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December 10. 2003 NAT 3

Iraq victory vital, Lieberman warns Mystery Person was Isaac Mizrahi

WASHINGTON—Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman says the United States must help channel Iraq toward peace so that Iraq does not become the launching pad for a religious war by fanatical Muslims. Lieberman says the targets of such a war could include moderate

JERUSALEM—Tensions between Syria and Israel are running high as the two nations trade charges about whether Syria is harboring terrorists. Syria's president has agreed to a proposal to halt violence along Israel's northern border if Israel promises to end flights over Lebanon, according to an Associated Press report. Israel did not respond to the proposal. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said the two countries had held informal talks several months ago but

Muslims as well as people of other faiths. The Connecticut Democratic senator has been an early and strong supporter of the invasion of Iraq, but has accused President Bush of failing to rccniit strong international backing. On “Fox News Sunday” he said the U.S. and its allies are in

that Israel believed that they were only a ploy by Syria to gain favor with the United States. Israeli officials said President Assad should first show good faith by reining in the Lebanese militia Hezbollah and Palestinian militant groups based in Syria. Assad has accused the Israeli government of escalating tensions and making the Middle East a more dangerous place. Israel countered that it had captured terrorist members of Islamic Jihad in a West Bank

a battle “to stop al-Qaida, Saddam Hussein, and every other enemy of freedom and modernity” from engaging in a global religious war. Lieberman said Saudi Arabia and some other Muslim countries have feared to contest the extremists but that, since recent attacks, "I believe they're getting it.”

mosque who were intending to attack a northern Israel school. The Israelis said the terrorist group's leaders are in Syria. Syria's U.N. ambassador, Fayssal Mekdad, denied that any militants operating out of Syria were involved in the attempted attack on the school. "We would welcome peace talks with Syria," said Zalman Shoval, an adviser to Prime Minister Sharon. "However, our formula is very clear...Syria should stop supporting terror in Lebanon and close the Palestinian headquarters in Damascus."

The winning guesses began coining in with Isaac Mizrahi revealed as our Mystery Person shortly after we published the fifth and final clue stating, “The Mystery Person is a designer.” We had begun, as with the current contest, saying the Mystery Person was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. Mizrahi grew up in Brooklyn in a family with Syrian roots. His father was a cutter in the garment industry. Our second clue told readers they were pursuing somebody who had studied acting. After graduating from the Flatbush Yeshiva, Mizrahi enrolled in the High School

of Performing Arts. The classes didn't go to waste. He made a TV appearance on the scries “Spin City” and played an alien in “Men in Black.” Our third clue sent winners looking for “a TV personality.” Mizrahi had his own interview show on cable television, combining fashion and zanincss. The fourth clue stated the Mystery Person’s life has been documented on film. The film was “Unzipped,” a 1995 documentary by filmmaker Douglas Kccve. The designer has even written a series of comic books titled “The Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel.”

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Israel, Syria trade charges

A SON'S TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER—I don't know if there is a more sublime mitzvah than a Jewish son taking his mother and sister to Israel," quipped New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "Hadassah is a greater mitzvah," the mayor added seriously. "Hadassah is the gold standard of health care, a place that practices world class medicine and produces exceptional scholarship; a place that treats more than one million people a year; a place where every one of them is treated as a person." The mayor and his sister, Marjorie Tiven, head of New York's United Nations Commission, were in Israel with their soon-to-be 95-year-old mother, Chdrlotte, for the dedication of the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Mother and Child Center at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center. In addition, as a result of his gift, the center, the leading facility in the region for maternal and child care, will be expanded from six floors to nine. "All of us are blessed to be here. We extend to all Israelis the prayers and hopes of all New Yorkers for a better

future. America survives because Israel survives," Bloomberg said. Accompanied by Hadassah National President June Walker and Hadassah Director General Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, the three Bloomberg family members toured the General Pediatric and Pediatric Hemato-Oncology areas, stopping frequently to visit with young patients and speak with their parents. After Mrs. Bloomberg and her children unveiled the lettering on the side of the six-story Center, Bloon berg noted: "At 91, HaContinued on page 16