Month: January 2007

MK Ariel: Peretz Spitting in Evacuees’ Faces

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Defense Minister Peretz is “spitting in the faces of Gush Katif evacuees,” MK Uri Ariel (NU/NRP) said Friday. Ariel was reacting to the defense minister’s decision to suspend construction at the Maskiyot site in the Jordan Valley, where a community was being built for the evacuees.

“Only yesterday we sat with the Prime Minister who promised to help the evacuees, and Peretz is spiting in their faces” said Ariel. “The nation is sick of Peretz as defense minister. He has no right to go on making bad, politically motivated decisions.” read more

12 Palestinian Fugitives Arrested in West Bank

Synagogue Built in Memory of Terror Victim Burned

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For the second time in three months, a synagogue near the Binyamin region community of Dolev was ransacked by Arabs. The community plans a “Zionist response.”

The Yad Yair synagogue was damaged, with many of the holy books and accoutrements inside viciously burned and destroyed. Torah scrolls were damaged in the attack, in addition to an adjoining building. Both structures are located on privately-owned Jewish land. read more

Olmert: We’ll Safeguard Sderot Homes

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In what decade? Seeing is believing! What about the chain of regime lies until now? MB

Synagogue Vandalized Near Ramallah

Palestinians Throw Bomb at Israeli Car Near Hebron

Report: IAF Jets Fly Over South Lebanon

100 Million Dollars to be Transferred to PA

Fatah Activist Arrested by Israeli Forces Next to Jenin

Report: Tunnel Collapses Under Road in Gaza Strip

IDF Kills Wanted Terrorist

IDF Arrests [13] Wanted Terrorists read more

UPDATED Halutz to General Staff: ‘I Won’t Leave in a Rush’, By Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

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Hours after dropping a bombshell by announcing his resignation, Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz told the General Staff on Wednesday morning that he had faith in the IDF’s capability to continue dealing with threats Israel faced, and said he had no intention to “take [his] stuff and leave in a rush.”

Halutz said he planned to stay in place until a successor was chosen, and the changeover complete. read more