Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
IDF Helicopters, Tanks Move Into Gaza for Searches
Excerpt;
“Moved into Palestinian-controlled areas near the main Israel-Gaza cargo crossing on Tuesday, conducting house-to-house searches and arrests.”
Elite Forces Raid Gaza City Neighborhood; Arrest 5
IDF Hits 2 Gunmen Near Gaza Fence; Destroys Houses
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“Two houses belonging to terrorists in the Gaza Strip were targeted as well; the IDF said the buildings were being used to store weapons.”
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State Comptroller Investigating Lebanon War
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“The state comptroller’s office will start gathering information, documents, and protocols connected to the management of the war in the North. Among other things, Lindenstrauss will look into the home front’s preparation for the war and the treatment of confrontation line residents.”
Commentary;
Shlomo Avineri has often been seen as a flaming Lefty, but read this! Incredible — No Agenda At All.
Elections Now By Shlomo Avineri
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Israel’s future as a democracy – not the personal fates of Ehud Olmert and Amir Peretz – is in question following this latest war.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should consider stepping down. His resignation would also result in the resignation of the rest of the government, and would thereby pave the way for new elections.
Commentary;
Avi Dichter is just another in a long line of cheap, slimey Israeli political agendists who’s hate and disdain for anything Jewish is soo blind and all-consuming. He would walk away from a part of Israel, from any part of the Land of Israel — in a heartbeat.
The Golan, just as Gaza and Yehuda and the Shomron are part of Hashem’s divine mandate: biblical Israel, those areas which HaKadosh Borchu brought to our possession once again in our contemporary times. There is NO Divine mandate, NO Moral mandate to even hear of, let alone consider abandonment of even an inch of Biblical Israel now in our reshus.
The Lessons of Lebanon, By Lenny Ben-David (Jerusalem Post)
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The war did not go well. It’s easy to point to Hizbullah’s six years of preparations, its fanatic devotion to death, and an endless supply of technologically advanced Iranian and Syrian weapons. But the analysis of what went wrong must first be focused on ourselves.
Five of my sons and sons-in-law fought in this war. Now coming out of Lebanon and surviving some of the bloodiest fighting, they are filled with anger. Their short-term and long-term orders were confused and ever-changing. The emergency stocks for their reserve units were in horrible condition. One reservist special forces unit lacked basic communications equipment, they were provided guns that they had never trained on, and their rushed training was done in conditions unlike anything they would see in Lebanon.
IDF Kills 3 Hezbollah Guerrillas[Terrorists] in Western Sector
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“The men were seen four kilometers from the Israeli-Lebanese border when the IDF force opened fire.”
Update: IDF Fired After Hezbollah Approached
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“Israeli soldiers opened fire on Hezbollah terrorist guerillas after they approached the IDF force in a ‘threatening manner,’ The Associated Press reported.”
Analysis: Olmert Realigns Master Plan By Anshel Pfeffer (Jerusalem Post)
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Excerpts;
The weekend headlines regarding Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s apparent decision to set aside, at least for the time being, his beloved realignment plan were stating the obvious.
It would be political suicide for the embattled prime minister, who will count himself lucky if he manages to avoid a state commission of inquiry on his government’s conduct of the war, to proceed with such a controversial plan now that unilateral withdrawals have proven so disastrous and his personal credibility is in tatters.
7-Year-Old Boy Killed in Car Accident in Jerusalem
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“A car backed up onto him in the village of Abu Dis in east Jerusalem on Sunday evening. The driver, an east Jerusalem resident, lost his license for 90 days and was under investigation by the Judea and Samaria Police following the incident.”
3 Molotov Cocktails Thrown at Car Near Kalkilya
IDF Arrests Senior Hamas Lawmaker in West Bank
Kassam Attack on Western Negev
1 Palestinian Killed, 3 Wounded Near Yitzhar
Excerpt;
“One Palestinian was killed and three others were wounded on Sunday morning after coming under fire by Palestinian terrorists at a checkpoint near Yitzhar.”
Shabbat Shalom – Parshat Re-eh, Shabbat Mevarchim (From Israel National News)
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This Sabbath, the Torah portion of Re’eh will be read by Jews across the world. The portion deals with the blessings that the Jews will receive if they follow G-d’s word in the Land of Israel and the curses that will befall them if they do not.
It also deals with the obligation to uproot idolatry from the land and build the Holy Temple on Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem.
This Sabbath is also Shabbat mevarchim – the Sabbath in which the new month is announced. It will be announced in synagogues that the new month of Elul will be observed next Thursday and Friday.
Commentary;
A few days ago, this blog asked if; “Loss of War in Lebanon Buries ‘Convergence’?
Barak at IRIS seems to think so in reporting; “Olmert Drops West Bank Withdrawal Plan.”
However, note that convergence has not been discarded or scrapped in Olmert’s mind. The Haaretz story which Barak quotes also states, “Olmert said that talk at this time about the convergence plan would not be ‘appropriate.'” But mark this author’s words; the sinat chinom, the venom of secular Israelis towards Jews, toward 300,000 Yesha residents who took on the holy mission of fulfilling the Divine legacy of yishuv Eretz Yisrael remains close to the surface. The leftist aim of separating Israelis from their Jewish legacy, heritage, history has not died with Israel’s defeat in the Lebanon War.