Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Kassam Falls in Western Negev: No Casualties
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Palestinian Youth Makes Daring Courthouse Escape
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IDF Shoots at Armed Arabs and Arrests 3 Suspects
IDF Troops Arrest Three Suspected Terrorists [Near Chevron]
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The Maskiot Mess, Editorial (Jerusalem Post)
“The Jordan Valley, with only a sparse Arab population, is considered part of Israel’s national consensus and vital to Israeli security. It was settled primarily at Labor’s direct initiative and the Labor-affiliated settlements were dubbed ‘security settlements’ by Yitzhak Rabin.”
“Peace Now, which attacked Peretz’s initial decision, has raked him over the coals. Dror Etkes, its settlement monitoring coordinator, carped at “the continued zigzag… the surrender to pressure from different directions and the inability to formulate consistent policy guidelines.”
Government Continues to Plan Future Withdrawals
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This blog’s predictions about convergence continue to be confirmed and reconfirmed. MB
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Despite official proclamations, the Foreign Ministry continues working on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s Convergence plan. Olmert publicly withdrew his support for the plan months ago; however, government officials are still drawing up plans for a unilateral withdrawal from Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria. The Convergence plan would require the removal of over eighty thousand Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria from their homes.
Olmert Vows to Work with Peretz in Replacing Halutz, By Yaakov Katz, Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)
Commentary;
The two least knowledgeable leaders in the area of Security and National Defense in Israel’s nearly 59 years of contemporary history will apparently put their heads together to choose Dan Halutz’s successor as IDF Chief of Staff.
As a result, expect more of the same as the three leading candidates for the post; Maj.-Gen Gabi Ashkenazi, Maj.-Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky
and Maj.-Gen. Benny Gantz were all active participants, as was Halutz, in the expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif and the Shomron towns. Until the rot of the “Old Boy Network” expellers is fully excised from the IDF as well as from the political, governing sectors, the same indecision, indecisiveness, garbled orders, appeasement and incompetence before the enemy will remain and persecution of Jews cleaving to the Land of Israel will continue. MB
PA Terrorists Fire Mortar Shells From Gaza
Police Catch 3 Palestinians with Stolen Uniforms [Near Givati Junction, Gaza]
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Islamikazi murderers planning to impersonate Israeli soldiers? MB
Kassam Rocket Lands Near Sderot; None Wounded
Column One: Where Israel Went Astray, By Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“Livni convinced Rice that it is necessary to provide a ‘political horizon’ to convince the Palestinians to replace Hamas with Fatah. After the Palestinians overthrow Hamas, he explained, it will be possible to implement the agreement and handover Judea and Samaria to Fatah (and Hamas).
That is, the Israeli government is pushing a national strategy that is based on a total lie. While Abbas plans his visit this weekend with Hamas terror master Khaled Mashaal in Syria in the hopes of facilitating the formation of an Iranian-Syrian sponsored Fatah-Hamas unity government, the Israeli government wishes to ‘strengthen’ him.”
The Disengagement, the Media, and Dan Halutz, by by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
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Top Israeli broadcast journalist Ilana Dayan: “The ‘level of truth’ in the media decreased during the Disengagement – and thousands of expelled residents paid the price.”
Delivering a lecture entitled “The Truth” to a group of media students at Bar Ilan University this week, Dayan – a leading popular broadcaster not known for espousing right-wing views – implied that Israeli journalists did not carry out their job properly.
Israeli Woman Lightly Wounded North of Jericho
Palestinians Wound Israeli Driver Near Kalkilya
Soldier Injured in [Arab] Riot [Near Ramallah]
Lebanese Army Uncovers 75 Hidden Grad Missiles
Palestinians Arrested in Hebron with 30-cm. Knife
IDF Arrests Three Palestinian Infiltrators [From Gaza]
IDF Nabs 10 Palestinian Fugitives in West Bank
Hebron: Terrorists Attempt to Enter Tomb [Ma’arat HaMachpela]
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Negev rancher Shai Dromi is now charged with murder after having fired at four men who trespassed on his property, poisoned his guard dog (not the first such occurrence) and broke his sheep-pen locks. They were about to get away with his entire herd, in which everything he had was invested. The loss of the herd would have meant ruin.
Dromi had been robbed of his livestock in the past, and barely managed to rehabilitate his small agricultural enterprise. The fear of repeated thefts was so tangible that he had taken to spending the bitterly cold desert nights with the sheep in their pen to prevent rustlers from destroying his livelihood and life’s work.
Peretz Won’t Give PM Pleasure of Seeing Him Quit
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Defense Minister Amir Peretz emphasized Friday that he would be the one to appoint the next IDF chief of General Staff in coordination with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Also, during a closed meeting, Peretz reportedly said that he would not “give Olmert the pleasure of seeing me resign,” Army Radio said on Friday.