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CAFI Newsletter
Newsletter #199 Friday, August 27, 2004=20
1.. THE WORLD IS SILENT AGAIN=20
2.. IRAQ'S DISAPPEARING CHRISTIANS=20
3.. DOWN A NOTCH=20
4.. AN ISRAELI MOMENT TO SAVOR=20
5.. QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES=20
6.. HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES=20
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1. THE WORLD IS SILENT AGAIN
By Shalom Freedman - israelinsider.com - August 26, 2004=20
One of the most significant elements in enabling the Holocaust =
(the murder of over one- third of the Jewish people, the great majority =
of the Jews of Europe) was the silence of the world. A great share of =
the Jewish people who were murdered might have been saved had there been =
resistance and outcry on the part of the major Allied Powers, and on the =
part of many governments and individuals who could have done something =
to stop the murder. One of the most difficult aspects of the Shoah for =
the Jewish people is this sense of having been abandoned and betrayed by =
humanity as a whole, and most especially by those who fought for the =
freedom of mankind against the Nazi evil.=20
Now today a portion of the Jewish people, more than one third of =
the Jewish people, the heart of the Jewish people, is being threatened =
with another 'Shoah'. And again the world is by and large silent.=20
This time the threat is not made directly against the people =
themselves, but against the state in which they live. But the threat is =
such - the threat of using weapons of mass-destruction to destroy the =
state - that its translation into reality would mean in effect the =
murder of hundreds of thousands perhaps even millions of Jews.=20
This threat is openly made every Friday in the central mosque of =
Tehran where it is proclaimed that the 'Zionist state' must and will be =
eliminated. This threat has been made frequently by various leaders of =
Iran especially over the past three years. In early August of 2004 both =
the Iranian Defense Minister, and the head of the political wing of the =
organization that militarily controls Iran - the Islamic Revolutionary =
Guard - proclaimed that Iran had the capacity to hit with its missiles =
every place in Israel, and to destroy the Jewish state. True, in these =
instances they promised to launch the Iranian missiles in response to =
any effort by Israel to attack Iranian nuclear sites. But their threats =
have behind them the openly proclaimed ideology of the Islamic =
Revolutionary State, and that ideology clearly states that the goal is =
"to completely wipe the Zionist entity from the face of the earth."=20
These threats are frequently reported by the world media, and =
ignored by world- leaders. One of course does not expect the leaders of =
the Islamic bloc to object to these statements since many of them =
undoubtedly share the Iranian goal. One does not even so much expect =
third- or - fourth world dictatorships to respond to them for they do =
not themselves exemplify values in which human life and dignity are =
respected. But one does expect that the democracies of the world would =
respond to them with outrage and anger, and even counter-threat. But =
that does not come. France and Germany - the leaders of the New Europe - =
are more worried about their energy supplies and trade relations with =
Iran than contending with genocidal threats. More difficult to =
comprehend is the lack of outrage from the U.S. at this threat to one of =
America's most loyal allies. For even though the President and some of =
his associates have taken note of, and warned against the Iranian threat =
they have not picked up upon the specific threat made against Israel, =
the genocidal language Iran has used against Israel alone.=20
The free world's silence at this genocidal threat to Israel must =
be understood not simply in relation to Jews and Israel, as their =
abandonment for expediency's sake. It must be understood as fundamental =
violation of their own ideals of justice and respect for human life and =
dignity. It is the free world betraying itself in its silence.=20
It is time for leaders of the free world to act with courage and =
decency. Instead of hiding behind vague general statements they must =
come out and openly declare that a threat such as this against Israel, =
is a threat against the free world as a whole. And that any Iranian =
attack on Israel will be regarded as an attack on the free world itself. =
Nothing less than this can be a true sign that the world, or at =
least the free world has learned something from its failings during the =
Shoah, and is determined to see that it does not in a new form happen =
again to the heart and soul of the Jewish people that is the State of =
Israel.=20
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2. IRAQ'S DISAPPEARING CHRISTIANS
By Daniel Pipes - FrontPageMagazine.com - August 24, 2004=20
"What are the Muslims doing?" asked Brother Louis, a deacon at the =
Our Lady of Salvation, an Assyrian Catholic church in Baghdad minutes =
after it had been bombed. "Does this mean that they want us [Christians] =
out?"=20
Well, yes, it does. Our Lady of Salvation was just one of five =
churches attacked in a series of coordinated explosions in Baghdad and =
Mosul on Aug. 1, a Sunday, between 6 and 7 o'clock in the evening. In =
total, these car bombings killed 11 persons and injured 55. In addition, =
the police defused another two bombs.=20
The timing of the assault guaranteed a maximum number of =
casualties. August 1 is a holy day for some Iraqi Christian =
denominations and because Sunday is an ordinary workday in mostly Muslim =
Iraq, Sunday services take place in the evening.=20
The five bombings were by no means the first attacks targeting =
Iraq's Christian minority since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Others, =
according to the Barnabas Fund (an organization assisting persecuted =
Christian minorities), were bunched together at the end of 2003 and =
included a missile attack on a convent in Mosul; bombs placed (but =
defused) in two Christian schools in Baghdad and Mosul; a bomb explosion =
at a Baghdad church on Christmas Eve; and a bomb placed (but defused) at =
a monastery in Mosul.=20
In addition, Islamists have attacked the predominantly Christian =
owners of liquor, music, and fashion stores, as well as beauty salons, =
wanting them to close down their businesses. Christian women are =
threatened unless they cover their heads in the Islamic fashion. Random =
Christians have been assassinated.=20
These assaults have prompted Iraqi Christians, one of the oldest =
Christian bodies in the world, to leave their country in record numbers. =
An Iraqi deacon observed some months ago that "On a recent night the =
church had to spend more time on filling out baptismal forms needed for =
leaving the country than they did on the [worship] service. ... Our =
community is being decimated." Iraq's minister for displacement and =
migration, Pascale Icho Warda, estimates that 40,000 Christians left =
Iraq in the two weeks following the Aug. 1 bombings.=20
Whereas Christians make up just 3 percent of the country's =
population, their proportion of the refugee flow into Syria is estimated =
anywhere between 20 and 95 percent. Looking at the larger picture, one =
estimate finds that about 40 percent of the community has left since =
1987, when the census found 1.4 million Iraqi Christians.=20
Although Muslim leaders uniformly condemned the attacks (Grand =
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani termed them "criminal actions," while the =
interim Iraqi government bravely declared that "This blow is going to =
unite Iraqis"), they almost certainly mark a milestone in the decline =
and possible disappearance of Iraqi Christianity.=20
This seems all the more likely because Christians, due mainly to =
Islamist persecution and lower birth rates, are disappearing from the =
Middle East as a whole.=20
=B7 Bethlehem and Nazareth, the most identifiably Christian =
towns on earth, enjoyed a Christian majority for nearly two millennia, =
but no more. In Jerusalem, the decline has been particularly steep: in =
1922, Christians slightly outnumbered Muslims and today they make up =
less than 2 percent of the city's population.=20
=B7 In Turkey, Christians numbered 2 million in 1920 but now =
only a few thousand remain.=20
=B7 In Syria, they represented about one-third of the population =
early last century; now they account for less than 10 percent.=20
=B7 In Lebanon, they made up 55 percent of the population in =
1932 and now under 30 percent.=20
=B7 In Egypt, for the first time ever Copts have been emigrating =
in significant numbers since the 1950s.
At present rates, the Middle East's 11 million Christians will in =
a decade or two have lost their cultural vitality and political =
significance.=20
It bears noting that Christians are recapitulating the Jewish =
exodus of a few decades earlier. Jews in the Middle East numbered about =
a million in 1948 and today total (outside Israel) a mere 60,000.=20
In combination, these ethnic cleansings of two ancient religious =
minorities mark the end of an era. The multiplicity of Middle Eastern =
life, most memorably celebrated in Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet =
(1957-60), is being reduced to the flat monotony of a single religion =
and a handful of approved languages. The entire region, not just the =
affected minorities, is impoverished by this narrowing.=20
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3. DOWN A NOTCH
By David Parsons - ICEJ Word From Jerusalem - September/October =
2004=20
Yasser Arafat is looking unusually vulnerable these days. King =
Abdullah II of Jordan has urged him to "take a long look in the mirror" =
and step down. US Secretary of State Colin Powell cautions not to trust =
his "yo-yo" promises on reform that always "get pulled back." Arafat's =
humble pleas to attend his sister's recent funeral in Gaza went =
completely unheeded by Israel. Worse yet, renegades in Fatah are burning =
his Authority's offices and kidnapping his generals with impunity. All =
in all, the aging Palestinian leader has faced the most serious =
challenge ever to his one-man rule this summer - and survived.=20
Nonetheless, the rising levels of frustration with Arafat abroad =
and the unprecedented signs of rebellion among his own people are clear =
indicators that his iron grip on power is irretrievably slipping away. =
At long last, it is fair game to criticise the "Old Man" in public, and =
leaflets linked to one disgruntled Fatah splinter group even threatened =
his life. But should Israelis take hope from the rumblings in the =
Palestinian camp? Or are those behind the reformist revolt just as =
intractable and devious in the pursuit of peace?=20
INTRA-FADA - The recent mutiny against Arafat erupted due to =
widespread disgust with "corruption" within the Palestinian Authority =
and the lack of any real democratic reforms that would end the thievery. =
The Palestinian people have been impoverished by the intifada against =
Israel, despite billions of dollars in sympathetic aid. Meanwhile, =
Arafat's cronies seem to be only getting richer.=20
"Arafat is sitting on the corpses and ruins of the Palestinians at =
a time when they are desperately in need of a new mentality", former =
Gaza security chief Muhammad Dahlan recently told the Kuwaiti daily Al =
Watan. "[$5 billion in donor funds] have gone down the drain, and we =
don't know where."=20
The "reformists" ganged up on Arafat from three directions. =
Threatening to resign, PA prime minister Ahmed Qurei and his cabinet =
demanded more powers, while Arafat's critics in the Palestinian =
Legislative Council sought the same. Meantime, leading Fatah activists =
and young militants said they no longer viewed Arafat's regime as the =
sole decision-maker for their people's collective aspirations.=20
All sought an end to the corruption, chaos and uncertainty of =
direction within the PA, but there was absolutely nothing in their =
rhetoric to suggest that a softer line towards Israel is waiting in the =
wings. In fact, the street toughs insisted that Palestinian coffers be =
focused more squarely on terrorising the Jews.=20
At the height of the recent intrafada, Fatah gunmen torched PA =
buildings and abducted policemen and foreigners to protest the cut-off =
of funds for their 'military operations' and Arafat's appointment of his =
cousin Musa as head of Gazan police. Meanwhile Arafat fought back by =
dispatching masked men to shoot a dissident former cabinet minister, =
among other strong-arm tactics.=20
Eventually, the reformist revolt descended into an old-fashioned =
power struggle between rival forces in the next generation jockeying for =
position in the post-Arafat era.=20
Dahlan in particular has seen Arafat's growing weakness, along =
with Israel's disengagement plan, as an opportunity for him to wrest =
control of the Strip from the chairman, who remains trapped in his =
bombed-out presidential compound in Ramallah. Dahlan supporters trounced =
Arafat loyalists in local Fatah elections in much of Gaza in July, =
emboldening him to issue the PA leader with an ultimatum on reforms or =
face mass demonstrations.=20
A FITTING END - Arafat has managed to fend off the challenge for =
now, largely because he remains the living symbol of the Palestinian =
nationalist movement. But he was undoubtedly whittled down a notch by =
his own people and a recent poll shows 80% backing for an emergency =
"unified command" of nationalist and Islamic forces to steer the =
Palestinians out of their current mess.=20
Arafat's hopes for a comeback on the international stage rest on =
the results of the US elections in November. He is banking on the defeat =
of President George W. Bush, which he believes will lead to the downfall =
of Israeli leader Ariel Sharon, the man who vowed to "remove" him some =
two years ago.=20
For some reason, Sharon seems to have been the one Israeli leader =
over the years capable of standing up to Arafat and actually out-foxing =
him. It would be disastrous for Israel if Arafat were able to boast that =
he has outlasted Sharon as well.=20
It is no secret that many Israelis and their friends worldwide =
have spent years quietly hoping and praying for the demise of Yasser =
Arafat - whether by natural means or the IDF's swift fury. But it would =
be far more just and fitting if he - like Saddam Hussein - were to be =
judged by his own people for the crimes he has committed against them. =
Such a turn of events for either man once seemed well beyond belief - =
but no longer.=20
PROFILES: The Next Generation
The Dapper Don: Muhammad Dahlan, former security chief in Gaza, =
likes to dress sharp, commands a strong Fatah following in the Strip and =
has won the trust of some American and British officials with his talk =
of ending corruption. But he is also a childhood friend of Hamas =
bomb-maker Muhammad Deif, has profited from official graft himself, and =
was recorded by the CIA ordering a deadly bus attack in Gush Katif in =
2001. Cut in Arafat's mafia-boss image, he could end up ruling Gaza with =
Hamas.=20
The Street Fighter: Marwan Barghouti, head of the Fatah Tanzim =
militia in the West Bank, is currently serving several life terms in an =
Israeli jail for orchestrating lethal terror attacks. After gaining =
popularity during the first intifada and prior stints in Israeli =
prisons, his fiery oratory in defence of the al-Aqsa mosque helped fuel =
the current uprising. Barghouti once hinted at compromise with Israel in =
a New York Times column, but preaches the use of terror so long as the =
"occupation" remains. Despite imprisonment, Barghouti has reportedly =
just brokered a deal with Hamas for running Gaza after Israel withdraws, =
thereby outflanking Dahlan. His "clean" image on money matters and =
credentials as a street fighter make him a more likely candidate to =
assume Arafat's mantle one day, but Israel would only set him free if =
jail-time softens him to the idea of peace with the Jewish state.=20
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4. AN ISRAELI MOMENT TO SAVOR
by Herb Keinon - Jerusalem Post - August 26, 2004=20
Special midday news coverage on Channel 1 generally sends shudders =
up and down my spine.=20
When Channel 1 interrupts its regularly scheduled programming and =
trots out breathless reporters to give on-the-spot coverage, it is =
usually a sign of disaster - of a bus blown to bits, of torn bodies on =
the road, of Zaka (Disaster Victims Identification) volunteers picking =
up human tissue.=20
That is why it was so refreshing watching Channel 1's "special" =
coverage of Gal Fridman's gold medal windsurfing race on Wednesday. =
Imagine, special full-throttle midday coverage of a sporting event - =
just like in a "normal" country.=20
Well, actually not. It's hard to believe a "normal" country would =
follow with such anticipation, emotion, and expectation the exploits of =
a native son in - let's face it - a rather obscure sport.=20
I'm a sports fan, and a dedicated one. I'm also a huge fan of the =
Olympics. I can name the host city of every summer Olympics since 1936. =
I can hum the theme music that accompanies (or at least it used to) =
Olympic television coverage in the States.=20
I know from Kip Keino and Frank Shorter, from Bruce Jenner and =
Dick Fosbury. I have logged hundreds of Olympic viewing hours in my =
life.=20
Yet I have never before seen a windsurfing contest. I have no clue =
what the rules are, how many marks must be circled, or how the whole =
thing works. Up until Wednesday, mistral sounded to me like what happens =
in court when a lawyer messes up.=20
Yet there I was, in the middle of a work day, glued to Channel 1's =
special coverage, counting along with the announcer how many windsurfers =
separated Fridman from his Brazilian rival, and praying for good wind.=20
Fridman's victory, I must admit, left me choked up. It left me =
feeling the same way I felt when Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon circled =
high above the country and, in a live hook-up with the prime minister, =
said, "I think that the people of Israel, and the Jewish people as a =
whole, are a wonderful people."=20
The feeling watching Fridman win is different than the regular =
jingoist pride citizens of other countries feel when their athletes are =
victorious. It is laced with something that is peculiarly Jewish, =
peculiarly Israeli.=20
The wires will predictably write that Fridman brought joy to =
Israel at a time where there is little to cheer about. But that's not =
it, there is something deeper, more symbolic, at play in our joy over =
Fridman.=20
At a time when Jews in France are afraid to walk out their doors =
displaying any sign of their Jewishness, when the Foreign Ministry tells =
Israelis going abroad not to wear T-shirts with Hebrew writing, there =
was something deeply moving about watching Fridman proudly wrap himself =
in an Israeli flag.=20
What crossed my mind while watching the race - in between cursing =
the Brazilian - was how this achievement speaks volumes about this =
country's vast reserves of resiliency.=20
Thirty-two years after the Munich massacre, the Israeli flag was =
raised at the Olympics in victory, not lowered to half mast in mourning. =
Four years after the current war that has sapped so much time, =
energy, and treasure, the country retains trappings of normality - and =
nothing is more normal than sporting events, and a preoccupation with =
them - and that itself is a partial victory.=20
Yet "normal" countries would not respond to Fridman's victory as =
we have, "normal" countries would not look for the deeper symbolism and =
meaning of a sailing victory.=20
Indeed, when Fridman won, and when judoka Arik Ze'evi won his =
bronze medal last week, I reveled in the very abnormality of the Israeli =
response to these achievements.=20
And therein I found more beauty. As much fun as it was to watch =
Fridman and Ze'evi, it was equally fun to watch the country's reaction =
to their victory, for here is where you spy the charm in this country's =
personality.=20
The charm is there in the way the television reporters interviewed =
Fridman's mother and father, brother, and sister, freckled nephew, and =
even Aunt Shoshi. It was there in the way the defense minister, not only =
the president and prime minister, felt a need to issue a congratulatory =
message to Fridman, and Chabad sent a Book of Psalms to his parents' =
house before the race for good measure.=20
This charm is there in the way the Israeli fans "took over" the =
arena where Ze'evi competed and cheered and chanted as if it were Yad =
Eliahu, and in the way Ze'evi, so pleased with himself, thrust his =
forehead into the lips of the man who presented him with his medal for a =
congratulatory kiss.=20
The spontaneity, the brashness, the freshness, the unadorned, =
genuine, unsophisticated, typically Israeli nature of it all. There are =
moments in the life of a nation where you revel in its particularity.=20
Now is one of those moments.=20
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For more on Fridman's victory and readers' comments click here
5. QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES
"We got here sixty years too late"
- Brigadier General Amir Eshel (On September 4, 2003, three =
Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter planes, piloted by the offspring of =
Holocaust survivors, flew over Auschwitz-Birkenau to commemorate the =
victims' courage and to promise to be the "shield of the Jewish People =
in Israel." )=20
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a.. The Evil of Banality To deny, in any way, the sheer =
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that it was is almost to invite it back.=20
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<LI><A href=3D"#2">IRAQ'S DISAPPEARING CHRISTIANS</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#3">DOWN A NOTCH</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#4">AN ISRAELI MOMENT TO SAVOR</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#5">QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES</A>=20
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<H3>1. <A name=3D1>THE WORLD IS SILENT =
AGAIN</A></H3>By Shalom=20
Freedman - israelinsider.com - August 26, 2004=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>O</FONT>ne of the most =
significant elements=20
in enabling the Holocaust (the murder of over one- third of the =
Jewish=20
people, the great majority of the Jews of Europe) was the silence =
of the=20
world. A great share of the Jewish people who were murdered might =
have=20
been saved had there been resistance and outcry on the part of the =
major=20
Allied Powers, and on the part of many governments and individuals =
who=20
could have done something to stop the murder. One of the most =
difficult=20
aspects of the Shoah for the Jewish people is this sense of having =
been=20
abandoned and betrayed by humanity as a whole, and most especially =
by=20
those who fought for the freedom of mankind against the Nazi evil. =
<P>Now today a portion of the Jewish people, more than one third =
of the=20
Jewish people, the heart of the Jewish people, is being threatened =
with=20
another 'Shoah'. And again the world is by and large silent.=20
<P>This time the threat is not made directly against the people=20
themselves, but against the state in which they live. But the =
threat is=20
such - the threat of using weapons of mass-destruction to destroy =
the=20
state - that its translation into reality would mean in effect the =
murder=20
of hundreds of thousands perhaps even millions of Jews.=20
<P>This threat is openly made every Friday in the central mosque =
of Tehran=20
where it is proclaimed that the 'Zionist state' must and will be=20
eliminated. This threat has been made frequently by various =
leaders of=20
Iran especially over the past three years. In early August of 2004 =
both=20
the Iranian Defense Minister, and the head of the political wing =
of the=20
organization that militarily controls Iran - the Islamic =
Revolutionary=20
Guard - proclaimed that Iran had the capacity to hit with its =
missiles=20
every place in Israel, and to destroy the Jewish state. True, in =
these=20
instances they promised to launch the Iranian missiles in response =
to any=20
effort by Israel to attack Iranian nuclear sites. But their =
threats have=20
behind them the openly proclaimed ideology of the Islamic =
Revolutionary=20
State, and that ideology clearly states that the goal is "to =
completely=20
wipe the Zionist entity from the face of the earth."=20
<P>These threats are frequently reported by the world media, and =
ignored=20
by world- leaders. One of course does not expect the leaders of =
the=20
Islamic bloc to object to these statements since many of them =
undoubtedly=20
share the Iranian goal. One does not even so much expect third- or =
-=20
fourth world dictatorships to respond to them for they do not =
themselves=20
exemplify values in which human life and dignity are respected. =
But one=20
does expect that the democracies of the world would respond to =
them with=20
outrage and anger, and even counter-threat. But that does not =
come. France=20
and Germany - the leaders of the New Europe - are more worried =
about their=20
energy supplies and trade relations with Iran than contending with =
genocidal threats. More difficult to comprehend is the lack of =
outrage=20
from the U.S. at this threat to one of America's most loyal =
allies. For=20
even though the President and some of his associates have taken =
note of,=20
and warned against the Iranian threat they have not picked up upon =
the=20
specific threat made against Israel, the genocidal language Iran =
has used=20
against Israel alone.=20
<P>The free world's silence at this genocidal threat to Israel =
must be=20
understood not simply in relation to Jews and Israel, as their =
abandonment=20
for expediency's sake. It must be understood as fundamental =
violation of=20
their own ideals of justice and respect for human life and =
dignity. It is=20
the free world betraying itself in its silence.=20
<P>It is time for leaders of the free world to act with courage =
and=20
decency. Instead of hiding behind vague general statements they =
must come=20
out and openly declare that a threat such as this against Israel, =
is a=20
threat against the free world as a whole. And that any Iranian =
attack on=20
Israel will be regarded as an attack on the free world itself.=20
<P>Nothing less than this can be a true sign that the world, or at =
least=20
the free world has learned something from its failings during the =
Shoah,=20
and is determined to see that it does not in a new form happen =
again to=20
the heart and soul of the Jewish people that is the State of =
Israel.=20
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<H3>2. <A name=3D2>IRAQ'S DISAPPEARING =
CHRISTIANS</A></H3>By=20
Daniel Pipes - FrontPageMagazine.com - August 24, 2004=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>"W</FONT><B>hat are the Muslims =
doing?"</B>=20
<A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/ap-iraq-baghdad-bla=
st.html?hp">asked=20
Brother Louis</A>, a deacon at the Our Lady of Salvation, an =
Assyrian=20
Catholic church in Baghdad minutes after it had been bombed. =
=93Does this=20
mean that they want us [Christians] out?=94=20
<P>Well, yes, it does. Our Lady of Salvation was just one of five =
churches=20
attacked in a series of coordinated explosions in Baghdad and =
Mosul on=20
Aug. 1, a Sunday, between 6 and 7 o=92clock in the evening. In =
total, these=20
car bombings killed 11 persons and injured 55. In addition, the =
police=20
defused another two bombs.=20
<P>The timing of the assault guaranteed a maximum number of =
casualties.=20
August 1 is a holy day for some Iraqi Christian denominations and =
because=20
Sunday is an ordinary workday in mostly Muslim Iraq, Sunday =
services take=20
place in the evening.=20
<P>The five bombings were by no means the first attacks targeting =
Iraq=92s=20
Christian minority since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Others, =
<A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.barnabasfund.org/news/%20archive/iraq/iraq-20040802.ht=
m">according=20
to the Barnabas Fund</A> (an organization assisting persecuted =
Christian=20
minorities), were bunched together at the end of 2003 and included =
a=20
missile attack on a convent in Mosul; bombs placed (but defused) =
in two=20
Christian schools in Baghdad and Mosul; a bomb explosion at a =
Baghdad=20
church on Christmas Eve; and a bomb placed (but defused) at a =
monastery in=20
Mosul.=20
<P>In addition, Islamists have attacked the predominantly =
Christian owners=20
of liquor, music, and fashion stores, as well as beauty salons, =
wanting=20
them to close down their businesses. Christian women are =
threatened unless=20
they cover their heads in the Islamic fashion. Random Christians =
have been=20
assassinated.=20
<P>These assaults have prompted Iraqi Christians, one of the =
oldest=20
Christian bodies in the world, to leave their country in record =
numbers.=20
<A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.insightmag.com/news/2004/05/28/world/outside.viewchris=
tians.begin.exodus.from.iraq-684753.shtml">An=20
Iraqi deacon observed</A> some months ago that "On a recent night =
the=20
church had to spend more time on filling out baptismal forms =
needed for=20
leaving the country than they did on the [worship] service. ... =
Our=20
community is being decimated." Iraq=92s minister for displacement =
and=20
migration, Pascale Icho Warda, <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.catholic.net/rcc/periodicals/cwn/global_catholic_news/=
template_news.phtml?news_id=3D57718">estimates=20
that 40,000 Christians</A> left Iraq in the two weeks following =
the Aug. 1=20
bombings.=20
<P>Whereas Christians make up just 3 percent of the country=92s =
population,=20
<A =
href=3D"http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1185274/posts">their=20
proportion</A> of the refugee flow into Syria is estimated =
anywhere=20
between 20 and 95 percent. Looking at the larger picture, <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.motherjones.com/news/dailymojo/2004/08/08_503.htmlposi=
tion=3D">one=20
estimate finds</A> that about 40 percent of the community has left =
since=20
1987, when the census found 1.4 million Iraqi Christians.=20
<P>Although Muslim leaders <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/03/international/middleeast/03iraq=
.html?hp=3D&pagewanted=3Dprint&position=3D">uniformly=20
condemned the attacks</A> (Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani termed =
them=20
=93criminal actions,=94 while the interim Iraqi government bravely =
declared=20
that =93This blow is going to unite Iraqis=94), they almost =
certainly mark a=20
milestone in the decline and possible disappearance of Iraqi =
Christianity.=20
<P>This seems all the more likely because Christians, due mainly =
to=20
Islamist persecution and lower birth rates, are disappearing from =
the=20
Middle East as a whole.=20
<BLOCKQUOTE>=B7 Bethlehem and Nazareth, the most identifiably =
Christian=20
towns on earth, enjoyed a Christian majority for nearly two =
millennia,=20
but no more. In Jerusalem, the decline has been particularly =
steep: in=20
1922, Christians slightly outnumbered Muslims and today they =
make up=20
less than 2 percent of the city=92s population.=20
<P>=B7 In Turkey, Christians numbered 2 million in 1920 but now =
only a few=20
thousand remain.=20
<P>=B7 In Syria, they represented about one-third of the =
population early=20
last century; now they account for less than 10 percent.=20
<P>=B7 In Lebanon, they made up 55 percent of the population in =
1932 and=20
now under 30 percent.=20
<P>=B7 In Egypt, for the first time ever Copts have been =
emigrating in=20
significant numbers since the 1950s.</P></BLOCKQUOTE>At present =
rates, the=20
Middle East=92s 11 million Christians will in a decade or two have =
lost=20
their cultural vitality and political significance.=20
<P>It bears noting that Christians are recapitulating the Jewish =
exodus of=20
a few decades earlier. Jews in the Middle East numbered <A=20
href=3D"http://www.meforum.org/article/263">about a million in =
1948</A> and=20
today <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaism/jewpop.html">=
total=20
(outside Israel)</A> a mere 60,000.=20
<P>In combination, these ethnic cleansings of two ancient =
religious=20
minorities mark the end of an era. The multiplicity of Middle =
Eastern=20
life, most memorably celebrated in <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140153179/qid=3D10=
93268555/sr=3D1-8/ref=3Dsr_1_8/103-5818109-0100657?v=3Dglance&s=3Dboo=
ks">Lawrence=20
Durrell=92s Alexandria Quartet</A> (1957-60), is being reduced to =
the flat=20
monotony of a single religion and a handful of approved languages. =
The=20
entire region, not just the affected minorities, is impoverished =
by this=20
narrowing.=20
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<H3>3. <A name=3D3>DOWN A NOTCH</A></H3>By David =
Parsons - <A=20
href=3D"http://www.icej.org/">ICEJ</A> Word From Jerusalem -=20
September/October 2004=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>Y</FONT><B>asser Arafat</B> is =
looking=20
unusually vulnerable these days. King Abdullah II of Jordan has =
urged him=20
to =93take a long look in the mirror=94 and step down. US =
Secretary of State=20
Colin Powell cautions not to trust his =93yo-yo=94 promises on =
reform that=20
always =93get pulled back.=94 Arafat=92s humble pleas to attend =
his sister=92s=20
recent funeral in Gaza went completely unheeded by Israel. Worse =
yet,=20
renegades in Fatah are burning his Authority=92s offices and =
kidnapping his=20
generals with impunity. All in all, the aging Palestinian leader =
has faced=20
the most serious challenge ever to his one-man rule this summer =
=96 and=20
survived.=20
<P>Nonetheless, the rising levels of frustration with Arafat =
abroad and=20
the unprecedented signs of rebellion among his own people are =
clear=20
indicators that his iron grip on power is irretrievably slipping =
away. At=20
long last, it is fair game to criticise the =93Old Man=94 in =
public, and=20
leaflets linked to one disgruntled Fatah splinter group even =
threatened=20
his life. But should Israelis take hope from the rumblings in the=20
Palestinian camp? Or are those behind the reformist revolt just as =
intractable and devious in the pursuit of peace?=20
<P><B>INTRA-FADA</B> - The recent mutiny against Arafat erupted =
due to=20
widespread disgust with =93corruption=94 within the Palestinian =
Authority and=20
the lack of any real democratic reforms that would end the =
thievery. The=20
Palestinian people have been impoverished by the intifada against =
Israel,=20
despite billions of dollars in sympathetic aid. Meanwhile, =
Arafat=92s=20
cronies seem to be only getting richer.=20
<P>=93Arafat is sitting on the corpses and ruins of the =
Palestinians at a=20
time when they are desperately in need of a new mentality=94, =
former Gaza=20
security chief Muhammad Dahlan recently told the Kuwaiti daily Al =
Watan.=20
=93[$5 billion in donor funds] have gone down the drain, and we =
don't know=20
where.=94=20
<P>The =93reformists=94 ganged up on Arafat from three directions. =
Threatening=20
to resign, PA prime minister Ahmed Qurei and his cabinet demanded =
more=20
powers, while Arafat=92s critics in the Palestinian Legislative =
Council=20
sought the same. Meantime, leading Fatah activists and young =
militants=20
said they no longer viewed Arafat=92s regime as the sole =
decision-maker for=20
their people=92s collective aspirations.=20
<P>All sought an end to the corruption, chaos and uncertainty of =
direction=20
within the PA, but there was absolutely nothing in their rhetoric =
to=20
suggest that a softer line towards Israel is waiting in the wings. =
In=20
fact, the street toughs insisted that Palestinian coffers be =
focused more=20
squarely on terrorising the Jews.=20
<P>At the height of the recent intrafada, Fatah gunmen torched PA=20
buildings and abducted policemen and foreigners to protest the =
cut-off of=20
funds for their =91military operations=92 and Arafat=92s =
appointment of his=20
cousin Musa as head of Gazan police. Meanwhile Arafat fought back =
by=20
dispatching masked men to shoot a dissident former cabinet =
minister, among=20
other strong-arm tactics.=20
<P>Eventually, the reformist revolt descended into an =
old-fashioned power=20
struggle between rival forces in the next generation jockeying for =
position in the post-Arafat era.=20
<P>Dahlan in particular has seen Arafat=92s growing weakness, =
along with=20
Israel=92s disengagement plan, as an opportunity for him to wrest =
control of=20
the Strip from the chairman, who remains trapped in his bombed-out =
presidential compound in Ramallah. Dahlan supporters trounced =
Arafat=20
loyalists in local Fatah elections in much of Gaza in July, =
emboldening=20
him to issue the PA leader with an ultimatum on reforms or face =
mass=20
demonstrations.=20
<P><B>A FITTING END</B> - Arafat has managed to fend off the =
challenge for=20
now, largely because he remains the living symbol of the =
Palestinian=20
nationalist movement. But he was undoubtedly whittled down a notch =
by his=20
own people and a recent poll shows 80% backing for an emergency =
=93unified=20
command=94 of nationalist and Islamic forces to steer the =
Palestinians out=20
of their current mess.=20
<P>Arafat=92s hopes for a comeback on the international stage rest =
on the=20
results of the US elections in November. He is banking on the =
defeat of=20
President George W. Bush, which he believes will lead to the =
downfall of=20
Israeli leader Ariel Sharon, the man who vowed to =93remove=94 him =
some two=20
years ago.=20
<P>For some reason, Sharon seems to have been the one Israeli =
leader over=20
the years capable of standing up to Arafat and actually out-foxing =
him. It=20
would be disastrous for Israel if Arafat were able to boast that =
he has=20
outlasted Sharon as well.=20
<P>It is no secret that many Israelis and their friends worldwide =
have=20
spent years quietly hoping and praying for the demise of Yasser =
Arafat =96=20
whether by natural means or the IDF=92s swift fury. But it would =
be far more=20
just and fitting if he =96 like Saddam Hussein =96 were to be =
judged by his=20
own people for the crimes he has committed against them. Such a =
turn of=20
events for either man once seemed well beyond belief =96 but no =
longer.=20
<H4>PROFILES: The Next Generation</H4><B>The Dapper Don: Muhammad=20
Dahlan</B>, former security chief in Gaza, likes to dress sharp, =
commands=20
a strong Fatah following in the Strip and has won the trust of =
some=20
American and British officials with his talk of ending corruption. =
But he=20
is also a childhood friend of Hamas bomb-maker Muhammad Deif, has =
profited=20
from official graft himself, and was recorded by the CIA ordering =
a deadly=20
bus attack in Gush Katif in 2001. Cut in Arafat=92s mafia-boss =
image, he=20
could end up ruling Gaza with Hamas.=20
<P><B>The Street Fighter: Marwan Barghouti</B>, head of the Fatah =
Tanzim=20
militia in the West Bank, is currently serving several life terms =
in an=20
Israeli jail for orchestrating lethal terror attacks. After =
gaining=20
popularity during the first intifada and prior stints in Israeli =
prisons,=20
his fiery oratory in defence of the al-Aqsa mosque helped fuel the =
current=20
uprising. Barghouti once hinted at compromise with Israel in a New =
York=20
Times column, but preaches the use of terror so long as the =
=93occupation=94=20
remains. Despite imprisonment, Barghouti has reportedly just =
brokered a=20
deal with Hamas for running Gaza after Israel withdraws, thereby=20
outflanking Dahlan. His =93clean=94 image on money matters and =
credentials as=20
a street fighter make him a more likely candidate to assume =
Arafat=92s=20
mantle one day, but Israel would only set him free if jail-time =
softens=20
him to the idea of peace with the Jewish state.=20
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SAVOR</A></H3>by Herb=20
Keinon - Jerusalem Post - August 26, 2004=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>S</FONT>pecial midday news =
coverage on=20
Channel 1 generally sends shudders up and down my spine.=20
<P>When Channel 1 interrupts its regularly scheduled programming =
and trots=20
out breathless reporters to give on-the-spot coverage, it is =
usually a=20
sign of disaster =96 of a bus blown to bits, of torn bodies on the =
road, of=20
Zaka (Disaster Victims Identification) volunteers picking up human =
tissue.=20
<P>That is why it was so refreshing watching Channel 1's "special" =
coverage of Gal Fridman's gold medal windsurfing race on =
Wednesday.=20
Imagine, special full-throttle midday coverage of a sporting event =
=96 just=20
like in a "normal" country.=20
<P>Well, actually not. It's hard to believe a "normal" country =
would=20
follow with such anticipation, emotion, and expectation the =
exploits of a=20
native son in =96 let's face it =96 a rather obscure sport.=20
<P>I'm a sports fan, and a dedicated one. I'm also a huge fan of =
the=20
Olympics. I can name the host city of every summer Olympics since =
1936. I=20
can hum the theme music that accompanies (or at least it used to) =
Olympic=20
television coverage in the States.=20
<P>I know from Kip Keino and Frank Shorter, from Bruce Jenner and =
Dick=20
Fosbury. I have logged hundreds of Olympic viewing hours in my =
life.=20
<P>Yet I have never before seen a windsurfing contest. I have no =
clue what=20
the rules are, how many marks must be circled, or how the whole =
thing=20
works. Up until Wednesday, mistral sounded to me like what happens =
in=20
court when a lawyer messes up.=20
<P>Yet there I was, in the middle of a work day, glued to Channel =
1's=20
special coverage, counting along with the announcer how many =
windsurfers=20
separated Fridman from his Brazilian rival, and praying for good =
wind.=20
<P>Fridman's victory, I must admit, left me choked up. It left me =
feeling=20
the same way I felt when Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon circled high =
above=20
the country and, in a live hook-up with the prime minister, said, =
"I think=20
that the people of Israel, and the Jewish people as a whole, are a =
wonderful people."=20
<P>The feeling watching Fridman win is different than the regular =
jingoist=20
pride citizens of other countries feel when their athletes are =
victorious.=20
It is laced with something that is peculiarly Jewish, peculiarly =
Israeli.=20
<P>The wires will predictably write that Fridman brought joy to =
Israel at=20
a time where there is little to cheer about. But that's not it, =
there is=20
something deeper, more symbolic, at play in our joy over Fridman.=20
<P>At a time when Jews in France are afraid to walk out their =
doors=20
displaying any sign of their Jewishness, when the Foreign Ministry =
tells=20
Israelis going abroad not to wear T-shirts with Hebrew writing, =
there was=20
something deeply moving about watching Fridman proudly wrap =
himself in an=20
Israeli flag.=20
<P>What crossed my mind while watching the race =96 in between =
cursing the=20
Brazilian =96 was how this achievement speaks volumes about this =
country's=20
vast reserves of resiliency.=20
<P>Thirty-two years after the Munich massacre, the Israeli flag =
was raised=20
at the Olympics in victory, not lowered to half mast in mourning.=20
<P>Four years after the current war that has sapped so much time, =
energy,=20
and treasure, the country retains trappings of normality =96 and =
nothing is=20
more normal than sporting events, and a preoccupation with them =
=96 and that=20
itself is a partial victory.=20
<P>Yet "normal" countries would not respond to Fridman's victory =
as we=20
have, "normal" countries would not look for the deeper symbolism =
and=20
meaning of a sailing victory.=20
<P>Indeed, when Fridman won, and when judoka Arik Ze'evi won his =
bronze=20
medal last week, I reveled in the very abnormality of the Israeli =
response=20
to these achievements.=20
<P>And therein I found more beauty. As much fun as it was to watch =
Fridman=20
and Ze'evi, it was equally fun to watch the country's reaction to =
their=20
victory, for here is where you spy the charm in this country's=20
personality.=20
<P>The charm is there in the way the television reporters =
interviewed=20
Fridman's mother and father, brother, and sister, freckled nephew, =
and=20
even Aunt Shoshi. It was there in the way the defense minister, =
not only=20
the president and prime minister, felt a need to issue a =
congratulatory=20
message to Fridman, and Chabad sent a Book of Psalms to his =
parents' house=20
before the race for good measure.=20
<P>This charm is there in the way the Israeli fans "took over" the =
arena=20
where Ze'evi competed and cheered and chanted as if it were Yad =
Eliahu,=20
and in the way Ze'evi, so pleased with himself, thrust his =
forehead into=20
the lips of the man who presented him with his medal for a =
congratulatory=20
kiss.=20
<P>The spontaneity, the brashness, the freshness, the unadorned, =
genuine,=20
unsophisticated, typically Israeli nature of it all. There are =
moments in=20
the life of a nation where you revel in its particularity.=20
<P>Now is one of those moments.=20
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Force F-15 fighter planes, piloted by the offspring of Holocaust=20
survivors, flew over Auschwitz-Birkenau to commemorate the =
victims'=20
courage and to promise to be the "shield of the Jewish People in =
Israel."=20
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