Author: moshe

Where’s Rafi Eitan As Pensioner Provisions Absent from Budget?

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Provision for Raising Old Age Pensions Absent from Budget Bill

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Labor party representatives on the Knesset Finance Committee were astonished to learn that a provision for raising old age pensions was excluded from the state budget bill.

According to its coalition agreement with the Kadima party, the government was supposed to allocate NIS 330 million to raise old age pensions.

A government official said that in the case of old age pensions, the Knesset would need to pass separate legislation. read more

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Why is Regime and it’s MSM Hiding War News from Us?

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Sharon Area Placed on Alert

Two Explosives Used Against IDF Forces in Jenin

W. Bank: IDF Arrests 11 Fugitives Overnight

Tel Aviv Police Arrest 81 Illegal Arab Aliens

Arab from Gaza Works as Burglar in Sharon Area

Dichter: Stop Kassams at Any Cost. Olmert: Continue Restraint

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Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter demanded that the IDF stop Kassam attacks on southern Israel at any cost, even if it means reconquering territory in Gaza to widen the security buffer zone.

Dichter was adamant that the defense establishment take steps to put an end to the constant rocket fire launched from northern Gaza into the western Negev, “as the IDF paralyzed Hezbollah this week.” read more

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In Israel, Vested Interests Trumps Caring for Fellow Jews …

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In the tradition of Malcolm Hoenlein who sat on the truth regarding William Tenet’s position on Jonathan Pollard for 6 years, Jonathan Bassi and Major General Giora Eiland have now denounced the Sharon/Olmert government actions “disengagement” from Gush Katif as well as, in Eiland’s case, Olmert’s, convergence (or is that consolidation, or perhaps realignment) plan. MB

First: On Bassi;

Official: Jews Expelled From Gaza ‘Victims’ Withdrawal Authority Says Israel Owes Them ‘Almost Anything’ read more

Almost Doesn’t Matter: COS Dan Halutz

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COS Halutz: Classroom of Kids Almost Murdered by Rocket Doesn’t Matter Since No Deaths?

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IMRA: A week ago a classroom full of kids in Sderot were not killed when a rocket made a direct hit on the classroom because the kid’s morning prayers, held in another room, ran a minute late.

Dan Halutz used to be in the Air Force. In the IAF a near miss is treated with the same severity as the real thing. A pilot who recklessly almost hits another jet can find himself facing the same investigation and consequences as a pilot who crashes. read more

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Another Fine Mess …

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Another Tack: Stan Laurel’s Smile, by Sarah Honig

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Israel’s Diaspora-born founding fathers ironically knew how to stand up to the world’s highest and mightiest. They could – and often did – send foreign potentates and their emissaries packing. But not so the progeny they reared, ostensibly unconstrained by degrading complexes. Pragmatic Sabras endlessly calculate the odds and are serially overwhelmed by them.

Pressurable and pliable Rabin, Barak, Sharon and Olmert – all products of our local insular upbringing – don’t remotely measure up to the stick-to-itiveness of Ben-Gurion, Golda, Begin or Shamir. Sabras may swagger but they’re fretful. They posture as tough unsentimental moral relativists, but they lack resolve, conviction and – pardon the untrendy term – pride. read more

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The Avi Biebers, Hananel Dayans You don’t Hear About …

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Commentary;

There are undoubtedly many more Bieber, Dayan-like stories which regarding the expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif and the Shomron which have not yet surfaced. Here’s one thanks to Naomi Ragen;

The Taxi Driver, by Naomi Ragen

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“I worked for the Ministry of Defense. I was a security guard.”

We spoke a little more, and I began to realize that I was in the presence of one of the men from those select units who protect the lives of our most powerful citizens, including our former prime minister. read more

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War News [or Concealment Thereof] from Thursday Night Thru Saturday AM …

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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

Two Qassam Rockets Land in Sderot, Damaging Two Cars

Two Kassams Land in Sderot, None Wounded read more

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The Regime’s Systematic Dumbing-Down and Brainwashing of Unerudite Israelis …

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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. read more

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Hardhearted Olmert on “Realignment”: “Nothing Will Stop Me” …

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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.” read more