Month: February 2006

Left comes to Hebron, By Judy Lash Balint

Excerpts;

“While events in Amona seem destined to accentuate the great divide between secular Israelis and the national-religious public, an astonishing event in Hebron some days ago brought together these two sectors of Israeli society generally portrayed by the media as being strongly antagonistic toward one another.”

“…Several hundred kibbutz members, secular professors and members of secular Labor Zionist youth movements took part in a first-of-its-kind solidarity conference in Hebron. But this ground-breaking confluence of secular socialists and religious settlers took place with absolutely no media coverage. While politicians and rabbis constantly talk about the need for unity, no one seems to pay any attention when it actually occurs.” read more

Religious Unity: NRP and NU; Degel and Agudah

National Union, NRP Agree to Join Forces

NRP, National Union Agree to Merge Knesset Lists

Excerpts;

“The National Religious Party and National Union agreed to put together a joint list for the upcoming Knesset election. The agreement was achieved late Wednesday night, as the last date for submitting party Knesset candidate lists is Thursday.”

“The joint list gives National Union six of the first 11 places, with the NRP getting five. Heading the list will be National Union chairman Binyamin Elon, with NRP chairman Zevulun Orlev to be slotted second.” read more

New Pollard Petition Filed In US Supreme Court

Excerpts;

“We have today filed a petition, on behalf of our pro bono client Jonathan Pollard, for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court. We have asked the Supreme Court to review the two-to-one split decision rendered by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit which refused to allow us, Mr. Pollard’s security-cleared attorneys, access to the classified portions of the district court’s sentencing docket.” read more

This blog bows to Barak and the IRIS blog and it’s coverage of this important story;

PA Releases 39 Terrorists from “US/UK” Prison

After reading the entire story, it is self-evident why Ehud Olmert fears and is avoiding Bibi Netayahu, and all of his opponents, as Barak indicates in this segment of IRIS Noteworthy Headlines.

IDF troops Foil Terror Attack at Erez Crossing

Palestinian Shoots Border Policewoman in Her Hand

Rock Attacks in Yehuda

Update on Givon HaHadasha Shooting Incident read more

Kadima Refuses to Hold Election Debate

Likud presents: Olmert’s ‘Lethal Money’

The video tells it all! MB

Rockets Still Falling

Kassam Rocket Hits Ashkelon Power Station – Wednesday, February 8, 2006 / 10 Shevat 5766

Full Text;

“A few minutes before 3:00pm, Arab terrorists fired a Kassam rocket that impacted in the Rotenberg Power Station outside Ashklelon. It is the first time that the enemy has succeeded in hitting the power station. The rocket was fired from the northern Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported in the attack.”

Here’s an Haaretz Report on This Attack; Qassam Rocket Lands Near Plant South of Coastal City of Ashkelon read more

Olmert: Disengagement Didn’t Strengthen Hamas

Full Text;

“‘Hamas was strong before the disengagement; there is no connection between disengagement and Hamas’s win,’ Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday night in an interview with Nissim Mishal on Channel 2.”

“Olmert called the Likud an ‘extreme right-wing’ party, whose policies allowed no possibility for change.”

“The Likud approach, Olmert said, would present a scenario of endless struggles, in which Israel would find itself alone in the world.” read more

For context on this post as well as links to the previous posts relating to Police Brutality in Amona, click here.

Knesset Decides to Probe Police Violence at Amona

Full Text;

“The Knesset decided to establish a committee for to probe the violent evacuation of the illegal Amona outpost.”

“The vote was 37 in favor of investigating police activity, and 32 against the probe.”

For more; read this report: Knesset to Set Up Committee to Probe Amona Violence

Knesset Expected to Approve Amona Probe read more

‘I’ll Eradicate Poverty Within 3 Years’

Bibi’ was argumentively a great Finance Minister, but his Campaign: What a Joke! Eradicate Poverty in 3 Years; Does Anything Bibi Says Have a Grain of Credibility? MB

Anti-Withdrawal Election Campaign Could Net Undecided Votes

Yuval Diskin, Top Security Chief, Opposes Unilateral Withdrawal

Excerpts;

“Yuval Diskin, head of the Shin Bet, the undercover security agency known in Israel as the Shabak, surprised an audience in Eli when he said he opposed further unilateral withdrawals. ” read more

Gunman Killed, Another Hurt by IDF Troops in Gaza

Egyptian Forces Discover 2 Tunnels Leading to Gaza

IDF Soldiers Arrest 5 in Counter-Terrorism Operation in Kalandia

Terrorist Wounded Attempting to Fire a Rocket

Kassam Rocket Landed North of Sderot

IDF Missile Strikes Vehicle in Gaza

Sderot Municipality Threatens to go on City-Wide Strike

PA Fishermen Admit to Weapons Smuggling, Terrorism

Full Text;

“It was released for publication today that two Arab fisherman, residents of Palestinian Authority-controlled Rafiach, on the Gaza-Egypt border, admitted to interrogators that they have been involved in smuggling weapons for PA-based terrorists. The two PA residents said they had used their fishing boats on several occasions to transport weapons and related supplies from Egypt to the PA-controlled Gaza Strip in the months preceding their capture.” read more