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To: Yaacov who wrote (19352)	2/24/2003 12:18:21 PM
From: Carolyn	Respond to of 23908

Just keep on plugging, eh? I'm headed to Florida this weekend - and can't wait to get warm!!!

To: Yaacov who wrote (19352)	2/24/2003 3:10:12 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

apart from... old age, tiredness, fine. GG >>> Ale, may I remind you that old age is not a disease, but a price for Wisdom...<<gg>>

To: Yaacov who wrote (19352)	2/25/2003 7:38:05 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 23908

Arab vandals desecrate Joseph's Tomb Gravestone of biblical patriarch ruined despite Palestinian pledge February 25, 2003 The sacred Jewish site regarded as the grave of the biblical patriarch Joseph has been turned into a pile of rubble by Arab vandals, according to Israeli officials. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon confirmed Sunday that the large stone marking the grave was destroyed some time during the past two weeks, the Israeli News Network said. Minister Natan Sharansky wants the foreign ministry to publicize photos of the desecrated site, which is in the Palestinian Authority-controlled town of Nablus, the biblical Shechem. "If we would have razed the gravesite of one of the founders of Islam, billions of Muslims would have taken to the streets," Sharansky said. "It's inconceivable that the world should not know about this travesty." The Oslo Accords put the site under Israeli jurisdiction, but on Oct. 7, 2000, then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak ordered a unilateral retreat, based on a Palestinian agreement to protect the site. But within hours, smoke was seen billowing from the tomb as a crowd burned Jewish prayer books and other articles. With pickaxes and hammers they began to tear apart the stone building. Two days later the dome of the tomb had been painted green and bulldozers were clearing the area. Israeli authority was restored to the site during last April's Operation Defensive Shield, but Israeli worshippers are not allowed to visit and it is not regularly guarded. Members of the Hassidic Breslover sect have been arrested in attempts to reach the tomb. The Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva, a Jewish center for learning that was closed down at the time of the initial Israeli retreat, issued a press release last week demanding the "immediate safeguarding" of the tomb. The center also asked that it be allowed to reopen its doors on the site. Yehuda Liebman, the head of Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva, told the Jerusalem Post that while the attacks have become more severe, the grave had always been left intact. Israeli government spokesman Ra'anan Gissin said that the government will find a way to protect the site, but the Israel Defense Forces said it has no plans to secure or guard it because such action is too costly. Gissin said the desecration "shows the moral bankruptcy of the Palestinian Authority and points to the critical need for a change in leadership." Israeli archeologists say they have convincing documentation of the site's authenticity, dating to biblical times. The book of Joshua says, according to the New International Version, "Joseph's bones, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the tract of land that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph's descendants." worldnetdaily.com

To: Yaacov who wrote (19352)	2/25/2003 8:41:51 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 23908

What Does France Know? Christopher Ruddy Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2003 France’s actions to obstruct the U.S. war effort against Iraq should raise an eyebrow or two. France has gone well beyond the pale of legitimate criticism of and opposition to U.S. policy. As we know, French President Jacques Chirac has taken the worldwide lead to oppose America. We should have expected this from Russia or China. While the French have long had a sneering contempt for the U.S. and our policies, this open hostility against us has never been seen before since World War II. When Chirac recently warned former eastern-bloc nations that France may block their membership in the European Union, he crossed a clear line behind friendly dissent, and passed over to the enemy camp – as far as America is concerned. But why is France, our old ally (at least nominally), doing this? There may be several levels to the answer. One is the French government, at least, has little respect for President Bush. The socialist Francois Mitterrand opposed many initiatives of Ronald Reagan. Yet Mitterrand would not have dared to openly flout and challenge U.S. policies around the globe. He obviously feared Reagan. Still, another reason for French desertion may be hard to comprehend. Perhaps the French, with their close ties to Iraq, know something we don’t know. After all, it was France that helped Iraq build its Osirak nuclear reactor that was bombed, thankfully, by the Israelis in 1981. Since then a trail of commercial and cultural ties between the two countries has continued to this day. Still, with the U.S. the lone superpower in the world, surely the French recognize how quickly we will crush Saddam. And, after doing so, don’t the French see that our hegemony over the Mideast, and even Europe, will be greatly enhanced? But maybe the French don’t see it that way. Perhaps they think, or know, that something will go terribly wrong with American war plans. Last night Robert Kagan, an expert on Europe and international matters, appeared on CNN. Kagan told CNN’s Aaron Brown: “They [the French] also think - and I've heard French officials say this, and they're absolutely convinced - that the war is going to go badly. The aftermath of the war is going to go badly. Bad things are going to happen. The United States is going to look bad, and they're going to be vindicated in the eyes of the European public.” At the end of the day, Kagan says, many leading French officials believe that France could emerge as the dominant power in Europe. “They're playing for a strong position within Europe on the Iraq issue, but then to translate into other issues as well.” Kagan noted that Chirac’s comments were not made from anger, but from strategic thinking. He said that “the way Chirac gave a little spanking to the Eastern European countries, telling them they should shut up, is for the future. It's to tell them in the future, you watch out what you say and you don't cross France. This is about the leadership of Europe.” So the question is why is France acting so oddly and boldly against us. What do they know that makes them think they will end up on top when the dust and sand in the Mideast settle? For instance, do the French know that Saddam will use some horrific weapon against our troops? Are they aware that Saddam already pre-positioned weapons of mass destruction in U.S. cities? Maybe France’s unusual and sudden divergence from more than a half century of pretended friendliness or cold neutrality to open hostility against America is based on principle alone. I doubt it. A great statesman remarked that there are no eternal friends or enemies, just eternal interests. Obvious the French see their interests better served with little Iraq. Such a notion should be worrisome to us. Either the French have gone mad, or they know something. newsmax.com