Oct. 30, 1991 Madrid, Spain - Talks begin with President Bush focusing on "land for peace"

Oct 31, 1991 - President Bush's home in Kennebunkport, Maine is severely damaged by what newspapers label as a "perfect storm" with winds up to 74 mph.

Aug 23, 1992 Washington, DC Talks that began in Madrid continue in Washington.

Aug 23, 1992 Florida & Louisiana - Hurricane Andrew leaves 180,000 in Florida and 25,000 in Louisiana homeless Winds topped 175 mph. Damage estimate - $30 billion.

Sep 13, 1993 Oslo Peace Accords stating that Israel would give Gaza and Jericho to the Palestinians with the West Bank following close behind is signed in Washington, DC.

Sep 13, 1993 Hurricane Emily hits the Outer Banks of North Carolina sending thousands to seek safety inland.

Jan 13, 1994 Jenan Joergen Holst who hosted 14 secret meetings in Oslo died "unexpectedly" 4 months to the day of the Oslo signing.

Jan. 16, 1994 President Clinton ,meets with Syrian President Hafez Assad. Assad demands Israel withdraw from all "occupied Arab lands".

Jan 17, 1994 Southern California - A devastating earthquake of 6.9 kills 52 people, 5000 are injured and 24,000 are homeless. Damages exceed $30 Billion.

Jan 19, 1994 Record-breaking cold temperatures of 40 degrees below kill 100 Americans and affect 75 million people.

Jan 21, 1994 Hafez Assad's oldest son, Basil, who is being groomed to succeed his father, is killed in a car accident at 31 years of age.

Mar 1, 1997 - Yasser Arafat arrives in the US to meet with President Clinton.

Mar 1, 1997 - Tornadoes hit Arkadelphia, Arkansas and flooding in Falmouth, KY. These disasters caused $ 1 billion in damages.

Mar 13th, 1997 UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn Israel.

Mar 13, 1997 Stock market plunges 160 points and continues a plunge until April 13th when it stabilizes. Altogether, there is a 694 point loss in 1 month.

Mar & April, 1997 UN votes 4 times in one month to condemn Israel.

July 2, 1997 Thailand devalues its currency sending the world economy into a plunge. Economic meltdown hits Asia, Russia, and later Brazil.

July 15, 1997 UN passes the strongest resolution yet against Israel with a vote of 131-3.

Sep 27, 1998 Secretary of State Madeline Albright meets with Arafat in New York City to work out final arrangements for Israel to give away 13% of her land.

Sep 27, 1998 Hurricane George hits the Gulf Coast with wind gusts up to 175 mph leaving $ 1 billion in damages.

Oct 15, 1998 At the time of the Wye Plantation, talks continue which had ended in Sep 28.

Oct 17, 1998 Torrential rains and tornadoes hit eastern Texas. They continue for 5 days leaving more than $1 billion in damages.

Nov 30, 1998 Yasser Arafat comes to Washington to meet with President Clinton to raise money for a Palestinian State. President Clinton promises $400 million of the 3 billion promised by the nations.

Nov 30, 1998 The stock market fell 216 points in one day.

Dec 1, 1998 The European markets crashed. It was the 3rd worse crash in Europe's history.

Mar 23, 1999 Yasser Arafat comes to Washington again to discuss with President Clinton a Palestinian State with Jerusalem as is capital.

Mar 23, 1999 The market falls 219 points in one day.

May 4 2002 The day set aside for Yasser Arafat to proclaim a Palestinian State with Jerusalem as it's Capital.

May 4, 1999 President Clinton declares parts of Oklahoma and Kansas disaster areas after the most powerful tornadoes ever recorded devastated those states.

Sep 3, 1999 Secretary of State Madeline Albright meets with Prime Minister Ehud Barak in Israel to discuss giving land away.

Sep 3, 1999 At the exact time of the above meeting, hurricane Dennis (which had been lingering off the North Carolina coast for a week) came on shore dumping huge amounts of rain.

Sep 13, 1999 As a result of Madeline Albright's trip, the Israeli Foreign minister and one of Yasser Arafat's deputies meet to work out the "final status" of Israeli land being given away.

Sep 13, 1999 Hurricane Floyd grows unexpectedly into a monster of a storm.

Sep 16 99 Hurricane Floyd hits North Carolina causing the greatest evacuation in US history... the entire eastern section of the state. Some 1800 sq. miles were affected with billions of dollars of damage to agriculture and buildings. It was labeled as the greatest disaster in NC since the Civil War.

Sep 21, 1999 The DJI average fell 225 points which was the steepest loss in 4 months.

Sep 22, 1999 Yasser Arafat leaves Washington to petition the UN for money for a Palestinian State.

Sep 22, 1999 The Market loses another 74 points.

Sep 23, 1999 The market falls another 205 points creating a 3 day loss of 504 points. It is the first time in history the market has suffered two 200 point losses in the same week.

Oct 11, 1999 Officials evict Jewish settlers on the West Bank.

Oct 15, 1999 The market drops 266 points hurricane Irene hits North Carolina.

Oct 16, 1999 The southwest is rocked with a 7.1 earthquake. It's recorded as the fifth most powerful earthquake to ever hit the US.

Jan 3, 2000 President Clinton meets with Prime Minister Barak and Syrian foreign Minister Farouk al-shara about Israel giving Syria the Golan Heights.

Jan 4, 2000 Prime Minster Barak agrees to 5 % of the West Bank territory being given to the Palestinians by the end of the week.

Jan 4, 2000 On Dec. 31, the stock marked had reached an all time high. On Jan 4^th, the DJI falls 350 points and the NASDAQ 229 points. This is a combined loss for one day of $600 billion.

Apr12, 2000 President Clinton meets with Prime Minster Barak to express his desire for greater involvement in the "peace process" of giving land away and dividing Jerusalem.

Apr11,12,13 2002 The NASDAQ loses 618 points in one week.

Jun 16, 2000 Yasser Arafat meets with president Clinton in the White House. The President states, " I want to finish the job., referring to the establishment of a Palestinian State.

Jun 16, 2000 The stock market plunges 2365 points making the lowest closing in months.

Jul 12 to 26, 2000 President Clinton, Prime Minster Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat meet at Camp David to work on an agreement to divide Jerusalem.

Jul 28, 2000 Texas governor George Bush declares his state a disaster area as the worst drought in Texas' history hits the state.

Jul 28, 2000 Fires in the west begin to burn out of control. By the end of August, nearly 7 million acres will be burned. Papers report this as the worst fires of the century.

Jun 6, 2001 President George Bush sends CIA Director George Tenet to Israel to implement the Mitchell Plan.

Jun 8, 2001 George Tenet hosts talks between Senior Israeli officials while Asst. Secretary of State William Burns meets with Arafat.

Jun 8 to 9, 2001 Tropical Storm Allison unleashes record breaking rains in the Houston area. An estimated 25000 homes and businesses are damaged or destroyed. For 3 days the city of Houston closes due to $3 billion in damages. Meteorologists say Allison was the worst storm in history.

Aug 9, 2001 President Bush demands that Israel abide by the Madrid Peace Process, the Mitchell Plan and the UN Resolutions 242 & 338.( Resolutions that call for Israel to go back to its 1967 borders. i.e.. to give up East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, Judea & Samaria settlements) . This would leave Israel with indefensible borders.

Aug 9, 2001 A suicide terrorist kills 19 Jews and wounds more than 100 in a Jerusalem Pizzeria.

Sep 13, 2001 The day planned for the Secretary of State to notify the Saudi Arabian Ambassador of the US recognizing a Palestinian State.

Sep 23, 2001 The day planned for the Secretary of State to make the announcement to the UN General Assembly of the US recognition of a Palestinian State.

Sep 11, 2001 Terrorists attack on the US causes over $40 billion in damages, thousands of lives lost and the worst week in the history of the stock market.

Oct 2, 2001 President Bush publicly states for the first time that he is in favor of a Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital.

Oct 2, 2001 Anthrax attack begins in Florida.

Nov 11, 2001 Yasser Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly and then meets with Secretary of State Colin Powell. Powell makes a public statement about the US commitment to a Palestinian State.

Nov 11, 2001 Sadam Hussein threatens the US with nuclear weapons. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says the threats should be taken seriously.

Nov 12, 2001 American Airlines jet crashes on take-off from JFK killing 265 people less than 24 hours after Arafat's UN speech.

Sep 23, 2002 US abstains in UN Security Council vote permitting a 14-0-1 vote to pass condemning Israel’s IDF incursion into the compound of Yasser Arafat in Rammallah where wanted terrorists were holed up.

Sep 24 2002 Tropical Storm Isidore strengthens and heads toward the Gulf Coast.

Sep 26 2002 Tropical Storm Isidore is nearly hurricane strength as it hits landfall at the Gulf’s largest oil port - Port Fourchon. The huge oil terminal, is the gateway to about 13 percent of the nation's crude oil. 87,000 homes and businesses in southern Louisiana had lost power. Tornado warnings and flood watches were posted from the central Louisiana coast to the Florida panhandle.

Sep 30 2002 President Bush signs $4 billion bill funding State Department operations overseas, but remarked that Congress overstepped it's bounds and declared certain portions of the bill nonbinding which referred to declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel and putting the US Consulate office there under the authority of the Ambassador to Israel.

Oct 1, 2002 Hurricane Lili, south of Cuba, strengthens and the US Hurricane Center says it could hit the same area affected week before by Tropical Storm Isidore.

Oct 3, 2002 Hurricane Lili comes ashore as a category 2 hurricane affecting large areas of southwest Lousinna and Texas and becomes the first hurricane of the 21st Century to hit the US. The hurricane had been a category 4 just hours before coming ashore when it dramatically lost power, reducing high storm surge and wind damage estimates.

Oct 3 2002, Gunmen killed 5 random adult victims in 15 hours in a murderous shooting spree in Montgomery County - a suburb of Washington, DC.

Israel: The Blessing or the Curse - John McTernan & Bill Koenig

Philistine - Ramon Bennett