Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Friday, December 8, 2006;
Prime Minister’s Office Withheld Documents Pertaining to War Probe
By Ze’ev Schiff (Haaretz)
Commentary;
It now seems obvious that Prime Minister Olmert has stonewalled the
State Comptroller for some 3 months regarding providing all of the documents and information and any other material which the State Controller deems pertinent to his investigation of the government’s handling and management of last summer’s hostilities in Lebanon according to Basic Law.
Friday, December 8, 2006;
Kassam Rocket Lands in West Negev; No Casualties
IDF Arrests Three Palestinian fugitives in West Bank
Bomb Hurled at IDF Near Nablus; None Wounded
Commentary;
3 war-related news stories on Erev Shabbos? Olmert, if you are trying to spin this as cease-fire and “peace(sic)”, give us a break. As the old American adage goes; “you casn fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the people all of the time.” MB
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Report Says Halutz Erred in His Management of Forces, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Commentary;
Now, the question is, will Halutz now resign having been found directly responsible? Or will he emulate Arik Sharon who committed to honoring the results of the Likud referendum on Gush Katif and then simply ignored it? MB
Excerpts;
In the harshest criticism of the IDF since the end of the war in Lebanon, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amiram Levine, former head of the Northern Command, accused Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz in a probe he conducted for the military, of direct responsibility for the IDF’s poor performance in its fight against Hizbullah.
Thursday, December 7, 2006;
Mastermind of 2002 Netanya Hotel Bombing on Hamas List for Prisoner Exchange, By Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel (Haaretz, AP)
For context, click here, here and here for this blog’s posts regarding possible prisoner releases in exchange for Gilad Shalit.
“Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has hinted recently that he would agree to the release of some prisoners who had been involved in attacks that claimed the lives of Israelis.”
Excerpts;
Hamas has recently prepared a list of leading Palestinians held in Israeli prisons that the organization will demand in a possible deal for the exchange of abducted Israel Defense Force soldier Gilad Shalit.
Thursday, December 7th, 2006:
‘Negotiate Peace, as Was Done at the Madrid Conference in 1991’ (Jerusalem Post Editorial)
“Israelis should return the Golan Heights, with a US security guarantee for Israel that could include an international force on the border, including US troops if requested by both parties.”
Commentary;
The citings of US/Third Party “guarantees” regarding Israel’s security are voluminous and have never worked, never will. Trying to negotiate with an enemy hell-bent on Israel’s destruction and eradication constitutes nothing less than Left’s abrogation of national Rresponsibility.
Thursday, December 7th, 2006:
Rabbi Ariel Arrested, Released, Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
Full Text;
Rabbi Yisrael Ariel [left], Jerusalem Temple Institute founder, was arrested for several hours today because of a letter he wrote recommending that an IDF officer not be called up to the Torah.
Rabbi Ariel is a member of the seven-man leadership council of the recently-formed “Sanhedrin” in Jerusalem. Today’s arrest is connected with the administrative orders forbidding some 20 men of Judea and Samaria from living in their homes for between three and twelve months. Signed on the original orders was an IDF Prosecution officer who lives in one of the Binyamin area communities.
Rock Attack on Israeli Vehicles, No Injuries
Truck Targeted in Rock-Throwing Attack
Firebomb Attack in Ramallah Area, No Injuries
Rock Attack on Israeli Vehicles, No Injuries
Truck Targeted in Rock-Throwing Attack
Palestinians Throw Stones at Truck; No Wounded
Rabbis Urge Israelis to Revolt Against Government, by Aaron Klein (WorldNetDaily)
For context, click here and here.
Excerpts;
“Out of love for each and every Jew, we call on the people of Israel and its leaders to begin a democratic uprising to immediately replace this government, which constitutes an ominous threat to the nation of Israel,” the Rabbinical Congress for Peace, a coalition of over 1,200 rabbinic leaders and pulpit rabbis, said in a statement.
Among the Rabbinical Congress members who signed the statement were Mordechai Eliyahu and Abraham Shapira – both of whom served as chief rabbis for the state of Israel – and Rabbi Meir Mazuz, head of the Tunisian Jewish community in Israel and one of the country’s most well-respected rabbis.
Olmert: Remarks on IDF Captives Were Misunderstood, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
For context, click here.
31 July; Olmert on National TV: “We will stop the war when the threat is removed… our captured soldiers return home safely and you are able to live in safety and security.”
Early August; Tzipy Livni: Made a similar commitment; “Israel would not accept any ceasefire arrangement that did not include the release of all three soldiers.”
Excerpts;
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday his comments this week to students about the cabinet’s decision to agree to a ceasefire with Lebanon this summer were ‘misunderstood.’
Why Religious Anti-Zionism Endures, by Shira Leibowitz Schmidt (Jerusalem Post)
“It is important to distinguish between the concepts of ‘Jew’ and ‘Israeli.’ Those who confuse the two only confirm the prescience of the rabbis denouncing Zionism a century ago: The State of Israel has indeed replaced the Torah as the main pillar of identity for many Jews, both in Israel and elsewhere.”
Excerpts;
November 29, 1947 was when the United Nations voted to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab entities – a decision hailed by many, though not all, Jews and bewailed by Arabs. While the Arabs rejected the establishment of a Jewish state anywhere in Palestine, the Zionists accepted the decision.