Subject: Israel News - March 16-22, 1998
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 23:47:04 +0000
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Israel News
March 16 to March 22, 1998
TEMPLE WATCH
'UNBLEMISHED' RED HEIFER WILL BE SHIPPED TO ISRAEL
AUTHOR: David Rosen SOURCE:The Messianic Times
Clyde Lott is planning an unusual cattle roundup this spring
which some consider prophetic. At $320 per head, 500 cattle will
be airlifted from the U.S. to Tel Aviv, 140 at a time. The 14
hour journey will end in a secret settlement in Israel.
Besides restoring Israel's Red Angus cattle population, Lott
expects the Nebraska herd to provide at least five to seven
heifers that might fit the requirements for a Numbers 19
umblemished red heifer for Temple sacrifice. "And by the time
they reach the age of three, it would probably be less than half
of that," says Lott. "Nevertheless, we'd have more than one that
would meet all the requirements."
ISRAELI ANTI-EVANGELISM LEGISLATION
Report No. 45 March, 1998
Following is the wording of the bill which MK Pinchasi, Chairman
of the Knesset Committee, proposes in place of the earlier bill
proposed by MK s Zvilli and Gafni. This bill has been submitted
to the Government Committee on Legislation (GCML) and will soon
be brought for preliminary vote to the Knesset.
As you can see, the bill proposes a death blow to the freedom of
religious expression in Israel by outlawing the right of all
religions to contend in the marketplace of ideas. It also
wrongly assumes that Messianic Jewish believers constitute a
threat to the Jewish nature of the State. Such an assumption is
wholly misleading and contrary to the facts: Many Messianic Jews
have testified to a contrary reality, namely, that their
attachment to their own nation and its customs was significantly
enhanced due to their messianic faith.
The Fourteen Knesset Proposed Law of MK Rafael Pinchasi, P/1936
Proposed Penal Law (Amendment - Prohibition against Preaching to
Change Religion), 5758-1998, Addition to Article 174C 1. In the
Penal Law, 5737-1977 1).
Following Article 174B will come: "Prohibition against Preaching
to Change Religion" "174C.
Anyone who preaches* with the purpose of causing another person
to change his religion is liable to three years imprisonment or a
fine of NIS 50,000."
1. S/H 5737, p. 226 Explanatory Notes In recent years,
missionary activity has increased to worrisome proportions. This
has been particularly evident among the youth and new immigrants.
Such destructive activity creates a heavy apprehension among us
that, Heaven forbid, it will not be too long before the Jewish
reality in this country will be met with a new entity, united
under the shadow of the cross, which could determine various
trends in Israeli society. Whereas in the not too distant past,
the mere thought of anything connected with missionary activity
was repulsive and shocking to a Jew whoever he may be; now, to
our sorrow, this grievous phenomenon, which is an intensive
campaign for apostasy among Jews, is met with equanimity. It is,
therefore, necessary to enact a very wide-sweeping law which
would include all activities in which preaching or the ability
may be found in the slightest degree to influence a person to
change his religion, so that every nation may protect its own
sons and its long-standing traditions, in accordance with the
tradition of "each man shall live by his faith."
Submitted to the Chairman of the Knesset and Deputies Tabled in
the Knesset on 28 Tevet 5758 - 26.1.98
* note to the translation: The term we have translated "preach"
(meytif) is very broad. It includes persuasion, encouragement,
exhortation and the calling upon one to take a certain action.
In essence, the proposed bill would proscribe all forms of
persuasion, be they verbal, written, recorded or broadcast.
ISRAEL JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
PM TO ADDRESS CHRISTIANS IN ORLANDO (FLORIDA)
IINS News Service -Israel-3/17
Thousands of Christians and Jews will gather in Orlando, April
29th through May 3rd , to celebrate Israel's Jubilee (50th) year
as a nation, and to take a strong stand against anti-Semitism.
Among the highlights of the conference will be an address by
Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who will speak to the
estimated 18,000 in attendance at the Orange County Convention
Center on Sunday, May 3rd, as part of the closing festivities.
The Israel's Jubilee conference, which will reach a global
audience via satellite and Internet, is expected to be the
largest gathering of Christians and Jews ever convened in support
of the State of Israel. The event, which is being organized by
Christian Alliance for Israel, has been sanctioned by Israel's
50th Anniversary Committee as an official part of the nation's
birthday celebration. Christian Alliance for Israel represents a
coalition of individuals and organizations who share a love for
and commitment to Israel and the Jewish people.
TO LIFE! COSTNER, DOUGLAS CO-HOST CBS SPECIAL SALUTING ISRAEL'S
50TH IINS News Service -Israel-3/22
America loves a celebration. On April 15, 1998 in true American
style, the country will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
State of Israel with an unforgettable television special event.
According to the show's celebrated executive producers Don
Mischer and Gil Cates, Academy Award-winning actors Kevin Costner
and Michael Douglas will co-host this two-hour entertainment
special called "To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th."
Veteran composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch will be the music
director. The show will air from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS
television network.
"This distinguished television event from the Shrine Auditorium
in Los Angeles salutes the triumph of the first 50 years of
Israel's remarkable birth and growth, its struggle for survival
and the joy and spirit of its people," said Mischer.
"Our intent is to focus on America's shared experiences and
common bonds," explained Cates. The show will be an Americawide
celebration reflecting many forms of American culture. It will
also include a "live" interconnection with an audience in Israel
at the Tower of David in Jerusalem.
PEACE PROCESS
U.N. CONDEMNS ISRAEL FOR ILLEGAL ACTIONS -
Weekend News Today Source: UN Daily Highlights Tue Mar 17 , 1998
Meeting at the resumed tenth emergency special session on
Tuesday, the U.N. General Assembly reiterated its condemnation of
Israel for failing to comply with its resolutions on the occupied
East Jerusalem and other Palestinian territories. In a resolution
adopted by 120 votes in favour, three against (United States,
Micronesia, Israel) and five abstentions (Australia, Bulgaria,
The Marshall Islands, Romania and Swaziland), the Assembly
reiterated all the demands made in its earlier resolutions.
The resolutions condemned Israel's construction of a new
settlement in Jebel Abu Ghneim and all other illegal actions in
the occupied territories and demanded that it stop such
activities. They also demanded that Israel accept the
applicability to those territories of the Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.
U.N. CHIEF CALLS ON ISRAEL, ARABS TO ADVANCE PEACE PROCESS =
March 19, 1998 By Tarek El-Tablawy, Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt
(AP)
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on Israel and the Arabs
on Thursday to move the peace process forward and said the United
States should not be blamed for the lack of progress.
Arab countries, including Egypt, have criticized the United
States, saying that Washington has been unwilling to pressure
Israel to make concessions and comply with U.N. resolutions that
call for its withdrawal from occupied territories.
"We have ... to urge the parties to take this issue forward with
energy, seriousness ... and the courage and wisdom and vision to
make the compromises necessary to attain peace,'' Annan said
after a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa.
"Without that commitment, without that will ... that kind of
breakthrough does not happen,'' he said. "And you don't blame the
mediator.''
Annan again said he did not bring any proposals for breaking the
stalemated talks. The secretary-general arrived in Cairo on
Wednesday from Jordan. He also plans to visit Syria and the
Palestinian areas, as well as Israel and Lebanon.
Annan told reporters that all U.N. resolutions should be
fulfilled, including Resolution 425, which calls for an
unconditional Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
NETANYAHU: ONLY ISRAEL CAN MAKE SECURITY-RELATED DECISIONS
March 19, 1998 By Hilary Appelman, Associated Press Jerusalem
(AP)
After failing to persuade the United States to shelve its
announcement of a new Mideast peace initiative, Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu warned Thursday that "only Israel'' can make
decisions affecting its security.
Netanyahu told reporters in Jerusalem that "The United States can
and from our point of view ought to propose different ways of
helping the parties to make progress in the process. "But one
thing is clear,'' he said. "It is Israel who will decide its
security needs and only Israel can do this.''
US PROPOSAL: 13.1% WITHDRAWAL IN 12 WEEKS
Summary of Israeli newspapers 3/20/98
Yedioth prints today what it says is a draft of the US proposal
to jump-start the peace process. The proposal envisages a twelve
week process split into three parts. All in all the plan calls
for a 13.1% withdrawal together with action on the Palestinian
covenant, incitement, the release of terror suspects by
Palestinian authorities, arms smuggling and an accounting for the
size of the Palestinian police force. Other parts of the US
position include an agreement to be negotiated on a halt to
settlement activity. Netanyahu has apparently written to Clinton
rejecting the proposal.
PALESTINIANS ACCEPTED THE AMERICAN PEACE PLAN
Summary of Israeli newspapers 3/20/98
The Palestinians accept the American proposal for unfreezing the
peace process. This is what senior Palestinian officials told US
peace talks coordinator Dennis Ross according to Ma'ariv. The
Palestinians accepted the proposal after the Americans adopted a
key Palestinian demand - support for their demand not to cancel
the third phase. The Americans have asked the Palestinians to
accept moving discussion of the third phase to the talks on the
final status.
ALBRIGHT, ARAFAT HOLD TELEPHONE MEETING ON PEACE EFFORTS
Copyright 1998 Nando.net 1998 Agence France-Presse GAZA CITY
(March 21, 1998)
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright conferred by phone
Saturday with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, a
Palestinian official said. Albright telephoned "to inform
President Arafat of recent American proposals aimed at saving the
peace process," said Arafat's spokesman Nabil Abu Rodeina. The
spokesman refused to give details of the conversation.
The Palestinian Authority had pressed Washington on Friday to
quickly release proposals for breaking the deadlocked
Israeli-Palestinian peace process. "It is time for the United
States to put forward its initiative, which has been too long in
coming," the Palestinian Authority cabinet and PLO leadership
said in a statement issued after meeting with Arafat.
PREPARATION FOR WAR
ARAFAT CALLS FOR URGENT ARAB SUMMIT -- "to rescue Jerusalem from
the talons of the Israeli occupation and the cancer of the Jewish
settlements"
Weekend News Today Source: Excite News Thu Mar 19 , 1998
Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat has called for an
urgent Arab summit meeting to confront the Israeli policy of
expanding Jewish settlements in the occupied territories, UPI
reported. "I'm urging my brothers, the Arab leaders, to gather as
soon as possible to rescue Jerusalem from the talons of the
Israeli occupation and the cancer of the Jewish settlements,"
Arafat said in a statement published by the Palestinian news
agency Wafa. The statement said: "Israel depends on Europe for 67
percent of its economic relations. This is one of the strong
means in Europe's hands to put an end to this Israeli
stubbornness and challenge."
MUFTI JUSTIFIES ATTACKS ON ISRAEL
IINS News Service -Israel-3/20
Jerusalem's top Moslem cleric has said attacks against Israeli
civilians are legitimate, as long as Israel continues to "occupy
Palestinian lands". Jerusalem's PLO Authority (PA)-appointed
Grand Mufti Ikrama Sabri told visiting Cairo-based reporters on
Wednesday night that Islamic suicide bombings were a legitimate
response to the Israeli army's action against Arabs. "I believe
suicide bombings are a response to the occupation. It isn't a
matter of whether these bombings are legitimate or not. Their
(Israeli) army kills innocent women and children, the bombers
kill innocent civilians. Why does the army have the right to do
that and we don't?'' Sabri said. "If Israel does not respond to
peaceful initiatives to solve the problem with the Palestinians,
then it is legitimate to fight against it as a sort of
self-defense,'' he added.
Sabri said he would not meet with any Jewish clerics, before
Israel withdrew from "occupied lands". Sabri, who was appointed
by Arafat, told reporters Israel would never be totally secure
unless it withdrew from Arab territories.
"The main problem is the presence of the occupation forces and
Israel's non-compliance with the peace accords. It appears they
regret even signing these accords. When the occupation ends,
we'll see if there is any more violence,'' he said. "I believe
that the problem of Jerusalem and the peace process will not be
solved as long as America supports Israel,'' he said. (Reuters)
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