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      Shevat 26, 5767, 2/14/2007

      Epiphany Time

      by Ellen Horowitz

      The revelations are anything but uplifting - rude and frightening awakenings may best describe the sort of moments of truth that many of us are experiencing. It's like we can suddenly and accurately piece together the shards of a shattered national and international picture into a vast panoramic view which weaves together and connects our past, present, and future. Our devastating choices and mistakes are startlingly delineated and everything is connected.

      For me, the eerie feeling started at the Madrid Conference which followed the first Gulf War. By the time the toxic trio shook hands on the White House lawn in 1993, I was quite sure that the dye had been cast. The earth shook for my husband years earlier when Israel relinquished Sinai to the Egyptians. Others felt it as far back as 1967 when Moshe Dayan pulled the valiantly idiotic gesture of handing the Temple Mount - which was in our hands - over to the Muslim Wakf. Still some woke up to the nightmare a little late in the game, as their world crumbled during the incomprehensible 2005 expulsion from the Jewish communities of Gush Katif. And last summer in Lebanon did it for others.

      For Richard Landes, a history professor from Boston University, the apocalyptic pattern emerged when he viewed the rushes of an incident which kicked off Intifada 2000 and an unprecedented eruption and era of global terrorism.

      Over the last six months I've had the honor and pleasure of working as a research assistant for Professor Richard Landes. As part of my responsibilities I've spent significant time combing through damning material from the photo and film archives of the various international press agencies.

      As a creative person, one of my greatest fears is that of wasted efforts and potential. So as I tirelessly perused this disturbing material, I kept wondering if, when, and how the pictorial data and evidence would be used. I¹m pleased to see that Professor Landes and his production staff masterfully pieced together an epic chapter in global history.

      Now it¹s the concerned public¹s responsibility to disseminate this film and insist that it be viewed.

      Please download, view and distribute to the online public:

      ICON OF HATRED

      http://seconddraft.org/movies.php

      This is the third part of of series which started with PALLYWOOD and continued with THE BIRTH OF AN ICON. It's recommended that these first two parts be viewed in order to have a full understanding of the important issues highlighted in ICON Of HATRED.

      Comments and questions regarding the documentaries or the Professor's work should be directed to Richard Landes at <rl.seconddraft@gmail.com> or comment via his blogsite at http://www.theaugeanstables.com

      It should be noted that this film was first screened on Hannukah at a forum held in conjunction with 7th Annual Herzliya Conference, entitled: The Media as a Theater of War, the Blogosphere, and the Global Battle for Civil Society.

      The Blogosphere does offer all of us an immense opportunity to critically challenge MSM outlets and their proclivity towards misinformation and propaganda. Arutz 7 is to be congratulated for staying on the cutting edge of Internet development and for enabling writers like myself to express ourselves honestly and accurately via a channel which upholds Jewish values and moral standards - and which has a full understanding of Israel's ethical obligations towards the world at large.

      Looking forward to sharing and exchanging views and information with a concerned and accountable online community.