Here is a sampling of our headlines

Holocaust memorial vandalized
Palestinians shoot, Israel gives more
Bus shot at Netzarim-Karni road
Road../side2 bomb explodes west of Ariel
Arab suicide bomber detonates bomb at café in Jordan Valley
Another terrorist victim shot on major highway
Shots ring out at Israeli motorists North of Jerusalem
Mayor Olmert to move to wall
107^th leader of Palestinian violence arrested
Massive protest against concessions to begin
Less mass violence, major increase in shooting incidents

These headlines continue to be part of our survival in Judea and Samaria. I just returned from two very successful weeks of speaking and fundraising in the United States. I will be returning to the US on January 3^rd and continuing on to three weeks of receptions in Norway from January 20^th until Feb. 7^th. The Christian leadership in Norway has embraced our mission. I will be speaking together with many from the top Christian leadership in Norway at receptions all over that country. I will be in the United States again between February 22^nd-March 12^th and March 22^nd-April 5, 2001. These dates are filling up quickly. If you would like to book a date in your community/Church, please email me as soon as possible at IloveIsrl@aol.com
Eliezer Braun

SHUVA MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH

The just completed trip to the US resulted in opening the doors of some very large Churches in the US for the first time. Feb. and March itineraries will include speaking engagements at these Churches in New York, Colorado and Wisconsin.

From the Jerusalem Post

“If put to a referendum, would you vote to approve a peace treaty that relinquished Israel’s sovereignty of the Temple Mount”? 15,000 people responded by email to the survey. Result-17% yes and 83% no.

Political System In Israel

There have been many email inquiries trying to understand the political system in Israel. Briefly, Prime Minister Ehud Barak resigned several weeks ago. This automatically triggers elections for the office of Prime Minister within sixty days. Benjamin Netanyahu was initially prevented from running for PM. because the law stipulates that if a Prime Minister resigns, he can only be replaced by a sitting member of the Israeli legislature (Knesset). Netanyahu had resigned his seat. The Knesset then revised the law allowing Netanyahu to run for PM. Netanyahu said “thanks but no thanks.” He said he did not want to inherit the same difficult 120 member/16 party Knesset that Barak found it near impossible to deal with. Seeing that elections are only for the PM and not for the Knesset, Netanyahu will delay his comeback until general elections are held in a few years. Several parties feared losing a large number of seats and therefore rejected early parliamentary elections. This situation has resulted in the Prime Ministerial face off between Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon on May 6. Confused? Join the party! Another party or two can’t hurtJ

We are risking our lives. We can’t ask you to do guard duty or military escorts to protect our children going to school. What we ask from you is much easier…It is only money! Think of our families…think of the new immigrants we pick up at the airport…escaping anti-Semitism…moving in to their ramshackle trailer homes in Shavei Shomron only to be welcomed by the gunfire of Arab snipers! Think of the children…the children that we will do anything to protect…for they are our most cherished possession! Fulfill your Biblical mandate to Bless Israel!