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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (667)	11/27/2001 11:48:40 AM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

THE MORE ISRAEL CAVES IN, THE MORE THEY SEEM TO HATE US According to Yediot Achronot, today, 12 Kislev, the Israeli Justice Department is warning IDF soldiers, diplomats and other Israelis working in the national security industry to beware of potential indictments and arrests in Belgium, London, and Denmark for alleged war crimes against "Palestinians". Based on new laws in several European countries, Israelis could be arrested and brought up on trial for "torture' and "crimes" perpetrated in Israel against the "Palestinians". Sharon is presently being brought up on charges in Beligium, for his alleged involvement in the Sabra and Shatilah "massacres" in Lebanon. Carmi Gallon, former Shin Bet head stirred up a huge controversy in Denmark when Israel appointed him to be the Ambassador there. Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmart was warned by Australia's Ambassador to Israel, not, to say anything "controversial" on his trip to Australia. Olmart said, "I will do whatever I want" and complained to Shimon Peres, who in turn filed a formal complaint. An apology from Australia followed. Voice of Judea Commentary: As Israel begins to openly speak of allowing Arafat to establish a 'Palestine" and as Israel caves in to international pressure, unprecedented steps are taken by the international community against Israel. The time has come for Israel to try a new route. Let Israel stop trying to please the nations of the world and stand tall and proud with Faith in G-d and Jewish power.

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (667)	11/27/2001 11:49:32 AM
From: Scoobah	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

Afula attack embarrasses Arafat on eve of Zinni meeting, and underlines his fading control By Peter Hirschberg, Ha'aretz Correspondent For Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat the shooting attack in Afula on Tuesday in which two Israelis were killed and 10 seriously injured, could not have come at a worse time - the day before he is scheduled to meet new U.S. envoy to the region Anthony Zinni. Palestinian Cabinet Secretary Ahmed Abdel Rahman said the Israeli government was responsible for the attack because it had killed 56 Palestinians in less than a month. "So when there is a Palestinian response for such aggression, Sharon should blame [no one but] himself," he said. Arafat, who is to meet Zinni on Wednesday for cease-fire talks, will have been even further embarrassed by the fact that one of the gunmen was a member of his own Fatah party. The other gunman was an Islamic Jihad member. Both hailed from the West Bank town of Jenin, from where the IDF pulled out overnight Monday. "This certainly is another sign that Arafat is losing control," says Ha'aretz Arab Affairs commentator Danny Rubinstein. "There are whole population centers, including Jenin, over which he has no control. In many areas there are Intifada committees which are made up of all the different factions and they are not disciplined." The IDF blockades on areas of the West Bank, says Rubinstein, have also weakened Arafat's grip. "The more isolated the area because of the blockades, the less control Arafat has," he explains. Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was not making life any easier for Arafat, reaffirming his movement’s vow to take revenge Israel's killing last week of Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, the number one Hamas military man in the West Bank. "Israel has paved the way of the American general with blood and so the bloody chain goes on as long as their is occupation and there is aggression," he said. Ha'aretz reported Monday that intelligence analyses presented to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon assert that the Palestinian political system is already talking about the post-Arafat era. According to senior intelligence sources, Arafat is currently subject to heavy pressure from several directions, including internal pressure from the Palestinian street as a result of increased support for the Islamic organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad. This is seen as the most serious threat to Arafat's rule. But he is also believed to be under pressure from the senior Palestinian leadership, which believes that the PA chairman is leading the Palestinians to a dead end. Finally, there is military pressure by Israel, which is carrying out damaging operations in Palestinian-controlled areas. Israeli leaders hastily seized on the attack as an illustration to the American mediation team – Zinni is being accompanied by Undersecretary of State William Burns and veteran peace negotiator Aaron Miller – of what Israel has been confronting ever since the Intifada erupted 14 months ago. "If Palestinian terrorists intended to give the U.S. mission a complete example of what Israel has been facing for the last weeks and months, this is it," said Zalman Shoval, an adviser to Sharon. Likud leaders attacked Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor) who ordered the IDF out of Jenin overnight Monday, saying that his decision was based not only on security concerns but also diplomatic ones, in that he wanted to make a gesture to Zinni on his arrival by complying with the U.S. request for Israel to exit PA-controlled areas. But Likud Minister Dani Naveh said the blame had to be shouldered by Arafat alone: "While we can't say he sent them [the gunmen], no-one can argue with the fact that Arafat is not even doing the minimum that is required of him. He is misleading everyone. Once again we have proof of the fact that the promotes terror."

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (667)	11/27/2001 11:59:14 AM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

Tuesday, November 27, 2001 Kislev 12, 5762 Israel Time: 18:57 (GMT+2) 14:01 27/11/2001 Last update - 18:34 27/11/2001 Israelis charge Arafat with crimes against humanity in Belgium By Reuters Lawyers for the Israeli plaintiffs (from L-R) Yves Oshinsky, Jacov Rubin and William Goldnadel walk towards the Brussels court on Tuesday. (Photo: AP) BRUSSELS - A group of Israelis filed a complaint in Brussels on Tuesday against Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and various Palestinian organizations, accusing them of crimes against humanity. The plaintiffs were taking advantage of a controversial 1993 Belgian law that allows the country's courts to prosecute foreigners for human rights violations committed outside Belgium. Lawyers representing about 30 Israelis filed the complaint with a Belgian examining magistrate, holding Arafat and the groups responsible for a series of attacks including an August 9 suicide bombing of the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem that killed 16 people. "The complaint is against Arafat and many organizations like the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian police, the PLO [Palestine Liberation Organization]," said one of the lawyers, Yves Oshinski. Oshinski, who represents a group called the Terror Victims Association, said the complaint cited attacks dating back to 1974. Another group, the World Committee for Justice and Peace, plans to file in the coming days a similar complaint in Belgium against Arafat and his lieutenants on behalf of 20 Israeli claimants. The two complaints come a day before a Brussels court is to hear arguments on whether Prime Minister Ariel Sharon can be prosecuted for alleged crimes against humanity following the filing of three complaints against him. The Lebanese and Palestinian plaintiffs are also acting under the 1993 law, which has strained relations between Israel and Belgium at a time when Brussels holds the rotating presidency of the European Union and is trying to play a more active role in Middle East peacemaking. The law was first used in a case against four Rwandans for participating in the country's 1994 genocide. Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt got a hostile reception in Jerusalem in early November. Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert suggested he "go to hell." Sharon dealt Belgium a stinging rebuff by urging the EU to stop funding the Palestinian Authority. The Israeli plaintiffs from the Terror Victims Association include a survivor of a 1974 attack by Palestinian gunmen on high school students on a field trip in northern Israel in which 22 people were killed and 60 wounded. Others include relatives of soldiers killed by Palestinians resisting Israel's occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The complaints against Sharon hold him responsible for the 1982 massacre of Palestinians in the Sabra and Chatila camps near Beirut by a Lebanese Christian militia allied to Israel. A 1983 Israeli inquiry found Sharon indirectly responsible. The Sharon suit is still being assessed to determine whether he is immune as a serving prime minister, and whether he can be held responsible for an incident that predates the Belgian law.

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (667)	11/29/2001 1:36:25 PM
From: hal jordan	Respond to of 32591

Haven't you got some white sheets to wash for your next campfire Mr. KKK? >>The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) September 23, 1995 Saturday METRO EDITION Vidrine: Too many blacks at city hall BYLINE: BRUCE SCHULTZ, ACADIANA BUREAU LAFAYETTE - Emile Vidrine, candidate for city-parish president, told realtors Friday that too many black people are working in city hall, depriving Caucasians off those jobs. He said 31 percent of the employees in city hall are black, compared to the minority population in the city which is less than 20 percent. "Folks, that's un-Christian and unjust," he told the Lafayette Board of Realtors. Vidrine, a Republican, ran for mayor in 1992 and he came in last with 603 votes, less than 2 percent of the total. He said an affirmative action program at city hall gives an advantage to black people, and that keeps white people out of those jobs. "We are discriminating against white people, and it has to stop," he said.<<