Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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Barrage of [At Least 8] Rockets and Shells Fired at Northern Negev
[5 More] Rockets Fired from Southern Gaza
Police Warns Katyusha Fire Could Reach Ashdod, Kiryat Gat, by Rebecca Anna Stoil (Jerusalem Post)
10 Islamic Jihad Men Reported Dead in West Bank [Yesha], Gaza Ops
[7, Including 2 Islamic Jihad Leaders] Leading PA Terrorists Killed in IAF Targeted Airstrikes, by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (Israel National News)
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Think Again: A Test of Wills, by Jonathan Rosenblum (Jerusalem Post)
Commentary;
Jonathan Rosenblum nails our malaise and matzav on the head with these comments. MB
“we Jews… give every indication of having lost our will, in large part because we have lost our belief in the Divine promise to Abraham.”
Full Text:
An ancient Midrash recounts a conversation between Ishmael and Isaac. Ishmael asserts his superiority over Isaac on the grounds that his circumcision took place at 13, when he was fully conscious of the ordeal, while Isaac was only eight days old at his circumcision. Isaac replies that if God were to request him to give up his life he would gladly do so.
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This author recalls a commentary by the K’li Yekar (Judiaca Press Chumash, page 600) on the first posuk of Parsha Vayechi which is leyned this Shabbos.
The K’li Yekar explains the lack of a space between the end of the previous sedra Vayigash and our parsha as meaning that the two poskim are understood together. The final verse of Vayigash reads;
And Yisrael dwelt in the land of Mitzriyim in the land of Goshen, and they acquired property in it and… multiplied greatly.
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Two-Year-Old Boy Wounded After Kassam Hits kibbutz [Zikim] Home [Pregnant Mother Treated for Shock]
Kassam Rocket Hits Backyard of kibbutz Home; Five Suffer From Shock
1,600 Shock Victims from Gaza Rockets to Date
2 Smuggling Tunnels Discovered on Egypt-Gaza Border
Palestinians Launch 4 Mortar Shells at Israel; None Wounded
Israel Quietly Releases Senior Hamas Terrorist, by Ezra HaLevi (Israel National News)
Israel Arrests Hamas Member of Parliament
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Noted journalist and Middle East commentator Emanuel A. Winston posted a commentary on December 8th which featured the above map which was a topic of recent discussions between Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Admiral Michael Mullen, the current Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.
First, to describe the map;
The darkened areas represent, as the map legend states, the “minimum territory needed by Israel for defense purposes.”
History behind the map as recounted by Emanuel A. Winston;
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Commentary;
This author holds that columnist Caroline Glick is too American in scope and orientation such that there is a de-emphasis, or at least an under-emphasis on the true rationale behind the regime’s actions, and indeed, behind at least 20 years of actions by Israeli governance; a systematic campaign to brainwash and separate Israelis from their Jewish roots, history and heritage.
This author has attempted to excerpt this column in a way in keeping, with everything posted on this blog, to focus totally on the situation and perspective in Israel. This blog has endeavored to separate the Islamic lust for Israel’s destruction and eradication from worldwide Islamic foment. As such, this author is diabolically opposed to Israeli government rationalizations and hiding behind the bogus, non-existent “cloak” of American will and pressure. For, in reality, Jews have one source to answer to, not “Uncle Sam”, not Condi Rice, not so-called “Western morality (sic)” which deemed separate, segregational entrances for Jews at Annapolis, etc. Jews, real Jews answer only to a higher authority — Hashem in Shemayim. MB
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Commentary;
This author harkens back to a time when the IDF rescued and liberated it’s own; both IDF on the battlefield and Jewish brethren. MB
Goldwasser: The Matter of the Kidnapped Soldiers Doesn’t Interest Barak
Full Text;
Karnit Goldwasser, the wife of kidnapped reservist Ehud Goldwasser attacked on Saturday the security establishment, saying that she has done more to secure the release of her husband than Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Army Radio reported.
“It can’t be possible that I have done more on the matter of securing the release of the kidnapped soldiers than a man who had been the IDF chief and knows what to do in the field,” Goldwasser said. “I feel that the matter of the kidnapped soldiers doesn’t interest the minister of defense.”
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Kassam Rocket Strikes Western Negev; No Wounded Reported
Kassam Rocket Lands Near Sderot; None Injured
Ashkelon Stabbing [of a 73 Year Old Woman by a 25 Year Old Arab] Probably ‘Nationalistic’
Kassam Lands in Factory in Western Negev, No Injuries
Molotov Cocktails Thrown at Israeli Cars Near Ramallah; None Hurt
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Satire: Israel Launches New Defense Plan For Sderot, by Baruch Gordon (Israel National News)
Excerpts;
Following the Israeli security cabinet’s decision to refrain from a full-scale military retaliation against rocket attacks from Gaza, state leaders have announced a national defense policy aimed at increasing protection for the shell-shocked Israeli town of Sderot.
At a press conference held at a fitness gym, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak named the new defense strategy: “Run, Jew, Run!”