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Coalition Positioning, Posturing and Negotiations Headlines …

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Kadima Coalition: Full Gas in Neutral

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Olmert’s Kadima party is acting as if a coalition is in the works, but potential partners’ demands make it more likely that Olmert will at best form a government at the last minute.

Olmert, Peretz Agree on Largest Government Ever

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Israel will have its largest government in history with 27 ministers by the end of the week, according to an agreement reached on Thursday night between Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Labor chairman Amir Peretz, sources close to both men said Saturday. read more

Apples-to-Apples: Gaza Cost-Benefit Analysis Coming Closer to Reality …

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Galant: IDF Preparing to Reoccupy Gaza

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OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Yoav Galant said Friday that the IDF was preparing to reoccupy the Gaza Strip if the Hamas-led Palestinian government did not halt rocket fire from the area.

“We’re talking about more aggressive military activity,” Galant said in an interview to Ma’ariv. “If the price we have to pay becomes unreasonable as a result of increased [Palestinian] attacks, then we shall have to take all steps, including occupying the Gaza Strip,” he continued. read more

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Feelings of Dejection, Neglect and Defeat in Negev Towns Surrounding Gaza …

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Sense of Forfeiture Near Gaza

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Israeli communities adjacent to the Gaza Strip have lost hope: Just over half a year since the disengagement, and their homes, some of which lie a couple of hundreds of meters from Qassam launch pads, have become a fire zone.

Hundreds of Qassam rockets were fired into these communities in the last few months. Promises of fortified roofs and sealed rooms proved to be nothing but sweet talk.

At the exception of one community, nothing happened.

“We are like geese in fire range,” residents told Isreal’s leading newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth. “No one cares what’s happening here. No one. The state has abandoned us.” read more

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A Must Read: Overcoming Kadima and the Challenge of Sinai …

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Overcoming Kadima and the Challenge of Sinai

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A tiny Jewish army equipped with little more than spitballs and slingshots defeated a massive Arab coalition united in their unwavering passion to destroy our beloved Jewish state. In short, that about sums up the War of Independence. The nations feared and respected the Jewish people, and we walked upright and proud.

58 years later: “We are tired of fighting. We are tired of being courageous. We are tired of winning. We are tired of defeating our enemies,” says Ehud Olmert. And a prime minister was elected on that platform. read more

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Parsha Sh’mini — Call to Duty, Guard, Consistency!

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Parsha Sh’mini — Call to Duty, Guard, Consistency!

By Moshe Burt

For seven days, Moshe taught Aaron HaKohen and his sons the laws of their Avodah in the Mishkan. As stated in a previous Parsha HaShevua, in Old Country terminology, they received OJT from Shemayim.

Our Parsha Sh’mini begins by relating that on the eighth day, Aaron and his sons commenced their Avodah HaKodosh; meant to be constant and consistent for all time.

But our Parsha also relates the tragedy of the deaths of Aaron’s two oldest sons, Nadav and Avihu who died while performing an unauthorized Service, offering a “strange fire …, which he [Hashem] did not command them…” (Artscroll Chumash, Vayikra, Perek 10, posuk 1) And our Parsha relates that “Hashem spoke to Aaron saying: Do not drink intoxicating wine, you and your sons …, when you come to the Ohel Mo’ed (the Tent of Meeting), that you not die — this is an eternal decree for your gemerations. In order to distinguish between the sacred and the profane …” (Artscroll Chumash, Vayikra, Perek 10, p’sukim 8-10). read more

Will This Precedent Soon be Applied to Citizens Who Are Religious Jews???

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MKs Hit Out at UAL-Hamas meeting

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Several MKs strongly criticized on Thursday the decision by United Arab List members to meet with a Hamas parliamentarian in east Jerusalem.

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called the meeting an “official representation of terror in the Knesset.”

Livni went on to explain that Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert proposed the revocation of Hamas PLC members’ Jerusalem residency because “the right to be in PA parliament does not include the right to be a member of a Palestinian terror organization.” Livni said that the Interior Ministry has the right to revoke the residency of whoever is deemed disloyal to Israel. read more

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Transfer the Arabs, Not the Jews: A Must Read, from Arlene Peck …

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Transfer the Arabs, Not the Jews, by Arlene Peck

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… Israel is governed by a self-serving leaders who react when one of the inept leaders of the US or the EU snaps his or her fingers and says, “Jump!” by asking, “How high?” What really needs to be asked is: How and why did Israel turn into a Banana Republic?

Israel’s children ought to have been learning the need for keeping their country safe, because the rest of the world sure hasn’t seemed to care much about protecting Jews or Israel during the past 20 years. That will continue to be true into the distant future, with the likes of Mr. Jimmy Carter perpetuating the world’s negative thinking about Jews while disregarding any criticism of their darling PLO and Hamas. read more

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