Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Evictions From Hevron Outpost on Shabbat
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IDF Spokesman: “The problem was the youths sleeping in the field without coordination [with the military]. As for Sabbath desecration: it can be assumed that if they would have remained there, a greater Sabbath desecration would have taken place. The location itself is very close to [Kiryat Arba] and therefore, we returned them to the Kirya. We put no one in the jeep and several youths initially went independently.”
Full Transcript of Interview With Ehud Olmert
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In the elections PM Olmert said he wanted to retreat to permanent borders. Now he wants to retreat to a temporary line if part of the world temporarily “recognizes” the temporary line. Olmert isn’t claiming that his proposed retreat would put a stop to the ongoing “slicing” of the Israeli “salami”. He also isn’t clear what constitutes “recognition”.
Click here for full text of Financial Times interview with Ehud Olmert.
Kassam Hits House at Kibbutz Nahal Oz; None Wounded
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20 rockets fired at W. Negev and Sderot since Saturday night; Sderot man wounded by shrapnel in critical condition; city’s schools closed.
14 Qassams Fired at Israel; Man Critically Injured
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Ongoing fire: Following weekend’s events in Gaza Strip, terror organizations retaliate with massive fire toward Gaza vicinity communities. One rocket hits southern Ashkelon’s industrial zone, causing damage; second rocket lands in closed school. Man critically wounded, two teachers treated for shock
Palestinians Hand Over Kidnapped American Citizen to IDF
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Members of an armed Fatah militia which claimed to have kidnapped an Israeli citizen Saturday transferred the individual in question, a U.S. citizen, to the custody of the Palestinian Authority before dawn Sunday.
The PA security forces subsequently handed the American over to the Israel Defense Forces. Defense officials believe once the militants discovered the person was indeed an American citizen, they took steps to end the matter quickly.
Gaza Beach Carnage Footage Staged?
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A terrible tragedy happened on the Gaza beach. A shell exploded and killed 7 men, women and children and injured others. Israel is investigating. But Mark Regev, the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman who said that Israel believes such shelling of civilians to be unacceptable also told the BBC that naval or air shelling have been ruled out. Other possibities are explored. In the meantime Hamas vows to end the unilateral cease-fire with Israel.
But, please, watch this BBC report and tell me what were the cameramen doing on the beach at the moment the shell hit? CNN has the exact same footage.
Column One: Halutz’s Stalinist Moment, by Caroline Glick
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This past April the IDF published its new military doctrine. A new classified field manual, The General Staff’s Operational Concept for the IDF, is the result of four years of serious study. It gives expression to the transformative changes the IDF’s way of thinking about war fighting and designing military campaigns underwent since the outbreak of the Palestinian terror war in September 2000.
Yet last week the IDF separated itself from those most responsible for leading its intellectual transformation. On May 30, the heads of the IDF’s Operational Theory Research Institute (OTRI), Brig. Gen. (res.) Dov Tamari and Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. Shimon Naveh, were notified that they were suspended from their duties due to irregularities in their billing procedures.
IDF Violates Sabbath To Crush Hilltop Community
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Police and army soldiers forced youth out of a hilltop community at 1:30 early Saturday morning and demolished buildings on the site, near Kiryat Arab-Hevron. After being taken to the police station, the youth returned to the site and slept outside and then prayed and ate in the morning.
Knesset Members Tzvi Hendel and Uri Ariel (National Union) said that if the reports are true, the soldiers involved should be punished. “This is not a war” where Sabbath violation is necessary, said MK Hendel.”
Dov Weisglass May Work for Prime Minister as External Advisor
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Mr. Weisglass is best known among some circles for misconstruing the phrase “I understand” when voiced by Secretary of State Rice as meaning “I agree”.
Weisglass: “A couple of hundred,” “…`a couple’ in the British sense … Israel would release 900 prisoners… in two stages.”
More than 25 Rockets, Shells Fired on Israel
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Arab terrorists backed the Hamas-led government have attacked Israel with more then 25 mortar shells and rockets since Friday afternoon, Two rockets exploded in the last hour near kibbutzim in the northwestern Negev.
No injuries were reported in the barrage, but at least one kibbutz building was damaged. The IDF continues to fire artillery shells in an effort to reduce the attacks. Chief of Staff Dan Halutz has said in the past that there is no practical way to completely stop Arab terrorists from attack Israel with rockets.
Evacuees: We Have Not Been Compensated
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Residents of the former Gaza Strip settlement of Tel Katifa, who were evacuated last summer, claimed that the Disengagement Authority refused to compensate them because it does not recognize the settlement.
A special committee determined that Tel Katifa residents qualify for a lesser compensation, while in reality they received no compensation at all.
The special committee appointed for Tel Katifa evacuees was instructed by the Disengagement Authority to ignore the evacuees’ request to recognize Tel Katifa as a community. Ynet obtained documents which prove that the government did recognize Tel Katifa as a community.
