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To: sirgawain
More on Arafat, the Terrorist of Islam.


Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:44:02 -0500 (CDT)
To: All the World
From: The Temple Institute 
Subject: The Last Remnant of Jews

"I have issued strict instructions for a total commitment to the 
cease-fire." So said Yasser Arafat on Rosh HaShana, a full year after 
his forces destroyed Joseph's Tomb in Nablus. A year in which 
near-daily casualties have been inflicted upon the people of Israel, 
and a year during which Arafat has already declared five previous 
cease-fires, each one lasting less than a week. But this morning, 
less than two days after this last declared cease-fire -- two days 
that were marked by unrelenting attacks by Palestinians on Israeli 
forces and civilians -- another Israeli has been  murdered. Today, the 
third of Tishrei, while the Jewish people observe the Fast of 
Gedaliah, 26 year old Sarit Amrani, mother of three, was shot dead 
before her children's eyes. Her husband Shai, 32, was seriously 
wounded, suffering bullet wounds to the neck and chest. His 
condition, listed as critical, continues to worsen at this hour. The 
couple's three children, also in the car, were unharmed. The attack,
in which the family were fired upon by a passing Palestinian 
truck, took place on the road connecting the Arab and Jewish 
communities of Tekoa. The terrorists fled in the direction of nearby 
Palestinian Authority-controlled Bethlehem.

Please note that although America has invited Arafat to join its 
anti-terror coalition, to free the world from terror, Fatah, 
associated with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, has 
claimed responsibility for this morning's terror attack. Yes, you are 
reading this right.

Israel's nobel laureate, the amazing Shimon Peres, will not meet 
today with Arafat. We are sure that he is disappointed. After all, 
Peres says that since Arafat's announcement there has been a "very 
large decrease" in the violence. Sarit Amrani's children must find 
that very reassuring. It's only one more family torn asunder; our 
daily quota. President Bush recently said: "We take his [Arafat's] 
words very seriously that he is interested in doing everything he can 
to reduce terrorism in the Middle East. That was a very positive 
statement he made." President Bush, this woman was murdered by 
Arafat's organization. What have you to say?

And while America continues to weigh her options and plan her 
retaliatory moves, President Bush and Sec. of State Powell still urge 
Israel to return to negotiate with her anti-terror coalition partner, 
Arafat, who gave blood for victims of terror in America last week, 
and just killed another Jewish mother this morning.

Today is observed as a day of fasting by the Jewish people because in 
the period following the destruction of the First Temple, the Jewish 
governor Gedaliah ben Ahikam was murdered on this day. King 
Nebuchadnezzer destroyed the First Temple and exiled most of the 
Jewish people to Babylon. But he allowed a small remainder of Jews to 
stay in their land. The king appointed the righteous Gedaliah to 
govern over this remnant.

When the Jews who lived in Moab, Amon, Edom and other lands heard 
that the Babylonian king allowed a remnant for Judah in her land, and 
appointed Gedaliah over them, they returned to the Land of Judah and 
were permitted to work their fields. They experienced some respite.
However the King of Amon was jealous of this remnant of Judah. He 
dispatched Yishmael ben Netanya to kill Gedaliah. Although Gedaliah 
had been warned of Yishmael's plot, he refused to believe, not 
wishing to take heed of evil speech. He received Yishmael with honor, 
but the latter killed him and most of the Jews who were with him, as 
well as the Chaldeans left there by the Babylonian king. Fearing the 
king's revenge, the remaining Jews fled to Egypt, and in this manner 
the last remnant was scattered and the land became desolate.

One year ago on this day, the Fast of Gedaliah, we wrote about the 
obvious parallels between then and now. "We are all the last remnant 
of Jews left in the Land of Israel. Our enemies attempt to scatter 
us, and to make the land desolate. Arafat gave the orders for this 
wave of murder and destruction; Arafat could call it off if he so 
chooses." So we wrote one year ago, at the beginning of this war. 
Now, a year later, the message does not remain the same: it is more 
pertinent, more insistent, and more urgent than ever. Visit the 
Israel Foreign Ministryís website (http://www.israel.org/mfa) to view 
pictures and biographies of nearly every Jew who has been killed 
during this past year. In Israel, the terror that America so rightly 
abhors, and so justifiably vows to blot out, continues every single 
day. Another family has been devastated today, and forever torn 
asunder. How should we respond? How would you respond?

With blessings for an inscription in the Book of Life for all,

Rabbi Chaim Richman
The Temple Institute
PO Box 31876
Jerusalem, Israel 97500
www.templeinstitute.org

10 posted on 09/20/2001 11:07:11 AM PDT by Star Traveler (aldebaran6640@hotmail.com)
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To: Star Traveler
This is why we are trying to keep this from having anything to do with religion. This is about crime. Terrorist crime against civilians. I don't think Bin Laden is doing this for religious reasons. He is full of hate and using religion as an excuse and to manipulate his people. He wants power and control just like any other two bit twisted crime boss.He is Comander in Cheif of the Taliban since August 30. The Taliban is not a recognized government. Bin Laden is a criminal murder wanted dead or alive with a price on his head.
15 posted on 09/23/2001 7:48:47 PM PDT by dalebert
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