Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Commentary;
One must wonder why the Regime and its MSM hides the news from the religious for the period between Thursday PM and early Saturday. MB
Troops Catch Two Palestinians Crossing Gaza Fence
Palestinians Fire at Troops in Tulkarm; No Wounded
IDF Arrest Terrorist Leader in Shechem
Senior Hamas Operative Shot, Wounded in Gaza
Sinai: Egyptian Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects
IDF bombards North Gaza Following Kassam Attack
Column One: Israel’s Premeditated Market Failure, by Caroline Glick
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One of the foundations of the free market is rational choice theory. That theory assumes that private individuals generally make decisions that maximize their profits and utility and do so far better than any collective organization or bureaucracy. Rational choice theory stands or falls on the availability of information. Without the free flow of information, people are unable to make rational choices.
In Israel, as the country’s steady economic growth and high placement on just about every significant global economic index shows, the economic liberalization reforms enacted by former prime minister and finance minister Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu have been a complete success. The Israeli economy is the envy of a Europe that suffers from stagnation and decline.
Olmert: Realignment in One Step
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he wanted to carry out West Bank withdrawal in one single step, which he believes will be less traumatic for the Israeli public.
In an exclusive Shavuot interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, Olmert said: “I want to clarify that I am opposed to dividing the realignment into stages. This process will be difficult and painful even if it goes smoothly. I think carrying it out in stages will traumatize the public, and I have mentioned before that I am opposed to this.”
Ex-CIA Head: Gaza Pullback was “Worst,” Olmert’s Plan Even Worse
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James Woolsey, a former CIA Director, explains succinctly why Ehud Olmert’s second disengagement plan is a bad idea.
Woolsey sums up Olmert’s plan as follows: “The withdrawal of 50,000 to 100,000 Israeli settlers from 90% to 95% of the West Bank and major portions of Jerusalem,” together with a redeployment of the IDF near the security fence currently under construction.
He objects to the plan for the following reasons:
How To Expel Jews: Three Opinions
Preparing the Way for the Next Expulsion?
Yesha Talking with Gov’t on Outposts
Commentary;
This author has, like many, been supportive of Arutz-7 down through the years. However, this question must be asked and addressed; Why does Arutz-7 place headlines seemingly accepting expulsion as a fait accompli? Why deal in negativism at all? Shouldn’t we be spending our energies developing the ways to fight, defeat and eradicate this Chillul Hashem?
We CAN and WILL prevail if religious Jews, ALL religious Jews unite against this Gezeira Rah. But alas, because the Chareidim may again join with the perpetrators for they have not yet extrapolated the consequences for Kiryat Sefer of their benign neglect of their Jewish brothers of Yehuda and Shomron; because Dati Leumim Rabbis are divided against themselves, many lacking p’sak reflecting attachment to Eretz Yisrael, thus compromising p’sak so as to give justification for the convenience of soldiers who value their own future work connections above feelings for their fellow Jews. And so, religious Jews, in their disunity and p’sak of convenience, allow the Sharons and the Olmerts to DIVIDE AND CONQUER. MB
“Terrorists Shot at Me, I Was Saved by Miracle”
Soldiers Arrest Palestinian With Knife Near Nablus
Soldiers Arrest Arab Who Tried to Grab Rifle
2 Palestinians Caught After Crossing Gaza Fence
Kassam Rocket Falls Near Kibbutz Nahal Oz
IDF Arrests 12 Fugitives Overnight in West Bank
Burnt Body Found in J’lem Mount of Olives Cemetery
With Shavuot coming on Yom Shishi this year, with Shabbos following on its heels, there are various common threads between Shabbos Parsha Naso Chag HaShavuos. One such thread is the importance of caring for the Ger Tzeddik.
In Divrei Torah I develop and say over, I tend to focus on the middot of honesty and Ahavat Chinom for our fellow Jews and the impact that a lack of these middot make on our collective mindset at various levels; from personal, to business, to learning, to the levels of governing and politics. And I end off with the wish and the Bracha that we strive to perfect these middot and that the Geula should hasten to arrive. And it seems to me that a paradigm of these middot is how we are taught to treat the Ger Tzeddik. We are taught to go above and beyond the norm –to go, in the vernacular which evolved from American Pro-Football, beyond “the full nine yards” in extending kindnesses to a Ger Tzeddik.
Tamir Asks Rabbis Help With Pullout School Program
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Education Minister Yuli Tamir met with religious Zionist rabbis on Wednesday, asking them to help in the design of an educational program that would teach students of the process and effects of the 2005 disengagement from the Gaza Strip and northern Samaria.
She believed that such a program could help students face Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s realignment plan, according to Israel Radio.
She added that an educational citizenship program in the coming year would help students understand the democratic processes involved in an evacuation.
MK Eldad: Why Aren’t Hamas Officials in Jerusalem Put in Jail?
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The Hamas, a radical Islamic organization dedicated to Israel’s destruction, is outlawed under Israeli law. Membership in the terrorist organization, which has carried out dozens of terrorist strikes killing hundreds of Israelis, is a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment.
U.S. law also defines the Hamas as a terrorist organization, and its members are subject to stiff criminal penalties.
MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union/NRP) criticized Bar-On’s announcement, calling it too little too late. “If membership in a terrorist organization such as the Hamas is a criminal offense, why aren’t they being tried and sent to jail?” he asked.
Official: Realignment Methods Unlike Gaza
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Speaking at the national security research center in Haifa University, Giladi said that a new evacuation-compensation law expected to be passed in the beginning of 2007 is the main driving force expect to expedite the “move” out of the West Bank.
Giladi, who headed coordination and strategy before and during the disengagement at the Prime Minister’s Office, said that the equivalent process in the West Bank will not take years. “There is not going to be another disengagement in a military manner where the army and police will evacuate people from their homes – not in 2006, not in 2007, and not in 2008. It seems that a certain dynamics are developing that will allow people to begin moving out as a choice.”