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Lord, these are the people who bear your name. Come Lord Jesus, for your names sake, come!! How often I know, you wanted to gather the children of Israel like a hen with her chicks beneath her wings, but they wouldn't let you. It will be glorious when they do. This child will then smile.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="91a832f0.jpg" border=0 width="387" height="303" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>A Priceless Jewel in the very midst of a place that is about to give birth, but through awesome travail.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="91bc2300.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="304" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <div> <B>"Let all those who hate Zion be turned back in shame."</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="91d40750.gif" border=0 width="320" height="373" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>We should at least attempt to share in this mans suffering. This man is devastated.</B></div> <div> <B>We should also share in the very same grief for the palestinian children. All are innocent sacrifices. Beautiful, precious and innocent. Before Kingdoms can change, mens hearts must change.</B></div> <div> <B>Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. The end of this prayer will be a glorious end of sin & the pain it causes.</B></div> <div> <B>Jerusalems Peace will be a time of rest. A time of Worship. A time of Thanksgiving. A time to love. A time to heal. A time to build. A time to renew. A time to rejoice. A time of promise. A time of hope.</B></div> <div> <B>Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and let those who hate Zion, be turned back in shame.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="91efad70.gif" border=0 width="250" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Thou shalt not kill & Thou shalt not covet, and thou shalt not desecrate the Holy things of the Lord thy God.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="91f456b0.gif" border=0 width="325" height="363" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Our greatest hope, and our greatest day will be when The Jews recognize who their Messiah is and they call on him.</B></div> <div> <B>This page will include Codes, Photos, Prophecy, Scripture, History and most important of all, it will include links to some Historical and fascinating Web Sites that are all about Israel, Her People, Her History and Her God. The One True Almighty God. Amen.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.us-israel.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.us-israel.org"><U><B>THE JEWISH VIRTUAL LIBRARY</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.jpost.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jpost.org"><U><B>THE JERUSALEM POST</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.olivetree.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.olivetree.org"><U><B>THE MESSIAH CAM</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.prophecytoday.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.prophecytoday.com"><U><B>PROPHECY TODAY</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.holylandvirtualtour.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.holylandvirtualtour.com"><U><B>VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE HOLY LAND</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>To understand the power of God today, read about the "Six Day War (1967)."</B></div> <div> <B>You will see just as in the days of old, Israel faced unbelievable odds, yet won hands down. When America is taken out of the way, the whole World will come against Israel, and yet again, despite all odds, Israel will be victorious.</B></div> <div> <B>The World would do well to understand why.</B></div> <div> <B>Israel won because their God is the One True God. If their adversaries would have had this One True God, they couldn't have lost, yet they did. Learn your lesson.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Six Day War of  1967 was a classic example of David & Goliath, as the outcome was the very same.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The 1967 Six-Day War</B></div> <div> <B>by Mitchell Bard</B></div> <bR> <div> Israel consistently expressed a desire to negotiate with its neighbors. In an address to the <U>UN General Assembly</U> on October 10, 1960, Foreign Minister <U>Golda Meir</U> challenged Arab leaders to meet with Prime Minister <U>David Ben-Gurion</U> to negotiate a peace settlement. Nasser answered on October 15, saying that Israel was trying to deceive world opinion, and reiterating that his country would never recognize the Jewish State.</div> <div> The Arabs were equally adamant in their refusal to negotiate a separate settlement for the refugees. As Nasser told the United Arab Republic National Assembly March 26, 1964:</div> <div> Israel and the imperialism around us, which confront us, are two separate things. There have been attempts to separate them, in order to break up the problems and present them in an imaginary light as if the problem of Israel is the problem of the refugees, by the solution of which the problem of Palestine will also be solved and no residue of the problem will remain. The danger of Israel lies in the very existence of Israel as it is in the present and in what she represents.</div> <div> Meanwhile, Syria used the <U>Golan Heights</U>, which tower 3,000 feet above the Galilee, to shell Israeli farms and villages. Syria's attacks grew more frequent in 1965 and 1966, while Nasser's rhetoric became increasingly bellicose: "We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand," he said on March 8, 1965. "We shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood."Again, a few months later, Nasser expressed the Arabs' aspiration: "...the full restoration of the rights of the Palestinian people. In other words, we aim at the destruction of the State of Israel. The immediate aim: perfection of Arab military might. The national aim: the eradication of Israel."</div> <div> <B><U>Provocation</U></B></div> <div> While Nasser continued to make speeches threatening war, Arab <U>terrorist</U> attacks grew more frequent. In 1965, 35 raids were conducted against Israel. In 1966, the number increased to 41. In just the first four months of 1967, 37 attacks were launched.</div> <div> Meanwhile, Syria's attacks on Israeli <U>kibbutzim</U> from the <U>Golan Heights</U> provoked a retaliatory strike on April 7, 1967, during which Israeli planes shot down six Syrian MiGs. Shortly thereafter, the Soviet Union-which had been providing military and economic aid to both Syria and Egypt-gave Damascus information alleging a massive Israeli military buildup in preparation for an attack. Despite Israeli denials, Syria decided to invoke its defense treaty with Egypt.</div> <div> On May 15, Israel's <U>Independence Day</U>, Egyptian troops began moving into the Sinai and massing near the Israeli border. By May 18, Syrian troops were prepared for battle along the <U>Golan Heights</U>.</div> <div> Nasser ordered the <U>UN Emergency Force</U>, stationed in the Sinai since 1956, to withdraw on May 16. Without bringing the matter to the attention of the <U>General Assembly</U>, as his predecessor had promised, Secretary-General U Thant complied with the demand. After the withdrawal of the UNEF, the Voice of the Arabs proclaimed (May 18, 1967):</div> <div> As of today, there no longer exists an international emergency force to protect Israel. We shall exercise patience no more. We shall not complain any more to the UN about Israel. The sole method we shall apply against Israel is total war, which will result in the extermination of Zionist existence.An enthusiastic echo was heard May 20 from Syrian Defense Minister Hafez Assad:</div> <div> Our forces are now entirely ready not only to repulse the aggression, but to initiate the act of liberation itself, and to explode the Zionist presence in the Arab homeland. The Syrian army, with its finger on the trigger, is united....I, as a military man, believe that the time has come to enter into a battle of annihilation.</div> <div> <B><U>The Blockade</U></B></div> <div> On May 22, Egypt <U>closed the Straits of Tiran</U> to all Israeli shipping and all ships bound for <U>Eilat</U>. This blockade cut off Israel's only supply route with Asia and stopped the flow of <U>oil</U> from its main supplier, <U>Iran</U>.</div> <div> In <U>1956</U>, the United States gave Israel assurances that it recognized the Jewish State's right of access to the Straits of Tiran. In 1957, at the UN, 17 maritime powers declared that Israel had a right to transit the Strait. Moreover, the blockade violated the Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone, which was adopted by the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea on April 27, 1958.</div> <div> President Johnson expressed the belief that the blockade was illegal and unsuccessfully tried to organize an international flotilla to test it. After the war, he acknowledged the closure of the Strait of Tiran was the <I>casus belli</I> (June 19, 1967):</div> <div> If a single act of folly was more responsible for this explosion than any other it was the arbitrary and dangerous announced decision that the Strait of Tiran would be closed. The right of innocent maritime passage must be preserved for all nations.</div> <div> <B><U>Escalation</U></B></div> <div> Nasser was fully aware of the pressure he was exerting to force Israel's hand. The day after the blockade was set up, he said defiantly: "The Jews threaten to make war. I reply: Welcome! We are ready for war."</div> <div> Nasser challenged Israel to fight almost daily. "Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel. The Arab people want to fight," he said on May 27.The following day, he added: "We will not accept any...coexistence with Israel...Today the issue is not the establishment of peace between the Arab states and Israel....The war with Israel is in effect since 1948."</div> <div> <U>King Hussein</U> of <U>Jordan</U> signed a defense pact with Egypt on May 30. Nasser then announced:</div> <div> The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel...to face the challenge, while standing behind us are the armies of Iraq, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan and the whole Arab nation. This act will astound the world. Today they will know that the Arabs are arranged for battle, the critical hour has arrived. We have reached the stage of serious action and not declarations.</div> <div> President Abdur Rahman Aref of Iraq joined in the war of words: "The existence of Israel is an error which must be rectified. This is our opportunity to wipe out the ignominy which has been with us since 1948. Our goal is clear -- to wipe Israel off the map." On June 4, Iraq joined the military alliance with Egypt, Jordan and Syria. The Arab rhetoric was matched by the mobilization of Arab forces. Approximately 250,000 troops (nearly half in Sinai), more than 2,000 tanks and 700 aircraft ringed Israel.</div> <div> By this time, Israeli forces had been on alert for three weeks. The country could not remain fully mobilized indefinitely, nor could it allow its sea lane through the Gulf of Aqaba to be interdicted. Israel had no choice but preemptive action. To do this successfully, Israel needed the element of surprise. Had it waited for an Arab invasion, Israel would have been at a potentially catastrophic disadvantage. On June 5, the order was given to attack Egypt.</div> <div> <B><U>The U.S. Position</U></B></div> <div> The United States tried to prevent the war through negotiations, but it was not able to persuade Nasser or the other Arab states to cease their belligerent statements and actions. Still, right before the war, Johnson warned: "Israel will not be alone unless it decides to go alone." Then, when the war began, the State Department announced: "Our position is neutral in thought, word and deed."</div> <div> Moreover, while the Arabs were falsely accusing the United States of airlifting supplies to Israel, Johnson imposed an arms embargo on the region (France, Israel's other main arms supplier also embargoed arms to Israel).</div> <div> By contrast, the Soviets were supplying massive amounts of arms to the Arabs. Simultaneously, the armies of <U>Kuwait</U>, <U>Algeria</U>, <U>Saudi Arabia</U> and <U>Iraq</U> were contributing troops and arms to the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian fronts.</div> <div> <B><U>Jerusalem Is Attacked</U></B></div> <div> Prime Minister <U>Levi Eshkol</U> sent a <U>message </U> to <U>King Hussein</U> saying Israel would not attack Jordan unless he initiated hostilities. When Jordanian radar picked up a cluster of planes flying from Egypt to Israel, and the Egyptians convinced Hussein the planes were theirs, he then ordered the shelling of West Jerusalem. It turned out the planes were Israel's, and were returning from destroying the Egyptian air force on the ground.</div> <div> After Jordan launched its attack on June 5, approximately 325,000 Palestinians living in the <U>West Bank</U> fled.These were Jordanian citizens who moved from one part of what they considered their country to another, primarily to avoid being caught in the cross fire of a war.</div> <div> A Palestinian refugee who was an administrator in a UNRWA camp in Jericho said Arab politicians had spread rumors in the camp. "They said all the young people would be killed. People heard on the radio that this is not the end, only the beginning, so they think maybe it will be a long war and they want to be in Jordan."</div> <div> Some Palestinians who left preferred to live in an Arab state rather than under Israeli military rule. Members of various <U>PLO</U> factions fled to avoid capture by the Israelis. Nils-Göran Gussing, the person appointed by the UN Secretary-General to investigate the situation, found that many Arabs also feared they would no longer be able to receive money from family members working abroad.Israeli forces ordered a handful of Palestinians to move for "strategic and security reasons." In some cases, they were allowed to return in a few days, in others; Israel offered to help them resettle elsewhere.</div> <div> <B><U>The Stunning Victory</U></B></div> <div> After just six days of fighting, Israeli forces broke through the enemy lines and were in a position to march on Cairo, Damascus and Amman. A ceasefire was invoked on June 10.</div> <div> The victory came at a very high cost. In storming the <U>Golan Heights</U>, Israel suffered 115 dead-roughly the number of Americans killed during Operation Desert Storm. Altogether, Israel lost twice as many men - 777 dead and 2,586 wounded-in proportion to her total population as the U.S. lost in eight years of fighting in Vietnam. Also, despite the incredible success of the air campaign, the <U>Israeli Air Force</U> lost 46 of its 200 fighters.</div> <div> By the end of the war, Israel had conquered enough territory to more than triple the size of the area it controlled, from 8,000 to 26,000 square miles. The victory enabled Israel to unify <U>Jerusalem.</U> Israeli forces had also captured the Sinai, <U>Golan Heights , Gaza Strip </U> and <U>West Bank.</U> Israel now ruled more than three-quarters of a million Palestinians - most of whom were hostile to the government. Nevertheless, more than 9,000 Palestinian families were reunited in 1967. Ultimately, more than 60,000 Palestinians were allowed to return.In November 1967, the <U>United Nations Security Council</U>, which established a formula for Arab-Israeli peace whereby Israel would withdraw from territories occupied in the war in exchange for peace with its neighbors. This resolution has served as the basis for peace negotiations from that time on.</div> <div> Israel's leaders fully expected to negotiate a peace agreement with their neighbors that would involve some territorial compromise. Therefore, instead of annexing the <U>West Bank</U>, a military administration was created. No occupation is pleasant for the inhabitants, but the Israeli authorities did try to minimize the impact on the population. Don Peretz, a frequent writer on the situation of Arabs in Israel and a sharp critic of the Israeli government, visited the West Bank shortly after the Israeli troops had taken over. He found they were trying to restore normal life and prevent any incidents that might encourage the Arabs to leave their homes.<U>(26)</U></div> <div> Except for the requirement that school texts in the territories be purged of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic language, the authorities tried not to interfere with the inhabitants. They did provide economic assistance; for example, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were moved from camps to new homes. This stimulated protests from Egypt, which had done nothing for the refugees when it controlled the area.</div> <div> Arabs were given freedom of movement. They were allowed to travel to and from Jordan. In 1972, elections were held in the <U>West Bank.</U> Women and non-landowners, unable to participate under Jordanian rule, were now permitted to vote.</div> <div> East Jerusalem Arabs were given the option of retaining Jordanian citizenship or acquiring Israeli citizenship. They were recognized as residents of united <U>Jerusalem </U> and given the right to vote and run for the city council. Also, Islamic holy places were put in the care of a Muslim Council. Despite the <U>Temple Mount's</U> significance in Jewish history, Jews were barred from conducting prayers there.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Here are the leaders who were involved in Israel's stunning defeat of the Arabs in the Six Day War. Some of these men have been assasinated, and some have died, yet some are still in power and are leading Israel to this day. Pray for them as they are God's Appointed & Annointed.</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.gif" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Moshe Dayan</B></div> <div> The Leader of Israel's 6 Day Campaign of Total Victory</div> <div> <B>(1915-1981)</B></div> <div> <B>by Shira Schoenberg</B></div> <bR> <div> Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military warrior who became a crusader for peace. He was skilled in both battle and diplomacy. He played a key role in four wars, but also helped negotiate the historic <U>Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty</U>.</div> <div> Dayan was born on May 20, 1915, on <U>kibbutz</U> Deganya Alef, near Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) to parents Shemuel and Devorah. The <U>kibbutz</U> was founded in 1910 and called <I>em hakvutzot </I>- the mother of collective settlements.</div> <div> When he was only 14 years old, Dayan joined the <U>Haganah</U>, an underground organization that defended Jewish settlements from Arab attacks. In the <U>Haganah</U>, Dayan learned guerilla warfare from British Captain <U>Charles Orde Wingate</U>, who was a leader of night patrols organized to fight Arab rebel bands. During the <U>riots of 1936-1939</U>, he served with the special police force in the Jezreel Valley and Galilee. When the British outlawed the <U>Haganah</U> in 1939, Dayan was arrested and imprisoned for two years.</div> <div> Upon his release in 1941, Dayan joined the British army, where he served with the forces that liberated Lebanon and Syria from Vichy France during World War II. Dayan was wounded in battle in Lebanon and lost his left eye. He began to wear the black eyepatch that later became his trademark. He cooperated with British intelligence to set up a broadcasting network for clandestine operations behind enemy lines in the event that Palestine should fall to the Germans. He remained active in the <U>Haganah</U> until 1948.</div> <div> Dayan's activities in the <U>1948 War of Independence</U> began when he commanded the defense of Jewish settlements in the Jordan Valley. He later commanded the battalion that attacked the city of Lydda and helped halt Egyptian forces on the southern front. In August 1948, he was appointed commander on the <U>Jerusalem</U> front. In 1949, he participated in <U>armistice</U> talks with Jordanian officials at Rhodes. Dayan's military prowess allowed him to rise to the rank of chief of operations at General Headquarters in 1952, and, in 1953, he was elected Chief of Staff of the armed forces.</div> <div> Dayan became Chief of Staff during a time of severe Arab belligerence. Despite the military armistice of 1949, the surrounding Arab nations remained hostile, maintaining a maritime blockade, reinforcing an economic boycott, promoting political and propaganda warfare and supporting terrorism in Israel. The Israeli government was unable to contain the terrorist violence. Dayan insisted on strong retaliation operations. His view was that the Arabs saw terrorism as a stage of war, and the longer the terrorist attacks continued, the longer the Arabs had to build up their military strength. He wanted to force the Arabs into open battle before they gained full military power. Under Dayan's command, the Israeli military launched raids in Gaza and other retaliatory missions, causing heavy casualties to the Egyptians, Syrians, and other Arab populations. On October 29, 1956, Dayan led Israel's <U>Suez campaign</U>, an invasion of the Sinai Peninsula after Egypt, Syria and Jordan signed a pact stating as their goal the destruction of Israel.</div> <div> Dayan left the military in 1958 and entered his second career - politics. He joined Israel's <U>Labor Party</U>, Mapai, and was elected to the <U>Knesset</U> in 1959. He served as Minister of Agriculture in the government of <U>David Ben-Gurion</U> from 1959 until 1964. In 1964, Dayan resigned as Minister of Agriculture after an argument with new Prime Minister <U>Levi Eshkol</U> and joined <U>Ben-Gurion</U> in forming a new party called Rafi (Alliance of Israel's Workers). Dayan did not stay out of the government for long, however. One year later, Dayan was reelected to the <U>Knesset</U> representing Rafi, which later rejoined the <U>Labor Party</U>.</div> <div> Dayan's reputation as an effective leader grew when he was appointed Minister of Defense under <U>Levi Eshkol</U> just in time for the <U>Six-Day War</U> in 1967 against Egypt, Jordan and Syria. When the Syrians were shelling Israeli villages in Upper Galilee, Dayan was the one who made the decision to launch a full-scale attack against the Syrians. It was also Dayan who ended the fighting by arranging a cease-fire with Syria through Chief of Staff of the UN Observer Corps, General Odd Bull. Dayan was seen as "a solo performer, partly admired, partly feared for his political stunts."</div> <div> After the war, Dayan controlled the territories occupied by the Israeli Army. He opened the borders for Arab residents of the territories to travel to Arab countries, while at the same time maintaining order and security in Israeli-held areas.</div> <div> Dayan kept his position as Defense Minister when <U>Golda Meir</U> of the <U>Labor Party</U> succeeded <U>Eshkol</U> as Prime Minister in 1969. Ambassador Gideon Rafael wrote about Dayan, "Rocking the boat is his favourite tactic, not to overturn it, but to sway it sufficiently for the helmsman to lose his grip or for some of its unwanted passengers to fall overboard." One of his most controversial demands, made in 1973, was for the construction of Yamit, a new Israeli port city in Egyptian territory. Fearful of Dayan's defection from the <U>Labor Party</U>, <U>Meir</U> supported the plan.</div> <div> Before the Yamit plan could advance, however, Egyptian President <U>Anwar Sadat</U> launched a <U>surprise attack</U> against Israel. On <U>Yom Kippur</U>, October 6, 1973, Egyptian armies crossed the Suez Canal, moved anti-aircraft missiles into the canal area, and waged war on Israel. Israeli losses were high and Israel had too short a supply of equipment to conduct a prolonged war. </div> <div> On October 22, a cease-fire was declared, but the Israeli public's confidence had been severely shaken. Israel had been unprepared for the surprise attack and unable to repulse it quickly. The nation's lack of preparation was blamed on Defense Minister Dayan and an outraged public demanded his resignation. The president of the Supreme Court set up a commission to investigate the performance of generals during the war. The commission recommended the resignation of the Chief of Staff, but reserved judgement on Dayan. The press and the public, however, condemned him. After attending a military funeral at which bereaved parents had called him a murderer of their sons, Dayan submitted his resignation to <U>Meir</U> in 1974.</div> <div> Dayan was "loath to close his life story marked by the events of the Yom Kippur War," and, in 1977, newly elected Likud Prime Minister <U>Menachem Begin</U> gave him a second chance by offering him the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Although Dayan was from the opposition <U>Labor Party</U>, he accepted the appointment because he believed, "I could significantly influence Israel's moves towards achieving a peace arrangement with our neighboring Arab States and with the Palestinian inhabitants of Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip."</div> <div> In May 1977, Dayan began <U>negotiating with the Egyptians</U>. As lead negotiator, Dayan began with the premise of receiving an Arab acceptance of Israeli rule over Judea, Samaria and Gaza, in exchange for a return of Sinai to Egypt. He negotiated for 18 months, and held secret meetings with officials in India, Iran, England and Morocco. His style is described as acting "alternately with dash and deliberation, advancing and stalling, vacillating between surprising compromises and inexplicable intransigence." With help from U.S. president and mediator Jimmy Carter, Dayan met with the Egyptians first at Leeds Castle and later at <U>Camp David</U>. Eventually, a peace agreement, the <U>Camp David Accords</U>, was drawn up and signed at 11 p.m. on Sunday September 17, 1978.</div> <div> In 1979, Dayan resigned as Foreign Minister. Dayan and <U>Begin</U> disagreed about the building of settlements in the territories and Dayan was frustrated by the fact that he was not leading the autonomy talks with the Palestinians. Dayan also felt that he was increasingly being bypassed on foreign policy issues. In 1981, he formed the Telem party, which advocated unilateral disengagement from the territories occupied in 1967. The party received only two mandates in the subsequent elections.</div> <div> On May 14, 1979, Dayan was diagnosed with colon cancer. He died on October 16, 1981, in Tel Aviv and was buried in Nahalal, the moshav where he was raised.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.gif" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>David Ben-Gurion</B></div> <div> <B>(1886-1973)</B></div> <div> Israel's founding Father when prophecy was fulfilled concerning Israel on May 15, 1948</div> <div> This man was Israel's first Prime Minister of The New Born Nation of Israel.</div> <div> Prophetic as only the name of David would do for this Miracle of a Nation,</div> <div> David Ben-Gurion was born in Plonsk, <U>Poland</U> in 1886 and educated in a Hebrew school established by his father, an ardent <U>Zionist</U>. By his mid-teens, Ben-Gurion led a Zionist youth group, "<I>Ezra</I>," whose members spoke only Hebrew among themselves. </div> <div> At the age of 18 he became a teacher in a Warsaw Jewish school and joined the <U>Socialist-Zionist</U> group "<I>Poalei Zion</I>" (Workers of Zion). </div> <div> Arriving in the Land of Israel in 1906, he became involved in the creation of the first agricultural workers' commune (which evolved into the Kvutzah and finally the <U>Kibbutz</U>, and helped establish the Jewish self-defense group, "<I><U>Hashomer</U></I>" (The Watchman). </div> <div> Following the outbreak of World War I he was deported by the Ottoman authorities with <U>Yitzhak Ben-Zvi</U> (later, Israel's second President). Ben-Gurion traveled on behalf of the Socialist-Zionist cause to New York, where he met and married Paula Monbesz, a fellow Poalei Zion activist. He returned to Israel in the uniform of the Jewish Legion, created as a unit in the British Army by Zionist leader <U>Vladimir Jabotinsky</U>. </div> <div> Ben-Gurion was a founder of the trade unions, and, in particular, the national federation, the <U>Histadrut</U>, which he dominated from the early 1920's. He also served as the Histadrut's representative in the <U>World Zionist Organization</U> and Jewish Agency, and was elected chairman of both organizations in 1935. </div> <div> Having led the struggle to<U> establish the State of Israel</U> in May 1948, Ben-Gurion became <U>Prime Minister</U> and <U>Defense Minister</U>. As Premier, he oversaw the establishment of the state's institutions. He presided over various national projects aimed at the rapid development of the country and its population: "<U>Operation Magic Carpet</U>," the airlift of Jews from Arab countries, the construction of the national <U>water</U> carrier, rural development projects and the establishment of new towns and cities. In particular, he called for pioneering settlement in outlying areas, especially in the Negev. </div> <div> In late 1953, Ben-Gurion left the government and retired to <U>Kibbutz Sde Boker</U> (Beersheba) in the Negev. He returned to political life, after the <U>Knesset</U> elections in 1955, assuming the post of Defense Minister and later the premiership. </div> <div> Continuing as Prime Minister, Ben-Gurion supported the establishment of relations with <U>West Germany</U>, despite bitter opposition. He also led the country during the <U>1956 Sinai campaign</U>, in which Israeli forces temporarily secured the Sinai peninsula. </div> <div> In June 1963 Ben-Gurion resigned as Prime Minister, citing "personal reasons." <U>Levi Eshkol</U> took over the posts of Prime Minister and Defense Minister. But Ben-Gurion remained active politically, with a rivalry developing between him and Eshkol. In June 1965, the <U>Mapai Party</U> split, with Ben-Gurion establishing <U>Rafi</U> (List of Israeli Workers), which won ten Knesset seats in the following election. In 1968, Rafi rejoined Mapai and <U>Ahdut Ha'avoda</U>, to form the Israel <U>Labor Party</U>, while Ben-Gurion formed a new party, Hareshima Hamamlachtit (The State List), which won four Knesset seats in the 1969 elections. </div> <div> In June 1970, Ben-Gurion retired from political life and returned to Sde Boker where he passed away in 1973. </div> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.gif" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Ariel Sharon</B></div> <div> <B>(1928 - )</B></div> <bR> <div> Ariel Sharon was born at Kfar Malal on February 27, 1928. He joined the <U>Haganah</U> at the age of 14 in 1942. During the <U>1948 War of Independence</U>, he commanded an infantry company in the Alexandroni Brigade. In 1953, he founded and led the "101" special commando unit which carried out retaliatory operations. Sharon was appointed commander of a <U>Paratroop Corps</U> in 1956 and fought in the <U>Sinai Campaign</U>. In 1957 he attended the Camberley Staff College in Great Britain.</div> <div> During 1958-62, Sharon served as Infantry Brigade Commander and then Infantry School Commander, and attended Law School at Tel Aviv University. He was appointed Head of the Northern Command Staff in 1964 and Head of the Army Training Department in 1966. He participated in the <U>1967 Six Day War</U> as commander of an armored division. In 1969 he was appointed Head of the Southern Command Staff. Sharon resigned from the army in June 1972, but was recalled to active military service in the 1973 <U>Yom Kippur War</U> to command an armored division that crossed the Suez Canal.</div> <div> Ariel Sharon was elected to the <U>Knesset</U> in December 1973, but resigned a year later, serving as Security Adviser to Prime Minister <U>Yitzhak Rabin</U> (1975). He was elected to the <U>Knesset</U> in 1977 on the Shlomzion ticket. Following the elections, he joined the <U>Herut</U> party and was appointed Minister of Agriculture. </div> <div> Sharon served as Minister of Defense from 1981-83, which position he held during the <U>War in Lebanon</U>. He resigned after a government commission found him indirectly responsible for the September 1982 massacre of Palestinians at the <U>Sabra</U> <B>(my sisters name)</B> refugee camps by Lebanese Christians.</div> <div> Sharon remained in the government as a minister without portfolio and then served as Minister of Industry and Trade from 1984-90 and as Minister of Housing and Construction from 1990-92. In the 13th <U>Knesset</U>, he served on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.</div> <div> Sharon served as Minister of National Infrastructure from July 1996-July 1999, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from October 1998-July 1999. </div> <div> Re-elected to the 15th Knesset in May 1999, he served as chairman of the <U>Likud</U> following the resignation of <U>Benjamin Netanyahu</U>. </div> <div> In a <U>special election</U> for Prime Minister in February 2001, Sharon defeated incumbent <U>Ehud Barak</U> to become the <B><U>11th</U></B> person to hold that position.</div> <div> <B>Sharon is widowed and has two sons</B>.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.gif" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Yitzhak Rabin</B></div> <div> <B>(1922-1995)</B></div> <bR> <div> Yitzhak Rabin was born in <U>Jerusalem</U>, in March 1922. His father, Nehemiah, had immigrated to Israel from the United States, and in World War I served as a volunteer in the Jewish Legion. His mother, Rosa, was one of the first members of the <U>Haganah</U>, the mainstream Jewish defense organization.</div> <div> After completing his schooling with distinction, Rabin volunteered for the Palmach, the commando unit of the Jewish community. He served in the Palmach and the <U>Israeli army (I.D.F.)</U> for 27 years, culminating his military career as I.D.F. Chief of Staff.</div> <div> Retiring from <U>I.D.F.</U> service on January 1, 1968, he was appointed Israeli Ambassador to the United States, where he consolidated ties between the two states.</div> <div> Rabin returned to Jerusalem in the Spring of 1973, and became active in the Israel <U>Labor Party</U>. In the December 1973 elections, which followed the <U>Yom Kippur War</U>, he was elected to the Knesset, and when <U>Golda Meir</U> formed her government in April 1974, he was appointed Minister of Labor. This government resigned shortly afterwards, and on June 2, 1974, the Knesset voted confidence in a new government headed by Yitzhak Rabin.</div> <div> As Prime Minister, Rabin placed a special emphasis on improving the economy, solving social problems, and strengthening the <U>I.D.F.</U> With American mediation, Rabin concluded the interim agreement with Egypt in 1975. As a result of this agreement, the first <U>Memorandum of Understanding</U> was signed between the Government of Israel and the United States.</div> <div> In June 1976, the Rabin government ordered the <U>Entebbe Operation</U>.</div> <div> Following the Labor Party's defeat in the May 1977 elections, Rabin served as a Member of Knesset in the opposition, and was a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, until the formation of the National Unity Government in September 1984. He then served as Minister of Defense in the National Unity Government from September 1984 to March 1990.</div> <div> From March 15, 1990, to June 23, 1992, Rabin served again as a Member of Knesset in the opposition. Before the 1992 elections, the Israel Labor Party held its first nationwide primaries. Rabin was elected Chairman of the Party in February 1992, and in the June 1992 national elections he was elected Prime Minister.</div> <div> On September 13, 1993, Rabin and PLO Chairman <U>Yasser Arafat</U> signed the <U>Declaration of Principles</U> in Washington, D.C., outlining the proposed interim self-government arrangements. The <U>""GazaJericho First agreement</U>, signed in Cairo on May 4, 1994, addressed the implementation of the first stage of the Declaration of Principles.</div> <div> Following the progress in the negotiation with the Palestinians, Rabin received the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Israeli Foreign Minister <U>Shimon Peres</U> and PLO Chairman <U>Yasser Arafat</U>.</div> <div> On October 26, 1994, Rabin and <U>King Hussein</U> signed the <U>Israel-Jordan peace treaty</U>.</div> <div> On November 4, 1995, Yitzhak Rabin was <U>assassinated</U> by a gunman in central Tel Aviv after attending a rally. He was laid to rest on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="04558020.gif" border=0 width="600" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Ehud Barak</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(1942 - )</B></div> <bR> <div> Ehud Barak was born in 1942 in Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon. </div> <div> He joined the <U>Israel Defense Forces</U> in 1959, and served as a soldier and commander of an elite unit, and in various other command positions including Tank Brigade Commander and Armored Division Commander, and General Staff positions, including Head of the IDF Intelligence Branch. During the <U>1967 Six-Day War</U>, Barak served as a reconnaissance group commander, and in the <U>1973 Yom Kippur War</U> as a tank battalion commander on the southern front in Sinai. In January 1982, he was appointed Head of the IDF Planning Branch and promoted to Major General. During the <U>1982 "Peace for Galilee"</U> operation, Major General Barak served as Deputy Commander of the Israeli force in Lebanon. </div> <div> In April 1983, Maj.Gen. Barak was appointed Head of the Intelligence Branch at the IDF General Headquarters. In January 1986, he was appointed Commander of the IDF Central Command, and in May 1987 was appointed Deputy Chief-of-Staff. </div> <div> In April 1991, he assumed the post of the 14th <U>Chief of the General Staff</U> and was promoted to the rank of Lt. General, the highest in the Israeli military. </div> <div> Following the May 1994 signing of the <U>Gaza-Jericho agreement</U> with the Palestinians, Lt. General Barak oversaw the IDF's redeployment in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. He played a central role in finalizing the <U>peace treaty with Jordan</U>, signed in 1994, and met with his Syrian counterpart as part of the <U>Syrian-Israeli negotiations</U>. </div> <div> General Barak was awarded the "Distinguished Service Medal" and four other citations for courage and operational excellence. </div> <div> Barak holds a B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1976), and an M.Sc. in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University, California (1978). </div> <div> He served as Minister of the Interior from July-November 1995 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 1995 until June 1996. </div> <div> Elected to the <U>Knesset</U> in 1996, he served as a Member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. </div> <div> In 1996 Barak was elected Chairman of the <U>Labor Party</U> and in 1999 formed the <U>One Israel</U> Party from the Labor, <U>Gesher</U> and <U>Meimad</U> factions. </div> <div> Ehud Barak was elected <U>Prime Minister</U> of Israel on May 17, 1999. 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