Author: moshe

Tuesday War News: Kassams Hit Sderot, Negev; Pipe Bombs in East Jerusalem; IDF, Police Arrest Terrorists, Illegals

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Two Kassams Strike Western Negev; No Wounded Reported

A Number of People Treated for Shock as 10 Mortars Hit Western Negev

5 Mortars Hit Nativ Ha’asara, Several People Suffer Shock

Gaza: Four Terrorists Killed, Six Civilians Wounded

Egypt Arrests 3 Gazans Who Planned to Carry out Suicide Attacks in Israel

Three Kassams Hit Sderot, No Injuries

Two Kassams Strike Western Negev; No Wounded Reported

Security Forces Arrest Senior Islamic Jihad Operative in Bethlehem

Two Israelis Lightly Injured as Palestinians Stone Their Car [in Gush Etzion] read more

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To the Regime: Stop Apologizing for Israel’s Legitimate Right to Self-Defense

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The cloaking of sanctions against Gaza, i.e. reduction in provision of Israeli power and other supplies, by Israel’s current regime as a continuation of “disengagement” is nothing less than apologetics for Israel’s legitimate, inalienable rights as a sovereign nation to defend itself and to secure it’s people and it’s sacred national land. Any sovereign nation, on its own land, has this inherent national entitlement.

Here are pertinent quotes from the Jerusalem Post opinion piece No Security, No Power which make this fundamental point; read more

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The Rabin Assassination: 12 Years Later and in Perspective

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Professor Steven Plaut writes about Maariv columnist Nadav Haetzni and his [Haetzni’s] recent piece wrote which seems to bring the Rabin assassination back from overblown leftist fervor and into some perspective;

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Nadav Haetzni is hands down the best columnist and commentator in the Israeli mainstream press. He writes in Maariv, the only Hebrew newspaper having a real semblance of political pluralism.

Unfortunately, Haetzni writes almost always only in Hebrew. He is a prominent lawyer and is the son of longtime activist Elyakim Haetzni. This past weekend Nadav has a superb article in Maariv. It is a bit long to be fully translated here, but let me give you the gist and sum it up for you. (Some of what follows is my own opinion – for Haetzni’s own text see Maariv October 26, although unfortunately it is not on their web site.) read more

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Yitzchak Rabin’s Final Knesset Speech — Obscured on the Israel Foreign Ministry’s Memorial Website

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Yitzchak Rabin’s final Knesset speech before the assassination was discussed in a recent Israel National News commentary piece penned by Hillel Fendel.

In the run-up to the 12th Yahrtzeit of Rabin’s murder, Fendel writes;

Left-wing spokesmen continue to refer to the widespread right-wing protests against Rabin’s policies prior to the murder as “incitement to violence.

Fendel then writes further down in the piece;

However, a speech Rabin delivered in the Knesset in October 1995, in which he opposed the formation of a Palestinian state – a stance he repeated on several occasions – was not released. In that speech, Rabin also spoke of his vision for a united Jerusalem: “These are some of the changes that we see and want in the final status agreement: First and foremost, a united Jerusalem, including Maaleh Adumim and Givat Ze’ev, as Israel’s capital… a security border for Israel’s protection in the Jordan Valley, in the broadest sense of this term… the inclusion of Gush Etzion, Efrat, Beitar [south of Jerusalem] and other communities.” read more

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Monday War News: 1 Soldier Dead, 1 Wounded in Gaza Ground and Air Fighting; Action In and Near Shechem; 12 “Pals(sic) Arrested for Vandalism; 20 Terrorists Arrested

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Mortar Attacks From Gaza, Stoning in Judea

IDF Kills Terrorists in Gaza

‘Hamas Establishing Bunker System Along Gaza Fence’

Two Mortars Strike Western Negev; No Wounded Reported

Palestinians Fire 4 Mortar Shells at Gaza Fence; None Wounded

Heavy Gunfire [IDF and Terrorists] in Southern Gaza

Air Force Attacking Northern Gaza

Reservist Killed, One Seriously Wounded in Gaza Operations

Terrorist Killed in Gaza

Three Soldiers Wounded in Nablus [Shechem], Gaza

Troops Discover Weapons Cache [in Shechem] read more

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Parsha Chaye Sarah 5768: Avraham’s Attribute of Intuitive Perception, Will It Rub Off on Us?

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by Moshe Burt

There are two intriguing commentaries, each relating to a different posuk of Parsha Chaye Sarah, regarding the dialogue leading up to Avraham Aveinu’s acquisition of the Ma’arat HaMachpela for 400 shekels of silver from Efron the Hittite.

The first of the two posukim is spoken by Avraham and says, in part, “I will have given the money for the field; take it of me …” (Breish’it, Perek 23, posuk 13)

“…That a man may marry a woman by using money to effect the marriage is deduced in the Talmud (Kiddushin 2) by drawing a parallel from this verse. But the parallel goes beyond merely the acquisition of the land of the Efronite and the acquisition of a wife. Just as in a marriage the act of acquisition is only the beginning and not the end, because that is when all one’s obligations begin — food, clothing, etc. — the same is true in our dealings with the Efronites. Nothing ends with written contracts and agreements. We pay, pay and pay again, and yet they keep demanding more from us.” (Torah Gems on Chaye Sarah, page 182 quoting Rabbi A.M. Amiel) read more

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Sunday War News: Gaza Terror Shells Fall Short; Rock Attacks Near Tekoa, Bethlehem, Terrorists Arrested, Shooting in Shomron

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Kassam Rocket Lands Near Sderot, No Injuries

Palestinians Fire Kassam Rocket into Western Negev

Israel Anounces Closure of Sufa Crossing to Gaza Strip

Two Shells Hit Elei Sinai Ruins

Israeli Lightly Wounded by Rocks Thrown at His Car Near Ramallah

IDF Troops Nab Three Iraqi Nationals Trying to Infiltrate into Israel

Rock Attack Near Tekoa, No Injuries

Israeli Vehicle Stoned Near Bethlehem; No Injuries Reported

IDF Arrests Two Wanted Terrorists [Near Bethlehem, Hevron]

Shooting Attack in Shomron

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Shabbos War News: Kassam Barrage, Khan Younis Work Accident, Explosive Device at Fence; Arab Arrested for Knife Possession, Arab Illegals Arrested

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IDF Uncovers Explosive Device Near Southern Gaza Security Fence

Five Kassams Land Near Sderot; None Wounded

‘Israel to Begin Gaza Power Cuts After Court Approval This Week’

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Khan Younis [Work Accident]: 3 People, Including Mother and Son, Killed in Explosion of Their Home

Related report:Two Women, Child Killed in Gaza Blast

Hebron Police Arrest Palestinian Youth Planning to Attack Jews

Arab Caught with Knife at Tomb of Patriarchs

Police Nab 5 Illegal [Arab] Aliens read more

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Electric and Utility Sanctions Against Gaza: Will Israel Embarrass Herself Before the Nations by Bowing to Pressure to Back Off?

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Dr. Aaron Lerner of IMRA (Independent Media Research and Analysis) hits the nail on the head warning that Israeli sanctions are a lame substitute for doing what needs to be done — destroying, eradicating the PA terror army and their cache of weapons, explosives and ammunition from Egypt. This author expands on Lerner’s position — that if the PA terror army is to be destroyed, the cache of weapons eliminated must extend to that supplied by the US, the very weaponry which would have come into play had the alleged PA guards’ assassination plot on prime minister Olmert actually been attempted. read more

Thursday Night, Friday War News: More Kassams Barrage South, Terrorists Use Google Maps to Target, Islamic Gunmen Killed; Terrorists Arrested, Shul Torched, Vehicle Torched in Yesha

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Kassam Rocket Lands Near Sderot, No Injuries

3 [Islamic] Gunmen Killed in the Gaza Strip; 2 Soldiers Lightly Wounded

Kassam Rocket Hits Open Area; None Wounded, No Damage

PA Terrorists Use Google as Target Tool, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)

Two Kassam Rockets Fired into Western Negev; None Wounded, No Damage

Kassam Rocket Lands in Sderot, None Wounded, No Damage to Property

Kassam Strikes Western Negev Kibbutz; No Wounded Reported

Arabs Torch Yad Yair Synagogue for Fourth Time

IDF arrests 14 wanted Palestinians [Near Shechem, Jenin and Ramallah] read more

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