Author: moshe

Source Close to President Bush: President Ready to Free Pollard Upon Olmert’s Request …

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Esther Pollard: Bush is Willing to Free Pollard This Week

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Jonathan Pollard’s wife Esther said this morning that U.S. President Bush is ready to free the imprisoned Israeli – but that Prime Minister-designate Ehud Olmert has to make the request.

Speaking on Channel Two’s Monday morning television talk program, Esther Pollard said, “Someone who is very close to President Bush came to me last night and said that Bush is ready to free Jonathan even in time for the upcoming Passover holiday [which starts Wednesday night] – as long as Olmert makes an official request.” read more

“PA (sic) Business Owes Israel Hundreds of Millions of Shekels …

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PA Businessmen Owe Hundreds of Millions of Shekels to Israeli Industry

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Arab businessmen from the Palestinian Authority owe Israeli factories and businesses hundreds of millions of shekels of unpaid bills, according to Yoram Bilizovsky, head of Israel’s Industrialists Union.

Bilizovsky make his statement ahead of a cabinet meeting that will discuss the issue of unpaid debts owed by PA Arabs to Israelis in the private sector.

Bilizovsky called on the government to offset the debts of PA Arabs against the hundreds of millions of shekels of import taxes Israel collects for the PA at its ports. Israel has been withholding the transfer of such monies to the PA in protest over the inauguration of the new Hamas government. read more

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Will Olmert’s Expulsion Plans Jeopardize Forming Coalition, or Is This Just More Posturing?

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UTJ: Sages to Rule if West Bank Withdrawal is an Obstacle or Not

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The United Torah Judaism ultra-Orthodox faction completed its first round of coalition talks with Kadima on Monday, and its legislators expressed their satisfaction with negotiations.

Party negotiators MKs Moshe Gafni, Ya’akov Litzman and Menachem Porush said they came out of the negotiations with the impression that Kadima wants them to join the government, and that they believe all the disagreements would be resolved. read more

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Motsei Shabbos War News …

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Fearing Retaliation, Police on High Alert Sunday

“We Will Continue to Train and Carry Out Attacks”

Two Arabs Killed in Attempt to Dig a Tunnel

Saturday Night Kassam Rocket Attack

19 Illegals Apprehended in Be’er Sheva

Attack Prevented: Terrorists Apprehended Near Jenin

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There are very good reasons why this blog lists links to the daily war news.

(1) Each of these links represents either an Arab attack or an Israeli retaliation or counter-attack to wipe out a terrorist cell, a Kassam launch site; direct consequences of Israel’s leaving Gush Katif and handing it to the “pa (sic).” read more

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Huge 1.8 Billion NIS Budget Surplus, But No Budget for Protection of Southern Towns ….

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Officials: Work to Protect Villages from Qassams Going Slowly

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Local officials say the work being done to brace communities targeted by Qassams from the Gaza Strip is proceeding too slowly. A lack of budgets for the work is being blamed for the situation.

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For context regarding the budget surplus, click here. The Gush Katif Refugees have NOT been compensated, the Southern Negev Towns and the Caravilla towns have not been protected. The Caravillas are basically made of cardboard, there are few sealed rooms. Ashkelon, Ashdod, the Caravillas still basically unprepared, unprotected and faced with total disregard by the Olmert Regime. read more

Blind Eye to Islamist Axis: Israel Depending on US, Ignoring Military Situation …

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Column One: The Rise of the Islamist Axis

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On Monday, Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported that part of Ukraine’s Soviet-era nuclear arsenal may well have found its way to Iran. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainians agreed to transfer the Soviet nuclear arsenal that remained in Ukraine after its independence to Russia. According to Novaya Gazeta, some 250 nuclear warheads never made it to Russia and are thought to have been sent to Iran instead. The report further noted that the warheads will remain operational until 2010. read more

Olmert’s “Convergence” and Coalition Talks; or, Why Do Israeli Politicians Accept PA Bogus Demographics Stats as Gospel?

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Olmert: We’ll Relocate Settlements to Blocs

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In interview to Newsweek set to be published Sunday, Acting PM says Israel will not wait ‘forever’ for Palestinians, may need to launch unilateral withdrawal plan from West Bank. We have to provide PA with territorial contiguity, he states.

Likud, Yisrael Beitenu Strategize Ahead of Coalition Talks

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The Kadima team, headed by Dr. Yoram Turbovitch, is to meet with the negotiating teams of the Labor party, Shas, Yisrael Beitenu and the Likud. The meetings are to take place at the Maccabiah Village in Ramat Gan. read more

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