Month: December 2005

Netanyahu Outlines Plan for Limited Territorial Concessions

Excerpts:

“‘The time has come for a party to say what Israel will keep and not what we should give away,’ Netanyahu said. ‘There are three different approaches: Keeping all the land, which I think would be a mistake; withdrawing from nearly all the land, which Ehud Barak, Sharon and Amir Peretz support and I think is dangerous; and our policy, which is defensible borders for Israel.’”

“Speaking under a banner with the slogan ‘the Likud is renewing itself,’ on a stage with the 26 remaining Likud MKs, Netanyahu said his ‘defensible borders’ would include the Jordan Valley, the Golan Heights, an undivided Jerusalem, settlement blocs in Judea and Samaria and the hilltops overlooking Ben-Gurion Airport, the Gush Dan region and Route 443. ” read more

To follow the evolution of this story, take the time to click and read [1], [2], [3], [4] and [5].

Netanyahu: Today the Likud Begins a Path of Renewal

Excerpts:

“Netanyahu said that next week, he intends to bring a proposal to the central committee calling for the banning of those who had been convicted of felonies and who had been sentenced to at least three-months’ detention [2] from any official position in the party.”

“‘I want to stress that by introducing this proposal, our aim is not to resolve issues of ideology. This is done by our party democracy. Its aim is to clean the party of criminal elements,'[2] he stressed.” read more

Todays news conference regarding Sharon’s condition and his medical record in context with this previous post and the reports that came before it.

Doctors Say Sharon’s Condition Good

Excerpts;

“Prime Minister Ariel Sharon released his medical records a press conference on Monday afternoon.”

“The medical briefing was given behind closed doors, with no cameras or microphones. Four of the prime minister’s doctors were there, including Professor Tamir Ben-Hur, Professor Bolek Goldman (who has served as Sharon’s doctor for 30 years), physician of internal medicine Dr. Shlomo Segev, and cardiology professor Haim Lotan.” read more

Aksa Brigades Claim New Rocket Has Range of 25 KM

Arab Apprehended With 6 Pipe Bombs

Three Molotov Cocktails Thrown at Israeli Car

IDF Artillery Responds to Kassam Rocket Attacks

Rocket lands Near Kindergarten

Three Kassams Fired at Western Negev; None Wounded

Terrorists Threaten With Alternative Border Crossing

Firebomb Attack Near Karnei Shomron

When the US Government Spied on American Jews

In our generation when Jews are expelled from their homes on Jewish Land, and when we witness the huge surge in resultant anti-semitism throughout the world, one would do well to remember history. Don’t think for a minute that it could never happen again! MB

Menorah of Mortars Marks First Night of Hanukkah

Sharon’s Doctors to Face the Nation

Excerpt:

“…They suggest Mr. Sharon undergo a cardiac angioplasty ahead of the 28 March general election, preferably in the coming weeks.”

For more background on the disclosure of Sharon’s medical history,
click here, and here.

Commanders Reportedly Beat Subordinates in the IDF

for more background, click here.

This is a terrible report to read, but it gives cause to wonder if this treatment impacted upon soldiers who pledged to refuse to expel their fellow Jews and yet, in the end, took part in the Gush Katif/Shomron expulsions. MB

IDF Arrests 3 Palestinian Fugitives in West Bank

Firebomb Attacks in Anabta

Terrorist Group Vows to Continue Launching Rockets

Arabs Throw Bomb at IDF Troops in Shechem

Islamic Jihad: Israel Makes “Withdrawal After Withdrawal”

O’ Precious Key

Excerpts;

“We are still in the hotel room that we call home. Little by little families are moving out to join their friends and neighbors from Neve Dekalim already living in the Nitzan trailer camp. We watch the hotel trolley carrying out the last of the valises, the plastic drawers on wheels, the children’s clothing thrown into supermarket bags, the Shabbat dresses still on hangars. The contents of the ship container have already been unpacked and placed, a bit askew, into the small trailers. Larger pieces are stored in a backyard shed. The cars are loaded, the children pile in, and we wave goodbye.” read more