Author: moshe

While in Beit Shemesh this AM on business, this author was solicited regarding a chessed by another resident of Ramat Beit Shemesh.

An organization from Yishuv Ithamar is raising funds to write a Sefer Torah in memory of Yeshiva student Eliyahu Asheri, z”l, a resident of Ithamar, who was kidnapped and murdered within days of the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit.

Other links regarding Eliyahu Asheri, z”l can be found here and here.

This project has the wholehearted endorsement of The Sefer Torah Recycling Network. Check this blog over the coming days and weeks as more information on this important project becomes available. read more

Palestinians Fire Four Mortars into Israel

Five Illegal Palestinian Residents arrested in Tel Aviv

84 Illegal PA Arabs Caught in Israel

IDF Arrests 13 Wanted Terrorists

IDF Arrests PA Officer Involved in Terror

By Moshe Burt

We learn about the root for the momentus event of Pinchas’ zealous act against Zimri and Kosbi from an obscure posuk in Parsha Ki Tisa. “Vet Aaron v’et banav timshach v’kiddashtah otam l’Cohen Li” — Hashem tells Moshe Rabbeinu; “You shall annoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them as priests unto me.” And we ask, What happened to that Pinchas ben Elazar ben Aaron Ha Kohen.

We actually learn about Pinchas and his zealousness on behalf of Shemayim near the end of last week’s Parsha Balak. read more

“Israeli journalists view…. their task as making sure that the public reaches the proper conclusions. That is particularly true of those in public broadcasting, which holds a near monopoly over the air waves – a power of which the broadcasters are acutely aware.”

Think Again: Democracy and Media Manipulation, by By Jonathan Rosenblum (Jerusalem Post)

Commentary;

While there is nothing new under the sun in Rosenblum’s column, he expresses points which must emphasized again, and again, and again until either the media get’s the point, or that Yosef Q. Israeli comes to totally disregard the Israeli mainstream media as a valid and objective source of news. MB read more

Simply Despicable

Israel Commemorates 2nd Lebanon War (Jerusalem Post)

Excerpt;

“The first state ceremony for the country’s most recent war was scheduled to take place at 6 p.m. on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert… will be absent from the Mt. Herzl ceremony. Olmert decided not to attend to spare those in attendance the rigorous security checks that the prime minister’s presence would entail, Army Radio reported.”

IDF Kills Top Aksa Commander in Jenin

Hamas Tried To Take Over Temple Mount

Related report: Hamas’s Plans for Temple Mount Foiled, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

Report: Syria Stockpiling Missiles But Won’t Attack[??]

2 Youths Arrested for Stoning Cars Near Karmiel

IDF Arrests Six Wanted Terrorists

800 Illegals To Be Returned to Egypt

Rocket Hits Near Sderot

3 Kassams Land in Negev; No One Hurt

Gaza: Air Strikes Kill 7 Palestinians

Terrorist Killed Saturday Responsible for 2004 Attack

Five Kassams Hit Sderot Over Shabbat

Two Kassams Hit Sderot; One Lightly Wounded

IAF Strikes Explosives Lab in Central Gaza

IDF: We Attacked Storerooms for Arms Manufacturing in Gaza

Terrorists Fire on Soldiers in Shechem

Commentary;

Once again, we hear the latest variation on Olmert’s general theme; “I’m too tired to win” which translated shows again the the extent of elitist Olmert’s callous disdain for the Negev towns, including Sderot, and for the entire people which he governs. Maximal protection? The people of the Southern Negev towns, including Sderot have NOT even been minimally protected as indicated here, here and here despite Olmert’s empty and worthless pledges and promises. MB read more

Commentary;

The report compiled below sheds no new light about facts that we already knew prior to the leftist politically-agendized historical revisionists who came along endeavoring to replace truth with their own distorted, bogus version of history. But Dr. Haivry’s report bolsters and reinforces the truth vs left’s revisionist history invented and endoctrinated onto the masses. MB

Was There Ever a Palestinian ‘Nation’?, by Ofir Haivry (Ynet)

“During the less than 30 years of the existence of this Mandate, from which the Palestinians draw their name, no significant indications were to be found of a united national identity of their own. The leader of Mandate Arabs was the Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini… headed a loose alliance of clans, tribes, and local interests that were mostly united by hatred towards the Jews, and to a lesser extent towards the British.” read more

Soldiers Shoot Aksa Gunman to Death in Nablus [Shechem] Taxi

Excerpt:

“The gunman was traveling with another armed Palestinian passenger, the IDF said. The second gunman and the taxi driver fled the scene.
Palestinians identified the man as a 26-year-old Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades operative.”

IDF Troops Arrest Three Palestinians in West Bank [Judea and Samaria]

Kidnappers Propose Prisoner Swap Deal: Shalit for Johnston [Johnson Released, Hamas to Deliver Shalit to the Army of Islam]

Bomb Thrown at IDF in Nablus [Shechem]; None Wounded read more