Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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Olmert ‘Gesture’ Opens Door to ‘Right of Return’ for Arabs, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s latest “good will gesture” to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has smashed Israel’s long-standing policy rejecting the “right of return” for the generations of descendants of Arabs who fled Israel during the 1948 War of Independence.
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IDF Attacks Gaza [Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades] Terrorists, Three Injured
Soldiers Find Gun near Shechem, Bomb near Gaza
Terrorists Attack IDF near Shechem
Arab Arsonists Attack Near Yitzhar
Car With Explosive Device Caught by IDF Near Tekoa
Bomb Destroyed, Another Rock Attack
IDF Arrests Four Wanted Terrorists
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Commentary;
In 59 years since Israel’s modern-day statehood, perhaps things have remained the same. Sarah Honig writes a powerful and devastating analogy between the rhetoric of the Altalena period and the rhetoric of the expulsion from Gush Katif and the 4 Shomron towns.
Palmah soldier Uri Yarom;
“…. I’ll never forget that fellow wearing a blue shirt done up with a white cord [the Hashomer Hatza’ir uniform], who directed the snipers to their targets and pointed to each head that bobbed above the water’s surface. His eyes flashed with hatred as he egged the sharpshooters on with his shouts, spotted their quarry and encouraged them to get the swimmers. My heart shuddered within me. Before my eyes was waged a war between brothers! Jews are shooting Jews – in order to kill!”
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NATO Not Opposed to Sending Troops to West Bank’
The Olmert regime continues to fall all over itself with hateful schemes to divest from Jewish land. In the process, they abrogate and abdicate Israel’s independence, sovereignty and nationhood. For context, click on this previous blog post. MB
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NATO would not be opposed to sending troops to the West Bank after Israel withdraws from territories there, a European diplomat in Brussels was quoted as saying Sunday.
In an interview with the Saudi Al-Watan newspaper, the diplomat stressed that NATO preferred that its troops be part of an international force in the area but said it would embark on the mission alone if required.
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For previous blog posts on releasing terrorists, click here.
PA: 600 More Terrorists to be Released
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Sources in the Palestinian Authority over the weekend said that Israel was weighing the possibility of freeing 600 terrorists, in addition to the 254 released last week. The sources said the Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised PA chief Mahmoud Abbas that the terrorists would be freed if the PA returns to serious negotiations on Israeli withdrawals from Judea and Samaria over the next several weeks. The issue will be discussed at the upcoming meeting between Olmert and Abbas.
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Two Kassams Hit West Negev; No Wounded or Damage
Kassam Lands South of Ashkelon
Kassam Rocket Lands Near Sderot; None Wounded
Anti-Tank Missile Fired at IDF Post Near Karni
Gaza: IDF Kills 2 Palestinians [Throwing Grenades Towards Border Fence]
Maariv: Planes Landing at BG Airport Pass Within Missiles Range on West Bank Villages, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Failed Kidnapping Attempt in Jerusalem, by Ezra HaLevi (Israel National News)
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Three Kassams Hit Israel Over Shabbat
2 Kassams Land Near Gaza-Israel border; None Hurt
Gaza: 2 Palestinians Killed Planting Explosive [at Gaza-Israel Border]
Two Rockets Land Outside Sderot; None Wounded
U.S. Plans New Arms Sales to Gulf Allies – Includes Weapons for Saudis That Make Successful Attack on Israel Considerably Easier, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Related report;
Haaretz Article on Massive US Arms Sale to Saudis, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Anshel Pfeffer joins other journalists who write about the apathy and mere lip-service of the majority of Israelis, among them the 74% who now express their opposition to expulsion.
Because this majority, due to its disunity and sectorial rivalries, is unable or unwilling to articulate a unified opposition to further expulsions, the way is wide open for the Olmerts, the Livnis, the Peres’, the Ramons’ to divide and conquer while spinning future expulsions of Jews and divestments of additional Divinely-ordained Jewish lands either in the name of expulsion, or under any other name or bogus rationale.
Abbas Requests Release of 100 Additional Prisoners
3,000 Rifles Arrive in Jericho, by Ali Waked (Ynet)
Olmert Plans Talks with Abbas Over Palestinian State [Underfire as Pa War Actions Continue Unabatted], by Etgar Lefkowits (Jerusalem Post)
Right On!: I Want My Country Back, by Michael Freund (Jerusalem Post)