Month: December 2007

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Rocket Threat From the Gaza Strip, 2000-2007 [with video]
Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC — December 2007)

Introductory Excerpt;

The operational and technological trends clearly showed that the rockets have not begun to scratch the surface of the impact they can have on Israel. In the coming years the terrorist organizations can be expected to continue their efforts to introduce technological improvements which are liable to increase rocket ranges, the amount of explosives the warheads can carry and their degree of accuracy. read more

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Rocket Lands Near Elementary School in Sderot; Several Treated for Shock

IDF Kills 6 Palestinian Gunmen as Gaza Battles Rage On, by Hanan Greenberg (Ynet)

Soldier Seriously Hurt by RPG in Gaza

Mortar Attack Near Kissufim, No Injuries

‘IDF Almost Unable to Counter Kassams’, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

3 Kassams Fired at Israel

Related reports;

Palestinians Fire Kassam Rocket into Western Negev

Rocket Attack near Ashkelon

IDF Kills 2 Armed Palestinians in Gaza

Related report; Two Islamic Jihad Gunmen Dead in Gaza Gunfight With IDF read more

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Barak of IRIS has a way of presenting the obvious absurdities of the Olmert regime in a simple, straight-forward form as with these two headlines;

Prediction Confirmed: PA Police Killed Zoltan with Israel-Approved Weapons

Palestinian Exports: Fake Medicine, Toxic Groundwater and Missiles

And these two simple, yet graphic illustrations which point out with clarity 2 recent absurd Olmert regime blunders blends in beautifully with the pure humiliation and idiocy of Ehud Olmert’s latest, among countless, demeaning huff-in-mouth disease utterances. MB read more

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Kassam Rocket Strikes Open Area in Western Negev; None Wounded

Mortar Shell Falls Near IDF Base; Six Female Soldiers Suffer From Shock

Mortar Attack near Erez Crossing, No Injuries

Israel Has Video Evidence Egypt Helping Hamas

Arabs Desecrate Tombs in Samaria

IDF Arrests 5 Terrorists [in Villages Near Ramallah, Jenin, and Shechem]

Firefighters Attacked in Arab Village

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Commentary;

Rav Shmuel Eliyahu repeats yet again what this blog has reiterated numerous times; the systematic betrayal of Jonathan Pollard, again and again, by sucessive ISRAELI governments and by establishment so-called “Jewish leaders.”

This author holds that it is the abandonment of Pollard which set in motion the precedent and mindset for the abandonment of South Lebanon, the Oslo “agreements”, the expulsions of Jews from their homes, communities and Jewish Land in Gush Katif and the 4 Shomron towns. The abandonment of Pollard by the ISRAELI government paved the way down the step road of decay that has led to the absurdity and humiliation of Annapolis. read more

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Barrage of [At Least 8] Rockets and Shells Fired at Northern Negev

[5 More] Rockets Fired from Southern Gaza

Police Warns Katyusha Fire Could Reach Ashdod, Kiryat Gat, by Rebecca Anna Stoil (Jerusalem Post)

10 Islamic Jihad Men Reported Dead in West Bank [Yesha], Gaza Ops

[7, Including 2 Islamic Jihad Leaders] Leading PA Terrorists Killed in IAF Targeted Airstrikes, by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (Israel National News)

One Killed as IAF Targets Hamas Installation in Gaza

Released Female Terrorist Calls to Kidnap Soldiers read more

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Think Again: A Test of Wills, by Jonathan Rosenblum (Jerusalem Post)

Commentary;

Jonathan Rosenblum nails our malaise and matzav on the head with these comments. MB

“we Jews… give every indication of having lost our will, in large part because we have lost our belief in the Divine promise to Abraham.”

Full Text:

An ancient Midrash recounts a conversation between Ishmael and Isaac. Ishmael asserts his superiority over Isaac on the grounds that his circumcision took place at 13, when he was fully conscious of the ordeal, while Isaac was only eight days old at his circumcision. Isaac replies that if God were to request him to give up his life he would gladly do so. read more