Compounding the Chet: Olmert’s War Tactics and Spin to Convergence, Even at Price of Victory …

Our World: Talkin’ About a Revolution, by Caroline Glick

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Whatever marginal diplomatic gains the Olmert government may try to convince the public the draft resolution contains for Israel, the fact is that regardless of the language eventually adopted, and whatever force of French, Egyptian, Turkish, Italian and German soldiers will or will not be deployed to Lebanon, all any cease-fire resolution will do is ensure that there will be another round of war.

This is the case because none of the moves being considered involve the one action that would prevent the next war. That action is an Israeli victory against Hizbullah in Lebanon, and an Israeli and allied strike against Hizbullah’s state sponsors Syria and Iran. read more

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Monday Night and Tuesday War News …

Two Wounded When Hezbollah Fires at Least 160 Rockets at North

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“At least 160 Katyusha rockets fired by Hezbollah gunners in Lebanon slammed into northern Israel on Tuesday. Most of the rockets landed in the northern cities of Acre, Nahariya, Safed and Tiberias. Four rockets landed late Tuesday in Kiryat Shmona and Nahariya.”

Rockets Hit Nahariya Chicken Coop; Two Cows Die

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“Seven Katyusha rockets landed near Nahariya on Tuesday evening. One of the rockets struck a chicken coop. Another rocket landed in an open area where cows were grazing, killing two of the animals.” read more

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Parsha Eikev 5766: Acting to Merit Eretz Yisrael — Revisited

Parsha Eikev 5766: Acting to Merit Eretz Yisrael — Revisited

By Moshe Burt

In the past, Parsha Eikev has been equated in terms of one’s being attentive to the little Mitzvot; the details, the Mitzvot that one tends to overlook, to ignore, to tread one’s heels on in the mad dash, but without which the Jewish people would lack the merit which sets us apart from common man.

We learn “For the land to which you come, to possess — is not like the land of Egypt from where you came…” (Sefer Devarim, Perek 11, posuk 10.) read more

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The Chickens of Olmert’s False or Exaggerated Boasts Come Home to Roost …

First, this report on last night’s rocket blitz on Haifa which killed 3 and destroyed several apartment houses;

3 Dead, 160 Injured in Rocket Barrage on Haifa


Rockets launched from Tyre toward Haifa — Degraded rocket and launching capabilities?

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“160 people were treated for physical injuries and psychological trauma. Four people were reported in serious but not life-threatening condition. Seven others suffered moderate wounds. Security officials said at least one of the rockets was a 220-mm Syrian-made missile. The rocket barrage scored several direct hits, including two apartment buildings.” read more

Monday War News…

Israeli Army Says Hizbollah Far from Defeated

40 Troops Battling Hizbullah in Attempt to Destroy Launchers

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“Helicopters dropped off the troops on a hill overlooking Ras al-Biyada, south of Tyre. It is believed that the majority of rocket launchings take place in the region of Tyre.”

Tanzim Commander Apprehended During the Night

Rocket Hits Safed Building; One Injured

14 Hezbollah Fighters Killed in Heavy Exchanges of Fire with IDF Ground Troops

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“One Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed, four others wounded in battles with Hezbollah fighters Monday morning in the south Lebanese village of Bint Jbail. The soldier killed was part of a Paratroopers Brigades force that engaged in gunbattles with Hezbollah in the village. Three of his comrades sustained light wounds.” read more

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A Plan To End, And Win, The War…

A Plan To End, And Win, The War

By Rabbi Chaim Zev Malinowitz

A few weeks ago, at the occasion of the special Yom Kippur Kotton Tefillos said in Beit Tefillah Shul of Ramat Beit Shemesh, in reaction to the ongoing war in both North and South of Eretz Yisrael, I delivered a message between Minchah and Ma’ariv. And the point made was that HaKodosh Baruch Hu runs and manages the world with an organized system—–the system being middah k’negged middah (measure for measure). This means that the consequences of mankind’s deeds, both wicked and righteous, is always appropriate, fitting, and indeed, more often than not, the direct result of the deed itself(See Rambam Commentary to Mishnah,Avos,2:6). read more

The Story of Benny Darom …

The Story of Benny Darom

On year ago, Tuesday on the English calendar, just a few days before the expulsion, this article appeared on Katif.net A year later, it seems important to revisit the ficticious Benny Darom and the lingering mental, psychological traumas surely being suffered by more than a few of the soldiers who took an active part in the expulsion, the eviction of Jews from Gush Katif.

This fictional story of Benny Darom bears rereading; One year ago our brethren were ousted at legalized gunpoint from Gush Katif, from all that was Theirs, from a part of Eretz Yisrael. read more

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Sunday War News …

At Least 11 Dead, 13 Hurt, in Massive Hezbollah Rocket Barrage Across North

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“A direct hit on an open area in the northern community of Kfar Giladi, as Hezbollah renewed its rocket fire against Israel with what was described as an enormous barrage.”

For more background, click; Ten Killed in Katyusha Attack near Kiryat Shemonah

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“A massive wave of Hizbullah-fired rockets hit throughout northern Israel around noon. One of the rockets hit a group of people sitting outside the Kfar Giladi cemetery, killing nine and critically wounding four more. Several of the casualties were members of one family. Elsewhere in the area another man was killed.” read more

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More on IDF Officers Merhavia and Klein: Killed in Action in Battle of Bint Jbail — Their Connections With Expulsions Past and Future(?)

The Open Wound of Gush Katif, By Nadav Shragai

For context and for pictures, click here, here and here

When Makor Rishon’s photographer, Miri Tzahi, saw the photo of First Lieutenant Amihai Merhavia, who was killed in the battle of Bint Jbail, it jogged something in her journalist’s memory. She thought she had seen this face before.

Tzahi, who is about publish the album, “Katif – Nine days in Av,” featuring hundreds of photos of the “days of the expulsion,” searched through her computer archive and found a series of photos from around four years ago, showing Merhavia during the violent evacuation of Havat Gilad (Gilad Farm) in Samaria. read more

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Olmert’s Continuing Obsession With Expulsion…

Column One: Amateur Hour is Over, By Caroline Glick

The good news is that Israel has not lost the war. We can win. As the IDF’s long awaited ground assault is demonstrating, on a tactical level, the IDF has been able to learn on the go, and learn well.

The bad news is that Israel’s national leadership has so far managed to take every political and strategic advantage that Israel has, and turn it into an impediment. Today, assuming Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will let us win, what three weeks ago could have been a rapid victory will now be costly and slow. read more

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