Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Yuli Tamir Indicates Will Use School System to Educate to Support Withdrawal Plan
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Yuli Tamir: ” … If a government decision is passed to continue with the evacuations, then I expect that the educational system will prepare the students for it, that it will talk to them about it, even if the matter is subject to deep public dispute”
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Analysis: Soldier Who Snubbed Halutz Ejected
Soldier’s Attorney Willing to Turn to High Court
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The attorney representing IDF Sgt. Hananel Dayan has called on the military to reverse its decision to throw Dayan out of his brigade, warning he will take the matter to the Supreme Court.
Dayan was expelled after refusing to shake IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz’s hand at the Independence Day awards ceremony in the President’s Residence where Dayan was cited for his exemplary performance.
Computer Stolen from MK Levy’s Kfar Maimon Home
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A computer belonging to MK Rabbi Yitzchak Levy was stolen from his Kfar Maimon home during the night. Netivot area police report that was the only item stolen from his home.
Associates of MK Levy stated the computer does not contain any classified information.
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This author recalls vividly back to a time in the “Old Country” when the White House “Plumbers” broke into Daniel Ellsberg’s office and then, later broke into the the Democratic National Committee Offices at the now famous Watergate complex.
Warren Buffett to Buy 80% of Israeli Company Iscar
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Warren Buffett, the legendary Omaha, Nebraska, investor, announced on Friday that he would purchase 80% of the Israeli company Iscar. The company’s current owners, the famous Wertheimer family, will receive some $4 billion for the deal.
The deal is the largest ever purchase of an Israeli company and makes the Wertheimer family the single wealthiest family in Israel.
Buffett: All 2,000 Iscar Employees Will Keep Jobs
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Warren Buffett, the legendary investor from Omaha, Nebraska, who purchased 80 percent of the Israeli company Iscar for some $4 billion, has decided not to make any changes in the corporation or its management, and vowed that none of the 2,000 Israelis working for Iscar in Israel would lose their jobs.
8 Wanted Suspects Apprehended in Counter-Terrorism Operations
IDF Aerial Attack of a Popular Resistance Committee Training Compound
Infiltrator Apprehended in Kibbutz Fields
IDF Renews Shelling of Launch Sites in N. Gaza
Nablus: IDF Kills Palestinian Attacker
IDF Arrests 3 Fatah Fugitives, 4 Infiltrators
Rock Attacks at Israeli Vehicles Near Kalandia Checkpoint
Police Postpone Hebron Eviction Until Sunday
Court: IDF Has Until Monday to Remove Settlers From Hebron Home
Court OKs Hebron Buildng Eviction
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The High Court of Justice yesterday gave the police and the army the green light to evacuate three Jewish families from a building adjacent to the Avraham Avinu complex in downtown Hebron on Friday at 11 a.m.
Sitting on a cot in the upstairs room of the large three-story buiding, Tzipora Schlissel said she was praying for a miracle.
Soldier Who Snubbed Halutz Stripped of Award and Discharged
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Staff Sergeant Hananel (Meged) Dayan received the award during an Independence Day ceremony on Wednesday and was tried Thursday. He first appeared before his IDF Regiment Commander, who said he understood Dayan’s actions but that according to military regulations he must stand trial before the Brigade Commander.
The Brigade Commander ruled that Dayan be stripped of the award for outstanding service, including the revoking of a $1,500 cash prize. He also ruled that Dayan, who is a tank driver, is no longer eligible to be either a commander or a combat soldier.
[Sharon Tradition Continues] Dov Weissglas to be Bezeq Chairman
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Placing Dov Weissglas as Chairman of Bezeq is like leaving a kid in room with an unguarded cookie jar.
First, consider Aaron Lerner of IMRA’s take on the appointment;
“The fine tradition of maintaining and promoting the government-big money relationship that made the Sharon administration so effective (thanks in no small part to Attorney General Mazuz’s policy that the enforcement of law would not be allowed to interfere with anyone involved in retreat) continues.”
From ‘Convergence’ to ‘Consolidation’
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Now that the adjectives “acting” and “interim” have officially been removed from Ehud Olmert’s prime ministerial title, get ready for another significant semantic change: Olmert’s “convergence plan” is on the verge of morphing into the “consolidation plan.”
Government sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Thursday that there were discussions afoot to change the English translation of the name of Olmert’s plan to unilaterally withdraw from much of the West Bank and beef up a few large settlement blocks contiguous to the Green Line, called hitkansut in Hebrew, to something that makes more sense in English than “convergence.”
