Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 29, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus a11 Winniw May 2000 dont misread israeli withdrawal from Lebanon by Yossel Klein Haleff Jerusalem Israel May be about to learn in the Middle there is no safety in the humiliating and abrupt flight from Lebanon for which we had nearly a year to prepare since Ehud Barak was elected prime minister and announced his intention to extract the troops has seemingly provided proof that Israel has lost its that perception will encourage those in the Arab world who believe that Israel can be pressured through violence to surrender on other rather than through negotiation and Mutual the result will Likely be an intensification of violence in the coming both in the West Bank and the according to israeli military Intelli the syrians have begun training palestinian bands in Lebanon for Bor Der attacks against the syrian rationale is straightforward if the israeli Public forced its government to withdraw from Lebanon because of Hezbollah attacks on the Galilee May Spur an israeli protest movement to support syrian demands Over the Golan but if syrian president Hafez Assad believes that terrorism will achieve what negotiations could the israeli Public will Likely disappoint in a rare instance of National israelis overwhelmingly supported Baraks refusal to cede part of the Shoreline of the sea of Galilee to despite the Lebanon the Arab perception of a defeatist Israel is Sim like other Western Israel has lost its enthusiasm for Mili tary glory and is now essentially motivated by not by history or but the diminishing centrality of the army in the israeli conscious Ness Doest translate into a death with South lebanese refugees crowding the Gates into Israel and Resi dents of the Galilee fleeing South in fear of Katusha rocket israelis Are in no mood to surrender to violent blackmail Over the dismal images for an israeli watching the dismal televised images from the the single encouraging image that lingers is of our soldiers returning Home not bitter or ashamed but singing and waving israeli they went willingly to Lebanon to defend the Galilee they were ready to remain As Long As the country wanted them they did their Job and have nothing to be ashamed that unexpected Pride among soldiers in Retreat bodes Well for the country in the difficult weeks Barak has repeatedly warned that he will hit syrian targets in Lebanon if terrorists shoot into Galilee towns and the righting opposition doubts his resolve what will demanded one liked when a Home or school in Lebanon is inadvertently hit by an israeli bomb and the terrible photographs appear on to will Barak withstand world pressure and continue defending the Galilee he will probably have no As Israel moves into final status talks with the Barak will need the Public support for far reaching that support is conceivable Only if israelis believe that the country is making peace from a Posi Tion of if Barak allows Syria to turn the Galilee into a he will lose what remains of his military the Public will hardly Trust his judgment on the West Bank when he miscalculated so badly in whose army is no match for almost certainly Doest want to provoke a wider yet by mis Reading the mood in Assad May trigger a series of events that could head to regional Egypt has already indicated that it will support Syria if attacked by even in retaliation for Syria inspired attacks on the with Egypt behind Assad May be emboldened to test the limits of israeli historians argue whether the late president Gama Abdul Nass Israel in May he replaced in peacekeeping troops with the egyptian army along the Border and shut the Straits of tiran to israeli Navi the answer is of interest Only Assad May initiate the next phase of the Lebanon tragedy he cannot determine How it will Halevi is a senior writer for the Jerusalem this article appeared in the los Angeles t the new Economy Quebec crows Over Nash a but Money Speaks own language in politicians and businessmen have finally agreed on one thing Money is that the future of Money happens to rest for a Large part on techno nerds is a there is a new econ omy evolving in the world and provincial Liberal Leader Jean Charest has deemed it a Good time to talk about a quieter the revolutionary language cooped from the left is meant to signify the Peoples right to assert themselves in this the people want to assert their right to make gobs of the announcement that Nash a will open the first of its International offices in Montreal next month sent a resurgence of Pride through some sectors of the after Montreal was chosen Over mighty which everyone East of the 100th Meridian knows is filled with Little Blue men carrying suitcases full of the q in Nash a now stands for Quebec a few Hearty supporters Actu it stands for As in National association of securities dealers automated Nash a was the first automated Stock Early in 1971 when computers were considered since the technological its shares have kept Pace with the frantic growth of High tech in it surpassed the new York Stock Exchange in annual share volume in 1998 it became the largest Exchange in the with 440 Premier Lucien Bouchard proudly climbed the podium to accept the honour from and Tele vision Crews quickly reported that his words were now spilling out from a Monitor High Over new Yorks times right next to the steaming cup 0 the 13metre Budweiser and the chock full 0 nuts it was a coup for and Bouchard want past taking credit for Quebec is economically attractive and was the and May As Well be Independent even though the language used at Nash a Canada will be and the dollars traded will be i have a few friends who work in the pit of the Montreal the Stock in a its an old fashioned pit in a Era of High tech there Are still grown men jumping and screaming and playing practical jokes on each ogling the women who watch from the and on a Good its somewhat interesting to like documentaries on primates Are interesting to within a say the bourse will inevitably shift to an Al computer and the screaming antics will be directed at window Termi the Toronto Stock Exchange did the same thing a while and it lost the almost magical liquidity that exists in a live when the Paris bourse closed its pit Montreal welcomed a Host of immigrant yet the Montreal bourse has been living in the Shadow of the tse for last year it gave up its major stocks to which paid million to become a monopoly Montreal remained the futures and derivatives its own futures Paul press Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard was pleased by Montreal coup in Landing Nash a Over not looking but Nash a is another the tse has already lost a lot of volume to those irritatingly Small software and companies we rent and instead went on Nash a and shot through the already about 36 Canadian companies Trade exclusively on the seemingly Quick acceptance of Nash a in Montreal opening in june May not have been As rapid As it the government of struggling to be seen As Independent financially if not would probably not have Given up the bourse if it haunt already smoked a few cigars with Nash a if they would have taken 18 months to see if Nash a qualified As a Bona fide Stock the Deputy minister of finance someone else May have grabbed the we do not see the situation the same Way Jean Stgelais for those playing Yuppie Bingo on the Nash a Canada will have Little Stock buying will not be but still done effortlessly through rules for Canadian companies wont change but brokerage firms will yet the largest Impact May be or Patriot hefty Quebec companies like que decor and Canadian National railways May Drift to Nash a As a Symbol of lately Montreal has been pushing its image As a High tech Industry whether or not its new companies will inevitably of the Money behind Nash a Doest give a flying Fig about jingoism or language Nash ass quaint ambition is to become the worlds first global the country that trades the most with the is the obvious Choice for the first Quebec happened to be at the right place at the right and ushered them in on a velvet it is very Likely that in the next few years we will see Nash a branches sprouting All Over the and language will be a no Issue Stock speak will be simultaneously translated into dozens of Lan Money and Surprise its Multi Lin letters to the editor the free press welcomes letters from they must include the authors address and Telephone letters May be letters to the 1355 Mountain r2x fax email . Exercise puts Chance on my Side in response to Terence Moore experts have not free May i never heard Ottawa say that we should All run marathons so we can collectively afford to live longer there is a difference Between a healthy lifestyle that includes exercising and the Chal Lenge of pushing our limits further that some of freely and individual decide to impose on i run and exercise because it makes me feel it energizes my clears my thoughts and helps me enjoy a full Day instead of just getting through although i shy away from group or social i participate in the Manitoba Marathon because i get a wonderful kick in being lost in a sea of or so people in Good enough shape to run at least about its a Celebration of if i Ever die on a finishing i figure chances Are i would have died shovelling Snow or run Ning after the if i live to be old and what a great Bonus i see it As a Way of putting chances on my Annemari Ouimet Winnipeg Long Waits Send patients packing on the focus Page of the Winnipeg free press to Tell the Story of healthcare May the authors from the Manitoba Centre for health policy and evaluation state How their findings and data have helped keep Manitoba in the fore among Many other of managing the healthcare system they Point out How Hospital Down sizing has not restricted growth in life enhancing and lifesaving proce they also Point out for the most the waiting times for elective procedures have not k v increased with the although statistics do not Tell the whole Story of any and must in any Case be the authors have provided some laudatory stimulation to healthcare the effects of of have to do not simply with the statistics that May influence but More especially with the increasing technological advances and increasing medical expertise that have allowed the performance of surgery on an outpatient basis As Well As having sharply curtailed the use of expensive i Hospital the real healthcare wait which is so frustrating to patients in Manitoba and elsewhere in Canada Andis not alluded to in the is the inordinate time that it takes to make some of the More difficult diag noses and to receive treatment due to the significant Lack of Highte Canolo diagnostic and treatment equip these As Well As a corresponding Lack of appropriate specialized Are principle reasons underlining the movement of patients to the United states and to private facilities in Canada for diagnosis and More expeditious Anne gouged Consumers find own break re cd distributors Settle prices could free May int it interesting that the big five music distributors settled a Case so As can get a break on prices As were gouged by them in the first place by having their minimum advertised Price pro Gram thrust upon with the Advent of the mp3 files and the five biggest music distributors have basically become Why should i pay the hidden costs of distributing music nationally and internationally when a wire in the Back of my computer does All of the distribution for me no won Der they want to come off looking like a Nice Guy by Malcolm Mccallum Winnipeg people dont matter to tories i know its almost old but the fact that Stuart Murray is the hand picked candidate of the progressive conservative party elite is of great concern to while i am no great fan of Darren Praznik i do believe he was Given the Short end of the pier to walk he tried to carry the party line in his no matter How and he is deserted by his i ask the pc Hierarchy whatever happened to the democratic process i know the they have opted for the communistic approach of dictating what will be and Praznik is a Vic As were the people of Manitoba when the pc party held the other concern is the he runs Domo Gas and As such is very willing to raise the prices we pay for his but he pays near slave wages to the Gas they Are the reason he makes the Money he does without Murray having to dirty his from what i have seen of the tories form of he might fit right their Tenet seems to be to keep the poor poor and then ask Why they Are no tory government cared for those who Are not of great their concern was to protect the wealthy and their people never did matter to them except at election Jack Lang Winnipeg doonesbury by Garry Trudeau ;