Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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Commentary;
Rabbi Berel Wein has written compelling words about our Jerusalem of Gold. Too bad that this piece won’t see light of day amongst dumbed- down, leftist propaganda-endoctrinated Israelis. Too bad that it will probably be passed over by Shas politicians! MB
Jerusalem, Earthly and Heavenly, by Berel Wein (Jerusalem Post)
“The heavenly Jerusalem resonates in our souls and hearts and that is what makes life in the earthly Jerusalem so meaningful and important.”
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Kassam Rocket Strikes Open Area South of Ashkelon; None Hurt
IDF Kills Palestinian Suspected of Planting Bomb Near Gaza Fence
Mortar Shells Strike Western Negev; No Wounded Reported
Four Mortars Fired at Israel; No Casualties Reported
Terrorist Killed, Two Wounded in ‘Work Accident’
Over 200 Mortar Shells Fired from Gaza Monthly
Judea and Samaria: IDF Rounding Up Jews’ Weapons, by Gil Ronen (Israel National News)
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Two weeks ago, this blog posted an entry citing the absurdity of a ruling regime professing “it’s Jewishness” while pursuing the actualization of divestment of Israel, and Israelis of any and all vestages of Jewishness by any and all means, even at the peril of the entire nation. The post included a discussion of Jeff Jacoby’s Boston Globe piece as summarized by Israel National News; Is Israel a Jewish State?
And just before the Annapolis conference got under way, Manhigut Yehudit head Moshe Feiglin echoed this very point.
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4 Mortars Land in Kibbutz; No Injuries
Kassam Hits House in Sderot, Several People Suffer Shock
Kassam Lands Near Sderot, People Reported in Shock
Kassam Rocket Lands in Open Field Near Sderot; No Injuries Reported
Two Kassam Rockets Strike Western Negev; None Wounded
Sderot Wakes Up To Rocket Warnings
Gaza: 3 [Hamas Terrorists] Killed in IAF Attack
Gaza: Several Palestinians [From Rocket Launching Cell] Wounded in IAF strike
IDF Soldier Lightly Wounded from Mortar Shell Shrapnel in West Negev
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Commentary;
Almost a week after Oslo, oops, make that Annapolis, it is now being reported how the Israeli leftist msm (mainstream media) buried the story relating to the fact that PA policemen were arrested for the murder of former Homesh resident Ido Zoldan as the Annapolis summit was getting underway.
Being 59 years old, this author remembers well the Francis Gary Powers U-2 incident which blew up a summit between then President Eisenhower and Soviet head Nikita Khrushchev. But both the US and the Russians are nations possess, possessed national self-esteem.
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Three Mortars Fall Next to Gaza Security Fence
Soldier Lightly Injured by Mortar Shell Near Gaza Strip
Mortar Shell Strikes House in West Negev; None Wounded
Israeli Air Strike Kills Two Hamas Terrorists in Gaza
IDF Troops Sustain Fire During Gaza Op; Gunman Wounded
Israeli Hospitals to Weed Out Terrorists
Palestinian Gunmen Fire at IDF Checkpoint Near Tulkarem, None Injured
IDF Officer Lightly Wounded by Palestinian Rioters Near Hebron
Palestinians Hurl Rocks at Israeli Car [Near Shechem]; None Wounded
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Commentary;
While the minister of defense lusts for the removal of Jews from Peace House in Hevron and for “compensating” hundreds of thousands of Jews for expulsions from the Land of Israel, it now emerges that his protexia-class status entitles him to ownership of a ultra-ritzy Akirov Towers pad on what may have been, or perhaps still is Arab-owned land. MB
Baruch Marzel: Evacuation Without Compensation for Ehud Barak, by Efrat Weiss (Israel National News)
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Ze’evi Assassin Gets Life Plus 100 Years, by Gil Ronen (Israel National News)
Excerpt;
“Jerusalem District Court sentenced PFLP terrorist Hamdi Qur’an to life in prison and another 100 years jail time, for the assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rechavam Ze’evi in 2001 and other terrorist offenses.”
Related report; Minister Ze’evi’s Murderer Jailed for 125 years
Excerpt;
“The Jerusalem District Court on Monday sentenced Hamdi Quran to five consecutive terms of life imprisonment…”
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Readers take note: This is the news which the Olmert regime censors and spin-doctors allow to see light of day. But from this glimpse, one can begin to imagine the news which is censored and thus not reported. MB
Anti-Tank Missile Fired at IDF Troops in Gaza; None Wounded
Unexploded Kassam Rocket Found Among Netiv Ha’asara Greenhouses
Gunmen Fire at Soldiers Carrying Out Engineering Work Near Gaza Fence
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In previous years, this author has written about Yosef’s being thrown in a bor (pit) seething with snakes and scorpions — yet emerging unscathed, his being sold and ensuing journey to Mitzrayim and his slavery, his imprisonment and his liberation and ascendency to the position of Viceroy, second only to Pharoh. And this author wrote a vort based on Jay Shapiro’s book “Almost Midrash.” Shapiro encorporated the story of Yosef into a fictional story entitled “Duaf of Memphis” and this author dealt with the contrast of Yosef in Mitzrayim, the years after Yosef and the other brothers were niftar and the ensuing long period of cruel bondage; and persecution and the dialogue of Page 13 A & B of Gemora Megillah Esther (the dialogue between Achashveirosh and Haman resulting in the evil decree against the Jews). The point of the Torah Vort at that time was that with longevity in Shushan and throughout Achashveirosh’s Empire, as in Mitzrayim, the Jews were disparaged as either useless or too powerful. In both cases, the antagonists conveniently forgot about Yosef and the Jews got comfortable, complacent, sought to own property and saw where they were at the time as home and forgot and lost track of who and what they are. This is a point and lesson which Jews keep having to learn time and again throughout our history, including here and now in our times in Eretz Yisrael in dealing with a cruel, corrupt ruling regime in Medina Yisrael.