[yshavurah] this week's snippets
- From: "Cherie Kurland" <kurlandc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ssgrod snippets" <ssgrod@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 23:20:45 -0400
My brief prayer: One definition of insanity is doing the same thing in the
same way and expecting different results. Once again an economically weakened
Israel faces enormous pressure to make the first concessions, on the latest
attempted road to Middle East peace, from a United States presidency aiming
toward re-election . Dear G-d, please let the differences - in the names of
the negotiators, in the decisions those negotiators make and implement, in the
consequences of the recent war in Iraq, in the worldwide war on terror - be
significant enough to nurture and build our deepest, constant hope for peace
throughout the Middle East. Amen.
From
http://www.israel21c.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Articles%5El446&enZone=Health&enVersion=0&;
?. a new device developed in Israel is providing hope and relief for glaucoma
sufferers who have been previously dismissed as untreatable. Optonol's Ex-Press
shunt is an effective, long-term alternative to traditional glaucoma surgery
and can significantly improve the quality of life of glaucoma patients by
providing possible relief from life-long dependency on drug therapy. The
FDA-approved shunt is a miniature glaucoma drainage device, just the tiny spike
at the end of the needle. A simple, short procedure inserts the shunt at the
edge of the colored part of the eye, the limbus. The microscopic conduit drains
excess fluid out of the eye and into the tissues surrounding the eye, where it
can`t do any harm. The pressure reduction brings down the pain level and
reduces the patient's need for medications to relieve that pain. ?.The best
candidate for the Ex-Press shunt is someone who has already failed other
glaucoma treatments. ?. The device was developed by Optonol at their Neve Ilan
offices outside of Jerusalem, and last year American optical giant Ciba Vision
acquired the rights to market it in the United States and Canada. Since its
introduction on the American market last year, there have been hundreds of
cases implanted, and almost 800 doctors are now certified to use the device,
according to Andrea Argenbright of Ciba.
From www.jcpa.org/daily for 7/9/03: Rutgers Puts Anti-Semitism on the Schedule
- Andrea Peyser
A student group at Rutgers University has snagged the third annual National
Student Conference of the Palestine Solidarity Movement, to be held Oct. 10-12
?. The conference features tips for destroying the Jewish state and speeches
from notable anti-Semites. Organizer Charlotte Kates, 23, a Rutgers law
student, said that she, as well as the sponsoring organization, the New Jersey
Solidarity Movement - an offshoot of International Solidarity - supports
Palestinian homicide bombers. "Palestinian resistance in all its forms has been
a very powerful tool of justice," said Kates. "I do not believe apartheid,
colonial settler states have a right to exist." As a state school, Rutgers
bestows public funding to Solidarity, said a spokeswoman. (New York Post)
From www.jcpa.org/daily for 7/8/03:· Iran's Millionaire Mullahs - Paul
Klebnikov
The 1979 revolution expropriated the assets of foreign investors and the
nation's wealthiest families, which were then given to Islamic charitable
foundations that now serve as slush funds for the mullahs and their supporters.
The man most adept at manipulating this hidden power structure is Ayatollah
Rafsanjani, who has more or less run the Islamic Republic for the past 24
years. The 1979 revolution transformed the Rafsanjani clan into commercial
pashas. One brother headed the country's largest copper mine; another took
control of the state-owned TV network; a brother-in-law became governor of
Kerman province, while a cousin runs an outfit that dominates Iran's $400
million pistachio export business; a nephew and one of Rafsanjani's sons took
key positions in the Ministry of Oil; another son heads the Tehran Metro
construction project. Today, the family is also believed to control one of
Iran's biggest oil engineering companies, a plant assembling Daewoo
automobiles, and Iran's best private airline. (Forbes)
http://web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=ArticlePage&enScript=PrintVersion.jsp&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article%5El2488&enZone=Diplomacy&enVersion=0&:
Palestinians tone down incitement, but demand reciprocity By Ellis Shuman July
8, 2003
For the first time since the start of the Intifada, official Palestinian
Authority television yesterday refrained from broadcasting programs encouraging
jihad (holy war) and municipal workers in Gaza City began whitewashing over
anti-Israeli graffiti. The Palestinians called for an end to remarks such as
those of Transportation Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who suggested that released
Palestinian prisoners "should be drowned."
Instead of its usual fare displaying praises of suicide bombers and encouraging
Palestinian children to become shahidim (martyrs), the official PA television
channel broadcast on Monday quieter songs and declarations of support for
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. According to Haaretz, the
Palestinian Ministry of Information last week sent a letter to Palestinian
radio and television stations encouraging them to "create an appropriate
atmosphere for returning to the track of political negotiations." The letter
said Israel should not be provided with excuses to avoid withdrawing from
Palestinian lands, the paper said. Palestinian Minister of Information Nabil
Amr said yesterday that there is currently no incitement in the official
Palestinian media. ?.
Sad that this needs to be written ? from Scott Mathias,
www.honestreporting.com: Allaying Fears of Students/Parents re: Going to Israel
Mr. Richard Horowitz shared with me his approach to speaking with
students/parents of students who are concerning about the safety of going to
our programs in Israel. He suggested that I type this up and make it available
to everyone who deals with this issue. This information can make or break a
trip decision for a prospective student. The major issue is misinformation.
People have a perception, due to the media, that Israel is extremely dangerous
and that chances of getting killed/wounded there are much greater than
elsewhere.
What are the facts: 1) Israel is probably safer than most cities we are living
in. Check out the statistics for your city and have them on hand. Los Angeles,
with a population of 3.6 million has averaged about 750 murders annually, which
means 21 per 100,000. Israel, in the last 33 months has had 930 murders, 810
from terror (population 5 million), which means 7 in 100,000.
2) If you are not in the West Bank or Gaza strip you are in a statistically
safe zone. 96% of the violent incidents have taken place in the West Bank and
Gaza strip where 5% of the population lives (250,000). 4% of the violence has
been on the ?homefront? where 95% of the population lives (4,750,000).
3) Even in the Israel where 95% of the population live, if you stay out of
buses and restaurants you avoid virtually all other sources of deaths and
injuries.
4) Two to four times as many Israelis die each year in car accidents than in
acts of violence but no one refuses to go to Israel for fear of being in a car
accident.
5) If you do not include people injured/killed on buses or in restaurants,
there were 160 people murdered in Israel proper over the last 33 months. A
person stands a much greater chance of being murdered or injured in virtually
any section of any city in North America.
6) The news creates a perception of a lot more violence than there actually is.
A few deaths in Israel is front page news all over the world. Few people know
about the million people killed in the Sudan over the last 10-12 years of civil
war there or the 400,000-500,000 sold into slavery. While every death is
tragic, deaths in Israel always make headlines.
Go to: http://www.idf.il/daily_statistics/english/1.gif and
http://www.idf.il/daily_statistics/english/4.gif for statistics you can print
out
--- Cherie Kurland
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