Author: moshe

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14 Mortar Attacks on Shabbat

Troops Open Fire on Operative Near Gaza Fence

Report: Abbas Informed of Israel’s Plan to Retake Gaza

Kassam Fired from Gaza Lands in Eshkol Region; No Casualties

Palestinian Attacks Israeli Soldier Near Hebron; None Wounded

Rock Attack at Musmus Junction

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Rocket Barrage [10 Kassams] Hits Negev

Kassam Rockets and Mortar Shells Pound Western Negev

Four Missile Hits Around Sderot, None Hurt

Firefighters in Kassam-Hit Locations

2 Mortar Shells Land in Hof Ashkelon Regional Council; No Injuries

3 Mortar Shells Land Near Kibbutz in Negev

Air Force Strikes Northern Gaza Terrorists

IDF Soldier Wounded From Palestinian Fire at Border Fence

Three Mortars Explode Near Nahal Oz, None Hurt

[Thursday’s] Deadly Mortar Attack Tactically Planned

Arabs Pelt Bus South of Shechem read more

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Commentary;

Below is a YouTube video on the Six Day War.

After viewing it, compelling questions arise on this the 41st anniversary of that momentous and historic event; Is the IDF as capable now of fighting and devastating her Arab Islamic foes in war as they were then? Did we hear in those days arguments such as “nothing can be done about Kassam and mortar attacks” without endangering Israeli lives, short-range missile interception systems as a substitute for human military action, or that it is preferential to not strike terrorists for fear of harming “innocents”? read more

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Man Killed, Two Seriously Wounded in Mortar Attack [at Negev Kibbutz Nir Oz Factory]

Commentary;
First thought to be a Kassam rocket, it now appears to have been a mortar attack?? MB

Related reports;

IDF Retaliates, Hits Terrorist at Source of Mortar Attack, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)

Kassam Rocket Attack Kills Factory Worker

Nir Oz Mortar Attack Victim Identified, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)

Prohibited Substances Discovered [IDF Spokesperson: Sulphuric Acid Found at Eliyahu Crossing, East of Kalkilya] read more

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Israel Closes Gaza Fuel Crossing After Palestinian Hit [by Errant Rocket] There

Israel Shipped [220 Trucks] Humanitarian Aid as Rockets Exploded

3 Terrorists Wounded in IAF Strike

Rocket Attack [Intended for Sderot] on Kibbutz

Illegal Entrants Nabbed in [Beduin City] Rahat

IDF Arrests 10 Wanted Terrorists [in Jenin, Shechem]

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Commentary;

As Shaul Mofaz gears up to contest for the Prime Ministership, a job he is wholly unqualified for, but which he may just fall into by virtue of the Shas party’s undying love of “Almighty Cash,” Israel National News’ Hillel Fendel remembers Mofaz’s totally undignified and laughable departure from Likud within days before Sharon’s strokes and resultant incapcitation and vegetation, which proved out to be no blessing for him (Mofaz).

So too, this blog recalls here and here Mofaz’s dead-of-the-night jump to Kadima in December, 2005, even as he sent an appeal letter to Likud voters to support him in their primary while having one foot out of the Likud door. MB read more

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5 Hurt in Kassam Barrage from Gaza

Kassam Rocket, 3 Mortar Shells Land in West Negev; No Casualties

1 Injured in Kassam Attack

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 Uncovers Bombs in Jenin

IDF Troops Extract 5 Jewish Worshippers from Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus [Shechem] read more

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A big part of the problem, not of the solution!

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. read more