And During the Heat of War in Lebanon …
Month: August 2006
Why Has No One Acted Against The Other Gay Events?
Jerusalem Braces for Gay Pride Events, by Hillel Fendel
Excerpts;
The gay pride parade in Jerusalem has been canceled, but that still leaves another 165 hours of gay activities in Israel.” So say opponents of the WorldPride events scheduled for Israel next week.
These events are to take place in various locations, including Hebrew Union College, the Kol Haneshamah Progressive Judaism Center, the Knesset, Jerusalem Cinematek in its Binyanei HaUmah location, Mishkenot Shaananim, Barbour Gallery in Nachlaot, Yellow Submarine in Talpiot.
Oleh From Philly Killed in Lebanon Battle …
Received this forwarded email regarding former Philadelphian First Sgt. Michael Levine who this week was killed in action in Lebanon;
Aug. 2, 2006 10:26 | Updated Aug. 2, 2006 11:39
US Oleh Among Troops Killed in Lebanon
By SHANI ROSENFELDER
Three soldiers lost their lives battling Hizbullah in southern Lebanon on Tuesday: First Sgt. Michael Levine, St.-Sgt. Yonatan Einhorn, and Lt. Ilan Gabbai.
Originally from Philadelphia, Michael Levine, 21, had been living in Jerusalem for the past five months. He made aliya as a lone soldier when he was 18 and lived on Kibbutz Tirat Tzvi before enlisting in the army.
After A Day of Calm, Record-Breaking Rocket Blitz in North and Other Wednesday War News …
Record Number of Rockets Hit North; Haifa Hit After 5 Days Quiet
Excerpt;
“16 people hurt as 210 rockets land across north; Hezbollah missile hits W. Bank, 70km from border.”
MDA Treats 1,453 Victims in Rocket Attacks
Excerpts;
Since July 12, Magen David Adom teams have been scrambled to the scene of 830 Hizbullah rocket attacks on Israel.
A total of 1,453 people were treated. Forty-nine have been killed as a result of the violence, including IDF soldiers.
Twenty-two people were seriously wounded, 426 were lightly wounded, and 830 suffered from shock.
The Expulsion From Gush Katif — One Year Commemoration…
One-Year Anniversary of Expulsion of 9,000 Jews — Listing of Commemorative Events
Excerpts;
“Mourning, longing and hope: Though for many expellees, remembering it yet again is difficult, a series of memorial events is being held this week – with a full roster scheduled today in Jerusalem.”
Ehud; You’ve Apologized for the Qana Attack Where Accusations Against Israel May Be Fraudulent and Bogus, But Here is What YOU SHOULD Be Ashamed of …
Olmert, Halutz and Peretz Apologize for Qana Deaths
Received this link in an email today;
July 31, 2006: The War Against Israel, By Melanie Phillips
Excerpt;
“The signs are mounting that the atrocity at Qana was not what it originally seemed. Two must-read blogs… suggest the whole thing might have been staged. We have yet to discover the truth of what did actually happen, but the questions are mounting.”
Commentary;
Click on Melanie’s links and judge for yourself. But below are a series of pictures whose validity we can be far more sure of and for which Ehud Olmert should surely be ashamed to his core! MB
Expanded Ground Operation for Weeks: Remains to Be Seen …
Sneh: Expanded IDF Ground Operation to Last for Weeks By Ze’ev Schiff, Amos Harel and Aluf Benn
Excerpts;
Israel’s offensive in Lebanon is likely to last for weeks, and may include holding territory up to the Litani River, senior Labor MK and former deputy defense minister Ephraim Sneh indicated Tuesday.
Sneh, speaking to Israel Radio, was asked how long Israel will hold the territory “apparently up to the Litani,” a reference to the river some 30 km (18 miles) north of the Israel-Lebanon border, a main demarcation line during the 18-year occupation of Lebanon which ended in an Israeli withdrawal in 2000.
Fearful in Seattle …
Seattle’s ‘Hidden Yidden’, By Judy Lash Balint
Excerpts;
‘No services tonight. Watch the news,” read a hand-written sign posted at one of Seattle’s Conservative synagogues on Friday afternoon, a few hours after a Muslim American forced his way into the Jewish Federation building where I worked for four years in the early 1990s.
Naveed Afzal Haq, 30, shot and killed assistant director Pam Waechter and injured five other office workers before turning himself in to police.
Demographic Dud — From the Researchers …
Jewish Demographic Momentum By Bennett Zimmerman, Roberta Seid, and Michael L. Wise
Excerpts;
Arab Demographic Momentum has become part of the Israeli lexicon. In this theory, population growth in the Arab sector will overwhelm the Jewish population as ‘baby boom’ generations give birth to an even greater number of children. Arab births will accelerate even if birth rates remain stable or drop slightly, because such a large number of women will enter their childbearing years.
But the evidence is now in: demographic momentum exists — but the momentum is occurring among Jews, not Arabs. Not only has the momentum not occurred in the Arab sector, but Arab birth levels have begun to fall, while births for Jews are continuing to grow.
Har Dov, Shaba Farms to Lebanon = Future diputation of Israel’s Very Existence …
Our World: As Ahmadinejad Watches, By Caroline Glick
Excerpts;
IN HER discussions with Israeli leaders, Rice has proposed that in the framework of a settlement of the current crisis, Israel give Mt. Dov on the Golan Heights to Lebanon. There has been almost no public debate about the reasonableness of the US position. Yet even the most superficial analysis makes it clear that such a move would be catastrophic for Israel’s long-term viability.
Mt. Dov, which Hizbullah refers to as the Shaba Farms, is not and has never been Lebanese territory. In 2000, following Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, the UN certified that Israel had removed itself from all Lebanese territory.