Month: February 2006

Gush Etzion and Kiryat Arba to Protest New Border Crossing and Labeling of Vehicles

Excerpts;

(IsraelNN.com) “Activist committees in Kiryat Arba are preparing a protest against stickers the army is planning to distribute to residents to enable passage through the large border-crossing type checkpoint being constructed at the entrance to Gush Etzion from Jerusalem.”

“Kiryat Arba’s local council met on February 12th and concluded unanimously that it is ‘opposed to the army’s objective of differentiating and separating the residents of Yesha (acronym for Judea, Samaria and Gaza) communities from other citizens of the State of Israel, and has therefore decided not to distribute the stickers to drivers living in Kiryat Arba. In addition, it will join with the other local councils in Yesha to frustrate this objective.’” read more

Kadima Proposes Negative Tax, Civil Marriage and Secular Burial

For those among the Religious who would entertain the notion of voting Kadima, check out who is in favor of civil marriage and secular burial. MB

Excerpts;

“… Sheetrit said Kadima would push for legislation legalizing civil marriage and facilitating secular forms of burial. Such matters, in relation to Jews, are currently under the authority of the Israeli Rabbinate.”

“Kadima’s stand on these issues makes it highly unlikely the party would form a coalition with the religious parties, or other more nationalistic parties on the right. These parties generally oppose measures that would negatively impact on Israel’s character as a Jewish state.” read more

Gush Etzion Women to Hold Mega Bridal Shower For Gush Katif Brides-to-be

Nadia Matar Plans Aggressive Defense in Freedom of Speech Case

Ex-IDF Officer Alleges Police Brutality Against Girls at Amona

This story is related to the above story; IDF Reserve Duty Colonel Reports He Too Was Beaten in Amona

Kadima’s Israel

Omri’s Lessons

Excerpts;

“The conviction and sentencing of Omri Sharon, the ailing prime minister’s son and one of the most influential people in Israeli politics for the past three years, is likely to become a legal, political and cultural landmark in Israeli history.“

“The felony for which Omri Sharon has been convicted, illegal campaign financing, along with charges of perjury and fraud to which he confessed previously in a plea bargain, should have rendered his 18-month jail sentence a foregone conclusion, especially since more than half of the sentence was suspended.” read more

Essay: Brooklyn’s Not-One-Inch Crowd

Commentary;

Had Ehud Olmert not had such a zealous desire to “rub the noses of religious Jews in it” on the very day of the expulsion from Gush katif, had he said the same thing at another time, in a different context, in a more couched, diplomatic way, his words about Aliyah in large numbers might well have been taken on a more positive context.

Instead, as this author wrote shortly after the expulsion, in an article which was not posted to the internet owing to time, in a personal apology to the Nefesh b’Nefesh people who arrived on 17 August and who were subjected to Ehud Olmert’s humiliating comments, “We followed in the news and heard how you were immediately subjected, right at the airport upon landing in Eretz Yisrael, to the aggresiveness and gross arrogance and chutzpah of one Ehud Olmert. All of us owe you our deepest apologies for his disgraceful words and actions, that he dared to agitate and provoke you, that he dared come-on to you with his wretched attempt at righteous superiority, particularly with his comments about the timing of your Aliyah. We too, amidst our agony at the expulsion, share your emotions at having your first day of Aliyah marred by this despicable being.” read more

Car Bomb Found Next to Ashkelon Police Station

Two Arabs Caught Sneaking into Israel from Egypt

Two Terrorists Hit in Shechem

IDF Arrests 11 Fugitives Monday Night in W. Bank

IDF Troops Uncover Explosives Lab in Nablus

Firebomb Hurled at Beitar Illit Home

Shelling Attacks Planned Against Jerusalem’s Gilo Neighborhood

Seven Wanted Palestinian Terrorists Arrested, and One Killed, In IDF Nablus Area Operation

Evictee Families Turn to High Court Seeking Acceptable Living Accommodations

Full Text;

“21 families, former residents of Gush Katif, have turned to the Supreme Court in another effort to secure permanent living accommodations.”

“They are calling on the court to require the state to provide them with secure acceptable living conditions in light of daily rocket attacks in the Kibbutz Carmiya area in the western Negev.”

“The former Gaza residents explain in the petition that following the recent upsurge in rocket attacks, they have left the temporary dwellings and now live in the homes of relatives, making their day-to-day existence even more tenuous.” read more

Olmert Meets Fashion Designer Donna Karan

Ehud, the fashion plate!

Could that be why he looks so uncharacteristically dapper here? MB

6 Months of Negligence

Excerpts;

“One-by-one, the promises of disengagement have proven false.”

“Morally, the toughest and longest-lasting blow struck by disengagement is to our national, Zionist ethos. Something happened to the destiny of the security forces of the Jewish state.”

“Instead of recognizing the duty to defend Jews wherever they are, simply because they are Jews, soldiers and police officers were ordered to evict Jews from their homes, in order to appease their would-be killers.” read more

IDF: Fatah Returning to Terror Since Hamas Win

Sooo, what else is new under the sun? MB

Israel Seizes Armed Egyptian Truck Driver at Border Crossing

IDF Kills Four in West Bank, Gaza

Arab Wielding Eight Inch Knife Arrested Near Hevron

Terrorists with Ability to Fire Mortars on Jerusalem Arrested in Bethlehem

Nablus: 2 Dead in Exchange of Fire With IDF Forces

Terrorists Fire at Paratroopers in Shechem

Gaza: IDF Fires Artillery at Kassam Launch Sites

Four Kassams Fired at Israel Overnight Sunday

Border Police Stop Jersualem Suicide Bombing read more