Olmert’s Strategic Incoherence = Israel’s Perceived Strategic Irrelevancy


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Column One, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

“…Since last summer’s war, the Americans and Europeans no longer give weight to Israeli statements…. The Arabs and Iranians have also stopped taking us seriously. This unacceptable and dangerous state of affairs will end only after the Olmert-Livni-Peretz government is voted out of office.”

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IDF’s head of Military Intelligence Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin told the cabinet on Sunday, Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and the Palestinians are all openly preparing to go to war against Israel and the US this summer. read more

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Jonathan Pollard: Blot of Moral, Spiritual Weakness on Collective Jewish Conscience and on Israeli Governance

Passover and Jonathan Pollard, by Kenneth Lasson (IMRA)

Commentary;

Israel’s handling of, abject neglect and abandonment of Jonathan Pollard, and the complicity of silence by the masses is a collective blot of moral and spiritual defilement on all of our souls!! MB

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Perhaps the most symbolic of all Jewish holidays, Passover above all celebrates redemption. This is the time to remember deliverance from Egypt, to appreciate the renewal of spring, to contemplate the meaning of freedom. read more

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Thursday War News

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Homesh: In Retrospect

Commentary;

After last week’s re-entry into Homesh, this author, with the help of various media coverage during and after the fact, tries to set the 2 1/2 day Homesh event in perspective.

The left and some of the media tried to present this event as an arrogant power-grab on behalf of Orange activism. In doing so, they’ve pushed all of the wrong buttons.

But are enough Jews wise and savvy enough to discern psychological projection when they see it?

Case in point, this blog picked up, Welcome to Settler Nation. Now, Obey!, by Bradley Burston of Haaretz under the headline;
Homesh… and Leftist Hate Journalism from H-ll! read more

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Olmert, Dershowitz and Destructive Historical Revisionism Regarding Statehood

Double Standard Watch: The Right of Return: What if the Shoe Were On the Other Foot?, by Alan Dershowitz (Jerusalem Post)

Recently, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced that, as a matter of deep principle, he would never accept a right of return by Palestinian refugees and their descendants. His argument was simple: the Palestinians, aided by the surrounding Arab countries, started a war against the new state of Israel in an effort to destroy it; had they instead accepted the partition—the two-state solution—Israel would have accepted the presence of significant numbers of Palestinians in the new Jewish state. But once the Palestinians started a genocidal war, the inevitable consequence was the creation of refugees. Even if some were in fact forced to leave by Israeli military commanders, such actions were in response to the attack by the Palestinians. read more

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Olmert Seeks Insane Dialogue Forum With Enemies Dedicated to Israel’s Annihilation

Israel Still Hopeful for Regional Parley, by Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)

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Olmert, at a press conference Sunday evening in Jerusalem with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, proposed “a meeting of all the heads of the Arab states, including – obviously – the Saudi king, whom I see as a very important leader, to have discussions with us.”

The idea, according to senior diplomatic officials, was for a meeting where regional leaders who “believe in dialogue” would meet and express “face to face” their ideas about how to achieve a resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. read more

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Wednesday Chol HaMoed War News

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The Mark of Zero Israeli National Self-Esteem: Arab MKs Remain in Knesset While Plotting Against Israel

Tibi Attends Jenin March, by Roee Nahmias (Ynet)


“The Palestinian people wants peace…”: Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi

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Five years after IDF’s Operation Defensive Shield in Jenin, dozens of gunmen march through streets of Jenin refugee camp dressed up in suicide explosive belts and wearing IDF uniforms. MK Ahmad Tibi calls for an end to the occupation.

Dozens of armed men participated on Tuesday in a procession marking five years since the IDF’s Operation Defensive Shield, during which over 50 Palestinians were killed in the Jenin refugee camp. Among the participants were Islamic Jihad members dressed up as suicide bombers and children wearing military uniforms and carrying real firearms. Speakers at the event included Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi (United Arab List-Ta’al) and Zakariya Zbeidi, a senior official in Fatah’s al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. read more

Pesach War News

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