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Hezbollah chief recounts how Mossad was captured
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ABCNEWs BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) _ Hezbollah chief Sheik Hassan Nasrallah described the capture of an Israeli man by his guerrillas, depicting him on Monday as a spy they lured into Lebanon for a meeting with an apparent informant. The capture of Elhanan Tennenbaum, first announced by Nasrallah on Sunday, brought to four the number of Israelis held by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah. The guerrillas grabbed three Israeli soldiers near the Lebanese-Israeli border on Oct. 7. In Israel, Cabinet minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer dismissed Nasrallah"s claim as a "fantastical story" and described the captive as an ordinary businessman. Israeli officials said he served in the army reserves. Tennenbaum"s daughter called his abduction "despicable," and appealed for his release Monday. Blinking back tears, Keren Tennenbaum read a statement to reporters outside her Tel Aviv home. She said her father is "a sick man and needs medication." Media reports have said Tennenbaum suffers from chronic asthma. "We will not rest until we see him safe and sound at home," she said. Nasrallah"s news conference coincided with the 14th anniversary of the capture in Lebanon of Israeli airman Ron Arad, who was shot down during a bombing mission over Lebanon. Israelis released blue balloons on Monday to mark the occasion. The Hezbollah chief denied that his group had Arad or was withholding information on his fate. Israeli TV stations broadcast much of the Nasrallah news conference with Hebrew subtitles, including the part when the Hezbollah leader addressed Israelis directly and told them their government was indifferent to the fate of the captives. "Your government has not made enough of an effort to bring back your sons, or even to find out about their fate," Nasrallah said. In what Israeli commentators described as psychological warfare, Nasrallah has carefully doled out information about Tennenbaum. On Sunday, he announced only that an Israeli colonel was in Hezbollah"s hands, sending Israelis on a frantic search for a missing officer. On Monday, he provided more details, gleefully dwelling on the possible different pronunciations of Tennenbaum"s first name. Without giving specific figures, Nasrallah said he wanted to swap Tennenbaum and the three soldiers for Arabs held in Israeli jails, the remains of dead guerrillas and information on the fate of missing fighters. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and others have said the capture of Tennenbaum, a 54-year-old Tel Aviv resident, amounted to an abduction that violated international laws. Nasrallah dismissed those condemnations and said Tennenbaum worked for the Mossad, Israel"s external spy agency. "This is not an abduction," he said. "When you have an officer with the rank of colonel who has worked for a long time for the Mossad and wanted to penetrate Hezbollah at a high level and comes to Lebanon of his own free will ... it is the legitimate right of the resistance to capture and detain him." Neither Nasrallah nor the Israelis said when Tennenbaum was arrested. Nasrallah said a member of Hezbollah living abroad was approached by the Israeli man to spy on Hezbollah. With the knowledge of the Hezbollah leadership, Tennenbaum was fed information about the group that Nasrallah described as important but harmless in order to establish credibility. The Israeli was later persuaded to come to Lebanon for a meeting with the Hezbollah contact, he said. Tennenbaum flew into Beirut from Brussels, Belgium, entering Lebanon with a non-Israeli passport that Hezbollah determined was forged, Nasrallah said. Lebanon, a country technically at war with Israel, does not allow Israelis to travel here and prohibits any contact with them. Nasrallah did not say exactly how much time lapsed between the time the unnamed Hezbollah member was approached and the capture of the Israeli man. On Sunday, Nasrallah appeared on television across the Arab world announcing the capture. His words, at a conference of Arab and Islamic leaders who are staunch opponents of Israel, drew applause from the audience of nearly 200 people. Prime Minister Salim Hoss, who was sitting next to Nasrallah, joined in the applause several seconds after it began. Hoss said Monday that "Israel is required to free our prisoners. This is the solution." |
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JERUSALEM, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Israeli
officials said on Monday that Hizbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah may be telling the truth when he says an Israeli businessman and reserve officer was lured to Lebanon and captured there. Israel initially said that Elhanan Tannenbaum, 54, a reserve colonel, had gone missing in Switzerland and been kidnapped in Europe, branding it a flagrant violation of international law. Deputy Prime Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told Israel"s Channel Two television: "Nasrallah is generally known as a very trustworthy person, so I am surprised by this whole fantastic story." ------------------------------------------------------------ ISRAELI MILITARY CENSORS ORDERED DELETIONS FROM THIS REPORT. ------------------------------------------------------------ An adviser on terrorism to Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Lieutenant-Colonel Udi Levy, told Reuters in an interview: "We have to check carefully what Nasrallah is saying because Nasrallah doesn"t lie. Nasrallah is very honest." The Israeli government has insisted that Tannenbaum had no connection with the security services. But the Hizbollah chief said Tannenbaum was working for the Mossad intelligence agency and had been trying to recruit a high-level Hizbollah member. Tannenbaum"s daughter, Keren, turned to Israel"s two television stations Monday in a plea to help her father. "I am not really in an emotional state to speak now," she said, swallowing to hold back tears. "My father was kidnapped by the Hizbollah. A terrible, unconscionable, inhumane act. "My father is a sick man who needs medication...I call on all the sources that can lend a hand to help bring him home as quickly as possible." Nasrallah said the Israeli had flown to Lebanon from Brussels recently with a forged foreign passport to meet the Hizbollah member with whom he had established contact through a mediator. He said Tannenbaum was followed by Hizbollah"s security service and captured when he arrived in Lebanon. ISRAELIS ACCUSE IRAN Israeli officials accused Iran of pulling the strings. Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh told CNN it was part of a "worldwide campaign of terrorism orchestrated by Iran." Levy said Hizbollah received extensive financial, logistical and diplomatic help from Iran and had built up an international network, strongest in South America and Southeast Asia. Groups close to Hizbollah were involved in a wave of kidnappings of foreigners in Lebanon in the 1980s and Iran, which founded and funds the Lebanese Shi"ite group, was involved in international negotiations for their release. In the 1990s, the organization focused on guerrilla warfare to drive Israeli occupation forces out of southern Lebanon, culminating in Israel"s unilateral withdrawal in May and the collapse of its proxy militia, the South Lebanon Army. Since May, Hizbollah has focused on translating its aura of heroism into more power in Lebanese politics. It has met only limited success because Syria, the power broker in Lebanon, forced it into an electoral alliance with the Amal movement. Hizbollah guerrillas captured three Israeli soldiers on the Lebanese border on Oct. 7, prompting Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi to rush to Damascus and Beirut last week. Kharrazi said he saw no imminent exchange of the three for 19 Lebanese prisoners still held by Israel, saying a swap should involve all Arab prisoners held by the Jewish state. Iran says it gives Hizbollah only "humanitarian" assistance. ^ |
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Zionist Conspiracy and Reality. ********************************** Please compare the statement made by a visiting Israeli politician in Australia last week and the ad below which was published by American Neturei Karta in the New York Times in 05-18-93. -------------------------- The Statement! "2000 years ago, when Jesus walked around Jerusalem, he did not see any church or a mosque but he saw many synagogues - and that's the way Jerusalem should remain (therefore anything other than synagogue should be destroyed?)". Later, a few supporters of him went to the same media and boasted about it. One of his supporter called Muslims and Christians "blasphemus"! One also called to nuke all Arab states ... Congratulations Israeli people. You got good leaders and supporters. Arial Sharon The butcher of Sabra and Shatilla refugee camp. He has conspired a few genocide including the above mentioned two. When he occupied Beirut, the peacemakers (UN, US, UK) convinced PLO members to leave Lebanon and they promised that they will provide protection to Palestinian women and children. Accordingly, the invading Zionists were asked to guard those camps (Dracula in-charge of blood bank!). One day, good soldiers of Israel were reading holly book (?) while the Falangist fighters (a proxy to Israel, as well as armed and financed by Israel) went into those camps and slaughtered women and children. The same butcher, now Israeli opposition leader have visited Al Aqsa Mosque and said, "… I would never allow this site to be handed over to Arabs …" and that's how recent spark of PROTEST started. Gun ships, tanks, machine guns against stone throwing kids, yet the Zionist control media are desperate to victimise the victims further and sucking the boot of Israel. The Add! Why do you violate God's Order? It will not succeed. There is much discussion in the media about peace and peace conferences. The Torah cannot be ignored because God deals with us in the ways of the Torah which was given to us by Him on Mount Sinai. What does the Torah say? According to the Torah, before the Almighty gave us the Holy land 3264 years ago, He made these conditions. If we will abide by the Torah, it is ours, if not, we will be expelled. Alas, we sinned and were expelled, even though at that time we were very strong and as the prophet Jeremiah said 'All the kings and people of the world did not believe that any invader would be able to come through the gates of Jerusalem' (Lamentations 4:12)...Because of our sins we were expelled from our land. Only through complete repentance will the Almighty alone without any human effort or intervention, redeem us from exile. At that time there will be universal peace. This will be after the coming of the prophet Eliyahu and the true Moschiach 'not by might and not by power, only by My spirit (Zecharie Chapter 4). The Zionists rejected the Jewish belief and claimed that the cure for the Jewish problem is to have a strong state with a strong army. This exchange of the sacred belief for nationalism is destroying the holy essence of the Jewish people and has brought constant war and bloodshed. The result is their state is the most dangerous place. Betrayal of the Jews The Zionists have sacrificed Jewish lives in their ongoing conflicts. To achieve their goal of statehood the Zionists have always deliberately provoked anti-Semitism. During the Second World War the Zionists were against giving money to rescue Jews. The Zionist leader Yitzhak Greenbaum said in a speech in Tel Aviv on Feb. 18, 1943 that 'One should resist this wave to push Zionist activities to secondary importance'. He also said 'One cow in Palestine is more important than all the European Jews'. Their interest was not to save Jews, on the contrary, more spilling of Jewish blood would strengthen their demand of the nations for the creation of their state. Their motto was Rak B'Dam (only by blood will we get the land). Rabbis warned of danger All of the greatest rabbinical sages warned of the dangers Zionism would bring. The euphoria over Zionism and all its paraphernalia, i.e. army, embassies, flag, etc. is, according to the Torah, 'the work of Satan' to test the faith. But the true faith of Jews has not changed and 'peace talks', past or present, cannot change it. The belief is that not only can there be no real peace as long as the Zionist state exists but worse than this, the Zionist state is the biggest catastrophe for the Jewish people! 'No peace, God said, for the evil doers' (Jesaiah 48 and 57) The Three Oaths We have been adjured by the Almighty 'not to use human force to bring about the establishment of a state, not to rebel against the nations, to remain loyal citizens, not to leave exile ahead of time. Even if the land would be given to us by all nations, we are not allowed to accept it. To violate the oaths would result in your flesh be made prey as the deer and the antelope in the forest (Talmud Tractate Ksubos III). Jews lived in Palestine in peace and harmony with the Palestinians until the Zionists came. The true Jews are not just against the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza with the daily oppression and killing, but are also opposed to the occupation of the entire land of Palestine. According to the Torah, all Palestine should be returned to the Palestinians and other occupied territories should also be returned to their rightful owners. * According to the Torah, Jews are not allowed to shed blood, harm, humiliate or dominate another people * Let the world know that being a Jew means being devoted to the Torah and rejection of the Zionist heresy. In the Zionist state Jews suffer religious persecution and intolerance and even ancestral graves are destroyed and desecrated in line with the Zionist plan to destroy the Jewish religion. Even if the Zionists advocate religious observance it would still be an atheist state. * Zionist politicians and their fellow travellers do not speak for the Jewish people, the name Israel has been stolen by them. Indeed, the Zionist conspiracy against Jewish tradition and law makes Zionism and all its activities and entities the greatest enemy of the Jewish people. Signed: American Neturei Karta - Friends of Jerusalem Rabbi E. Schwartz - P.O. Box 1030, New York, NY10009 Neturei Karta is a community of Orthodox Jews who reject Zionism and refuse to recognize the Zionist state. Members of this community are found mainly in Jerusalem, Antwerp, London and New York. Please visit this site http://www.jewsnotzionists.org/ Mad Dog Butler Richard Butler *********************************** MAD DOG Richard Butler, where are you? Are you licking Israeli boots? Can't you see the Zionists are murdering Palestinian stone throwing kids with gun ships, tanks and machine guns? No, you don't, you Zionist slave! But, surely you know how to initiate genocide in Iraq. Today, Israeli cowards are shooting Palestinian civilians with their Navy, Airforce ….. These Zionist terrorists call it war! Their boot licking US and UK media also call it war!? One side is using modern navy, airforce and army - on the other side stone throwing 10/11 years old frustrated kids. They are sick and tired of these snakes. They sign treaty, talk about peace in one hand and then murder kids on a daily basis, destroy their houses, evict Palestinians from their homes, grab their land …. But, where are the Big American and British Peace Makers? Well, they are bombing Iraq, murdering Iraqi kids, slaughtering frail women. Why do they do so? Because all of them are enslaved by the Zionist mobs. They got no choice! They have to suck Zionist toes! They are blinded by the myth of their Zionist lords! The American Senate and Congress, little puppets of Israel! Look at Hilary Clinton, she is working overtime, licking all available Israeli toes. Yet, she is not happy - she is afraid, her Israeli lords may not be happy with her. May be she is not sucking enough! Suck, Suck Hilary Suck! @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ The ABC, CNN, NBC, BBC and a few other western media have been sucking Israeli toe for a long time for a variety of reasons. But, why the American first lady Hilary Clinton is sucking Israeli toe more than anybody else! Is she taking a revenge on Monica? Or is she going to teach Wily Billy a good lesson on how to keep his "private enterprise" under his control? Dark Side of Peace in Palestine! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If the people of Israel and Palestine sign a proper peace agreement and enforce it honestly what will happen? The arms dealers, many covert and overt operators and plethora of shonky merchants inside and outside Israel will loose their job, their golden hen will die or they have to face accountability. But, what about the Arab leaders? In the name of "Al-Aqsa" they won't be able to hide many of their scams, isn't it? |
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