Month: January 2008

Have the IDF, Government Learned, Integrated Lebanon’s Lessons?

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Commentary;

From all appearances of the Maariv report below, as conveyed by Dr. Aaron Lerner and IMRA, the answer seems a resounding and disastrous NO! MB

Maariv: Givati Brigade Exercise Find 71 soldiers Killed First 24 Hours in Simulation Entering Gaza, by Dr. Aaron Lerner IMRA

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Maariv correspondent Amir Buchbut reports in today’s edition that reservists in the Givati Brigade say a recent exercise they carried out practicing an invasion of the Gaza Strip found 71 soldiers killed in the first 24 hour of the invasion. The heavy losses were attributed to the major improvement in weapons and explosives that the Palestinians have amassed thanks to the long period during which they have been able to smuggle and prepare for battle. read more

Tuesday War News: Kassams, Islamic Sniper Kills Kibbutz Volunteer, Contraban in Another “Humanitarian” Shipment to Gaza, IDF Gaza Operation; 13 Terrorists Nabbed, Pal Youth Caught With Mortar Shell, Zoldan’s Murderers Indicted

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Kassam Lands in western Negev; None Wounded

West Negev Kibbutz Volunteer Killed by Palestinian Sniper

IDF Kills 7 Gunmen in Northern Gaza Operation

Related report; IDF Kills Son of Former PA Minister [Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar’s Son, Hussam]

Bomb-Making Chemicals Disguised as Humanitarian Aid to PA, Again, by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (Israel National News)

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“According to security sources, the chemical compound, made from fertilizer, is used as fuel for PA rockets and in the manufacture of incendiary devices. The quantity of material discovered was sufficient for hundreds of rockets.” read more

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Olmert Offering Gimmel Same Rubber Funny-Money as Sharon Did

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Commentary;

Back when Gimmel joined Sharon’s coalition upon Shinui’s leaving, with their (UTJ’s) inclusion enabling the expulsion, their joining was to be temporary pending certain considerations. Well it became permanent and the money they were promised by the Sharon regime never materialized following their abstentions in the actual Knesset voting for the expulsion.

Now, as Avigdor Lieberman and Yisrael Beiteinu threaton to leave the government due to Olmert’s “negotiating” of “core issues” with the PA, Olmert, as Sharon did in the months before expelling our brethren from Gush Katif, is working to lure Gimmel into coalition with Kadima to enable convergence and abandonment of Jewish land by offering them the same rubber, funny-money which Sharon never delivered 3 years ago. read more

Parsha Beshalach 5768: Learning From Moshe and Being As One With Our Brother’s Suffering

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by Moshe Burt

Near the end of our Parsha, we read “And the hands of Moshe were heavy and they took a rock and placed it under him and he sat on it.” (Sefer Sh’mos, Perek 17, posuk 12)

Rabbi Pliskin in Growth Through Torah cites a Rashi which states “that
Moshe did not sit on a comfortable pillow, but a rock. There was a battle going on with Amalek and Moshe wanted to feel the suffering of the people. This, said Rabbi Yeruchem Levovitz, is a lesson in feeling for another person’s suffering. Not only should we mentally feel their pain, but it is proper to do some action in order to feel some of the discomfort yourself when someone else experiences pain. This way [through empathy] you actually feel his pain.” (Growth Through Torah, Rabbi Zelig Pliskin, page 177, citing from Daas Torah, page 152) read more

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Olmert Crossing the Ultimate Red Line to Doom Jewish State?

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Commentary;

Based on TV Channel Ten reports, it sure seems that way. One again, the question MUST be asked; What’s it take to get the collective Jewish national backbone up? MB

Report: Olmert Agrees to Allow in 50,000 Arab ‘Refugees’, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

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Reports are that Prime Minister Olmert has now agreed to allow 50,000 Arabs who left Israel in 1948 – or are descendants of those who did – to enter and live in Israel.

Channel Ten reported Thursday night that in a private meeting between Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen, the two agreed that in the final-status agreement, Israel would withdraw from 92% of Judea and Samaria, including all the non-Jewish neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem. It was also agreed that 50,000 “refugees from 1948” would enter and live in the State of Israel. read more

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Amnesty Bill for Expulsion Opponents Includes Ban on IDF Discrimination, Not Included: Regime Suppression

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Commentary;

It’s like this author heard repeatedly back 2 3/4 years ago in speaking with soldiers on buses to and from Neve Dekalim;

“If we don’t follow orders, we’ll lose our training, our career track, future job protexia.”

So too, the report below points out;

That the army quizzes recruits on their attitudes to the disengagement when deciding which units to assign them to. Army psychologists also proffer evaluative opinions, to ensure that the recruit is being straightforward about his opinion. If a youth is found to be “too right-wing,” a number of choices of unit assignment or army career paths are closed to him. read more

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When a Nation Forfeits Sovereignty, Forsakes Shemayim for Earthly Superpower

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Dr. Aaron Lerner of IMRA discusses the disturbing and scary prospect of putting another country in position of judge and jury over the actions which Israel must take to protect and secure it’s people and borders. It is obvious that Olmert and his corrupt hacks and leftist etrogization protectors have abrogated national sovereignty in their mad destructo mission against anything Jewish.

And President Bush’s inconsistencies, presented cogently by Dr. Lerner below, are particularly pertinent in light of media reports
here and here that the President gave Israel a green light for wide scale operations in Gaza. Bush gave the green light with a caveat demanding “that Olmert make sure the operation did not wind up hurting civilians (sic) [i.e. Human Shields around the terrorist rocket launchers].” MB read more

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Shabbos and Sunday War News: Kassams, Mortars and IAF Raid Saturday; Syrian Site of IAF Raid Being Rebuilt; Barghouti Killed Jews While Eating Humus with MKs; Terrorists, Illegals Arrested

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IAF Kills 2 Hamas Men in Gaza Airstrike

Two Kassam Rockets Fired Over Shabbat

Five Mortar Shells Strike Open Area in Western Negev; None Wounded

Report: Site of 2007 IAF Strike in Syria Being Rebuilt

Excerpt;
“A building similar to the alleged partially-built nuclear reactor appears to be in the process of reconstruction.”

Haaretz: Barghouti Killed Israelis While Meretz MK Oron Ate Humus With Him in Ramallah

IDF Arrests Six Terror Suspects

Police Catch Seven Illegal Immigrants in Bnei Brak read more

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Friday War News and News Headlines: Bush Leaves, Olmert Regime, Shabak Label Prestigious Report as “Seditious”

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Gaza Continues Mortar Drum Roll for Bush

2 Kassam Rockets Land in Western Negev; No Injuries Reported

Rocket in Zikim Region

Kassam Rocket Lands in West Negev; No Casualties or Damage Reported

Bush Tells Israel: End The Occupation

Israeli Police Campaign to Silence Voice of Opposition, by Hana Levi Julian and Baruch Gordon (Israel National News)

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Three people were taken into custody and their literature confiscated as they were handing it out to foreign journalists outside the Dan Panorama Hotel in Jerusalem Wednesday night. The Dan Panorama is where most of the journalists who are covering the Bush visit are lodging. read more

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