Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Two Senior Hamas Members Killed in IAF Strike in Gaza
Germany: 6 Arrested in El Al Terror Plot
Armed Gunmen Eliminated in Jordan Valley
Kassam Rocket Lands Near Nurim
IDF Locates and Neutralizes Bomb Near Sufah Crossing
Kassam Lands in Negev Community
IDF Arrests Islamic Jihad Operative in Bethlehem
Soldiers Fire at Firebombers in Bethlehem
Kassam Lands South of Ashkelon; None Wounded
Kassam Lands Near Sedot Negev; None Wounded
‘Innocent Citizens’ Protecting Terrorists? – No Such Thing, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
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Beit El’s Rabbi Melamed: “Those who protect terrorists are not innocent.”
The IDF called off a planned aerial strike on the home of a leading terrorist commander in northern Gaza last night, after hundreds of Arabs gathered around the building, defying Israel to bomb it. Chanting, “Death to America and death to Israel!” in scenes broadcast on Palestinian Authority television, many of the Arabs said they would be willing to give their lives in the struggle. However, their bravado was, unsurprisingly, not tested, as the IDF called off the strike because of the protest. “The attack plan was canceled because of the people there,” an IDF spokesman said. “We differentiate between innocent people and terrorists.”
Israeli Car Firebombed, No Injuries
Three More Kassam Rockets Hit Sderot; None Wounded
2 Hamas Terrorists Wounded in Gaza City Air Strike
One Fatality Reported in Gaza Air Strike
Report: Bomb Explodes Near Car at Shvut Rachel
Routine IDF Check Uncovers Rifles, Bullets
Two Kassams Damage Buildings in Western Negev
Kassam Lands Near Eshkol Regional Council Bldg.
Man Moderately Wounded by Kassam in Sderot
Column One: Israel’s Delighted Leaders, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“In Olmert and Livni’s world, Israel won the war in Lebanon this summer; UNIFIL forces are good for the Jews; and Hizbullah – which is now working to overthrow the Lebanese government – has no interest in renewing its war against Israel.
The government sees no reason to prevent 1,500 PLO terrorists from Jordan from marching into Gaza with their guns and their families.”
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To the delight of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, an international coalition has coalesced around Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
Olmert ‘Restraining’ Israeli Military in Gaza, By Aaron Klein (WorldNetDaily)
“We should never have withdrawn in the first place,” a senior IDF officer told WND. ‘The greatest admission of the Gaza withdrawal’s failure would be for us to have to reoccupy any part of Gaza.'”
“The Katyusha we fired (in August) shows we can have every weapon we need,” said Abu Ahmed. ‘It is only a matter of a small period before Gaza is ready for war.’”
Why Won’t Israel Protect Sderot Classrooms?, By Noam Bedein (IsraelInsider.com)
Gal Alon, special advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Olmert: “As to the protection of school classrooms — the decision as of the way to protect these classes (including which classes should be protected) was taken by professionals.”
“How can a child pay attention in a classroom, study normally, when he’s ready any second to hear the daily siren: ‘Color Red’ and run through the hallways, in 15 seconds with all of the kids, from the other un-protected class rooms?”
Stop the Kassams Now (Jerusalem Post Editorial)
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Hamas has once again proven that it is a terrorist organization and proud of it, talks of a Palestinian “unity government” notwithstanding. The question is how Israel will effectively respond to this reality.
After yesterday’s deadly attack on Sderot, Peretz claimed that “terror organizations will pay a heavy price.” Indeed, the IDF has been exacting a heavy price from these organizations in operations of varying scope over the last few months. Yet it is also inescapably true, as Sderot residents have been saying for some time, that if missiles were falling on Tel Aviv or Jerusalem with such frequency, Israel would be acting differently.
Drawing Conclusions (Jerusalem Post Editorial)
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IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz “is now going through a very difficult time and I feel his pain,” said Maj. Gen. (Res.) Doron Almog in an interview in Ma’ariv on Thursday. “We were friends and we are still friends. I feel empathy for him – but professionally and as a commander, he made mistakes.”
Almog, who produced the scathing IDF report that prompted Brig.-Gen. Gal Hirsh to resign, was expressing the combination of admiration and concern that many Israelis feel toward the IDF leadership at this time.
Beit Lahiya: Palestinians Shield Terrorist’s Home
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Hundreds of Palestinians formed a human shield around the home of a terrorist in the northern Gaza Strip late Saturday to prevent an IAF airstrike on the building, residents said.
People flocked to the home of Mohammedweil Baroud after he received a warning from the army late Saturday giving him 30 minutes to leave the house.
Barhoud is a commander in the Popular Resistance Committees in the northern town of Beit Lahiya who is charge of firing homemade rockets at Israel.
Olmert Prefers Surgical Strikes to Widespread Military Operation in Gaza
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday on his return from a four-day visit to the United States that he prefers surgical strikes on terror targets in Gaza rather than a widespread military operation.
“There are many opinions on how to deal with the Kassam fire,” he said. “We must remember that this war will not be over in one blow.”
Olmert said it did not make sense to carry out an offensive similar to Operation Defensive Shield in Judea and Samaria in 2002, because in the end, it didn’t completely eradicate terrorism.