Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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5 Hurt in Kassam Barrage from Gaza
Kassam Rocket, 3 Mortar Shells Land in West Negev; No Casualties
IDF Attacks Terrorist in Kassam Launch Squad in Southern Gaza Strip
Kassam Rocket Strikes Open Area in Western Negev; No Wounded Reported
Mortar Attack was Katyusha Rocket
Remains of Five Soldiers [Killed in Lebanon Conflict] Identified
Arab Rock Throwings East of Tel Aviv
IDF Troops Extract 5 Jewish Worshippers from Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus [Shechem]
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Commentary;
Jonathan Tobin’s piece on former Prisoner of Zion and Israeli cabinet minister Natan Sharansky carries an important lesson for Israelis, a lesson in identity — seen as synonymous with an overriding national unity which was once axiomatic to a vast majority Israelis and to world Jewry, which with the evolution of elitism, protexia, political graft and self-aggrandizement as national institutions in Israeli leadership and governance, needs to be relearned, reabsorbed and reapplied by the Jews.
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Kassam, Mortar Shell Land Near Border Fence; No Injuries Reported
IDF Faces ‘New Threat’ [Discovery of 30 Anti-Aircraft Missiles in Sinai] From Gaza
2 Rockets Land in Ashkelon Coast Regional Council; No Injuries Reported
Gazans Fire Rocket, Mortar at Israel
IDF Arrests Seven Palestinian Terror Suspects in Southern Gaza
Rocket Lands Outside Netivot; None Wounded
IDF Attacks Rocket Launching Cell
3 Gaza Terrorists Wounded, Hamas Continues Rocket Attacks, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
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With Shavu’ot always being during the week of Shabbos Parsha Naso, there are various common threads between Shabbos Parsha Naso and Chag HaShavu’ot. There is the thread of national unity projected by the Kohanim as expressed in the Birchat Kohanim, the thread of diversity and unique expression within the 12 repetitions of the same offering brought by the Sh’vatim at the inauguration of the Mishkan and the thread regarding the importance of caring for the Ger Tzeddik.