Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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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
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Commentary;
Columnist Evelyn Gordon comments about the myth of losing public support for a conflict due to casualty level. This myth is one of the pillars holding up the leftist, “too tired,” surrenderist Jewish divestation policies of the Olmert, Barak, Livni, Ramon regime — from Gaza, to Yesha, to the Golan, to Jerusalem.
But hopefully, as Gordon surmises;
THIS is why a majority of Israelis currently support a major ground operation in Gaza. They are not fools; they know the likely price is dozens of dead soldiers, with their own sons, brothers and husbands possibly among them. But they also know that countries must protect their citizens, so ending the rocket fire on Sderot is the army’s duty.
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Two Kassam Rockets Land Near Sderot; None Wounded
‘Color Red’, Explosion in Sderot
Israeli-Made Materials Discovered in Kassam Rocket Factories
Excerpt;
“The materials included Israeli fertilizer that Palestinian terrorists were using for explosives.”
Israel Issues Hijack Alert to All Airlines
Excerpt;
“Fearing Hezbollah retaliation for Imad Mugniyah’s death.”
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Commentary;
This author, and many others, have received this message from Pini Itzchaky, advisor to Shas Chaver Knesset Atias, in response to the ongoing email bombardment of Shas MKs demanding that they leave the Olmert regime;
The Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert: “It has been said and agreed between me and between the head of the Palestinian Authority Abu Mazen, that Jerusalem that is an important and emotional subject. We will not start this emotional negotiation, which could bring to failure of the talks. We postponed the TIPUL of Jerusalem until the last stage.”
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Commentary;
Managing Partner and co-founder of NGN Capital Ken Abramowitz spoke out sentiments at the Jerusalem conference that many of us have known for quite some time when he contrasted Israel’s booming, “vibrant business climate” and its high level of competence with Israel’s abysmally “low quality” of national leadership and governance. MB
Venture Capitalist Slams Israeli Government, by Avi Tuchmayer (Israel National News)
Excerpts;
Israel has emerged in recent years as a world leader in a variety of industries, from technology to outsourcing to homeland security and more. But one US-based investor told the Jerusalem Conference Tuesday the country’s economic success has come despite an alarming level of governance.