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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...expulsions underline the Jewish state's concern that fundamentalist Christians may seek to provoke acts of violence to speed the return of Christ at the dawning of the millennium. And there's some basis to that fear. While the millennium itself means little to mainstream Judaism or Islam, a number of evangelical Christians interpret biblical prophecies to mean that the Messiah's return must begin with an apocalyptic final conflict that begins in the Holy City. Israeli leaders are all too aware that anyone who wishes to provoke such a conflict need simply attack the Islamic holy sites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerusalem's Cops Play Apocalypse Busters | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

...been plotting to blow up Al Aqsa and the neighboring Dome of the Rock. Now, Israeli authorities fear a millennial convergence between the messianic visions of some evangelical Christian groups and those Jewish extremists. "Israeli police are most worried about Christian end-timers who believe that before Christ can return there has to be Armageddon," says Beyer. "Their intelligence suggests that some groups want to hasten the apocalypse by blowing up the Islamic holy sites on the Temple Mount in the hope that this would provoke a holy war between Muslims and Jews...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jerusalem's Cops Play Apocalypse Busters | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

...Neil Rudenstine, because he'd probably return the favor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Would You Rather... | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...3x5s. And though I felt a slight pang of guilt when my father pointed out that he still had my six-year-old face in his wallet-window, regret quickly passed. To be honest, I have always been camera-shy and the lens has never been particularly kind in return...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Editor's Note: How To | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...Credit: $15 credit if you find and return a card that you reported as lost before it expires...

Author: By David M. Rosenblatt, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The ID Deconstructed | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

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