Month: March 2007

Olmert Evading Solemn PM Responsibilities; Stonewalling and Historical Revisionism Continue

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For previous reports posted to this blog, click here.

Channel 2: No Individual Conclusions in Winograd Interim Report, by Aviram Zino (Ynet)

Full Text;

“Prime minister and defense minister gain four months until Winograd publishes final report.”

The Winograd interim report about the Israeli military and government’s performance during the war in Lebanon , scheduled to be released at the end of March, will not include conclusions about individuals involved but only systemic conclusions, Channel 2 reported Thursday evening. read more

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War Now, Better Than Greater Disaster Later

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Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)

“The Olmert team appears to be no more the wiser in its approach towards the ever worsening situation in the Gaza Strip.”

“Yes, it was foolhardy to think that retreating from Gaza would advance peace.”

Excerpts;

Israel paid the cost in Lebanon for “ceteris paribus”, the simplifying working assumption a generation of withdrawal advocates have employed in order to grossly understate the dangerous nature of their policy recommendations.

All other things were hardly equal. The Arabs also made moves on the board. read more

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Friday War News

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Kassam Rocket Hits Southern Kibbutz

IDF Soldiers Thwart Explosives Attack in Gaza

Hamas Builds Up War Machine in Gaza

Arabs, Sympathizers Plan Clashes in Hevron, Bethlehem

IDF Arrests 17 Wanted Palestinians in West Bank [Judea and Samaria]

More Kassam, Rock Attacks

IDF Hits Terror Squad in Gaza, Kills One

Palestinians Fire at IDF Near Jenin; None Hurt

Israeli Car Damaged by Rocks Near Ramallah

Terrorist Attacks Continue

Soldiers Capture Escaped Murderer Near Hebron

Kassam Attack Near Kibbutz

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OC Southern Command on Post-Disengagement [Expulsion] Israel: “Prepare for a War Situation”

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Commentary:

How long before OC Southern Command Yoav Galant gets smacked-down for his comments? He’s not the first and won’t be the last high-ranking officer to have his knuckles crunched for speaking out or acting contrary to the regime. Shaul Mofaz did it. Moshe “Boogie” Ya’alon did it. Mofaz learned to that to get ahead in future politics, one must be silent and tow the party-line. Ya’alon was fired. MB

IDF Southern Commander Laments Disengagement, by Ezra HaLevi and Gil Ronen (Israel National News) read more

The Home Front Command: More Dereliction of Duties and Responsibilities?

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None of Sderot’s Shelters Ready for Prolonged Kassam Onslaught, by Mijal Grinberg (Haaretz)

For numerous related reports previously posted on this blog, click here, here, here and here.

“‘Sderot realized it has no one to rely on, so it is doing the work alone.'”

“The Home Front Command, meanwhile, said it was not responsible for ensuring bomb shelters are habitable.”

Full Text:

In the wake of recent warnings by military officials that Palestinians may intensify their Qassam rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, checks of bomb shelters in the hard-hit Negev town of Sderot residents have found that none of the 58 public shelters there are equipped for a long-term stay, and more than half require significant rehabolitation. read more

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Olmert Regime Appears Playing for Time; For Holidays, Knesset Break Hoping Dereliction on Home Front Will go Away

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History Cannot be Rewritten, by Alex Fishman (Ynet)

For related reports, click on the first 3 posts here.

“No one will be able to alter the bitter truth: The home front was simply abandoned during the war in Lebanon. It wasn’t adequately prepared prior to the war and it wasn’t handled properly during the war.”

Excerpts;

Suddenly everyone is a righteous gentile. Suddenly everyone is full of sympathy and compassion for three or four senior officials – who were full partners to the situation the home front was embroiled in during the recent war. read more

Wednesday War News

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Palestinians Open Fire at IDF Near Jenin, No Injuries

Israeli Bus Stoned South of Nablus [Shechem]; No Injuries Reported

Kassam Rocket Hits West Negev; No Wounded Reported

2 Arabs Arrested for Trying to Stab Jew in Jerusalem

Stonings Continue, Tourist Injured

Update on Ambulance Rock Attack [by Arab Gang]

Arabs Throw Rocks at Israeli Car Near Hevron

Terrorist Arrested with Knife, Pipe Bomb at Checkpoint

Armed PA Arab Arrested in Hevron

Security Beefed Up at Israeli Embassies

IDF Arrests 13 Palestinian Fugitives read more

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Parsha Ki Tisa 5767 — Level of Importance: Principle or How others Hold of You?

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By Moshe Burt

For many years, since 1991 when Parsha Ki Tisa marked my son Philip’s Bar Mitzvah, I have spoken or written about a posuk in our Parsha which alludes to an event which took place 40 year later, in a subsequent Parsha.

The posuk being referred to (Sh’mos, Perek 30, posuk 30)says that while Moshe Rabbeinu was on Har Sinai being given Torah, Hashem said, “You shall anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them to minister (to serve) me.”

This seemingly obscure posuk raises the challenging question which cuts to the chase of what we are facing today. The question is; what about that Pinchas Ben Elazar? Why was he not anointed as a Kohen with his brothers? read more

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Incompetent, Surrenderist Olmert Regime Embraces “Saudi Plan” = Recipe for Israel’s Destruction

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For related report, click here.

Our World: Israel’s Man in Mecca, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

“Livni said that the plan ‘is positive in my view.'”

“It is possible that Olmert and Livni are supporting the Saudis because they are obtuse. It is equally possible that they are using the Saudi plan as a diversion to shift public attention away from the fact that they led the country to defeat in the war against Iran’s Lebanese proxy last summer and that due to their continued incompetence, Israel currently faces the prospect of a new war starting at any moment. read more