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Word From Yerushalaim
Simantov Allalouf
ouziel16@yahoo.com
http://www.wordfromyerushalaim.com
URGENT ACTION ALERT -- ISRAEL
Capitol Hill Prayer Partners Nov 16, 2005
Email: chpp@patriot.net
U.S. Forcing Israel to Make Dangerous Concessions
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Dear Prayer Partners,
There is disturbing news coming out of Israel today which, although
not reported in the mainstream press, has been reported by DEBKAfile
and by our own sources in that nation.
We are forwarding three reports to you below, as follows:
1. Describing the negotiations just completed by our Secretary
of State, Condoleezza Rice. These include two main topics: a)
Participation of Hamas in Palestinian elections and b) Security
issues at the Rafah border crossing [Source: DEBKAfile]
2. The response of all three of Israel's security forces to this
agreeement [Source: DEBKAfile]
3. A more detailed report on the discussion of Palestinian elections.
[Source: Media Line]
After you study through these reports, please find a message
from an intercessor in Israel, showing the serious nature of
these agreements.
Finally, the Israel Unity Coalition has provided an opportunity
for you to respond to these developments by sending a message
to President Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Israeli
leaders. The message is posted below, along with the link for
your own response.
AS A MEMBER ORGANIZATION OF THE ISRAEL UNITY COALITION, CAPITOL
HILL PRAYER PARTNERS REQUESTS THAT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS READ,
STUDY, PRAY AND TAKE HEED TO THIS CALL TO ACTION. AS ALWAYS,
RESPOND ONLY AS OUR LORD WOULD THEN DIRECT YOU TO DO.
God bless you all and may He yet have mercy upon America.
In His Amazing Grace,
Sara Ballenger, President Capitol Hill Prayer Partners
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1. RICE SECURES RAFAH PACKAGE STRIPPED OF ADEQUATE COUNTER-TERROR
SAFEGUARDS
DEBKAfile
November 15, 2005
The White House ordered Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to
stay over in Jerusalem until the deal for the Gaza Strip's international
crossings was in the bag. She was almost there – "an
accord is within sight" – Monday, Nov. 14. But she
delayed her departure to join President Bush in South Korea until
it was settled down to the last detail at issue between the Israelis
and the Palestinians.
The breakthrough was announced after she met defense minister
Shaul Mofaz Tuesday morning. It was achieved after Israel backed
down from virtually all its demands for security safeguards against
terrorist incursions.
DEBKAfile's political sources analyze some of the agreement's
salient features.
The Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt will reopen on November
25 as a Palestinian-Egyptian facility with a European presence.
Video images will be transferred to a control center at the Kerem
Shalom crossing which is on Israeli soil. It will be manned by
Israelis and Palestinians with a European presence.
Israel will not be entitled to demand that suspected terrorists
be kept out or detained. The Palestinians will only be required
to report on the arrivals of VIPs, diplomats and humanitarian
cases – no one else. Mofaz lauded this as "another
stage in Egypt's involvement." He made no reference to the
failure of Egyptian border police's failure to secure the Philadelphi
border enclave against the massive smuggling of arms and terrorists
since the withdrawal of Israeli troops.
As for the crossings from Gaza into Israel, Israel surrendered
the prerogative to shut them down to secure personnel against
terror alerts, although these facilities are notoriously prime
terrorist targets. Jerusalem has undertaken to first notify the
US embassy in Tel Aviv and back up its "request" with
specific information, thus parting with its intelligence secrets.
It must then wait for permission from Washington – or its
refusal - to the closure.
Effective preventive action may well be held up by this delay.
By surrendering this point, Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon
relinquished a key element of Israel's sovereign right to self-defense
and agreed to hamstring its own army's freedom to combat terror.
The presence of Palestinian customs inspectors at Kerem Shalom
makes an additional inroad on Israeli sovereignty.
From Dec. 15 to January 15, "secured Palestinian convoys"
will start rolling across southern Israel from the Gaza Strip
to the West Bank. The Palestinians want their own forces to secure
the trucks. All that has been settled is that the Americans and
Europeans will determine the procedures for their passage through
Israeli territory.
There is no sign of the Sharon government standing up to Washington's
demands on that point either, so it is more than likely that
Palestinian "forces" will be let loose on a wide swathe
of southern Israel to escort 150 trucks a day bound for Hebron,
Ramallah, Jenin and Nablus.
The provisions for the Rafah crossing will also be applied to
Gaza's deep sea port construction of which begins without delay.
Israel has therefore forfeited control and oversight over incoming
goods and people to Gaza by sea as well as overland.
2. ALL ISRAELI SECURITY BRANCHES PROTEST TO SHARON AGAINST
GAZA CROSSING DEAL
US secretary Rice forced the accord through in a diplomatic blitz
Tuesday Nov. 15
The protests came from the top levels of Israel's armed forces,
the Shin Beit and all other intelligence services and the police.
Rarely before have so many expressions of alarm been rushed to
the head of government by all of top security agencies.
By this extreme step -
1. Each of the branches submitted separate warnings to prime
minister Ariel Sharon and defense minister Shaul Mofaz. They
were alerted to the grave hazards in store when the crossings
are reopened later this month and the rest of the accord goes
into effect, shorn as they have been of appropriate security
controls.
2. Each branch placed its reservations in writing to clearly
record where responsibility lies for the worst possible contingencies.
DEBKAfile's security sources report gloomy forecasts from all
the leading officials responsible for Israeli national security
and the war on terror. The accord signed Tuesday caught them
in the middle of constructing a new security system designed
to safeguard the country after Israeli troops were pulled out
of the Gaza Strip. The new accord threatens to push this system
aside. Israel is divested of the means of keeping terrorists
from making free use of the crossings which reopen Nov. 25 and
the Palestinian convoys driving from Gaza to the West Bank and
back from Dec. 15.
--There is no longer any barrier to Palestinian terrorists bringing
shoulder-launched anti-air missiles any time to the point from
which they can turn Israel's international airport into a disaster
zone and paralyze international air traffic to and from the country.
--Our sources reveal that the prime minister's office made sure
the six-page accord left by Rice was not translated into Hebrew.
Israeli television and radio audiences were therefore not exposed
to its contents.
--Israel is denied any veto power over the arrival of terrorists
from Sinai to Gaza or from Gaza to the West Bank in both directions.
A wanted terrorist can simply board a bus in Gaza and commute
to Hebron or Ramallah without restraint. Israel officials may
not stop and search it the vehicle, albeit on Israeli soil, let
alone make an arrest. They can only gnash their teeth in frustration.
--Equally freedom of control is promised the merchandise and
container trucks. The American and European inspectors at the
Gaza-Israeli crossings will not allow the Israeli officers free
rein to effectively search them for hazardous freights lest the
150-per-day quota be slowed. The Palestinians will thus be quite
free to move as many terrorists and as much water material and
explosives as they like between the Gaza and the West Bank.
--Therefore, when Israeli security leaders saw with dread the
collapse of their painfully wrought war on terror – a
NATO military mission arrived in Israel as Rice left to study
Israel's tactics and techniques – circles close to Palestinian
minister Mohammed Dahlan in Ramallah were crowing with delight.
They praised Condoleezza Rice for helping them break down Israel's
regime of crossings and barriers. At last, they said, we can
enjoy full freedom of movement. (DEBKAfile)
3. ACRIMONIOUS TALKS ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS BETWEEN RICE
AND SHARON
The Media Line
November 15, 2005
Sources in Israel are reporting that there were sharp exchanges
between American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon over how to deal with Hamas participation
in the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections. Sharon had
threatened to disrupt elections if Hamas participated, and was
disappointed that the Bush administration would not back his
position. Under pressure from the Americans, Sharon softened
his stance from the threat to interfere to his present posture
of not hindering, but not being willing to coordinate with the
P.A. and not allowing free movement for Hamas members involved
in the election. Rice, though, is insisting that Israel fully
cooperate even though Hamas will be part of the election process.
The Bush administration wants Israeli cooperation to ensure that
the elections come off without a hitch. The American reasoning
is that it will be easier to disarm Hamas following the election.
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Dear Intercessors:
U S Secretary Rice forced deal on the Gaza-Egypt border crossing
is the equivalent of signing a death certificate for hundrends
of Israelis. The terrorists have now been given an open unrestricted
highway from Egypt to Gaza and from Gaza to Judea and Samaria.
May God have mercy on the leaders of America and Israel's for
allowing this to take place.
The Lord gave me this word for the leaders of Israel and America
who have committed this abomination against the Lord and His
people!
Plots against Jeremiah
Moreover, the Lord made it known to me and I knew it; Then You
showed me their deeds. But I was like a gentle lamb led to the
slaughter; And I did not know that they had devised plots against
me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, And
let us cut him off from the land of the living, That his name
be remembered no more." But, O Lord of hosts, who judges
righteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see
Your vengeance on them, For to You have I committed my cause."
Jeremiah 11:18-20
(A friend in Israel)
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In light of these developments, the Israel Unity Coalition has
released a letter (see below) to be sent to President Bush and
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is currently signing
agreements in the Middle East. When you access IUC's link, the
letter will also be mailed to your own members of Congress, and
to Israeli leaders in the Knesset.
This message will encourage Israeli Cabinet members to withstand
US pressure to let Hamas run in the coming January PA election.
It also expresses great concern regarding US pressure on Israel
to make additional grave concessions that negatively affect Israel's
security.
IUC's letter follows; you may make changes as you see fit.
Dear President Bush and Secretary of State Rice,
I am confounded by the policies that you are articulating and
are pressing Israel to accept during this visit to the Middle
East.
By allowing Palestinians to take control of the border between
Gaza and Egypt, you are establishing a pathway for violence.
In this latest agreement of allowing Palestinians to travel between
the West Bank and Gaza in bus convoys into Israel with no oversight
and permitting the construction of a seaport in Gaza - all without
first insisting on the cessation of terror - you are putting
Israel at grave risk and siding with our terrorist enemies.
Also, by not taking a stand against Hamas running in the Palestinian
elections, you are forcing Israel into dangerous compromises
with the Palestinians and are guaranteeing more terror in the
Middle East.
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To send this message to U.S. and Isreali leaders, go to:
www.israelunitycoalition.org/action/actionalert.php?who=19&date=2005-11-16
(Source: Israel Unity Coalition, www.israelunitycoalition.org)
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