Author: moshe

Pacifist Ezra to Hamas: Open Season Target Practice on Negev Towns for 10 Days…

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Minister Gideon Ezra: Israel Should Not Respond to Fire for 10 Days, by Dr. Aaron Lerner Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (IMRA)

In a live interview broadcast during the afternoon news magazine of Israel Radio, Environment Minister Gideon Ezra (Kadima) proposed that Israel declare that it will not respond to Palestinian rocket attacks for a period of ten days.

“We have tried everything else and it hasn’t worked,” Ezra explained.

Ezra conceded that it would have been easier to promote the proposal if he had come out with it before a woman was killed and a man seriously wounded in Sderot by a rocket today (Ashkelon was also hit by four rockets this afternoon). read more

Another Olmert Abrogation of Israel’s National Sovereignty?

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Report: Bush Asks PM to Authorize [Jordan-based Fatah-Loyal] Badr Brigade [for West Bank]

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“US President George W. Bush asked Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during their meeting in Washington on Tuesday to authorize the entry of 1,500 Palestinian soldiers from the Jordanian-based Badr Division, into the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the British daily The Daily Telegraph reported.

The relatively well-armed Badr Division is loyal to the Fatah faction, and the hope in the US is that the additional troops will help buttress Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ strength in the territories against Hamas.” read more

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The American Iraqi Parable Played Out by Israel in Lebanon Action…

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An American Parable, by Samuel Freedman (Jerusalem Post)

“This parable applies, sadly, to Israel as well. Israel in the aftermath of the stalemate, if even that, against Hizbullah. Israel with Haim Ramon and Moshe Katsav in place of Tom Foley, Dennis Hastert and Jack Abramoff. But Israel, too, with all the architects of the summer’s unwon war still in place.”

“So let me just say, from this distant perch, and with all my Zionist ardor, that it appears curious and strange to see every leader in the summer’s war still ensconced in his position.” read more

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Olmert: Be a Man, Admit it; Peretz, Halutz Were Mistakes Which Cost Israel Dearly…

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Halutz Was a Mistake, by Attila Somfalvi (Ynet)

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The time: Spring 2005, several months before the Gaza Strip withdrawal

The drama: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz decided not to extend IDF Chief of Staff Moshe (Bugi) Yaalon’s term.

The surprise: Yaalon is replaced by Air Force officer Dan Halutz. The headlines scream of Yaalon’s humiliation and the surprise. For the first time, a “blue uniform” assumes the army chief’s post. read more

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Arabs illegally Taking Hold of Areas Not Built Up by Jews…

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MKs: New Phenomena – Illegal Arab Settlements, by Aviram Zino (Ynet)

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Knesset members tour West Bank security fence, say Arabs building west of fence to receive Israeli citizenship. ‘We will act against leaving thousands of acres outside of security fence needed for expansion of Efrat,’ they say.

on Tuesday, Knesset members from the right pointed out that there seems to be a new phenomena brewing in the West Bank: Illegal outposts erected by Arabs who are settling west of the security fence in order to get Israeli citizenship when the day arrives. read more

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Wednesday War News…

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Outrage Rising Over Kassam Attacks, IDF Vows Retaliation [Duh??]

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“A total of 12 rockets hit Sderot in four separate attacks on Wednesday, killing a woman and seriously injuring two others. Four rockets also hit Ashkelon.”

Kassam Lands South of Sderot; none Wounded

Bomb Thrown at IDF Vehicle North of Tulkarm

Kassam Hits Sderot, Seriously Wounding One

Five Kassams Land in Ashkelon After Sderot Barrage

Kassam Lands in Ashkelon; No Wounded Reported

IDF Arrests Wanted Tanzim Operative in Bethlehem read more

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Is Olmert Listening in L.A.? Or Is Bibi Spitting Into the Wind on Iran?

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Netanyahu: It’s ’38, and Iran is Germany

“While Hitler started a war and then tried to develop an atomic bomb, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is building nuclear weapons first and will then start a war, he said.”

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The Iranian missile program calls for developing 25 nuclear weapons per year, ultimately with a range to reach the East Coast of the United States, Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu warned the annual summit meeting of North American Jewish leaders Monday afternoon. read more

Typical Response of UN to Israel: Problem of Kidnapped Israeli Soldiers…

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Annan Updates Beilin on Soldiers in Lebanon

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“Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that one of the problems in the negotiations for the release of the two kidnapped Israeli soldiers in Lebanon is the demand for Hizballah to return them alive.”

Commentary;

This gem from Kofi Annan should go down in the annals and is typical of the Israel government’s futile craving for the world’s love and friendship and it’s resultant abrogation of it’s solemn national reponsibilities. MB read more

Israeli Gov’t Literally Dying for World Media Support: No Clue That The Crucial Audience is Not MSM or Nations…

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Israel Has ‘No Answer’ to Al Jazeera

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Wednesday’s launch of Qatar-based Al Jazeera International, a 24/7 English-language satellite network, will make the “information war” harder for Israel, according to Haifa University communications expert Prof. Gabriel Weimann.

“There will be a global channel in English that tends to be more pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli than the others, and it will not be preaching to the converted,” he said. “It will not be trying to win over the Jewish community in the US or Europe. It will be speaking to a neutral audience, to the uncommitted, the uninvolved, the uninformed. Israel doesn’t have an answer to it.” read more

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Halutz; Leave Now and Spare Israel, the IDF the Agony and Down-Time…

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The Halutz, Peretz Show – Slip, Sliding Away, By Anshel Pfeffer (Jerusalem Post)

“Halutz can spare himself the humiliation by preempting its conclusion.”

For context, click here.

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The consensus is that Chief of Staff Dan Halutz is on the way out.

He might be talking about his plans for reform in the army and learning the lessons of the Lebanon War, but the advice he has received lately from trusted advisors is that in order to rescue what is left of his honor, he should wait for the last internal reports to be published – and after an interval of a few weeks, at the most a couple of months – decide the timing of his departure. read more

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