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>JN Nov. 20, 1998, Vol. 6, No. 210
Air Force One will Land at Gaza International Airport
By IsraelWire
US administration officials say next month when President Bill
Clinton arrives for a three-day visit to the area, Air Force-One
will land at Gaza International Airport, which is scheduled to open
today. The sources indicate the White House felt it most
appropriate to show the PLO Authority that they recognize the
airport and the current status of the Palestinians.
Iraq and Syria Eye Jordan
By IsraelWire
King Hussein of Jordan has now spent four months in the United
States undergoing chemotherapy, apparently with some positive
results, for lymphatic cancer.
In his absence, the country has been run by his brother and
eventual successor, Crown Prince Hassan. A high-ranking source in
Amman, Jordan's capital, told Foreign Report that two of Jordan's
neighbors -- Iraq and Syria - have already been testing the
country's internal-security defenses. The Jordanian authorities
have recently detained both Iraqi and Syrian agents.
U.S. officials have already expressed concerns over Prince Hassan's
ability to maintain his rule should he be placed in command of the
Hashemite Kingdom. Many analysts fear that if the king does not
make a recovery from his lymphatic cancer, extremist elements in
Jordan will succeed in unseating the crown prince the country
may become another unstable hostile regime in the Middle East.
Doko Media Releases Unlocking the Bible
By IsraelWire
The age old question of humanity's purpose on earth has been
revived. Doko Media has released the first version of Unlocking the
Bible Codes software, a multi-media CD-ROM that examines the Old
Testament and provides users with insight into past and present
events predicted in the Bible.
Unlocking the Bible Codes is the only fast and easy-to-use Bible
codes program that allows users to search the Hebrew scriptures for
hidden codes without any knowledge of Hebrew. The user just types
in an English word, and the program translates the word to Hebrew.
The program then searches the text to reveal the encoded messages.
"The final product is far and away the best and most comprehensive
Bible codes software in existence today," said Grant Jeffrey,
author of the "The Mysterious Bible Codes."
Users can find Lady Di's accident, President Kennedy's death, the
landing on the moon, the sinking of the Titanic and much more
predicted in the biblical text.
Bible code theories have existed for thousands of years, but in
1994, a four-year study was published in "Statistical Science" on
the computer analysis of codes from the first five books of the Old
Testament. Robert Aumann, professor of mathematics at Hebrew
University, says that there is "very strong scientific evidence
that under intense scientific experimentation the Bible code
phenomenon is shown to exist and is provable as a true phenomenon."
Unlocking the Bible Codes, retails at $59.99 and is on sale at
http://www.unlockingthebiblecodes.com. Or to order by telephone,
call 1-800-265-7423.
Software Blocks Internet Hate Group Sites
By IsraelWire
The Internet has been a boon to hate groups. There are hundreds of web sites that promote white supremacy, deny the Holocaust and promulgate prejudice.
Fearing children were particularly vulnerable targets for
hatemongers, the Anti-Defamation League unveiled a new software
program designed to help parents filter bigotry out of their
computers.
"HateFilter" does not just restrict access to a bigoted site, it
steers the user to the ADL's own home page, which tries to counter
the messages of hate.
It's almost impossible to gauge how many hate groups are on the
Internet, the ADL said. Many have designed sophisticated sites that
could appeal to children -- cartoon-like drawings that depict
violence against blacks, for example, and songs with lyrics that
boast of white power.
In the past, hate groups would get their messages out with
pamphlets distributed on street corners. These days, "They can
reach millions and millions of people quickly, easily and very
inexpensively," said Howard Berkowitz, national chairman of the
ADL, which is holding its annual meeting in Boston this week.
The software, which can be purchased for about $30 a year, filters
out specific web sites, rather than weeding out material using
certain key words. For example, if the ADL tried to block hate
groups using the word "Nazi," it would end up barring historical
information about the Holocaust.
Instead, HateFilter blocks specific sites -- such as neo-Nazi
propaganda and denials of German gas chambers -- that ADL officials
decide constitute hate speech.
The ADL plans to update the software each week to block access to
new offensive web pages that crop up, or old ones that change their
addresses. Hateful speech may be protected by the Constitution.
"But it's also the right of parents and families to be able to
block out things from their home that they don't want brought into
their home," said Ari Schwartz, policy analyst for the Washington,
DC-based Center for Democracy and Technology.
