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The Peace and Safety "Cry"
Elpis Israel, 1904 Edition, pages 122-127

Isa. 48:22 and 57:21 "there is no peace saith Yahweh unto the wicked." We feel that this categorical statement made in two places in Isaiah clearly and emphatically indicates that Yahweh will not let the wicked have peace...


Ancient Cities Found Off Egyptian Coast June 3, 2000
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Archaeologists on Saturday showed off relics retrieved from the nearly complete ruins of ancient cities they said they had discovered on the seabed off the Egyptian coast.

6,000 Year Old City Found In Syria May 23, 2000
Scientists from the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute found a protective city wall under a huge mound in northeastern Syria known as Tell Hamoukar. The wall and other evidence indicated a complex government dating back at least 6,000 years.

Sodom and Gomorrah Are "Found At Bottom of Dead Sea" March 26, 2000
A BIBLE scholar believes that he has found the ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah, the evil cities destroyed by God with fire and brimstone, after leading the first expedition to explore the bottom of the Dead Sea.

Pope In Bethlehem Urges Palestinian Homeland March 23, 2000

Jews Cast Mortal Curse On Pope Ahead Of Israel Visit March 20, 2000
Participants in the ceremony, sounding ritual calls on ceremonial ram's horns, cursed the Pope as a "hater of Israel."

Saudis Open Huge Slaughterhouse March 11, 2000
Saudi Arabia has opened what it says is the world's biggest slaughterhouse, in preparation for the Muslim sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep at the climax of the pilgrimage, or Hajj, to Mecca.

Barak 'To Hand Over Suburb of Holy City' March 10, 2000
EHUD BARAK, the Israeli Prime Minister, has set off a battle for control of Jerusalem by agreeing to hand over to full Palestinian control at least one Arab village on the borders of the Holy City

Israel May Offer Palestinian State March 10, 2000
Israel plans to offer the Palestinians a state in the Gaza Strip and about half the West Bank, while annexing the parts where Jewish settlers live and negotiating over the rest, an Israeli newspaper reported today.

Arafat Vows To Declare Palestinian State Before End of Year March 8, 2000
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat vowed yesterday that he will declare an independent Palestinian state before the end of this year, with or without a peace agreement.

Saddam's Elite Troops Prime Poison Missiles Feb. 20, 2000
AN IRAQI defector last week provided the first real evidence that Saddam Hussein has continued building his clandestine chemical weapons since United Nations inspectors left Iraq more than a year ago.

Israel Suicide Attacks Feared Feb. 18, 2000
FEARS that suicide bombers plan to return to the streets of Israel are growing now that the peace process is deadlocked.

Egyptians Find Tomb of Ancient god Osiris Feb. 17, 2000
Sinking water levels in the land of the pyramids have led to an unprecedented discovery -- a granite sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian god Osiris.


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Vatican And PLO Demand Jerusalem Guarantees
Feb. 15, 2000 -- The Vatican and the PLO have signed a basic agreement on their relations and cautioned Israel that any unilateral decisions affecting Jerusalem would be "morally and legally unacceptable".

Arafat, Pope To Sign Bilateral Pact Today Feb. 15, 2000
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is to meet with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican today and sign an accord to normalize relations between the PA and Roman Catholic churches in Jerusalem.

Israel Warns Lebanon "Will Burn" Feb. 10, 2000
Israel's jets and artillery pounded targets in Lebanon for a second day yesterday, an assault it coupled with a blood-curdling warning of a Middle East inferno if Hizbollah guerrillas retaliate by firing rockets into its northern towns.

All Citizens, Please Stay In Your Bunkers Feb. 9, 2000
All was deathly quiet, even outside the usually bustling Burger King, pride of the neighbourhood shopping mall. Then there was a cheerful electronic ding-dong and a disembodied voice floated across the rooftops. "All citizens, stay in your bunkers. Stay in your bunkers."

Lebanon on Brink of War With Israel Feb. 9, 2000
Lebanon was on the verge of all-out war with Israel last night -- perhaps drawing in tens of thousands of Syrian troops -- after it unilaterally withdrew from the 1996 ceasefire agreement and lost yet another of its soldiers to Hizbollah guerrillas.

Egypt's Moussa Says Mideast Talks Uncomfortable Feb. 8, 2000
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa returned from talks in Damascus saying the Middle East peace process was at an uncomfortable stage and Syria considered its peace negotiations with Israel frozen.

Israel-PA Talks Called Off Feb. 7, 2000
The permanent status negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority were called off yesterday and it is unclear when they will resume, officials in the Prime Minister's Office said yesterday.

Detentions and Murders Drive Jews Out of Iran, Jan. 17, 2000
Concern that the world's oldest and largest Jewish community in a Muslim state is under threat has alarmed the Israeli government. It has called for the immediate release of the 13 before the trickle of emigrants becomes a mass exodus.


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