new Palestinian government will=20
constitute a real break from the past?=20
<P>For Israel, the litmus test of the new Palestinian government =
will be=20
its readiness to fight terrorism, instead of supporting it as it =
has done=20
in the past. There are a number of reasons for skepticism about =
this new=20
regime:=20
<P>Arafat remains the head of the Palestinian Authority. Rather =
than=20
choosing new leaders who replace those who were "compromised by =
terror,"=20
the Palestinians have created the new position of Palestinian =
prime=20
minister, to be filled by Abu Mazen, who will share powers with =
Arafat.=20
Yet Arafat will still control many aspects of Palestinian =
finances,=20
negotiating strategy, and security organs. Thus, he has not been =
sidelined=20
and simply relegated to a largely ceremonial position.=20
<P>Pro-Arafat forces remain dominant in the new Palestinian =
cabinet.=20
Arafat has succeeded in retaining powerful ministers in the new=20
Palestinian cabinet. They include Saeb Erekat, Nabil Shaath, and =
Yasser=20
Abed Rabbo. Erekat, who was originally sidelined as a=20
minister-without-portfolio will be "Minister of Negotiation =
Affairs."=20
Nasser Yusuf who was slated to be Abu Mazen's deputy, was dropped=20
entirely. It is expected that Abu Mazen will be appointing about =
four=20
ministers in the new 25-man cabinet, while the majority of =
ministers will=20
come from the previous Arafat-appointed cabinet.=20
<P>Despite Abu Mazen's control of the Preventive Security =
Organization,=20
Arafat still commands other, larger security organizations. Abu =
Mazen=20
succeeded in bringing his own prot g , Muhammad Dahlan, into his =
cabinet.=20
But there are still a large number of redundant security services =
in the=20
Palestinian Authority that owe their loyalty to Arafat. The =
General=20
Intelligence Organization of Tawfiq Tirawi, as well as the =
uniformed=20
Palestinian security forces of Haj Ismail (West Bank) and Abed =
al-Razak=20
al-Majaida (Gaza Strip), are together much larger than Dahlan's =
Preventive=20
Security Organization. Arafat still controls Force 17, his =
personal=20
security apparatus. Last June, Bush insisted that the Palestinian =
security=20
services be reformed and that they have a "unified chain of =
command." This=20
has not occurred; the other security services have not been =
disbanded.=20
<P>In recognition of Arafat's ongoing authority in sensitive areas =
of=20
security, the Palestinian Authority Web site in fact states that =
while Abu=20
Mazen is supposed to control the more limited area of "internal =
security,"=20
Arafat is still responsible for overall Palestinian "national =
security."=20
<P>Arafat refused to accept Abu Mazen's demand that the armed =
factions of=20
Fatah be dismantled outside of the Palestinian Authority. Arafat =
still=20
controls armed groups such as the Tanzim of the Fatah movement and =
the=20
elite Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, both of which have engaged in =
terrorism=20
against Israel. Moreover, Arafat still controls Palestinian funds =
that=20
enable him to financially maintain these groups.=20
<P>ABU MAZEN'S appointment as Palestinian prime minister is =
significant=20
largely because he, at least, has openly expressed his opposition =
to=20
Arafat's strategy of employing terrorism as a political instrument =
to=20
advance Palestinian political aims. Yet, in a March 3, 2003, =
interview, it=20
should be pointed out, he still justified "armed struggle" against =
Israeli=20
civilians over the "Green Line."=20
<P>Moreover, Abu Mazen still has hard-line political positions on=20
Palestinian-Israeli final status issues such as the refugees' =
right of=20
return, borders, and Jerusalem: at Camp David, he even insisted on =
Palestinian sovereignty over the Western Wall. Israeli negotiators =
during=20
the Barak government recall that Abu Mazen was not a positive =
force at the=20
failed 2000 Camp David summit only to make novel concessions.=20
<P>Despite his being the most personable of the Palestinian =
leaders, it=20
would be a mistake to assume he is sympathetic to the Israeli =
view. In=20
fact, back in 1983, just a decade before he signed the Oslo =
agreements, he=20
wrote an infamous Holocaust-denial book. It is doubtful that Abu =
Mazen,=20
alone, can or will implement the necessary changes in Palestinian =
policy=20
that Bush demanded last June. His reputation as a peacemaker has =
been=20
over-rated, largely through inaccurate historical accounts of the =
Oslo=20
period; for examples he has repeatedly denied ever signing the =
so-called=20
1996 Beilin-Abu Mazen Agreement.=20
<P>Abu Mazen's key ally in security affairs, Muhammad Dahlan, also =
has a=20
checkered past when it comes to security issues. It is widely =
believed=20
that he hid Hamas mastermind, Muhammad Def, for years. Dahlan's =
deputy,=20
Rashid Abu Shabak, was responsible for a bomb attack on an Israeli =
school=20
bus in Kfar Darom in November 2000. It is likely that Abu Mazen =
and Dahlan=20
prefer to achieve a hiatus in armed attacks against Israel by =
rejuvenating=20
their internal dialogue with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Cairo, =
rather than=20
by forcibly disarming these groups.=20
<P>Nevertheless, the US reportedly intends to publish the =
"Quartet" road=20
map after Abu Mazen's cabinet is approved by the Palestinian =
Legislative=20
Council. The road map represents an effort on the part of the =
European=20
Union, the UN, Russia, and the US to draft a joint policy for =
implementing=20
Bush's June 24 vision. It is surprising that the US, at this =
stage, is=20
incorporating European, Russian, and UN positions in its policy on =
Israel=20
and the Palestinians after all three utterly failed to deal =
properly with=20
the crisis over Iraq. If these three were willing to continue =
inspections=20
of Iraq for months instead of confronting Saddam Hussein, won't =
they be=20
prone to giving Arafat a passing grade in security affairs, even =
while he=20
backs ongoing violence?=20
<P>Bringing into the Israeli-Palestinian equation the parties who =
let the=20
US down on Iraq is not a recipe for diplomatic success. While =
Washington=20
has sought to isolate Arafat, European Union representatives have =
visited=20
him. Given the current state of US-European relations, the US and =
its=20
diplomatic partners can be expected to continue to work at cross =
purposes,=20
while the Europeans seek to outflank the Americans and undercut =
their=20
positions in Arab opinion. It is not wonder that the Quartet =
suggests that=20
Israel make premature concessions before the Palestinians fully =
live up to=20
their security commitments. Should Israel follow this advice and =
pull back=20
from Palestinian cities prior to a demonstrable effort on the part =
of the=20
Palestinian government to uproot terrorism, then an escalation of=20
terrorist attacks against Israelis could be the result.=20
<P>The best outcome that can be realistically hoped for after Abu =
Mazen's=20
appointment as Palestinian prime minister would be an =
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