Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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Kassam Lands Near Sha’ar Hanegev
Kassam Rocket Fired at Western Negev; No Casualties
Mubarak Missing, Israel Worried
Excerpt;
“Mubarak’s demise could lead to instability, raising the specter of an Islamist takeover.”
Palestinians Stone Israeli Bus Near KalKilya
Arabs Throw Rocks at Bus [Near Maaleh Shomron]
IDF Troops Arrest Three Palestinian Fugitives
IDF Clash in Shechem; No Injuries
Molotov Cocktails Thrown at Israeli Cars Near Kalkilya; No Casualties
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Kassam Rocket Lands Next to House in Sderot; None Wounded
Kassam Slams into Sderot; Damage and Shock, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
Kassam Rocket Attack on Sderot Injures 2 (Update)
IDF Reveals it Stopped 15-Year-Old Suicide Bomber on Gaza Border
Excerpt;
“The bomber was stopped overnight Tuesday as he approached soldiers, according to the IDF. He had reportedly strapped explosives to his body that he planned to detonate when he reached the force, the IDF said.”
Defense Official: Russia Cause of Tensions Between Israel and Syria
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Commentary;
Here is yet another report, in a growing list, of how “brave” Islamics exploit children to handle such tasks as Kassam launchings and rocket launcher retrievals for propaganda value should the children be fired upon or killed by an Israeli response to a Kassam firing.
The great mystery of life is why Ehud Olmert doesn’t have his head in his hands for shame over the Jewish children killed and maimed by the IDF’s misguided preference for the lives of little Arab terrorists-in-training, over the lives of Jewish children. MB
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Here is a follow-up from Israel National News relating to Tuesday’s blog post regarding Moslem excavations and desecrations of Har HaBayit.
Policeman Assaulted Trying to Stop Illegal Temple Mount Dig, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
Excerpts;
A policeman trying to stop an Arab tractor engaged in illegal Temple Mount excavations was assaulted – and the police chief who arrived on the scene arrested no one.
Officials of the Moslem Waqf (religious body) on the Temple Mount are digging there illegally, likely destroying precious artifacts from as early as the First Temple period. So say eyewitnesses and representatives of the Committee for the Prevention of the Destruction of Temple Mount Antiquities.
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No Plan to Present Olmert-Abbas Understanding to Cabinet Before Presenting It to International Conference, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Full Text;
IMRA asked the following question this morning to an “Israeli Government Official”:
If Prime Minister Olmert develops some form of understanding of principles with PA head Mahmoud Abbas before the international conference will the Government vote on it before the international conference?
The “Israeli Government Official”, returned shortly thereafter with the following reply:
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Kassam Rocket Lands in Open Area in Western Negev; None Wounded
Second Rocket Explodes near Sderot
IDF Nabs Three Rock Throwers; Bus Pelted Near Jerusalem
Palestinians Hurl Stones at IDF Troops North of Hebron; None Hurt
Palestinians Throw Rocks Israeli Car Near Betar; No Casualties
Troops Surround Kalkilya House, Call on Fugitves Holed Up to Surrender
Explosive Devices Thrown at IDF Troops Patrolling Nablus [Shechem]; None Hurt
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Sderot: Man Moderately Hurt by Kassam Rocket
Excerpt;
“Fatah-linked group claims responsibility just minutes before Olmert-Abbas meeting.”
Two Kassam Rockets Land Outside Sderot; None Wounded
Israel Offers Palestinians Control of Ramallah, Nablus and Jenin
Excerpt;
“PM, Abbas meet in J’lem; Israeli offer includes joint control of Temple Mount; …report: Israel willing to retreat to 1967 borders.”
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Commentary;
The Islamic destruction of Judaism’s holiest place continues unabatted and with the Antiquities Authority’s authorization.
In the case reported below, tractors and other heavy equipment are operationg under the guise of “infrastructure work to repair faulty electrical lines on the ancient compound.”
Gabriel Barkai, of the Committee Against the Destruction of Antiquities, reports; “that work carried out at the site on Monday – which eyewitnesses say was done with an Antiquties Authority official present – was the most damaging to date.”
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IDF Deputy Chief: Hamas Terrorists Training in Iran
Report: Palestinian Nearing [Gaza] Border Fence Killed by IDF Fire
Israeli Car Stoned Near Bethlehem
Israeli Car Stoned Near Ramallah, No Injuries
Palestinians Throw Molotov Cocktail at IDF Outpost in Hebron
Palestinians Plant Explosives, Fire at IDF Troops Operating in Nablus [Shechem]
IDF Arrests 16 Palestinian Fugitives in West Bank [Yehuda, Shomron] Overnight
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Ki Tavo begins with the Halachot of Bikkurim — the first fruits which were brought to the Kohen as both thanksgiving and rememberance of Pharaoh’s cruelty and Hashem’s deliverance of B’nai Yisrael from Mitzrayim to a land flowing with milk and honey.
The 3rd posuk of our parsha; “There [to the place of the Kohen] you shall go to the Kohen who shall be [officiating] in your days…” It is puzzling that Rashi on this posuk which to “in your days” he adds; “as he is.”