Ed Koch, a proud, fierce patriotic American and pro-Israeli Jew said in a recent interview: "Pearl's statement is as important as the most holy of all statements in Jewish ritual; and every Saturday [at synagogue] we ought to say it." Let the miracle of Ed Koch dying on the date of Daniel Pearl's death be a stern warning to all Islamic enemies of America and Israel: God and history are not on your side. POSTSCRIPT ED KOCH IN THE AFTERLIFE Ed Koch to God: Lord, how'm I doing? God to Ed Koch: I am making you Mayor of Heaven.