ISRAEL
- BUSH CHARGES USAID AGENCY WITH THE TASK OF REBUILDING PA/PLO
INSTITUTIONS DEBKAfile’s Washington sources reveal that
the White House has entrusted the international development agency,
USAID, with the task of rebuilding Palestinian Authority institutions
from scratch. The administrator of this body, Andrew Nacios,
and his deputy, Frederick Schieck, are presidential appointees.
The vice president’s daughter, assistant deputy secretary
of state Elizabeth Cheney, has been named overall coordinator
of the program, including CIA operations, for overhauling Palestinian
governance. USAID is no stranger to the region. It has been operating
in Yesha [Judea, Samaria, and Gaza] since before the 1967 war.
Nonetheless, though hardly noticed, USAID offices and facilities
in Palestinian areas were not dismantled throughout the Oslo-dominated
nineties and the Clinton presidency.
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- They now stand ready to be fully reactivated as a central
instrument of the American presence in Palestinian a reason.
The Bush administration has assigned USAID a leading role in
five of its regular spheres, all essential components of the
new Palestinian government: 1) Water, electricity, transport
and infrastructure; 2) Democracy: The creation of elected national
and local authority; 3) Public health: Setting up medical and
social welfare services; 4) Education: Creating a new school
system whose curricula is not impregnated with nationalist and
religious incitement. This will be America’s first experiment
in creating for a Muslim-dominated society an educational system
free of the taint of fostering terrorism ­ suicidal terrorism,
in the Palestinian case; 5) Community Services: To be made the
main instrument for creating a judiciary; and 6) Security has
been added to USAID’s regular spheres of control. DEBKAfile’s
sources report that the United States has begun recruiting Palestinians
for the two new systems it regards as pivotal: the judiciary
and security. The CIA has been assigned! d with creating a single
new security force with a single command, according to a plan
drawn up by its director, George Tenet, to replace the dozen
or more security groups subject to Arafat. None of the incumbent
security chiefs will receive appointments in the new setup; all
are regarded as contaminated by terrorism or loyalty to Arafat.
http://www.tzemach.org/fyi/
(27 July 2002)
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- INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: INTELLIGENCE AGENTS OR ART STUDENTS?
- From Paris to Washington to New York City and back again,
a story has reverberated about an alleged Israeli spy ring that
was busted in the United States last year. Intelligence Online,
a well-respected Internet news service broke the explosive story,
which quickly was picked up by Le Monde in France, then the Associated
Press (AP) in Washington and other news outlets. For a number
of investigative reports go to: http://www.cephasministry.com/index_terror_in_the_land_of_the_living.html
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- CIA STEPS UP PLO TRAINING
- United States Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] director
George J. Tenet held a pivotal meeting Saturday with PLO leaders
Yasser Arafat's interior minister as the Palestinians push for
completion of a US plan to improve security in Yesha [Judea,
Samaria, and Gaza]. Tenet's 90-meeting at his headquarters in
Langley, Virginia, with Abdel Razak Yehiyeh was part of a lengthy
review of security measures and how they might be improved. Israel
has informed the CIA it is willing to withdraw from Gaza, provided
violence is checked, and clear the way for Palestinian security
forces to take over. But the Palestinians want a parallel withdrawal
from Ram'Allah, where Arafat has his headquarters.
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- There could be a compromise that entails Israel pulling out
of one or two other Yesha towns. Meanwhile, a CIA team that visited
the Middle East region secretly has formulated a detailed plan
for security reforms in the Palestinian Authority [PA/PLO]. The
team spent several weeks in Israel, meeting with top security
officials on the Palestinian side, and apparently with Israeli
officials as well. They did not meet with Arafat, as per the
US administration's instructions to circumvent him. The team
handed in its report last week to the administration in Washington
and recommended profound changes in the structures, tasks, operations,
and recruitment programs for the PA/PLO security services. The
administration is now studying the recommendations, in consultation
with Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, which have agreed to help
implement the reforms. Tzemach News Service 10 August 2002 http://www.tzemach.org/fyi/
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- ISRAEL - AMERICA CONNECTION
- Koenig's International News article: Here are a few significant
examples of the seriousness of the times in America. As we have
stated many times before, when the US applies pressure on Israel
to give up her covenant land, serious things happen on the American
shores. The Bush Administration is continuing to apply pressure
on Israel to give up her covenant land, and at the same time
we are facing the following: -Largest drought in U.S. history
is very possible, 40% of the nation is in drought conditions
-Largest fire season in U.S. history predicted -Continued repercussions
from the largest terror event in U.S. history -
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- Largest and most expensive war in US history, the War on
Terror -Largest Wall Street stock market sell-off in modern times
-Largest bankruptcy filing (WorldCom) in US corporate history
-Largest loss of market capitalization ($8 trillion) in US history,
which began in March 2000 and has accelerated recently -A $156-billion
deficit in the year, 2002, compliments of the loss of capital
gain revenue, the War on Terror and a slowing economy -Two feared
unknowns facing Wall street: the potential impact of another
national terror event and the next corporate scandal -The loss
of confidence by international investors in the US financial
markets -The enormous losses US banks are facing via Enron, WorldCom,
and others -Major losses and threats of greater losses occurring
in the risky financial derivatives markets worldwide (details
to follow soon) -The weakening of the US dollar to being at par
or slightly weaker than the Euro -The slippage of President Bush's
approval rating to pre-9-11 lows (Zogby Poll) Read on... http://www.christian-witness.org/not_in_pubs/koenig.html
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- SHARON VOWS TO HELP U.S. IN EVERY WAY
September 12, 2002 Tishrei 6, 5763 - By Dalia Shehori - A minute's
silence was held at the beginning of yesterday's cabinet meeting
to honor the memories of all those killed in last week's terror
attacks in the U.S. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that Israel
is at America's side and will do all it can to help the United
States.
Sharon said that U.S. President George W. Bush had sent his
deep appreciation for all Israel has done so far. He also said
that Israel is placing great importance on the international
anti-terrorism coalition that the U.S. is now seeking to establish.
Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said that even now,
after the terror attacks on New York and Washington, Palestinian
Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has given no order and has done
nothing to thwart or prevent terror attacks originating in those
areas under the PA's rule. Ben-Eliezer also said that the terrorist
organizations are still planning attacks.
Interior Minister and Shas Chairman Eli Yishai demanded that
the cabinet discuss the breach of Shabbat and the status quo
by operating the national carrier, El Al, over the weekend between
New York and Tel Aviv, as well as the prime minister's meeting
with Foreign Minister Shimon Peres on Saturday.
Sharon responded by saying that the government is committed
to the status quo on religious matters, as is set out by the
Basic Law on the Government, but that, "what is important
isn't what has already happened, but rather what will happen."
The prime minister said that "sometimes there are extenuating
circumstances," though he added that he did not want to
comment on the matter since, "I was not informed and no
one asked for my permission."
Transportation Minister Ephraim Sneh reiterated his statement
from the weekend that the circumstances were indeed extenuating,
as thousands of people were in a difficult situation and in distress.
- Sharon apologized for meeting with Peres on Shabbat, saying
that, "we believed that it was vital to set up [a meeting]
because of the circumstances. Perhaps we were wrong, but the
issues were certainly important and urgent."
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