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  Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 10:56:56 -0500 (CDT)
From: The Temple Institute &lt;<a href="mailto:opt-in@templeinstitute.org?Subject=Re:%20(ai)%20[Fwd:%20The%20Last%20Remnant%20of%20Jews]%2526In-Reply-To=%2526lt;3BAA239A.B7081730@speconsult.com">opt-in@templeinstitute.org</a>
Subject: The Last Remnant of Jews

"I have issued strict instructions for a total commitment to the
cease-fire." So said Yasser Arafat on Rosh HaShana, a full year after
his forces destroyed Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus. A year in which
near-daily casualties have been inflicted upon the people of Israel,
and a year during which Arafat has already declared five previous
cease-fires, each one lasting less than a week. But this morning, less
than two days after this last declared cease-fire ­ two days that were
marked by unrelenting attacks by Palestinians on Israeli forces and
civilians ­ another Israeli has been murdered. Today, the third of
Tishrei, while the Jewish people observe the Fast of Gedaliah, 26 year
old Sarit Amrani, mother of three, was shot dead before her children’s
eyes. Her husband Shai, 32, was seriously wounded, suffering bullet
wounds to the neck and chest. His condition, listed as critical,
continues to worsen at this hour. The couple’s three children, also in
the car, were unharmed. The attac!
k, in which the family were fired upon by a passing Palestinian truck,
took place on the road connecting the Arab and Jewish communities of
Tekoa. The terrorists fled in the direction of nearby Palestinian
Authority-controlled Bethlehem.
Please note that although America has invited Arafat to join its
anti-terror coalition, to free the world from terror, Fatah,
associated with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, has
claimed responsibility for this morning’s terror attack. Yes, you are
reading this right.
Israel’s nobel laureate, the amazing Shimon Peres, will not meet today
with Arafat. We are sure that he is disappointed. After all, Peres
says that since Arafat’s announcement there has been a "very large
decrease" in the violence. Sarit Amrani’s children must find that very
reassuring. It’s only one more family torn asunder; our daily quota.
President Bush recently said: "We take his [Arafat’s] words very
seriously that he is interested in doing everything he can to reduce
terrorism in the Middle East. That was a very positive statement he
made." President Bush, this woman was murdered by Arafat’s
organization. What have you to say?
And while America continues to weigh her options and plan her
retaliatory moves, President Bush and Sec. of State Powell still urge
Israel to return to negotiate with her anti-terror coalition partner,
Arafat, who gave blood for victims of terror in America last week, and
just killed another Jewish mother this morning.
Today is observed as a day of fasting by the Jewish people because in
the period following the destruction of the First Temple, the Jewish
governor Gedaliah ben Ahikam was murdered on this day. King
Nebuchadnezzer destroyed the First Temple and exiled most of the
Jewish people to Babylon. But he allowed a small remainder of Jews to
stay in their land. The king appointed the righteous Gedaliah to
govern over this remnant.
When the Jews who lived in Moab, Amon, Edom and other lands heard that
the Babylonian king allowed a remnant for Judah in her land, and
appointed Gedaliah over them, they returned to the Land of Judah and
were permitted to work their fields. They experienced some respite.
However the King of Amon was jealous of this remnant of Judah. He
dispatched Yishmael ben Netanya to kill Gedaliah. Although Gedaliah
had been warned of Yishmael’s plot, he refused to believe, not wishing
to take heed of evil speech. He received Yishmael with honor, but the
latter killed him and most of the Jews who were with him, as well as
the Chaldeans left there by the Babylonian king. Fearing the king’s
revenge, the remaining Jews fled to Egypt, and in this manner the last
remnant was scattered and the land became desolate.
One year ago on this day, the Fast of Gedaliah, we wrote about the
obvious parallels between then and now. "We are all the last remnant
of Jews left in the Land of Israel. Our enemies attempt to scatter us,
and to make the land desolate. Arafat gave the orders for this wave of
murder and destruction; Arafat could call it off if he so chooses." So
we wrote one year ago, at the beginning of this war. Now, a year
later, the message does not remain the same: it is more pertinent,
more insistent, and more urgent than ever. Visit the Israel Foreign
Ministry’s website (www.israel.org/mfa) to view pictures and
biographies of nearly every Jew who has been killed during this past
year. In Israel, the terror that America so rightly abhors, and so
justifiably vows to blot out, continues every single day. Another
family has been devastated today, and forever torn asunder. How should
we respond? How would you respond?
With blessings for an inscription in the Book of Life for all,
Rabbi Chaim Richman
The Temple Institute
PO Box 31876
Jerusalem, Israel 97500
www.templeinstitute.org

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