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Many have stated that it is impossible to know whether or not we are living in the last days

before the second coming of Jesus Christ. However, below you will find dramatic proof that

these are the endtimes. The proofs below defy coincidence.

Euphrates River to Be Dried Up In Revelation 16:12, the Bible predicts that the Euphrates Riverwill be dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the east to invade Israel. This will happen at the time of the battle of Armageddonaccording to verse 16 of the same chapter. The battle of Armageddon will be the final battle at which time Jesus will return and fighton the side of the nation of Israel. Immediately thereafter He will establish His kingdom and usher in His one thousand-year reign ofpeace. On January 13, 1990, the Indianapolis Starcarried the headline Turkey Will Cut Off Flow of Euphrates for One Month. Thearticle stated that a huge reservoir had been built by Turkey. While filling up the reservoir, the flow of the Euphrates would be stoppedfor one month and a concrete plug for a diversion channel built. These things have now been done. With this newly built dam, Turkeyhas the ability to stop the Euphrates River at will. The conditions for fulfilling this 1,900 year-old prophecy are now in place.

In Revelation 9:15-16,the Bible prophesies that an army of 200 million soldiers will launch a war which would kill the third part of men. Never in thehistory of the world until our present generation has there been a power on earth that could field 200 million soldiers. However, thelate ruler of China, Mao Tse Tung boasted in his diary that he could field an army of 200 million. The CIA World Factbook reportsthat in the year 2001, it is estimated that China has 200,886,946 men of military age, and this number is growing by 10 million peryear.

In Revelation 13, the Bible prophesies that aworld dictator will soon rule over a world government. He will cause all people in the earth to receive a number without which theywill be unable to buy or sell. We are seeing this prophecy fulfilled before our eyes in a most astonishing way. Nearly every humanbeing in the world now has been assigned a number. In America it is our Social Security number. In the past few years, we have seenthis number extended to newborns. A child without a Social Security number cannot be declared as a dependent on an income taxreturn. We have seen the emergence of electronic money, shopping with credit cards, and many people urging the abolishment of cash.All of these things could not possibly have been fulfilled until this present time. Only after the invention of the computer could such aworldwide numbering system be administered.

Revelation 13:7 andDaniel 7:23 prophesy the establishment of a world government. The term New World Order has become a prevalent phrase in theworlds political culture. Mikhail Gorbachev made the term famous, and Pope John Paul II has referred to it repeatedly. In theSeptember 12, 1990 issue of theChicago Tribune, our former president George Bush said, Iraq is the first test for the New WorldOrder. He emphatically stated that the Iraq War is Saddam Hussein against the world. The United Nations troops are continuallyreferred to as the multi-national forces. The decision has been made to establish an interdependent community of nations that will rulethe world under United Nations authority. The Bible says that this will lead us into a great world government. The formation of thisgovernment is at hand.

Is it coincidental that all of these major prophecies pertaining to the last times are being fulfilled simultaneously?

China Goes to War

Worldwide Numbering System Predicted

The Emergence of a New World Order

or Divine Providence?

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November 3-13, 2003 Call 1-800-ENDTIME for more information.

Now that the political situation in the Middle East has stabilized, I am very excited toannounce our next tour to the Holy Land. As always, this is a trip of a lifetime. I anticipatethat this one, however, will be extra special. There are two reasons. First, by the time we arrive,the Road Map for Peace will be in full swing. We will feel the political climatefor most,euphoria, for some, dread as we tour the land where God Almighty chose to place His name.And second, by combining our Israel Tour with a 3-day swing through Jordan, this will be oneof the LEAST EXPENSIVE tours we will ever be able to offeronly $2,095 for 11 days!

I want to personally invite you to join us for Prophecy Tour 2003. You wont want to miss

it!

In IsraelWe will stand on the Mount of Olives where Jesus will stand when He returnsVisit the

Temple Mount itself where the Third Temple will soon be builtSee the cornerstone intend-ed for the rebuilding of the Third TempleAt the Temple Institute we will see the vessels andthe garments already prepared for resumption of temple worship Visit the Garden Tomb andthe Garden of GethsemaneSee the site of the coming Battle of ArmageddonWe will visit

Judean settlements where Jesus prophesied great tribulation will come in the near future(Matthew 24:15-21)Sail across the Sea of Galilee where Jesus walked on the waterand

much, much more!

In JordanJordan is the only nation that the Bible specifically says will not be invaded by theAntichrist. Daniel 11:41 speaks of the Antichrist: He shall enter also into the glorious land,and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom,and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. Edom is Petra in southern J ordan, theMoab Mountains are in Jordan, and Amman is the capital city of the nation of Jordan. Whilethere we will visit Petra, the incredible ruins of the ancient Roman city, Jerash, and stand onthe top of Mount Nebothe place from which God showed Moses the Promised Land justbefore he died. Mount Nebo overlooks Jericho, and if its a clear day, we may catch a glimpse

of Jerusalem in the distance.

How You Can Join UsThe cost for the entire Israel-Jordan trip will be $2,095 plus tips and taxes. We leave from

Chicagos OHare Airport. You can ensure your place on the tour by sending a deposit of $250as soon as possible. Total payment must be made 60 days before our departure date ofNovember 3rd. If you have further questions, please call us at 1-800-Endtime. Ask for Debbie.

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Perspective

EditorialBy Irvin Baxter Jr.

Editor-in-Chief

Magazine Staff

Endtime Ministries

Statement of Faith

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We believe that the Bible is the inspired

Word of God, that Jesus Christ is the

Savior of the world, and that He will

come again to establish a kingdom that

shall never be destroyed (Daniel 2:44).

Those who are born again (John 3:3-5)

will have eternal life and rule as kings

and priests with Christ forever.

Even while executing a full courtpress promoting peace in theMiddle East, President Bush con-tinues to aggressively push hisWar on Terrorism. Apparently he

still thinks the Axis of Evil is evil.Uday and Qusay Hussein are dead. Dissidents

are attempting to overthrow the Iranian govern-ment. Iran has announced it now possesses mis-siles that can reach Tel Aviv, and there is com-pelling evidence to suggest it has been secretlyattempting to make nuclear weapons.

America is withdrawing its 37,000 troopsfrom Korea's Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),pulling them out of harm's way in case thenuclear dispute with North Korea degeneratesinto a hot war. It was just announced that theUnited States will be holding joint militaryexercises with South Korea in late August. Itcertainly looks like the U.S. is preparing forwar, an observation that has probably not

escaped the attention of North Korea.

But the big question in everyone's mind hasto be, "When is the big one coming?"The prophecy describes a war that will kill

one-third of mankind-two billion people (Rev.9:15-16). The question is not "if" this war willhappen. The only question is when. It appearsmuch more likely to happen in the next fiveyears than in 50. If the Roadmap for Peaceturns out to actually be the Confirmation ofthe Covenant-the beginning of the final sevenyears-then the war that kills one-third ofmankind must happen within the next threeyears. We know this because the war must hap-pen before the Great Tribulation begins, andthe Great Tribulation begins three and one-half years after the Confirmation of theCovenant.

We are not able to speak with absolute cer-tainty about the timing right now. Did thefinal seven years begin on April 30, 2003? Wedon't know for sure. But we do know that the

endtime has arrived.

In 1968, Irvin Baxter Jr. discovered the United States

and other modern nations in the Bible. He also found the

Berlin Wall in the Bible and that one day it was to be torn

down, reuniting Germany, and that event would be the

catalyst to spark an international movement called the

New World Order. These things have now come to

pass.

Irvin Baxter J r., a Pentecostal minister, began Endtime

Ministries in 1986 when he wrote A Message For The

President, a book explaining the major prophecies of the

Bible which he had been teaching since 1968.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, prophetic fulfillment

accelerated rapidly. The decision was made to launch

Endtime. The purpose of the magazine is to explain the

prophecies of the Bible and to show that they are now

being fulfilled in intricate detail.

Articles focus on the soon return of J esus Christ, the

truth of the Bible, and the need for salvation. Endtimedoes

not deal with doctrinal controversies, as valid as they may

be. This will be left to other publications.

What is EndtimeMagazine?

Don't Forget. . .

We Are At War!


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World Events from a Biblical Perspective

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CONTENTS

Cover Story9 Rocky Road

Does Roadmap for Peace=Confirmationof the Covenant?Will the Roadmap result in lasting peace?In this edition, the question is exploredfrom three different perspectives. AnIsraeli point of view is optimistically pre-sented in an exclusive Endtime interviewwith Uri Dan, a close friend of PrimeMinister Ariel Sharon; leading Arabspokesperson Dr. Hanan Ashrawis MIF-

TAH.org gives an unambiguousPalestinian take on the Roadmaps devel-opments; and finally, Jerusalem-basedChristian journalist David Dolan offers hisno-holds-barred assessment. It does looklike a rocky road ahead.

Endtime is published bi-monthly by Endtime, Inc., 1301 South 8th Street, Richmond, IN 47374. Subscription price is $29 for 12 issues. Periodical postage paid #009267, ISSN# 1066-

6885, Richmond, IN, and additional ma iling offices. 2003 Endtime, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. POSTMAS-TER: Send address changes to Endtime, PO Box 2066, Richmond, IN 47375-2066. For subscriptions call 24 hrs/day, 7 days/week 1-800-ENDTIME. Other inquiries call 1-765-962-63448:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Central) .Cover: AP WideWorld Photo/Hussein M alla, Pool

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AP WideWorld Photo/O ded Balilty

Feature Articles19 What the World Thinks of America

We cant run the world without America. Endtimerecently interviewed Clare Short, a former cabinetminister from Great Britain who recently took part ina BBC global television debate about the UnitedStates place in the world, What the World Thinks ofAmerica. Preview: its not pretty.

26 Auto ID: Tracking Everything, EverywherePrivacy advocate Katherine Albrecht has uncoveredwhat Americans are only now becoming aware of; anenormous infrastructure of data collected by the pri-vate sector, including I.D. cards for supermarket dis-counts.

AP WideWorld Photo/David K arp

Departments4 Edi torial

Dont Foreg...We Are At War!

6 Letters & Feedback

1 Whetstone

23 Whetstone Answers

24 World Review U.S. Goes It Alone, By Force If

Necessary Wal-Mart Ushers in RFID

French Admit English isWorld Language

U.S. Pressure on North Koreaand Iran Intense

Profit Over Privacy


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President Evokes Uneasy Feelings

Do you think the Antichrist could be President Bush? I won-der because of the Roadmap for Peace he is trying to push andhow he wants to democratize the world. I know people say thathe is supposed to be a Christian. I am not saying that he isnt,but every time I see these things I get an uneasy feeling. Thanks,and many blessings on your lives.

Teddy

Reply: Some of the things the president has done give us thesame uneasy feeling. However, the Bible is clear that theAntichrist will rise among a ten-king union most likely based inEurope. It would be hard to envision a scenario under which anyU.S. president could fulfill this aspect of the prophecy.

Justified Killing

The response in your March/April issue to the man wonder-ing about military service did him a great injustice. The com-mandment "Thou shalt not kill" is more properly translated,"Thou shalt not murder." There are reasons to go to war that are

justifiable, and the unfortunate killing that is done is not mur-der, but it is killing done to uphold the righteousness of a

greater cause. The Civil War and World War II are two suchexamples.As far as killing someone and "sending someone to hell," as

you put it, their sins send them to hell. I am sure God, in Hisgreat mercy, gave them time to repent.

I enjoy your ministry a great deal, but you are mistaken inthis matter. God bless and keep up the good work.

Bob, Toledo, Ohio

Reply: Some Christians would agree with you. However, J esussaid, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were ofthis world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be

delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

(John 18:36)

Pros and cons of Roadmap being Confirmation

Two questions: 1) Why have you been pointing to April 30thas possibly the time of the confirmation of the covenant? 2) Howmight the Great Tribulation for the people in Judea be worsethan the Holocaust was?

GB

Reply: The Roadmap for Peace was presented to Israel and tothe Palestinians by the world community on April 30th. TheRoadmap covers most of the factors that are prophesied to occurwhen the confirmation of the covenant takes place. The confir-mation of the covenant will deal with the status of the HolyLand, and the status of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.During the seven years that the Antichrist confirms thecovenant, the area of Judea will be the scene of terrible conflict.The Roadmap for Peace deals with all of these issues. For this

reason, we think it is a possibility that the confirmation of thecovenant happened on April 30th. However, we dont know forsure at this time. (For a more complete explanation, see the coverstory in the May/June 2003 issue of Endtime magazine.)

Concerning the Great Tribulation, Jesus said, For then shallbe great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of theworld to this time, no, nor ever shall be. (Matthew 24:21) Wemay not be able to foresee how it could be worse, but Jesus saidthat it would be.

4th Trumpet

The controversy surrounding the sounding of the 4thTrumpet may end only when the abomination of desolation ismanifested. There is no real way to prove by mortal deviceswhen this event occurs. We know that God can shorten time and

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its effects upon all of us as only the flesh is affected by time. Ithank you for your ministry and you are in our prayers.

T. Gosser, Alaska

Reply: A war killing one-third of mankind, which is to hap-pen under the 6th Trumpet, would also indicate that the 4th

Trumpet has sounded.

A Christian perspective on Jews

You recently discussed the Jewish people and the Christianposition. I have always loved the Jews. I could never under-stand why people have persecuted them. I feel that the true

Christian should love the Jews viewing them as brothers whohave not yet seen the light but will someday join us in our

knowledge of the revelation of Jesus Christ. We should be therefor them as much as we can [Romans 15:27], support them, lovethem, pray for them, and defend them. I love Israel.

Pastor Dale, Alabama

So desperate for peace

What stood out in my mind about the Uri Dan interview [seetranscript in this magazine] was when Rev. Baxter was talkingabout the land that God gave Israel and asked Uri if Israel wouldgive it up for peace. He said, Yes. That showed me that these

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people are so desperate for peace that they are willing to give upwhat God gave them. But we know the one who is going tobring the true peace. I love you guys and pray for your ministry.

Chenoa Joe

Johns thrones, Gods throne

In Revelation, Chapter 20, verse 4 reads, "And I saw thrones,and they sat upon them..." What thrones is John referring to?Does this have anything to do with God's throne, or is it refer-ring to another? Any insight that you can give me would begreatly appreciated.

C. Smiddy, Baltimore, MD

Reply: This passages and many others teach that the bornagain believers will reign with Christ when He establishes Hiskingdom on earth. These thrones referred to in Revelation 20are the thrones of the saints.

To Die is Gain

I was wondering if I am missing something in the interpreta-tion of Satan prevailing against the church, as opposed to Satanprevailing against the saints. In Daniel 7:21, the Antichrist pre-vailed against the saints.

Robert

Reply: When the Bible says that Satan prevails against thechildren of God, it does not mean that he is to get them to denythe Lord. It simply means that he prevails against them physi-cally. In Revelation 12, speaking of the great tribulation, weread that the people who are saved loved not their lives unto thedeath and they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and theword of their testimony. So while the Antichrist was overcom-ing them physically, they were overcoming him spiritually.

Palestinian people

Have you ever addressed the issues concerning that there areno Palestinian people and there has never been a PalestinianState? The Palestinian people are Jordanian people that were

caught in the middle of the 1967 War. There never was anymovement to create a Palestinian state while Jordan was in con-trol of Jerusalem and the territories. Most of the Christian peo-ple are totally ignorant concerning the history of this area of theworld. I believe that the Christian people must stand against anymovement to give away any land that Israel possesses in order topacify the Muslim world.

Bob, Waco, TX

Reply: You are correct in saying there has never been aPalestinian state. However, it is not really accurate to say thatthere are no Palestinian people. The name Palestinian and

Philistine is the same word. The main concentration ofPhilistines in Bible times was Gaza. Samson went down to Gazato visit the Philistine Delilah. The main concentration ofPalestinians today is Gaza. Things havent changed much.

It is true that the country of Jordan was created by the UN tobe a Palestinian homeland. And Christians should certainly sup-port Gods covenant that the area of the Promised Land shouldbelong to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. TheMiddle East territory under Arab control is 571 times as large as

the tiny State of Israel under Jewish control.

Feedback

A Teacher. I am a small contributor to your ministry($10/mo.). However, I pray for you all regularly and am great-ly blessed by your radio program (I listen on the internet) andmagazine. The info I get from you helps our church greatlyto understand what is going on (I teach your Understandingthe Endtime Level One and do a regular weekly Bible studyon Tuesday nights.) Randall S., Las Vegas

The Front Row. What a fantastic prophecy conference! I wasone of the "lucky" ones that came in just before you got start-ed, and got to sit in the front row in the added seats. It wasabsolutely as much as I had hoped and more. Anyone who isteetering on the edge as to whether to go to one of your con-ferences or not, will miss the boat if they don't. It was great,but Irvin, next time you get the urge to preach, go for it,Brother! I could have sat there for another two hours listen-ing! I love you guys!!! J. & D. Roose

Life Changed. Thank you all for what you have done for me. Ihad no idea how close the end was until the day the Lord madeyour ministry known to me. I dont remember how or why,but I was going through the a.m. stations and ended up onyour program (KCTA Corpus Christi). My life has beenchanged ever since. I am praying for your ministry and askthat you do the same for me. Please send me Understandingthe Endtime Level One video series. Enclosed is a check forthese and my subscription. If there is anything left, pleaseaccept it as a small gift and I will contribute more in thefuture. David C.

Scripture-Backed. Thanks to prayer and the information thatI have received from your ministry, I can now back many ofmy thoughts and views with scripture, and can even pique the

interest of others. May God bless you in your work so you maycontinue to bless the world with your knowledge. Dianne

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Cover Story

Rocky RoadDoes Roadm ap for Peace=Con fi rmat i on of the Covenan t?

An I sr ael i Per spect i veAn I sr ael i Per spect i ve

A P.L.O. Per spect i veA P.L.O. Per spect i ve

A Chr i st i an Per spect i veA Chr i st i an Per spect i ve

APWideWorldPhoto/OdedBalilty

A Palestinian shepherd walks his flock, backd ropp ed by the Jew ish settlement o f Nigdal Oz, one of the settlements of the Gush Etzion block

of settlements, in the sout hern West Bank Sund ay May 11, 2003. Just as Secretary of State Colin Powell was wrapping up his talks with Israeli

and Palestinian leaders, the Jewish settlements in Palestinian areas remain a major issue in the so called " roadmap to peace" t hat envisions

a Palestinian state w ithin three years.

Editors note: The Roadmap for Peace that was presented toIsrael is and Palestinians on Apri l 30, 2003, might be the confi rma-

tion of the covenant spoken of in Daniel 9:27. If this would prove to be

true, the final seven years to Armageddon would have begun on Apri l

30th. We dont yet know whether this is true. On the other hand, we

dont know that i t i snt.

Because of the paramount importance of the confirmation of the

covenant in endtime prophecy, we are taking a considerable portion of

this edi tion of Endtime to present the perspectives of the important play-

ers in the unfolding events of the Middle East. I ncluded in this section

wi l l be the Israel i perspective, the Palestinian perspective, the viewpoint

of a Christian journal ist from Jerusalem and the bibl ical perspective of

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In the days following the Road Map forPeace Summit in Aqaba in early June,Endtime interviewed Mr. Uri Dan, a

journalist for the New York Post who haspublished more than 20 books on theMiddle East and Israel. He also is a long-time friend of Israeli Prime MinisterAriel Sharon, and served as his personal

journalist for many years.In this interview, Mr. Dan responded to

questions regarding, among other topics,Israels sovereignty, the status of

Jerusalem, and the future of the TempleMount. In this transcription, we cleanedup much of the dialogue while preservingelements of his thick Israeli accent.

Uri Dan stressed that he takes fullresponsibility for his comments, attribut-ing his statements and observations onlyto himself and not to the Prime Minister.

Uri Dan: Shalom from Israel. TheTemple Mount is in Israels hands. Thesovereignty is kept by Israel. The Muslimfanatics are trying to undermine it, butthank G-d, Jerusalem is united, and wecontinue to be united as the capital of the

Jewish State. We see that this sovereigntywill be respected.

Baxter:Were you with Ariel Sharon atthe summit in Aqaba? What did youmake of it?

Uri Dan:Yes, I was there. I think thatPresident George W. Bush madeabsolutely a special effort to contribute to

renewed dialogue between the Israelisand the Palestinians to try to bring bothpeople on the road to peace. Israeli PrimeMinister Ariel Sharon and Abu Mazen,the Palestinian Prime Minister, werethere against the background of the beau-tiful Gulf of Aqaba. Although it was 100degrees, their minds were very cool whenthey launched the talks. Everyone hopesthat it will be successful this time.

Baxter:What is your gut feeling? Willthis work?

Uri Dan: I know for sure thatPresident Bush got absolutely committedto bringing real peace and real securityand to quiet the situation after more than

2 1/2 years of terrorist attacks by thePalestinians on Israel. I am sure that he isthinking in the most positive way tobring this message. He made that longtrip to bring that message of peace acrossthe world, across the Middle East.

I am sure that Ariel Sharon would liketo see the end of the violence, and accom-plishing, step-by-step, a platform for co-existence between the Israelis and thePalestinians. If I compare it to a race forpeace, I would say that Ariel Sharon isalready there in his Formula-One car to

take this hard and very painful, and nodoubt complicated road. Mr. Abu Mazen[a.k.a. Mahmoud Abbas] has to decide ifhe is sitting in a racing car for peace. If he

can be a genuine peaceful driver, then alot of positive things might happen. Ihave a lot of question marks about it.

Eddie:: I can sense that you are tryingto be very positive and optimistic. Canyou say something negative here?

Uri Dan: You try in vain. It isabsolutely harmful not to give it a chanceeven if the risks are very high for theIsraelis. Ariel Sharon went an extra mile.No other democracy in the world wouldhave dared to give another chance to the

Cover Story

Roadmap An

Israeli PerspectiveCourtseyofNewYorkPost

Uri Dan, longtime friend of and p ersonal journalist for Israeli Prime M inister Ariel Sharon,

shared his views with Endtime on the state of the Roadmap and Israel's future.


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Palestinians, but Mr. Sharon is ready togive them that last historic chance in thisgeneration. I dont think the Palestinianswill have any other partner in this gener-ation if they release the car.

Eddie:: Comparing Abu Mazen toYasser Arafatdo you have someone here

you can totally trust?

Uri Dan:You go through trial anderror, especially after such terrible war wasimposed on Israel: the killing of citizensby car bombs, by suicide bombers. Mr.Ehud Barak in Camp David under Clintonwas ready to give nearly everything, andinstead got the war managed, directed,engineered by Yasser Arafat who is thereto sabotage this race. No doubt about it,the American, British and Israeli intelli-gence is very aware of it, that the man is

there to trying to torpedo all this progress.

Baxter: What are the real pressurepointsthe pivotal make-or-break issuesin this negotiation?

Uri Dan: First of all, stopping com-pletely all the terrorist attacks. Not acease-fire. Just as Mr. Colin Powell said,they have to dismantle and disarm theinfrastructure of the terrorist organiza-tions of the Hamas, the Islamic Jihad andthe rest. This is what Mr. George W.Bush is repeating. Mr. Ariel Sharon is say-ing, I will not be compromised on thesecurity of the Israelis, on the security ofthe Jews in their country. There will beno compromise.The real road map regretfully, for the

moment, is the road map of terrorism,from Casablanca via Ankara to Riyadh toPakistan to Indonesia. That is theroadmap that the world is facing, andwhich became clear after the terrible mas-sacre attacks in America in New York and

Washington on Sept 11the attack ofthe Muslim fanatics against the democra-cies. Israel happens to be geographicallyface-to-face with that kind of blood-stained roadmap of terror. Looking at thaton the global scale, one should rememberwhy Israel is so aware about its security.

Baxter:You mentioned that terrorismmust stop. Can Abu Mazen really dothat?

Uri Dan:He says he is going to do it.

1. Who said, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand?A. Felix B. Ananias C. John the Baptist D. Jesus

2. At the well, J esus led the darkened soul of this woman out into the light.A. Of Samaria B. Of Bethlehem C. Of Sirah D. None of these

3. One of the 12 spies, vigorous and faithful in old age.A. Igal B. Caleb C. Gaddi D. Nahbi

4. This devout man took up the child Jesus in his arms.A. John B. Thomas C. Philip D. Simeon

5. The Lord shall descend from heaven with a _____.A. Bang B. Whisper C. Shout D. Trumpet

6. Who said, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven?

A. Melchizedek B. Paul C. Jesus D. David7. Who gave his nephew first choice of land?A. Adam B. Abraham C. Joseph D. Jacob

8. How long was David king?A. 40 years B. 30 years C. 20 years D. 10 years

9. This man was disappointed when the Ninevites repented.A. Obadiah B. Zephaniah C. Jonah D. Jeremiah

10. What are the two elements of the Lords Supper?A. Water pitcher B. Figs basket C. Bread cup D. Fish loaves

11. What did John the Baptist eat in the wilderness?A. Bread & butter B. Meat & vegetables C. Ants & bananasD. Locusts & wild honey

12. For how long was Saul without sight?A. 9 days B. 3 days C. 6 days D. 1 day13. What is the fourth commandment?

A. Thou shalt not steal B. Remember the SabbathC. Thou shalt not commit adultery D. Thou shalt not bear false witness

14. In Revelation 19:11-14, who follows Christ out of heaven?A. Birds B. Angels C. Armies D. Donkeys

15. This woman asked Samson wherein (doth) thy great strength lieth,A. Delilah B. Jezebel C. Witch of Endor D. Anna

16. Through whose poverty does the Christian become rich?A. Governments B. Parents C. Christs D. Childs

17. Nebuchadnezzar had a dream, who gave the interpretation?

A. Nathan B. Abednego C. Meshach D. Daniel18. What is the middle book of the Old Testament?A. Proverbs B. Exodus C. Zechariah D. Psalms

19. What was Naamans physical problem?A. He was lame B. He was mute C. He was a leper D. He was deaf

20. In deep affliction, this king sent to Isaiah for payer (advise).A. Og B. Hezekiah C. Omri D. Haggai

Answers on page 23

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One hopes that he will carry out thiscommitment. I can tell you that the for-eign intelligence agencies dont believethat he is capable. When they are askedwhy a country like Britain is puttingpressure on Israel to make concessions tothe Palestinians, the answer is this is asituation where policy dictates the reality

and intelligence data is put aside.I think that George W. Bush under-stands it. He said at Sharm el Sheik, Ifterrorism will continue, the Palestinianswill get nothing.

Baxter: The Roadmap deals withreturning to pre-1967 borders, specifical-ly mentioning the Saudi Arabian initia-tive. Sharon didnt like it being men-tioned because it implies that eventuallyIsrael will have to pull back to pre-1967borders. Is there any chance of that hap-pening?

Uri Dan: I dont believe so. You haveto notice that Bush, neither in Sharm elSheik nor in Aqaba, came to that point. Idont believe that some take seriously thatIsrael will go back to 67 borders. TheIsraeli Prime Minister said absolutely heis ready to make painful concessions, andhe said it until such a point that todaythere are, from the extreme right, threatsbecause of security to Israel. There mightbe threats to his life. I say that ArielSharon is a very responsible leader whofeels the responsibility for the future ofthe Jews in this state and for the Jewishpeople and absolutely is aware of the dan-ger.

Palestinian refugeesUri Dan:Ariel Sharon, in his speech in

Aqaba at that summit, spoke about Israelbeing the Jewish State. He explained thisalso to Pres. George W. Bush when hemet with him for more than an hour in

Aqaba. Mr. Bush was surrounded by staffaides Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of StateColin Powell, Eliott Abrams and otherassistants of the White House.

Mr. Sharon explained to Mr. Bush,according to what I understand, that it isnecessary and vital that the AmericanPresident in his speech will define Israelas the Jewish State. The President accept-ed it because, as Sharon told him, if thePalestinians demands will be accepted tolet millions of Palestinians come back toIsrael, then it will be a catastrophe for

Israel. Therefore, Ariel Sharon askedthe President to stipulate the fact thatIsrael is a Jewish State as a direct answerto that demand which all the Israelisrejectthe insistence of the Palestiniansto let the Palestinian refugees come backand to install themselves in Israel.

Baxter:The refugee issue is one of thepivotal issues that could torpedo thisprocess because the Palestinians up untilnow have insisted upon their right ofreturn. If you put 3.7 million refugeesinto Israel, suddenly you no longer have a

Jewish state.

Uri Dan: Absolutely. After that con-versation between him and PrimeMinister Sharon, President Bush under-stood the importance of it and inserted itinto his speech.

Status of JerusalemBaxter: Lets talk about the status of

Jerusalem. Every time I hear anythingfrom any of the Palestinian officials or anyArab leader, they always say there mustbe a Palestinian state with Jerusalem asits capital. Is that possible?

Uri Dan: Arafat has been promisinghis shahids (martyrs) time and again Youwill see the Palestinian flag flying over

Jerusalem. If this will be the provision ofthe Palestinians, they will never have anypeace with Israel. There might be accom-modations, a replacement, and all kindsof ideas where the capital might be.

But when it comes to Jerusalem, onething should be remembered. ArielSharon has repeatedly stated that

Jerusalem, united as it is, will remain thecapital of Israel, and there are no negotia-tions about it. When it comes to holyplaces, there might be different ideas tosee how Israel enables the freedom of reli-gion to everyone. You know that it is anopen city for any worshipers of any reli-gion. This was not the situation when itwas under Muslim rule.

The Temple MountBaxter: For the last 2,000 years,

Jewish people around the world havefaced the Temple Mount and prayedtoward it. Will Ariel Sharon accept thepresent situation where Jews are notallowed access to the Temple Mount, or ishe going to insist that Jews do eventuallyhave the right to pray there? TheRoadmap says that what is sacred to eachparty should be taken into account. Butthe question iswhat will Ariel Sharondo?

Uri Dan:Ariel Sharon is a very careful

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Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount com pound on September 28, 2000 is what many

believe triggered t he Palestinian intifada. Uri Dan, not show n in the pho to, was with Sharon

on the visit. On June 30, 2003, the Temple Mount was, for the first time since, opened again

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leader, and he knows how to dismantlethe mines step by step. If there will be areal partner for the historic voyage, ter-rorism must come to a complete halt.

Then a lot of things, which look to beproblematic, can be solved.

Dont forget that Ehud Barak, the pre-vious prime minister, went to Camp

David under Bill Clinton. He was readyto give official and political foothold toYasser Arafat on Temple Mount, whichmeant giving up Israeli sovereignty overthe most sacred place to the Jews. YasserArafat answered to Barak and Clinton,There was no temple there at all.Then Clinton said, Even in the New

Testament the temple is mentioned. Mr.Barak, trying in vain to persuade YasserArafat, said to him that, when young

Jesus was walking in the streets ofJerusalem, he looked up and saw the tem-

ple.No, Arafat denied it completely.

This was the reason why Mr. ArielSharon, who then was head of the Likudopposition party, challenged that capitu-lation of Barak before Yasser Arafat anddecided, on Sept 28, 2000, to go to the

Temple Mount. Mr. Barak later said,What do you want from Ariel Sharon?He did, as head of the opposition, theright thing to challenge my policy.

Baxter: Back in 2000, PresidentClinton suggested a sharing arrangementwhere both Muslims and Jews could wor-ship on the Temple Mount. If we shouldcome to this juncture again, from whatyou know, is there a chance that such anarrangement could work?

Uri Dan: I am sure that once you havea real partner, and not Arafat sitting thereand denying completely any existence ofthe Temple on the mountany Jewishconnection to itthat dialogue will be

possible to help all the worshippers of anyreligion to visit Temple Mount, to prayon Temple Mount and not to be subject-ed to what Arafat suggested. Arafat sug-gested that Muslims should have sover-eignty over all the Temple Mount. Youhave nothing to do with it, he said.Once you give it to me, I will allow the

Jews to pray under my security and myprotection at the Western Wall. Haveyou heard anything about that crazy idea?Thats the tragedy of the situation

there. The President of the United States

is ready to help divide the Holy Land, andhe knows a lot about the Holy Land. Oneshould pray that you will have a real part-ner for the other part of the Holy Landmeaning what now is discussed in thefuture at the end of the Road Map, aPalestinian state or a provisionalPalestinian State.

When you say two countries for twopeople, happily, there is one country withone people. Its Israel. Then there is asemi-country already for the Palestinianssince the Israelis in previous governmentsmade the mistake and brought the warcriminal Yasser Arafat and his gangthrough the gates of Jerusalem. Israel hasbeen paying the price of the agreementsigned on the lawn of the White Houseon Sept 13, 1993. But that state in cre-ation, the Palestinian state, got no peoplewhich deserves to have a state now

because all of them are happy when Jewsare killed in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, andHaifa, and on the roads and in the busses.

Now lets hope that in Aqaba, when thePresident launched this way for peace,they will understand that they have to tryto behave like real people who deserve astate. Thats the big test for them. ThePalestinians have to prove that their

prime minister is really ruling them, thathe will get the support of his people, andthat he will overcome all of the maneu-vers of Yasser Arafat to topple him.To Sharon, the security of the Jews is

above all, and he will not let anyone playwith him when it comes to organizationsthat have been hitting Israel. When I

heard Bush talking about the division ofthe Holy Land, I knew that a man likehim, who has so much respect for theHoly Land and who declared rightly and

justifiably a global war against terrorism,will not allow the other part of the HolyLand to be given to terrorists. He will nottake the risk that will bring destructionor annihilation.

Baxter:Will one suicide bomber derailthis whole peace movement?

Uri Dan:No. Its not a matter of one.U.S. and Israeli intelligence knows exact-ly if the other side is really serious in dis-mantling those death machinesthoseindustries of suicide bombers. Thats theonly industry the Palestinians have creat-ed. Now theyve got an historic chance. Ifthey miss the chance, they will miss thestate.

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Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, a leadingPalestinian spokesperson, is the SecretaryGeneral for MIFTAH.org. The followingthree articles, which appeared onMIFTAHs website during June, provideinteresting commentary on the Roadmapfor Peace from the Palestinian perspec-tive.

Israel Must Commit to Endingthe Occupation

6/9/03Only four days after theAqaba summit, in which Palestinian,Israeli, and U.S. leaders assertivelydeclared their commitment to theroadmap, the situation on the groundseems intoxicated with more uncertaintyand, to a certain extent, fear of what maylie ahead.

Palestinian Prime Minister MahmoudAbbas appears to be determined to resur-rect dialogue with Hamas, who vowedFriday not to discuss a ceasefire afterAbbas equated Palestinian resistancewith terrorism. Having publicly praisedMr. Abbas for the past four days, the U.S.administration has raised all expectationsof what he may deliver, without takinginto consideration the real difficulties onthe ground. Ultimately, this resulted in anew wave of inter-Palestinian frustration,which, if not dealt with swiftly and con-clusively, could have tragic results on thePalestinians.Yet in order to ease tensions and create

a new opportunity for peace, the U.S.

must understand that failure to addressthe real causes of the Palestinian-Israeliconflict will only fuel more escalation.

Thus, attempting to bypass and down-play Palestinian anger at Sharons appar-ent lack of commitment at Aqaba to end-ing the occupation will not achieve anyresults; without directly addressing thislack of Israeli commitment to a realpeace, there will only be room for furtherconflict.

At the same time, Sharons declaredcommitment to dismantle only illegal

outposts in the occupied Palestinianterritories is by no means sufficient topaving the way for peace. Most of thelocations that Sharon has vowed to dis-mantle do not even comprise a fraction ofillegal Jewish settlements built on pri-vately owned Palestinian land.

Israels efforts should now be focusedon actually doing something to end theoccupation and dismantle all illegal

Jewish settlements, according to interna-

tional law, and not on trying to find themost deceptive way to gain maximumcredit for minimum effort.

No one expects the road ahead to beeasy, but there are basic expectations thatmust be met in order to end the currentatmosphere of fear and anger, revenge anddistrust, and most essentially to finallyend the Palestinian peoples deprivationof basic human rights.

The Remains of the Road Map6/13/03As the events over the past

two days unraveled, an overwhelmingfeeling that hope and history are doomedto never cross paths in the Middle Eastengulfed the minds of those who mostoften find themselves caught in the cross-firethe Palestinian and Israeli civilians.

The killing of the innocent will linger inthe thoughts of future generations andwith each death the anger will be furtherfuelled until our respective leaders eithertragically wipe out each others people or

assume their obligations and responsibil-ities by salvaging the remains of the roadmap.

Israels botched assassination of AbdelAziz Rantisi, and the innocent lives lostand injured during the attempt showsthat Israeli Prime Minister Sharon doesnot miss an opportunity to drag the con-flict back towards violent confrontation.His inability to break away from the mil-itary general of yesteryears and assumethe role demanded by the conflict of apeace partner was on full display as Israeli

Roadmap A

P. L. O. Perspective

APWideWorldPhoto/PressensBild,

JackMikrut

MIFTAH Secret ary General Dr. Hanan Ashrawi during her speech after receiving the Olof Palme

prize at a ceremony in Stoc kholm, Sweden on January 30, 2003. Ashrawi was awarded the

prize for "her c onsistent and fearless fight for her people's independence and d ignity".


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Apache helicopters wreaked havoc onGaza.

Obviously threatened by the emergingneed to address illegal outposts and set-tlements and to provide Palestinians witha contiguous and independent state,expressed by President Bush during theAqaba Summit, Sharon found a way to

kill two birds with one stone when heordered Tuesdays military operation. Hehas managed to deflect international pres-sure by reigniting the cycle of violenceand then conveniently placing the blamesquarely on the Palestinians and moreimportantly he torpedoed the road map.

While no doubt this reasserted Sharonspower among both his right wing gov-ernment and extreme Israeli settlers,whose violence and lawlessnessunashamedly drowns out the more rea-soned voices in Israel and continues to

hijack any attempt to reach lasting peace,his actions seem poised to lead Israelisdown a dangerous path that threatens fur-ther destabilization, fear and violencewith no end in sight.

Reports that have surfaced during thisweek of the Israeli High Court orderingan injunction against the removal of out-posts to consider the legality of suchactions, seemingly making a mockery ofinternational law, and renewed calls byIsraeli Defense Minister Mofaz to deportPalestinian President Arafat seem tothrow further doubt on Israels commit-ment to peace.

Israelis must ask themselves if theyreally want to place their trust in a leaderwho seems busy name calling, dismissingthe Palestinian leadership as cry babiesand describing Palestinian PrimeMinister Abbas as a chick that hasn'tgrown its feathers yet," while his onlysolution continues to be reckless violencewith a total disregard for human livesand the imperatives of peace. It is time

for Israelis to ask where Sharon and hisfanatical ruling coalition are leadingthem.

But what about the responsibility onPalestinians and in particular MahmoudAbbas to deliver on the promise of secur-ing a ceasefire from militant groups suchas Hamas and Islamic Jihad? It seems thatSharon has managed to sabotage anychance Mahmoud Abbas had of arrivingat an agreement to end the violence andarmed resistance by these groups, know-ing well the sensitivity and explosive

nature of such domestic dialogue withinPalestinian society.

As Hamas was coming around toresuming talks on a possible cessation orsuspension of attacks on Tuesday, the tim-ing of the assassination clearly shows thatSharon did not wish to see the Palestinianprime minister succeed. In fact, if any-

thing, the assassination was likely toincrease Israels security concerns, as thescores of innocent bystanders killed bythe operation, would fuel Palestiniananger and further popularize militantgroups call for continuing the armedstruggle against the occupation.

Despite Sharons provocations, the var-ious Palestinian factions must considerthe grave consequences of their actionsand whether they are synchronous withPalestinian aspirations of an independentand democratic Palestinian state.

At this critical juncture, it is necessaryfor President Bush to be directly involvedin returning both sides towards imple-menting the road map. Having staked somuch of his personal prestige at theAqaba Summit, Bush must now step upto the promises he made and take chargein ensuring the survival of a peace planalready in turmoil. The temptation towithdraw before a potential political fias-co must be resisted. The fate of Israelis,

Palestinians and the wider stability of theMiddle East depends on this.

Beyond the Gun6/30/03June 29ths ceasefire declara-

tion by Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, andFatah, along with Israels partial troopwithdrawal from the Gaza Strip, hasechoed throughout the media with a clearsense of optimism and relief. After 33months of Palestinian-Israeli violence,there now appears to be some hope for agradual resumption of dialogue and the

reestablishment of relative calm in theregion.

Intense diplomatic activity (and pres-sure) from Washington, epitomized byU.S. National Security AdvisorCondoleezza Rices visit to the region, hasfacilitated the first crucial step in what isexpected to be a tough road ahead.

Despite the Israeli governments arrogantrefusal to acknowledge the legitimacy ofthe Palestinian factions status [Hamas],publicly claiming that it will ignore theirdeclared hudna (ceasefire), the U.S.-backed roadmap for peace is set on track.

Palestinian factions have committedthemselves to the cessation of militaryoperations against Israel, and Israelitroops have begun their long-awaitedwithdrawal from parts of the Palestinianterritories re-occupied by Israel sinceSeptember 2000.

However, while these initial steps areimperative in reversing current hostilitiesand creating an immediate framework formilitary security, the overall process ofputting a complete end to violence, nego-tiating a viable solution to the conflict,and ultimately achieving a lasting peacewill have to be based on a real assessmentof the root causes of the conflict.

Israeli and U.S. decision-makers musttranscend military considerations andmove beyond their shallow interpretationof the Palestinian reality as a mere securi-ty issue; they must finally make a com-mitment to guarantee human security forboth Palestinians and Israelis, by endingthe injustices committed by Israel againstthe Palestinian people.

Long term strategies are needed to cre-ate a sustainable process towards peace,essentially taking into consideration themajor issues that continue to fuel thePalestinian-Israeli conflict, namelyIsraels construction and expansion of

Jewish settlements within the 1967

boundaries; Israels horrendous violationsof basic Palestinian human rights,through excessive use of force againstcivilians, home demolition, politicalimprisonment, movement restrictions,home demolitions, and economic stran-gulation; Israels continued refusal to dealwith the Palestinian refugees issue; andmost urgently Israels continued occupa-tion of the West Bank (including east

Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip.Reconciliation can only be achieved

through justice for the Palestinian people.

I t i s t ime for

I srael i s to ask

where Sharon and

his fanati cal rul -

i ng coali t i on are

leading them.


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BY DAVID DOLAN

David Dolan is a Jerusalem-based author

and journalist. This most insightful article is

repri nted from ddolan.com.

The Performance-Based Road Map toa Permanent Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict proved to be leadingin the direction of more violence during

June, not toward the touted enduringpeace that its advocates projected. Worldleaders, including American PresidentGeorge Bush, seemed taken aback by thefresh river of blood that flowed in theRoadmap's wake. Given that every previ-ous land for peace plan had led to sharpescalations in both Israeli and Palestiniandeath tolls, international leaders shouldhave anticipated the renewed bloodbaththat followed the plan's formal introduc-tion at the end of April.The world's diplomats and leaders

seem to have learned precious little fromthe failed Oslo peace process, which col-lapsed in an explosion of fire inSeptember of 2000. They have apparentlyfailed to absorb the obvious truth that asubstantial portion of the Palestinian peo-

ple and their regional allies utterly rejecta two-state solution to the burning con-flict. Such a rejection, based mainly onIslamic teachings and principles, will notsimply disappear because a new batch ofworld leadersGeorge Bush, Tony Blair,Kofi Anan and Vladimir Putinhavereplaced the original supporting cast ofBill Clinton, John Major, Perez deCuellar and Boris Yeltsin.The most dubious contention that has

been bandied about in support of the newRoadmap peace attempt is that the quick

and decisive American-led victory overSaddam would somehow produce aninstantly reformed, or at least adequatelyfrightened, Arab Middle East that would

bow in humble submission to the freshpeace attempt. Such a proposition totallyignores, or at best vastly underrates, theenduring strength and fervor of Islamicantipathy over the existence of a Jewishstate anywhere in the mainly MuslimMiddle East.

Whether Israel is a small country thatencompasses the Gaza Strip, GolanHeights and Judea and Samaria, or a tinyland without these areas, as envisioned inthe 1947 United Nations Partition Plan,is of little importance to many regional

Muslims. This is especially so for themany thousands who support the radicalHamas, Islamic Jihad, and Al AqsaMartyrs Brigade Palestinian groups,

along with the Shiite Hizbullah militia insouthern Lebanon. Saddam's swift anddramatic fall from power will hardly per-suade such dedicated militants to beattheir cherished Islamic swords into plow-shares, particularly since the brutal Iraqidictator was seen by most of them as abackslidden Muslim at best.

Summit in JordanIgnoring the shaky platform for

launching a new Middle East peace initia-tive, American President George Bush

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Ahmad Rantisi, the son o f Hamas leader Abd el Aziz Rantisi, lies wounded in a Gaza City hos-

pital on June 10, after Israeli helicopters fired m issiles at a car carrying Rantisi wound ing

him, his father, and killing tw o o thers.

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traveled to the region in early June toplace his official White House seal ofapproval on the Roadmap plan. He meton June 4 with Israeli Prime MinisterAriel Sharon and the new PalestinianPrime Minister, Mahmoud Abbas, in thesouthern Jordanian resort city of Aqaba.As his Secretary of State had done just a

few weeks before him, the U.S. leaderpledged full American support for a com-prehensive peace settlement by the end of2005. He made clear to the Israeli andPalestinian leaders that he was personal-ly committed to such an outcome, andwould pursue it with forceful determina-tion, despite expected obstacles alongthe road.The Israeli leader repeated that a full

cessation of Palestinian violence was anabsolute requirement for the new peaceprocess to succeed. But he also pledged

again his willingness to make painfulconcessions for the sake of real peace, ifthe other side is truly willing to take thenecessary steps to halt the violence andlive in peace with Israel. This is widelyinterpreted to mean a near total abandon-ment of over 200 Jewish communitiesthat have sprung up in the contested ter-ritories since the areas were captured byIsrael during the 1967 Six Day War.

Mahmoud Abbas said the magic wordsrequired of him under the Roadmap for-mula. He pledged to stop all terroristassaults on Jewish targets, and to workfor a peaceful solution to all outstandingissues that divide Israelis andPalestinians. However, he repeated thelong-held PLO demand that Palestinianrefugees require a just resolution oftheir problems, which was interpreted tomean the so-called right to return tofamily homes inside of Israel's pre-1967borders. Abbas also stressed that theunity of the Palestinian people was ofutmost importance to him, which was

seen as an early admission that he was notprepared to use force to disarm the radicalrejectionist groups. Abbas later said inplain language that he would only engagein dialogue with the extremists, whichwas viewed by Israeli officials as an earlysign that the new peace program wouldnot move forward unless IDF forces wereallowed by the international communityto militarily dismantle the radical groups.

Peace...In the Bible, we are informed that the

human chorus of Peace! Peace! is oftena signal for sudden destruction to descendupon the Lord's special land. Indeed, thehighly celebrated Oslo peace accord sign-ing in September 1993 did not at allmark the beginning of an era of dociletranquility in Israel, but set off a sharpescalation of terrorist violence that pro-

duced a three-fold increase in Israeli civil-ian casualties.In a similar fashion, the Aqaba Summit

was followed by the worst explosion ofviolence since the March 2002 splurge ofterrorist atrocities that sparked a majorIsraeli military campaign. It began justfour days later, when a group of Israelireserve soldiers was ambushed while onfoot patrol in the Gaza Strip. Four menwere killed in the early morning assault,and several others were wounded. Mostominously, responsibility for the attack

was later claimed by the Hamas, IslamicJihad and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades ter-rorist groups, signaling their joint deter-mination to wreck the Roadmap processin its early stages.

Hamas spokesman Abdel Aziz Rantisiwent on Palestinian television to takecredit for the unprovoked attack, vow-ing that the joint operation was just thefirst of many designed to crush the newpeace process. He repeated earlier Hamasstatements that the militantswho aresupported by a substantial portion of thePalestinian people, and by such regionalstates as Syria and Iranwould never laydown their weapons and accept a Jewishstate living side by side in peace with aPalestinian one. He warned that Hamasmilitants and their Islamic comradeswould violently oppose any attempt todisarm them by the PalestinianAuthority, or to restrict in any way theirjust jihad struggle against the Zionistenemy.

. . .And hypocrisyIsrael quickly responded to Rantisi'slatest rantings by firing a rocket on hiscar as it was traveling in Gaza City.However, the June 10 attack only wound-ed the Hamas spokesman, along with hisson, while killing his driver and a womanwalking nearby. Rantisi, who had earliercondemned the American-led war on Iraqas naked aggression and called for theassassination of George Bush and TonyBlair, later denounced the attack from hishospital bed and vowed swift revenge.

The White House responded by announc-ing that President Bush was deeply trou-bled by the Israeli attempt to eliminatethe vile Hamas official.The Israeli government and public was

stunned by the American reaction, giventhat it was clearly Hamas and its radicalallies that were openly declaring holy war

on the Roadmap peace plan. Many com-mentators bitterly recalled Bush's widelyreported statement after the September11, 2001, terror attacks in New York andWashington that a terrorist is a terrorist,no matter what their cause, and hispledge to seek out and destroy such evil-doers with all of America's armed mili-tary might.

Many Israeli leaders and analysts havebeen cogently arguing since the mid-1990s that there is no chance for a per-manent solution to the deeply entrenched

Palestinian-Israeli conflict until all ter-rorist groups are militarily neutralized.While it is certainly true that a militarysolution alone cannot resolve the overallconflict, it must certainly be an impor-tant component of such a solutionunless a miracle takes place and suchgroups voluntarily end their religious-based jihad war, or are forced to do so byArafat's Palestinian Authority. Given thatsuch things are about as likely as hellfreezing over, only strong Israeli militaryaction, or an unexpected American and/orEuropean operation, stands any realchance of weakening the militants to thepoint where they are no longer able towreck all attempts to peacefully end theconflict.

Death in JerusalemIt was just over 24 hours later when

Hamas kept its wicked pledge to slaugh-ter more innocent Israeli civilians. A pub-lic bus was instantly transformed intoburning fire and twisted metal after a

Hamas terrorist, deceptively dressed as anOrthodox Jew, boarded the vehicle onJaffa Road and set off his deadly explosivecharge. A total of 17 people were mur-dered, including a local Arab passenger,and over 100 others were injured. Manyothers who were innocently standingclose-by, like American Ron Cantrell whovolunteers with the Jerusalem-basedinternational Christian group Bridges forPeace, were not physically wounded, butsustained powerful emotional scars thatwill remain with them for some time at


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least. After walking in shock to his homesome distance away, Cantrell's familywere sickened to find parts of human fleshclinging to the back of his shirt.

Israeli leaders responded to the outra-geous and deliberate slaughter of inno-cents, a majority of them women, by car-rying out several attacks upon Hamas tar-

gets. This time, the White House did notcondemn the justified Israeli response.Reacting to earlier widespread Americancongressional and public criticism of thePresident's stand, Bush changed his tuneconsiderably by calling upon all thosewho want lasting peace in the MiddleEast to deal harshly with Hamas mili-tants. The usually neutral EuropeanUnion echoed this sentiment, with EUMideast envoy Miguel Moratinos andother diplomats strongly condemning theHamas bus attack. One week later, visit-

ing American Secretary of State ColinPowell said at a joint news conferencewith Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem that allmust punch through the obstaclesposed by Hamas in order to overwhelmthe group. This was interpreted by manyIsraeli analysts as a green light for Sharonto carry on with military strikes againstthe rejectionist group and its allies.

Such targeted assaults on Hamasleaders and activists were carried out laterin June, especially after another terrorattack left an Israeli grocer dead in the

Jordan Valley. He was blown to bits afterdetecting a homicide terrorist hiding inhis store, which officials said probablyprevented a much greater tragedy if theattacker had been able to carry out hisapparent plan to board a crowded civilianbus near the store. A few days later, anAmerican-born Israeli man was shot deadon a road north of Jerusalem while on hisway to a wedding party for his son, whowas only married the night before. Theman's visiting American parents were

seriously wounded in the armed ambush.Despite the attacks, Sharon continuedto carry out his pledge to begin disman-tling illegal Jewish outposts in Judea andSamaria. The move was strongly opposedby many of his Likud party colleagues, afew of whom vowed to topple the sittingPM. Over 1,000 soldiers were deployedon June 18 to forcibly dismantle theinhabited small settlement of Mitzpe

Yitzhar, just south of the biblical town ofShechemtoday's Nablus. The settle-ment was established after Palestinian

gunmen overran the nearby sacred site ofJoseph's Tomb in October 2000. Scores ofJews protested the evacuation, and sever-al arrests were made. Analysts warnedthat much more violent resistance can beexpected if Sharon goes ahead with hispledge to dismantle many other largercommunities in the biblical heartland of

Judea and Samaria, in preparation for aPalestinian state to emerge in the area.Meanwhile, the political reigns of the

rival Labor party once again fell into thehands of peace process advocate ShimonPeres, who signaled that he might pushfor his party to join with Sharon in form-ing another National Unity coalitiongovernment. Such a move might insurethat the Road Map process moves forward

despite the renewed Palestinian terroristviolence.

Despite the Palestinian holy waragainst reborn Israel, may the Lord con-tinue to return His chosen covenant

Jewish people to the Promised Land inaccordance with his many biblical prom-ises, such as this one in Isaiah 11:12:

And He will lift up a standard for thenations, and will assemble the banishedones of Israel, and will gather the dis-persed of Judah from the four corners ofthe earth.

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Exclusive Interview

What the World Thinksof America

Endtimerecently interviewed ClareShort, a former cabinet minister fromGreat Britain, who recently took part in aBBC global television debate about theUnited States place in the world. Theprogram was called, What the World

Thinks of America.

9/11, the bully, and global

governanceBaxter: What role should the United

States play in our present world? Somesay the U.S. should operate within theUnited Nations and not act unilaterally.Others contend that the U.S. has not onlyan opportunity, but also an obligation, touse its position to liberate the world andto install freedom and democracy aroundthe globe.

Short: I think people already knowthat in many European countries and, ofcourse, many in the Middle East feel moreand more criticism and antagonismtowards the United States. The feeling isthat America is a bully, that it tries toforce everyone to do what it wants, neverlistens to anyone else, and wont cooperatewith international institutions where allcountries come together and have theirsay and find a fair way of doing things.

Its behavior since September 11, farfrom making the world safer for the U.S.and everyone else, has probably led to

more angry young men joining terroristorganizations thinking that they want tohurt the U.S. So lots of us think terriblemistakes are being made that are bad foryour country and bad for the world.

Sax: What should the U.S. have donedifferently in response to 9/11?

Short: I think the first reaction wasone of enormous sympathy and outrageacross the world for the people ofAmerica. Then there was an agreement

through the UN that all countries had totighten up on dealing with terroristorganizations and money laundering.

There was a pause to try to calmly dealwith the situation in Afghanistan, and to

give the Taliban government the chanceto hand over Osama bin Laden, whichthey refused to do. Then, a big coalitionwas built, and together the world tried todeal with Afghanistan and bring downthe Taliban and to help the people ofAfghanistan build a better government.

I think most people thought that waswise and good. But Iraq didnt have any-thing to do with 9/11. There were nolinks whatsoever between Al Qaeda andIraq. Most of us thought the poor peopleof Iraq were under the terrible dictator-

ship of Saddam Hussein and 12 years ofUN sanctions. Consequently, it was ourduty to see if we could find a way of dis-arming the regime, indict SaddamHussein and bring him to trial without

inflicting a war on the people of Iraq.Across the world, people thought weshould work together through the UN tosee if we couldnt solve that problem.Then there is the abuse of the UN

the U.S. administration saying the UN isuseless and is only good if it does whatthe U.S. wants it to do. Most people ofthe world think we have a problem ofglobal warming. The U.S. wont join theKyoto Treaty. We want to move theworld forward to have an internationalcourt before which torturers, dictators

British Secretary of State for International Developm ent Clare Short, left, met w ith UN

Secretary General Kofi Annan at the United Nations in New York on March 19.

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and those instigating genocide in anypart of the world will be brought. TheU.S. wont agree to it. We have an inter-national convention protecting basicrights for children across the world inevery country. The U.S. wont sign up. Itsas though the U.S. doesnt want to workalongside the rest of us for a fair set of

rules that treat all people equally and giveus a chance to build a more just order.

Baxter: Does this boil down to anapproach to governing the world from astandpoint of global governance asopposed to governance by the nation-state?

Short: It is not quite as sharp as that.It isnt that the era of the nation-state isover, but I think we are moving more andmore to global cooperation and standards

and rules for cooperating together.The World Trade Organization is

meant to make laws for fair trade all overthe world. At the moment laws are unfairto poorer countries. They cant get theircommodities into our markets. Thathelps to keep them poor.The UN has UNICEF that tries to

bring education to children across theworld. The World Health Organization istrying to get basic health care across theworld. The UN has environmental organ-izations because we all realize that if the

air isnt kept clean and the seas unpollut-ed, the planet will die on us. Thatrequires a new spirit of cooperationbetween nation-states and the willingnessto abide by rules that apply equally toeveryone.

America and the world courtBaxter: A resolution was presented

before the UN Security Council by theU.S. government to exempt our citizensfrom the jurisdiction of the International

Criminal Court for one more year. HavingU.S. citizens taken and tried before a for-eign court without the protection of theU.S. Constitution or Bill of Rights islooked on as a massive infringement uponour sovereignty.

Short: I know, but Britain is signingup. Dont you think we care about ourfreedom, our courts and our history? Butwe all see the need for a standard. Wehave a universal declaration of humanrights, basic minimum standards for

every human being in the world. Cant wehave an international court where bar-barous torturers and criminals can be heldto account, not by having to declare war,but by indicting them and bringing themto trial for gross war crimes? We did thatwith Hitler. Weve done that now in TheHague with the evils that went on in

Bosnia. We have a tribunal to deal withgenocide that was set up through theUN. We thought we could have a rule oflaw that covers all countries, under whichall countries agree to bring themselves.All of us agree, but for some reason theU.S. doesnt seem able to. You seem tofeel differently than the rest of us.

Baxter: Can we have a world courtwithout having a world government?

Short:This isnt a world court for day-

to-day crimes. This is for gross crimesagainst humanity. Its what the Naziswere brought to court for.

Resigning from Blair cabinetSax: Until very recently, you held a

cabinet ministers post in the Blairadministration. Tell us about that andwhy you resigned.

Short: I was Secretary of State forInternational Development for 6 years.

Thats a post that has been in power since

97, committed to promoting develop-ments for the poorest countries and peo-ple so that poor people can have a chancein life, a chance to work, to see their chil-dren go to school and get health care.

Thats morally right because the world isso unequal. If we dont deal with it, it willhurt all of us. We were doing more andmore to get the world united.

I resigned over Iraq. I thought weshould have cooperated more internation-ally and let Dr. Blix try to get all of the

weapons dismantled through the inspec-tion process. I was very close to the cam-paign of many of the American Christianchurches that were saying the conditionfor a just war had not yet been fulfilled.

The requirement for a just war is thatthere must be no other way of dealingwith the problem. I didnt believe wedexhausted the possibilities of dealingwith Saddam Hussein and his weapons.

I had said to Tony Blair that, if heresorted to war without going back to theUnited Nations, I would resign. He per-

suaded me to stay and said we would helpthe people of Iraq rebuild the countryproperly. Well unite the internationalcommunity around that, and well givethe United Nations its proper role inhelping create the new government inIraq because the occupying powers cantdo that. Those promises were broken, and

it became clear that some of the thingsTony Blair had said to Britain on the wayto war werent true. I became ashamed ofwhat wed done and decided I had to leavethe government.

Baxter: Did you reconsider once themass graves of 3,000 to 5,000 bodies wereuncovered?

Short: Most of those graves date fromthe period at the end of the first Gulf Warwhen there was a major uprising. People

hoped to overthrow Saddam Hussein. Wedidnt support them, and lots of peoplewere slaughtered and buried. We havenever doubted that Saddam Hussein is abrutal and cruel dictator, and we shouldhave dealt with him long ago. I never saidignore it. I was saying, Lets do every-thing we can to solve this problem bothby making sure he doesnt have dangerousweapons and by bringing his regime to anend without inflicting even more suffer-ing on the poor people of Iraq.

Anger at America for backingIsrael

Baxter: Do you believe there wasanother reason for us to go to war than theone that was stated?

Short:I think many just wanted to getrid of the regime. But then it becomes aquestion of not hurting innocent people.More than half the oil that the worlddepends on comes from the Middle East.

The Mideast is a very unhealthy place,

full of bitterness and anger. There areother cruel dictators in the world; howev-er, the U.S. and the UK arent determinedto deal with them. Many people thoughtBritain and the U.S. went after SaddamHussein because he sits in this oil-richregion defying U.S. power. Israel hasnuclear weapons, but thats okay becauseshe is a friend of the U.S. Theres a feelingin the world that the U.S. has a biastowards Israel. Israel is breaking interna-tional law in the occupied territories, andyet she is allowed to carry on because the

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U.S. is her friend. Thats the general viewacross the world.

Baxter: In the U.S., the thinking isthat the Middle East has produced terror-ists for many years, not just on 9/11. Theterrorism always seems to have emanatedfrom that part of the world. It is believed

by some that the only way to eliminate itis to drive out the old regimes and bringin democracy. It was thought that theU.S. could move into Iraq, deal withSaddam, and establish a base of operationto force reformation throughout theMuslim world. There is strong evidenceto support this feeling.

Short: I agree. I think you clearly sum-marized the thinking of the present U.S.administration. The flaw in that thinkingis that almost everyone in the Middle East

feels very angry about the way

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