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>JN July 31, 2001, Vol. 9, No. 130
Worldwide Orthodox Minyan Database
By IsraelNationalNews.com
"GoDaven" is a worldwide searchable database of Orthodox minyan information, including minyan locations, times, and contact information.
Persons wishing to find a schedule for prayer services in a synagogue anywhere in the world, in any city, may visit the site and search. Site organizers are encouraging visitors to add their local synagogue to the database that has now surpassed 1,000 entries. To visit the site, go to www.godaven.com.
Arab Countries Warn Israel about New Temple
By Greg LaMotte (VOA-Cairo)
Arab countries are warning Israel not to allow an extremist Jewish group to lay a cornerstone for a new temple at one of Islam's holiest sites.
There will be more bloodshed, and violence will be stoked in the Middle East, that is the warning from Jordan regarding an extremist Jewish group's plan to lay a cornerstone at a Jerusalem site considered holy by Jews and Muslims.
Sunday, Israeli police prevented about 30 Jews belonging to a group called The Temple Mount Faithful from placing a cornerstone for a new temple on a site now occupied by the al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem.
Jordan's information minister, Taleb al-Rifal, said the situation is dangerous, and will only further complicate an already deteriorated condition in the region. He said the laying of a cornerstone is "a provocation of feelings, and like pouring oil on flaming fires."
Syria's mufti, Sheikh Ahmed Kaftaro, called for Arab leaders to mobilize against extremist Jews he accuses of wanting to destroy al-Aqsa. He said a unified Arab position will push international organizations to intervene, to stop what he called Israel's expansionist and aggressive plans.
Israeli Helicopters Fire On Palestinian Police HQ
By VOA News
Israeli helicopter gunships have fired rockets into Palestinian police headquarters in Gaza City. At least four policemen were injured. Israel said its target was a place used to make weapons including mortar bombs. White and grey smoke billowed above the area where the rockets hit.
Early Monday, an explosion in the West Bank killed six Palestinians including activists wanted by Israel. Some Palestinians say the men were victims of an Israeli attack and vowed revenge. Israel denied involvement and charged the Palestinians were preparing a bomb that exploded prematurely.
In other incidents, a small bomb exploded in an Israeli supermarket in Jerusalem, causing some damage but no injuries. Two Palestinian teenagers were shot and wounded by Israeli troops in the southern Gaza Strip. Mortar bombs fired at Jewish settlements in Gaza slightly injured an Israeli girl.
Robinson to Arabs: End Attempts to Label Israel 'Racist'
By VOA News
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, is urging Arab nations to change their stance on Israel for the upcoming racism conference.
In opening remarks to delegates at a special preparatory session in Geneva Monday, Robinson appealed to Arab delegates to drop wording from a draft document that seeks to equate Zionism with racism. She said the United Nations has already dealt with the issue at length, and anyone seeking to reopen the matter is putting the August conference at risk. The United States is threatening to boycott the racism conference over the Zionism proposal.
How Do You Say "Frappuccino" in Hebrew?
By IsraelNationalNews.com
Israelis and Arabs are about to have yet another thing in common: the Frappuccino. The Gulf States, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia already have their branches of the international coffee bar chain, Starbucks, which serves the trademark drink.
In September, according to Delek Fuel Corporation CEO Giora Sarig, Starbucks will hit Tel Aviv, as well. Globes financial newspaper reports that "The Delek-Starbucks partnership is expected to set up 80-100 branches within five years, at a total investment of $20 million." The short-term goal is to open 20 branches throughout Israel within 18 months.
Mark McKeon, president of Starbucks Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, was quoted in Globes as saying that "Starbucks would offer 50 types of coffee and 14 unique mixtures." In addition, Sarig added, "We plan to create a new product suited to the Israeli market - a double latte that will be stronger."
Delek runs a nationwide chain of gas stations and is a leader among Israeli fuel providers. Globes reports CEO Sarig's pithy response "to the question of whether branches would be opened in gas stations as well." He replied, "The only connection between gas stations and Starbucks is that we both sell black liquid."
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