Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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Rocket Lands Near Elementary School in Sderot; Several Treated for Shock
IDF Kills 6 Palestinian Gunmen as Gaza Battles Rage On, by Hanan Greenberg (Ynet)
Soldier Seriously Hurt by RPG in Gaza
Mortar Attack Near Kissufim, No Injuries
‘IDF Almost Unable to Counter Kassams’, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
IDF Kills 2 Armed Palestinians in Gaza
Related report; Two Islamic Jihad Gunmen Dead in Gaza Gunfight With IDF
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Barak of IRIS has a way of presenting the obvious absurdities of the Olmert regime in a simple, straight-forward form as with these two headlines;
Prediction Confirmed: PA Police Killed Zoltan with Israel-Approved Weapons
Palestinian Exports: Fake Medicine, Toxic Groundwater and Missiles
And these two simple, yet graphic illustrations which point out with clarity 2 recent absurd Olmert regime blunders blends in beautifully with the pure humiliation and idiocy of Ehud Olmert’s latest, among countless, demeaning huff-in-mouth disease utterances. MB
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Kassam Rocket Strikes Open Area in Western Negev; None Wounded
Mortar Shell Falls Near IDF Base; Six Female Soldiers Suffer From Shock
Mortar Attack near Erez Crossing, No Injuries
Israel Has Video Evidence Egypt Helping Hamas
Arabs Desecrate Tombs in Samaria
IDF Arrests 5 Terrorists [in Villages Near Ramallah, Jenin, and Shechem]
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Commentary;
Rav Shmuel Eliyahu repeats yet again what this blog has reiterated numerous times; the systematic betrayal of Jonathan Pollard, again and again, by sucessive ISRAELI governments and by establishment so-called “Jewish leaders.”
This author holds that it is the abandonment of Pollard which set in motion the precedent and mindset for the abandonment of South Lebanon, the Oslo “agreements”, the expulsions of Jews from their homes, communities and Jewish Land in Gush Katif and the 4 Shomron towns. The abandonment of Pollard by the ISRAELI government paved the way down the step road of decay that has led to the absurdity and humiliation of Annapolis.
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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;