Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
State Comptroller Won’t Present Report’s Findings to Knesset, by Aviram Zino (Ynet)
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The Knesset State Control Committee will be presented with the state comptroller’s interim report on the war in Lebanon, but will refrain from discussing preliminary findings or personal recommendations included in the report, the High Court of Justice ruled Tuesday.
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Updated Report:
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Crisis Over Olmert-Comptroller Clash, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
Zevulun Orlev, chairman of the Knesset’s State Control Committee: The report had been held up more than four months ‘due to the Prime Minister’s failure to cooperate.’”
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State Comptroller and Ombudsman Micha Lindenstrauss is gearing up to publish the initial findings of his investigation into the Home Front situation during last summer’s war against Hizbullah, in spite of fierce resistance from the office of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after he refused to appear at committee hearings.
(Purim Shpiel)
In a late-night emergency cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his cabinet unanimously voted to resign in light of the numerous corruption and graft allegations against each and of release of various reports, including the release of the state comptroller’s report on Tuesday which accuses the Regime of mal-feasance and non-feasance in office regard naional internal security during last summer’s Lebanon fiasco.
The resignations are set to take effect in accordance with Israel Law,
after 72 hours.
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Report: Olmert Defied Lindenstrauss War Investigation
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert refused to testify before a panel called by State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss on the poor state of Home Front preparedness during the summer war against Hizbullah terrorists, a weekend report said. The incident occurred at the beginning of the year and Olmert’s testimony was a required part of the investigative process Lindenstrauss undertook.
The report is set to be submitted to the Knesset on Tuesday without input from Olmert. On Saturday night, several organizations called on Attorney General Menachem Mazuz to order Olmert to answer the questions posed to him on the matter by Lindenstrauss.
A Call to Yesha Residents: Pass Through Freely!, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
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“People will regard our towns as being practically in another country!”
“The authorities will be able to close of the crossings at any time, and hermetically seal off and isolate our communities for various purposes, such as when they want to destroy outposts.”
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The Yesha-based Komemiyut (Uprightness) organization calls upon the pioneering Jewish residents not to cooperate with plans to stop all non-local cars from driving freely to Yesha (Judea and Samaria).
And If We Are Not for Ourselves?, by Arlene Kushner (Israel National News)
“Having a state is not the PA’s first priority, weakening and attacking Israel is.”
“Palestine Arab claims of deep and distinctive roots in the land are baseless.”
For context, check out this frank admission by PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein in a March 31, 1977, interview.
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Within many quarters of the North American Jewish community, which in the main is “politically correct,” the notion is sustained that Israel has unmet obligations towards the Palestinian Arabs, and that eventually we must give them a state, because it is the right thing to do.