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We have to push publicly for Egypt to act
on this.
We need it to become an issue.
It should be something that senators and
congressmen and others talk about.
It should be something that Jewish leaders
who meet with Egyptians mention.
Background: Will Egypt Expedite Arming Terrorists
Via Terror Highway?
Aaron Lerner
Date: 28 June 2003
It appears that Israel may have essentially
agreed to an arrangement under
which massive quantities of weapons can be
moved from Egypt into the Gaza
Strip without interference so long as the
weapons are not yet used against
Israel.
This represents a major victory for the Palestinian
position, as stated
repeatedly by PA security chief Dahlan and
other Palestinian officials, that
they will not act against the terror infrastructure
("cocked guns") but only
against terrorist operations that are in
violation of the "hudna" ("shooting
guns").
[A "hudna" is a cease-fire period
agreed to because the enemy is too
strong.
The idea is to amass enough power during
the cease-fire period so
that the enemy can be defeated when the cease-fire
comes to an end.]
America's official position is that while
the PA should act against the
terror infrastructure that it is expected
to act when the PA security forces
are strong enough and organized to act with
no clear date or deadline for
action.
According to the reports of the Israeli-Palestinian
understanding reached
with the assistance of the United States, the PA will be expected to act
against "ticking bombs" and Israel
reserves the right to act if the PA fails
to adequately address the threat of a "ticking
bomb."
The Israeli justification for folding on
the requirement that the PA act
during the "hudna" period to collect
weapons, etc., a requirement that
enjoyed broad acceptance and understanding
both in Israel and the United
States, is that Israel considers the very fact that
terrorist groups hold
weapons to constitute a "ticking bomb".
This approach is problematic since typically
"ticking bombs" refers to
incidents excepted to take place within a
relatively short period of time.
As long as a particular group does not use
a given weapons system, American
observers interested in showing "progress"
can be expected to argue, their
possession of the weapons does not itself
constitute a "ticking bomb."
Ironically, the greater the flow of weapons
to the terrorists during the
"hudna" period, the greater the
incentive that they honor the cease-fire
that enables them to continue arming.
The terms of the arrangement brokered by
America are ideal for such a
program:
Israel is to halt all activity in the Palestinian
Rafah area that
might interfere with the operation of the
smuggling tunnels used to
transport weapons from Egypt to the Gaza
Strip and will also allow
Palestinian traffic to move undisturbed from
Rafah to the remained of the
Gaza Strip so that smuggled weapons can be
easily distributed.
Egypt to date has, at best, ignored the existence
of the smuggling
operations from Egypt to the Gaza Strip.
This policy has been costless to Egypt since
Israeli governments have consistently declined
to publicly criticize Egypt for this gross
violation of Egypt's failure to honor its
treaty obligations to prevent such operations.
It should be noted that Egypt receives considerable
praise from the United
States for its role in encouraging the various
terror groups to agree to a
"hudna". Egypt is also expected to continue playing
a role to encourage
these groups to comply with the "hudna".
As noted above, the greater the flow of weapons
to the terrorists during the
"hudna" period, the greater the
incentive that they honor the cease-fire
that enables them to continue arming.
Thus if Egypt believes it will continue to
enjoy immunity from criticism regarding the
operation of the terror tunnels it has every
reason to help in expanding and expediting
the smuggling operations during the cease-fire
period.
How long will this operation continue?
Will the Arabs be able to bring in enough
weapons to turn the Gaza Strip into a second
South Lebanon with thousands of rockets,
etc. threatening as far as Tel Aviv just
as Hizbullah threatens Haifa?
Some Israelis believe that the various terror
groups won't be able to hold
themselves back and the arrangements will
fall apart before a significant
arming operation can be completed.
This ignores that terrorist operations are
more a problem of "spin" than anything
else.
As long as Dahlan himself isn't filmed
murdering an Israeli live on CNN anything
else is a question of interpretation: "rogue
operations", "enemies of peace",
"Abu Mazen hurt as much as Israel"
and "Dahlan's forces are hot on the
trail".
Can Egypt be put into a position that it
acts against the terror tunnels?
There is no indication that the Government
of Israel intends to break close
to a decade of silence on this serious problem.
But that does not prevent friends of Israel
(and for that matter friends of peace) from
using their influence in this matter. It should be noted that Egypt enjoys considerable
assistance that is subject to congressional
approval.
Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent
Media Review & Analysis)
(mail POB 982 Kfar Sava)
Tel 972-9-7604719/Fax 972-3-7255730
INTERNET ADDRESS: imra@netvision.net.il
pager 03-6106666 subscriber 4811
Website: http://www.imra.org.il
ADDRESSES AGAIN -------- PLUS USE YOUR OWN
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Arie Fleischer
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Secretary of State: Colin Powell
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Voice: 202-647-5291
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State Department:
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Main Switchboard:
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Public Communication Division:
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Mr. Elliot Abrams, the Director for Near
East and North African Affairs,
FAX (202) 456-9120,
phone through his secretary Joanna, (202)
456-9121
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense,
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or by e-mail form: http://www.defenselink.mil/
Media contact: media@defenselink.mil or +1
(703) 697-5131
Public contact: public@defenselink.mil or
+1 (703) 428-0711
Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense,
1010 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1010
or by e-mail form http://www.defenselink.mil
CONTACT ADDRESSES FOR PRO ISRAEL CONGRESS
THERE MUST BE OTHERS YOU KNOW:
LANTOS:
CA12Lantos@mail.house.gov
California District Office
400 South El Camino Real
Suite 410
San Mateo, CA 94402
(650) 342-0300 (San Mateo County)
(415) 566-5257 (San Francisco)
(650) 375-8270 (Fax)
Washington Office
U.S. House of Representatives
2217 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-3531
DELAY:
CONGRESSMAN Rep. Tom DeLay
Phone: (202) 225-5951, FAX: (202) 225-5241
PELOSI:
sf.nancy@mail.house.gov
HYDE:
Write to Congressman Hyde
6th District of Illinois.
ILLINOIS OFFICE
(630) 832-5950WASHINGTON, DC
OFFICE
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E-Mail Mr. Hyde
http://www.house.gov/hyde/get_address2.htm
Representatives Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Ben
Cardin (D-MD)
Israeli Government Ministers <<<
http://www.womeningreen.org/IsraeliGovernmentMinistersAp292003.htm
EGYPT ADDRESSES IF YOU CONSIDER ONLY:
egyptconsulate@netscapeonline.co.uk,
(UK)
embassy@egyptembdc.org, (Washington
DC)
formin@idsc.gov.eg, (Foreign Ministry)
"Erets Yisrael Le'Am Yisrael"
(The Land of Israel belongs to the People
of Israel).
Am Yisrael Chai
(The People of Israel Live)
Ms. G. Goldwater
Switzerland, Geneva
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than they hate Israel."
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Psalm 63:12
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph
of evil is for good men to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke
A lesson to be learned from all of the Palestinian
lies.
As Abraham Lincoln said:
"You can't fool all of the people all
of the time"
"You don't need (a) good memory when
all you speak is (the) truth."
Mental Health Warning: the so-called Liberal/Socialist "news"
media have been known to cause memory loss,
mass confusion and psychosis. Should symptoms
occur, apply large doses of reality, faith
and common sense