Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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[Five] Long Range Rockets Hit Ashkelon
18 Rockets Hit Sderot, Medics Treat Victims for Shock
70-Year-Old Woman Wounded as Rocket Attacks Continue
Factory in Sderot’s Industrial Area Suffers Kassam Hit
Man Sent Into Shock as Kassam Hits Sderot
Dichter’s Security Guard [Lightly] Hurt in Sderot Rocket Attack
2 Kassam Rockets Strike Open Areas in Western Negev; None Wounded
17 Killed in IDF Ops Since Wednesday [as 50 Rockets Pummel Negev, Ashkelon on Wednesday]
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Commentary;
Inevitably, the indictment against former President Katsav includes overtones concerning the amorphous legal term “Moral Turpitude.”
The article below sets forth definitions by prominent “expert” members of Israel’s secular political legal, judicial establishment. This blog did it’s own search for a definition of moral turpitude some 11 months ago.
What it comes down to is that what Moshe Katsav is accused of, and even that which he has admitted to, no more and no less meets the criteria of moral turpitude than that which Haim Ramon, Yitchak Mordechai or Shmuel Flatto-Sharon were all found guilty of.
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Commentary;
While Olmert, Livni, Abbas and Qurei carve up Jerusalem daily and excise our very heart, the Shas politicians are more concerned about their pet projects. How is it they focus on what you see on the internet while whaffling TOTALLY about Jerusalem?
Dr. Aaron Lerner of IMRA (Independent Media Research and Analysis) wrote this 5 weeks ago about Shas and Jerusalem. It is worth re-reading;
Considering that the negotiations are taking place in secret it is hardly clear if Shas will actually know when Jerusalem is the subject of negotiations. But even if taken at face value the approach makes absolutely no sense. And the absence of logic should most certainly be clear to negotiating masters like Yishai.
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Update from Gaza: Six Terrorists Killed in Air Strike
Related report: Men Killed in IDF Strike Were Commanders of Rocket Unit
Kassam Lands in Western Negev, Causing No Casualties or Damage
Wounded Sderot Boy Remains in Serious Condition
Related report; Many Operations Await Kassam Victim, by Judy Siegel-Itzkovich (Jerusalem Post)
Egypt Doubled Troop Levels in Sinai
Islamic Jihad Man Killed by IDF in Gaza
Mortar Attack at Sufa Crossing
Hebron: IDF Raids Offices of Charity Organization Funnelling Funds to Hamas
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Commentary;
This blog cautions against undue optimism regarding these 11 Kadima MKs and their faction meeting of yesterday. Don’t expect them to be any more serious about their so-called “red lines,” Kadima’s platform and a united Jerusalem under Jewish control, than Shas has been about theirs [If they start talking about, no make that continue to talk about dividing Jerusalem…]. Israel’s political, governmental leaders — it’s all about enhancement of personal power, spoils and self-aggrandizement, while blantantly ignoring the nation’s security and well-being. MB
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Four Kassam Rockets Land in Western Negev; No Wounded
Two Kassam Rockets Fired at Western Negev, No Injuries
Sderot House Damaged in Kassam Rocket Attack
Kassam Rocket Strikes Sderot; Nobody Wounded, and No Damage Reported
IDF Soldiers Arrest Some 50 Palestinian Stone-Throwers at Erez
IDF Shuts Down Hamas Terror Funding Network in Hevron
IDF Troops Detain Eight Palestinian Fugitives [in Yesha, Jordan Valley] Night-Time Ops
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Commentary;
Well, the Islamics’ (no distinction between Hamas, PFLP, Fatah, al-Aqsa Brigades; their goals are all the same — the destruction and eradication of the Jews) human wave came up a wee bit short. Hamas policemen “blocked the main road leading to Erez” lest they be embarrassed after their boasts of a human chain forcing its way over the Gaza border with the rest of Israel went bust.
But the big question is; will the political echelon, the too-tired Olmert regime, back the IDF’s continued vigilance or will they, in their endoctrination of the masses as being exhausted from 60 years of conflict, get complacent and cause IDF complacency. Will inculcated complacency cause a surprise that the incompetent Olmert regime will be ill-equipped to properly cope with? MB
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Two Kassam Rockets Land in Western Negev; None Wounded
Sderot Boy Severely Wounded in Kassam Rocket Attack [3 Rocket Bombardment]
IDF Kills Three Armed Terrorists [Near Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, Northern Gaza]
6,500 Policemen to Deploy in Preparation for Gaza Protest
IAF Improves Ability To Pinpoint Terrorists
Large IDF Counter Terrorist Operation in Shechem
IDF Arrests Eight Wanted Terrorists [in Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan River Valley]
Fire Bomb at Israeli Vehicle in Samaria
IDF Arrests 2 Palestinians Suspected of Throwing Stones Near Kalkilya
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Our Parsha Vayakhel discusses the appointment and role of Betzalel ben Uri, ben Hur in the building of the Mishkan.
The question is asked; why does Torah mention Betzalel’s lineage here?
This author discussed Betzalel in the context of Parsha Mishpatim our question of Yithro’s meriting to pronounce the concept of a Judiciary system to Moshe.
Betzalel, a Jew-from-birth, was instilled with the ability and insight to build the Mishkan.
After all, we learn Hashem imparted to Betzalel ben Uri the insight and ability to build the Mishkan. We learn that Betzalel was the grandson of Hur who was the son of Calev and that the Malchut was promised to Miriam — Moshe’s sister and Calev’s wife. Just as we learn that later the Malchut, under Dovid and Shlomo, built the Beit HaMikdash, so too Betzalel’s building of the Mishkan seems the fulfillment of the Divine promise to Miriam.
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Kassam Rocket Lands in Sha’ar Hanegev Region; None Wounded
Two Rockets Fired From Gaza Land in Palestinian Territory
Kassam Rocket Lands Near Sderot
Kassam Fired From Gaza Lands Near Sderot, Causing No Casualties or Damage
PM: Fitting Kassam Response Will be in Place by 2010
Commentary;
But what happens until then? Do the citizens of Sderot, of Ashkelon continue to bear daily bombardments? MB