Israel’s Security Dependence on Nations: Lessons Never Learned

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Commentary;

This author finds the logic of government officials and that of many Israelis incredible in it’s abject and profane absurdity.

That officials such as Pensioners’ Affairs Minister Rafi Eitan, the former intelligence official who rolled over on Janathan Pollard (one of the main reasons why Pollard remains incarcerated), can consider rolling back time to the days of UN Mandates which are breakable by the Arabs is insane and absurd.

If one has selective amnesia concerning the broken UN Emergency force mandate which was put in place as a result of Sinai campaign, one surely ought to be able to intellectualize the realization of the flawed Lebanon peacekeeping mission under whose noses Hezbollah has amassed 30,000 rockets and scream bloody murder at a regime which defines victory in a way which is not victory and who sets goals of “winning,” be it in Lebanon or in Gaza, as the one-sided placement of multi-national forces. MB read more

Tuesday War News: IDF Ends Gaza Operations, Allow Aid as Rocket Attacks Continue; Hezbollah’s 30,000 Rockets; 16 Terrorists Nabbed

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Jew; “If You’re Alive, You Must be Guilty!”

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Commentary;

A number of years ago when the legal aide organization Honenu came into existence, their front page showed the picture of a screaming, hysterical woman and the words, “If You’re Alive, You Must be Guilty!”

That simple picture, despite growth of Honenu’s legal services on behalf of Jews who have been incarcerated and imprisoned for defending themselves against Arab terror or for oppposition to regime in power, Arab lynch mobs or perceived imminent body threat to their being, remains indelibly sealed in this author’s minds-eye. read more

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Monday War News: Rocket Fire Continues, IDF 1st Stage Op Completed; Islamic Violence Spreads to Jerusalem, Hevron, Through Judea, Samaria

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Grad Attacks [on Ashkelon] Continue

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“Grad missile slammed into the seventh floor of an apartment building in central Ashkelon on Monday morning. Another two Grads hit the city, one landing near a kindergarten. 16 people were treated for shock after the morning attack.”

150 Teacher Soldiers Sent to Ashkelon [to Assist in the Schools During Emergencies.]

Four Rocket Attacks, No Injuries

IDF Fires at Kassam Launchers in Gaza

Two Rockets Land in Sderot; House Hit, None Wounded

IDF Troops Complete First Stage of Operation Hot Winter, leave Gaza read more

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Parsha Pekudei 5768: Paradigm Leadership, Accountability, Transparency vs the Revilers in the Camp

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by Moshe Burt

Our Parsha Pekudei begins; “These are the accounts of the Mishkan (the Sanctuary), the Mishkan of testimony, which were drawn up on Moshe’s orders …” (Shemos, Perek 38, posuk 21 — Metsudah Linear Chumash, page 579).

In short, Pekudei is the accountant’s parsha, the parsha of crunching the numbers.

The Sefer L’lmod U’Lamed (Parsha Pekudei, pages 97-98) asks what the primary reason was for Moshe’s detailed accounting of the costs of the construction of the Mishkan. The Sages tell that “there were apparently some who suspected that Moshe might have keep some … contributions for his own use.” (L’lmod U’Lamed, page 98). read more

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Olmert Regime Ill-Conceived Gaza Aims, Goals

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Commentary;

Just short of two weeks ago, this blog questioned the Olmert Regime’s apparent goals, third party insertion of multinational forces rather than total victory — eradication of rocket attacks, weapons smuggling and terror, in a Gaza conflict with the Hamas sector of the Pa. Why the phraseology; Hamas sector of the Pa? Because, in the final analysis, all segments of the Pa. are unified as to the same end — the destruction and eradication of the Jews.

Further indications that this is so is found both in Dr. Aaron Lerner’s commentary below and Calev Ben David’s piece, “Deja` Vu for Olmert?” as well as the related article and commentary below. read more

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Sunday War News: Heavy Gaza Fighting Rages On, Empty Haniyeh Office Hit, Netivot Rocketed; Psagot, Gilo Under Fire

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Shabbos War News: Rocket and Mortar Bombardments, Heavy Fighting Rages in Gaza, Abbas Demeans Holocaust, Sderot Demands Fortifications in Court

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Shas Stays in Coalition: ALL About the Money, Or Nepotism???

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Commentary;

Below are three real short reports, which speak volumes. Will Shas ever see a silver shekel of NIS 475m? Or will their just reward be that it bounces as high as the funds which Gimmel never got for being in the Expulsion coalition? Do they perceive themselves as on a power trip? Does nepotism trump defense of Jerusalem? MB

Knesset [Committee] Approves Transfer of NIS 475m. to Shas’s Torah Institutions

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“The Knesset Finance Committee on Wednesday approved the transfer of NIS 475 million to Shas’s Torah institutions. read more

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Friday War News: IDF Ops in Gaza, Kassams Blitz South; Youth Rock Thrower Nabbed, Rock Attacks, Firebombs in Yesha, Galilee; 6 Terrorists Nabbed

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