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To:            Arutz-7@arutzsheva.org
From:          Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@arutzsheva.org>
Subject:       Arutz-7 News: Wednesday, March 1, 2000

Arutz Sheva News Service
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Wednesday, March 1, 2000 / Adar Aleph 24, 5760
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
   1. KNESSET PASSES "SPECIAL MAJORITY" GOLAN BILL
   2. DEMOCRATIC DISPUTE
   3. THE POLITICS BEHIND THE VOTE
   4. ADS FOR THE GOLAN

1. KNESSET PASSES "SPECIAL MAJORITY" GOLAN BILL
Following a suspenseful and tense morning in the Knesset, the Israeli
Parliament voted 60-53 to approve a bill determining the required majority
for the passage of the Golan referendum.  The bill, submitted by Likud MK
Silvan Shalom, stipulates that a majority of registered voters - an
estimated 60-65% of those actually voting - will be required in order to
approve Israel's retreat from the Golan.  Today's vote was merely a
preliminary approval, and the bill will still have to undergo further
votes, contingent upon Law Committee deliberations.  Despite this, the vote
is considered a clear signal to both Ehud Barak and Syrian President Assad
that a peace treaty involving the giveaway of the Golan will not be easily
approved by the Israeli public.

Within the coalition, three entire factions - Shas, the NRP, and Yisrael
B'Aliyah - voted for the bill, as did MKs Maxime Levy (One Israel), Chaim
Katz (Am Echad), and Victor Breilovsky and Modi Zandberg (Shinui).
Centrist Party MK Roni Milo abstained, and former coalition member party
United Torah Judaism voted in favor.  Breilovsky explained to Arutz-7 today
that what pushed him to vote for the bill was largely the extensive
anti-Semitism prevalent in the Syrian press.

The vote is considered a significant blow to Barak, both in terms of his
prestige and his control of the coalition, reports Arutz-7's Haggai Seri.
After the vote, Barak said only, "I do not take what happened here lightly,
but on the other hand, let's not read things into it that do not exist.
Some 1.8 million people voted me into office, and no parliamentary trick
will prevent me from continuing on my path to strengthen Israel with
diplomatic agreements.  I am determined to see to it that the agreement
that I achieve with Syria will be brought for the approval of Israel's
populace in which the majority of the participating voters [in contrast
with today's Knesset decision] will determine the result."

The Golan Residents Committee called today's vote "a clear message to the
citizens and government of Israel, Assad, and the international community
that [there will not be a majority] in support of a withdrawal from the
Golan.  Israeli sovereignty on the Golan and its 33 Jewish communities is
irreversible."  The GRC congratulated MK Shalom on his "determination and
commitment for the bill," and wished him "strength in the upcoming three
votes needed to make this bill into a binding law."

2. DEMOCRATIC DISPUTE
MK Yuli Edelstein, who heads the Golan Knesset lobby, vehemently denies the
claim by Justice Minister Yossi Beilin that the Silvan Shalom bill is
racist and against the spirit of democratic countries. "Beilin is quite
aware that Canada's Supreme Court recently approved a similar law,"
Edelstein said.  Beilin said today, before the vote, that if the bill
passes, the government will have to cancel its plans to hold a
Golan-withdrawal referendum.  Observers noted that Beilin's intention is
apparently for the Knesset to pass a bill overriding the current law,
passed by the Netanyahu government, which states that sovereign Israeli
territory cannot be ceded to a foreign entity without a referendum.

All three of Israel's major daily newspapers came out today against the
"special majority" bill for the Golan referendum.  Both Ma'ariv and
Ha'aretz editorialized that the bill is undemocratic, and called for the
cancellation of the referendum altogether.  Yediot Acharonot wrote that a
special majority of 60% would be legitimate and democratic, but not the
attempt to allow stay-at-home voters to have a say [by virtue of their
being listed on the list of registered voters].

Dr. Asher Cohen of Bar-Ilan University's Department of Political Science,
speaking with Arutz-7 today, related to the question of special majorities
in democratic societies.  "Such a requirement is customary in many nations
throughout the world," he said, "although not necessarily in the framework
of a national referendum.  Nevertheless, on issues of principle and
fundamental legal issues, complex processes that are even more demanding
than a special majority are also often required...  In the case at hand,
the status of the Arab minority in Israel is also at issue.  The left
therefore claims that the proposal is 'racist,'  while others stress the
democratic legitimacy of a special majority, and also emphasize that when
it comes to the forfeiture of sovereign territory, international peace
deals, and the uprooting of Israelis from their homes, the
Arab vote must be neutralized.  These points are not totally without
logical foundation."

Dr. Cohen noted that today's vote was just a first reading of MK Shalom's
bill:  "More than anything else, it has symbolic meaning.  It could also
create greater coalition tensions, and may send an international message.
As far as its actual legal effect, after a bill's first reading, anything
can happen..."  - an apparent reference to One Israel's option of "burying
the bill in committee."

Information from the Shalem Center shows that "special majority"
requirements exist in many other countries and U.S. states, including:
Germany, Italy, Ireland, Russia, Lithuania: 50% of eligible voters
("absolute majority")

Norway: Majority + 75% vote in parliament
New Mexico: 2/3 of votes cast + 2/3 of counties
New Hampshire, Sierra Leone, Gambia: 2/3 of votes cast
Illinois, Washington State: 60% of votes cast
Nevada: Majority during two consecutive terms
Spain, Sweden: Majority + 2/3 vote in both houses of parliament during two
consecutive terms
Switzerland: Majority + majority of cantons
Australia: Majority + 2/3 of the states
Austria: Majority + 2/3 vote of lower house of parliament
In the U.S., treaties must be ratified by 2/3 of the voting Senators.

3. THE POLITICS BEHIND THE VOTE
Coalition whip MK Ophir Pines-Paz is already making plans to "get back" at
the "rebellious" coalition members, and will submit two or three bills next
week known to be opposed by the religious parties.  Spokesmen for the NRP
and Shas did not seem concerned, however.  Housing Minister Rabbi Yitzchak
Levy (NRP) said, "I would advise [One Israel] not to threaten, because
threats can go both ways.  Ehud Barak has a great interest in maintaining
and preserving his coalition."  Infrastructures Minister Eli Suissa (Shas),
speaking with Arutz-7 today, spoke bitterly against Barak:  "The Prime
Minister must now realize that even though peace is a great goal, not all
ends justify the means - if there is no security, then the goal has been
lostà  There are too many unanswered questions about the agreement with
Syria - who will succeed Assad?  Why should we rebuild Assad's economy?
Why should we help Clinton's political legacy and his wife's political
career?  There is no commandment in the Torah for us to sign an agreement
that will worsen our security situation..."  Suissa also made it clear that
his party has political beefs against Barak:  "For instance, I want to
appoint a professional person as Water Commissioner, but Barak blocks me
and makes me beg to be able to do so - this is not the way to run things.
There are other such examplesà  If he wants to keep this coalition, he
better keep his eyes open and look around at what's going onà  It's very
nice that he says nice things about us, but if this is not a real
partnership, then we have no reason to remainà  "

4. ADS FOR THE GOLAN
The Ariel Center for Policy Research continues its series of full-page
newspaper ads explaining the dangers of giving away the Golan.  The ad
published yesterday, the sixth in number, began with a quote from a book
written by the late Mordechai Gur, former Labor party Deputy Defense
Minister and IDF Chief of Staff.  Gur wrote, "Israel cannot defend itself
against an eastern Arab offensive without the Golan Heights.  Israel cannot
defend the Golan Heights without the central mountain ridge, which is the
current boundary...  A military force which stares (from the bottom) upward
toward its adversary, is not a military force..."

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To:            arutz-7@arutzsheva.org
From:          Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@arutzsheva.org>
Subject:       Arutz-7 News: Thursday, March 2, 2000

Arutz Sheva News Service
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Thursday, March 2, 2000 / Adar Aleph 25, 5760
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
   1. PA GETS TOUGH IN JERUSALEM
   2. ARAB SOURCE: SYRIAN-ISRAELI AGREEMENT IS COMPLETE
   3. POST-DEFEAT STRATEGY
   4.  YESHA PROTECTION
   5. PALESTINIAN NAZI IMAGERY
   6. LEVY'S SHARP TONE

1. PA GETS TOUGH IN JERUSALEM
Feisal Husseini, who holds the Jerusalem portfolio in the Palestinian
Authority, has announced that meetings between visiting foreign
diplomats and Palestinian figures will take place only in the Orient
House or in other offices to be determined by the PA.  The decision
was made, Husseini said, in light of Israeli pressure on foreign
visitors not to conduct meetings in the Orient House.

A yeshiva student was attacked and stabbed by two Palestinian Arabs in
the Christian quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem yesterday.  He was
lightly wounded.

2. ARAB SOURCE: SYRIAN-ISRAELI AGREEMENT IS COMPLETE
Justice Minister Yossi Beilin admits that negotiations between
Jerusalem and Damascus continue - although the Prime Minister's Office
denies today's newspaper reports that there has been phone contact.
The office did not deny, however, reports in the same paper that Prime
Minister Barak has agreed to waive Israel's demand to man the
early-warning station atop Mt. Hermon.  Beilin said today that the
details of the talks will be publicized within a few days, at which
time "everyone will see that Barak has succeeded in attaining concrete
concessions from Assad."

Freih Abu Medein, responsible for the Justice Portfolio in the
Palestinian Authority, went even further.  "The agreement between
Syria and Israel is completely ready, and it remains only to be
signed," he said.  He added that his information is not based on
rumors, but on facts from trustworthy sources.

The Golan Residents Committee said that today's reports must be taken
seriously, as "they are a trial balloon released by Prime Minister
Barak, who is attempting to gradually prepare Israeli public opinion
for major concessions in the Golan."

Israel Air Force planes attacked terrorist targets in the eastern
sector of the security zone in southern Lebanon this afternoon.

3. POST-DEFEAT STRATEGY
Prime Minister Barak and Education Minister Yossi Sarid are sharing
the blame, against their will, for yesterday's coalition defeat.  Some
Labor members blame Barak for not tending to the Shas party's gripes
earlier, while others say that it is Sarid's fault for not granting
Shas Deputy Education Minister Meshulam Nahari the authorities he
requests to run the Shas educational network.  Labor party sources say
that Sarid will be ordered by Barak to end the coalition crisis by
granting Nahari the relevant authorities.

Sarid says that it is not his fault that other coalition members, such
as the NRP and Yisrael B'Aliyah, also voted in favor of the Likud's
"special majority" referendum bill.  Shas party leader Minister Eli
Yeshai said that if Sarid promises, in writing, to equate the
conditions of Shas students to those in Israel's public educational
systems, Shas will not demand special authorities for Deputy Minister
Nahari.  Sarid has always maintained that the Shas educational network
is fraught with too many "irregularities" for it to be granted equal
status.

Amidst the debate as to whether the "special majority" requirement
voted yesterday by the Knesset for the Golan referendum is democratic
- despite the large number of democratic countries that have similar
requirements - the Judean Voice News and Commentary makes the
following point in its most recent release:

 It is absurd to say that the Arab swing-vote will be neutralized by
 the "special majority" requirement, since no one can claim to know the
outcome of the Arab votes.  Maybe the Arabs will all vote against
surrendering the Golan to the Syrians? After all, if giving away the
Golan strengthens Israel as much as Mr. Barak claims, then perhaps the
Arabs will want to weaken Israel by voting against the surrender of
the Golan...

4.  YESHA PROTECTION
Yesha Council leaders met with Finance Minister Avraham Shochat today,
regarding planned budgetary cuts of up to 40% in settlement security
measures.  The Yesha representatives demand that Magen David Adom
emergency health services be restored in those places where they were
cut, and that the planned by-pass roads be paved.  Knesset Audit
Committee Chairman MK Uzi Landau (Likud), after hearing a report on
the subject from Yossi Vardi, responsible for settlement affairs in
the Defense Ministry, charged that the security establishment is
exposing Yesha residents to ever-increasing risks.  He said that the
government may be deliberately trying to leave settlers vulnerable to
danger, thus engendering support for the evacuation of the settlers
from their homes.

5. PALESTINIAN NAZI IMAGERY
The Palestinian Authority's press is jumping on the "liken Israeli
leaders to Nazis" bandwagon.  A cartoon in yesterday's edition of the
official PA organ Al Hayat al-Jadida showed Ehud Barak waving a flag
with a swastika inside a Jewish star, while Foreign Minister David
Levy uses a pitchfork-like menorah to mortally wound a "dove of
peace."

6. LEVY'S SHARP TONE
Foreign Minister David Levy continued his recent sharp tone and
statements, when he met two days ago in Jerusalem with the British
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Peter Mandelson.  Levy told
his guest that the Palestinian Authority has recently released Hamas
"activists" from their prisons and that "whenever there are
misunderstandings between Israel and the PA, we hear about very
dangerous Palestinian elements who have 'suddenly escaped' from
Palestinian prisons..."  Levy noted that incitement against Israel
continues in Palestinian schools, while Israeli flags and pictures of
Prime Minister Barak are burned during demonstrations in the
territories.  He said that the PA tried to damage the credibility of
the Prime Minister with its delay in arriving at a framework agreement
on the final-status negotiations that had been planned for
mid-February.

Earlier this week, Levy met with the President of the EU Commission,
Romano Prodi, and explained Israel's position vis-a-vis Syria:  "Syria
is vacillating, taking one step forward and two steps backward,
alongside the hateful incitement and abuse which leaves us doubtful as
to Syria's true aims and intentions...  This incitement is intended to
weaken Israel, instead of strengthening the process...  We have done
our utmost, but what can we do when faced with a leader who is
unyielding?  A leader that does not provide answers to basic
questions, such as his perception of peace, the demilitarization of
the Golan, cooperation on the water issue, etc. The Syrian refusal to
deal with these matters is unacceptable."  Minister Levy related to
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk A-Shara's 'Phased Plan,' i.e., a
January statement by A-Shara that "restoring Palestine in its entirety
is a long-term strategic goal, that cannot be achieved in one stage...
The first stage is the stage of restoring the occupied lands [of 1967]
and of guaranteeing the national inalienable right of the Palestinian
Arab people."  Levy said that this statement leaves Israel thinking
that "if this is the actual ideology, then it poses a danger to us..."

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To:            arutz-7@arutzsheva.org
From:          Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@arutzsheva.org>
Subject:       Arutz-7 News Brief:  Friday, March 3, 2000

Arutz Sheva News Service
   <http://www.ArutzSheva.org>
Friday, March 3, 2000 / Adar Aleph 26, 5760
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
   1. HUSSEINI JERUSALEM DECLARATION "IN VIOLATION OF OSLO"
   2. REFORM MEMBER DARES TO SUPPORT GOLAN

====== SPECIAL INSERT: THE FUTURE OF YESHA

1. HUSSEINI JERUSALEM DECLARATION "IN VIOLATION OF OSLO"
The Israeli Foreign Ministry expressed "dismay" last night at Feisal
Husseini's statement yesterday that meetings between foreign visitors
and Palestinian representatives will be held from now on in the
Husseini family-owned Orient House or other locations in eastern
Jerusalem.  The Ministry notes that under the Israeli-Palestinian
Interim Agreement, the PLO obligated itself not to establish
Palestinian Authority offices in areas in which the PA has no
authority, and to refrain from any foreign affairs activity there.  As
Jerusalem, in its entirety, is not within the areas of PA authority,
the announcement by Husseini constitutes a flagrant violation of the
agreements with Israel, said the Ministry statement.

Palestinian sources said last week that they would no longer concede
to Israeli demands that no diplomatic VIPs meet with PA
representatives at the Orient House, because of "Israel's unilateral
measures in Jerusalem at Har Homa and Ras el Amud... [and the] new
situation of crisis between the Barak administration and the
Palestinian leadership."  The new Palestinian position appears to
place Jerusalem, once again, in the center of the dispute between
Israel and the PA.

2. REFORM MEMBER DARES TO SUPPORT GOLAN
A self-proclaimed "politically-incorrect" member of the American
Reform movement is exasperated by recent statements of her religious
and lay leaders regarding the Golan Heights.  In a recent edition of
The Forward, Karin McQuillan takes issue with an open letter written
by the movement's two activist wings - the UHAC's ARZA /World Union
and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism - which labels Jews
opposed to a Golan giveaway "voices of hatred and intolerance" and
"enemies of peace," who want to "deprive another generation of normal,
peaceful existence."  In addition, she objects to the linkage of those
opposed to a withdrawal with the assassination of Prime Minister
Yitzchak Rabin.

McQuillan told Arutz-7's Ron Meir last night that her protest article
was prompted by the contradiction between this message and what she
has learned of the Talmud's view on the severity of disrespectful
speech.  "There's a lot of concern of American Jews about giving away
the Golan [but] this is for many reasons...  I think that trying to
manipulate people to follow a certain position by pretending that
those who hold the opposite view are all 'ultra-Orthodox,' or by
referring to opponents of a withdrawal as 'enemies of peace' or
'assassins' - is slander.  These Reform leaders [who say this, feel]
very moralistic, that they are standing up against the forces that led
to Rabin's death...  but the actual rhetoric is very destructive,"
McQuillan said.  She recommends that "the 'broad middle' must stand up
and start saying that we don't accept this kind of language. We don't
like being tarred as extremists for being concerned about Israel's
security.  You don't have to be an extremist to feel that it's wrong
to give away the Golan!  Having a policy that is more aimed at
containing an enemy does not mean that you are an 'enemy of peace.'
It is just another idea of what it takes to conserve the peace."  She
quoted recent polls showing that 62% of Israelis and 72% of American
Jews are against giving away the Golan.

SPECIAL INSERT: THE FUTURE OF YESHA
The following is the summary of a document (plus explanatory and
geographical notes added by Arutz-7) put out by the Dor Hemshekh [Next
Generation] movement.  Dor Hemshekh was responsible for the physical
struggle against the evacuation of new settlements and outposts in
Judea and Samaria four months ago.  The document summarizes a meeting
by high-level military and political figures determining the fate of
Yesha communities in the final-status agreement.  Dor Hemshekh
attributes the details to a high-level military figure, and notes that
what is being referred to here is only Israel's opening position in
the talks with the Palestinians.

Summary:
Criteria used to determine a given community's fate:
1.  The extent to which the yishuv [community] interferes with Arab
territorial contiguity 2.  Approach roads to the yishuv. 3.  The size
of the yishuv. 4.  Politically-active level of the yishuv (i.e., is it
considered "quiet" or "rowdy"?)

THE FIRST EVACUATION
It is almost certain that the first community to be uprooted will be
Negohot, west of Hevron.  This yishuv of 13 families is situated in an
army outpost, and the intention is to remove it even before the final
status, with the claim that the settlement there is illegal.

SHOMRON
Mevo Dotan, Chomesh, Sa-Nur, Shavei Shomron (north of Shechem) - small
yishuvim, relatively isolated, surrounded largely by territories under
PA control.  These settlements are to be taken down.

Ganim, Kadim (northern Shomron, near Jenin) - These communities are
close to Kedumim, but it is these locations that will likely stay in
place.  The reason: they are located in an area that permits alternate
approach roads from the north (directly from Afula, and no longer
through Megiddo-Jenin).

Brachah (south of Shechem, north of Ariel) - The intention is to
uproot this settlement, as it is close to Shechem from the south, and
interferes with the expansion of Shechem.

Yitzhar (just south of Brachah) - A question mark.  The destiny of
this community is dependent on the completion of the southern Shechem
by-pass road.

Tapuach - This community is apparently situated at a central
intersection between the Jordan Valley and Ariel, and should have been
left in place in any case.  But this is not the case.  The paving of
the new road from the Ariel industrial park to Rechelim (south of
Tapuach) enables Rechelim to serve as the central intersection,
leaving Tapuach as an isolated yishuv. Therefore, Tapuach is scheduled
to be uprooted.  Our source adds that the high political figure added,
during the discussion on the fate of Tapuach, that its residents (many
of whom are members of Kach) "don't particularly appeal to me."

BINYAMIN (southern Shomron)
Ateret - A small community, northwest of Beit El, between two large
Arab blocs - Bir Zeit and Salfit. The community "bothers" the Arabs
and will therefore be removed.

Beit El, Ofrah (north of Ramallah) - These yishuvim are classified as
"thorns in the side" of the political powers-that-be, but because of
public promises, an effort is being made to find a way to leave them
in place.

P'sagot (north of Jerusalem, adjacent to the Ramallah suburb of Al
Bireh) - This yishuv, which hosts the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council,
is another question mark.

Kokhav HaShachar, Rimonim - Situated along the Alon highway, they are
in danger as a result of the desire to connect the Jericho bloc with
Ramallah, cutting off these yishuvim from Jerusalem.   They are also a
question mark.  Nachliel, too, is a question mark.

GUSH ETZION (south of Jerusalem)
Ma'aleh Amos, Meitzad, Nokdim, Tekoa - a large block comprising the
eastern section of the Gush, but not immune to the transfer plan, as
it is isolated and cut off by a string of Arab settlements from north
to south.  The intention is to uproot them.

Karmei Tzur (north of Kiryat Arba), and P'nei Chever, Otniel, and Beit
Haggai (south of Kiryat Arba) - The wiping out of these communities
will mean the erasing of a Jewish presence on southern Har Hevron.
They are scheduled for uprooting.  Kiryat Arba and the Jewish
community in Hevron are scheduled to remain in place, as the residents
are considered "difficult" to deal with.

GAZA
Netzarim, Kfar Darom, Morag - isolated, and scheduled to be uprooted.

N'vei Dekalim and ten additional communities of Gush Katif - Big
question marks.

JORDAN VALLEY
This area is not immune either, and remains a question mark.

One settlement is scheduled to enlarged and strengthened, but we [Dor
Hemshekh] will not identify the yishuv in question - because the
entire purpose of the proposal to strengthen the community is to
create divisiveness, using the strategy of "divide and conquer."  We
will say only that the reference is not to a large, central, or even
particularly strategic community.

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To:            arutz-7@arutzsheva.org
From:          Arutz-7 Editor <neteditor@arutzsheva.org>
Subject:       Arutz-7 News: Sunday, March 5, 2000

Arutz Sheva News Service
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Sunday, March 5, 2000 / Adar Aleph 28, 5760
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
   1. IT'S OFFICIAL: WITHDRAWAL BY JULY
   2. COLLECTING SHEKALIM

1. IT'S OFFICIAL: WITHDRAWAL BY JULY
Following a three-and-a-half hour meeting today, the government
announced its unanimous decision to withdraw its forces from southern
Lebanon by July.  The intention is to redeploy along the northern
border and protect the northern communities from there.  Today's
session followed an eight-hour meeting on the same topic last week,
enabling government ministers such as David Levy and Yossi Beilin, who
did not speak last week, to have their say today.  Today's decision
stipulates that the government will attempt to reach an agreement with
Syria on the withdrawal, but will convene at a later date in the event
that no such agreement is reached in order to decide how to implement
the pullback.  The decision also stipulates that Israel will provide
aid to SLA soldiers and strengthen northern communities.

An IDF soldier was wounded by Hizbullah mortar fire last night in
southern Lebanon, and is listed in moderate to severe condition.
Israel Air Force planes attacked terrorist targets in the central
sector of the security zone last night, and Israeli air raids and
exchange of fire continued yet again today.

Prime Minister Ehud Barak said today that there are no direct contacts
between Israel and Syria at present.  He added, however, that the U.S.
is facilitating indirect communication.  Barak told the Cabinet today
that if the talks with Syria do not resume within two months, it will
be hard to achieve an agreement in the foreseeable future.

2. COLLECTING SHEKALIM
The new umbrella organization formed to unify the efforts to increase
Beit HaMikdash (Holy Temple) awareness has begun a new Shekalim
campaign, in honor of the month of Adar and the traditional collection
of shekels for the Temple.  A silver-plated coin minted specially for
the occasion is being offered for purchase, with the Hebrew words
"Temple Treasury" engraved on one side, and "Anticipating the Renewal
of the Commandment of Giving a Half-Shekel" on the other.  Rabbi
Menachem Makover, director of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem, told
Arutz-7's Yosef Zalmanson today that the purpose of the campaign is to
"increase public awareness of the importance of the Temple in our
lives.  We want to remind ourselves that this is a live issue, one
that is dynamically relevant."  He admitted that it is hard for us to
understand what we are missing, "but our purpose is to do just that."

Rabbi Makover said that the money being raised would be used not only
to build more Temple instruments, "of which we presently have far from
enough," but also to carry out large-scale educational programs on the
centrality of the Temple.  He emphasized that those who contribute are
clearly informed that the money is not consecrated for actual Temple
use, but merely for "preparing the way."

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