Sunday Night/Monday War News …

Attacks and Arrests as IDF Admits PA Involved in Rockets

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The IDF has gone public with the fact that the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) security forces are taking an active role in the firing of rockets at Ashkelon and the western Negev. “PA security forces moved into the evacuated territories, including evacuated areas in the northern Gaza Strip, and set up numerous posts in these areas,” an IDF statement read. “Nonetheless, projectile rocket launchings from these areas, at times right by security forces’ posts, has continued unabated. read more

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Coalition Machinations Going Into High Gear …

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Reports of Filed Charges Against Police Begin Regarding Amona …

Policeman Indicted for Trampling Amona Protestor

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A mounted policeman was indicted in a Jerusalem court today for having purposely trampled a demonstrator at Amona two months ago.

Etzion himself says that he continued to feel pain for a full month after the incident. He told Arutz-7 that he is convinced that the attack was purposeful.

The Land of Israel legal forum said it has more evidence against other policemen regarding additional cases of police brutality at Amona.

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Coalition Machinations Continue …

Olmert-Peretz Rift Growing

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Kadima launches scathing attack on Labor chairman over refusal to meet Olmert, says Peretz doesn’t realize he’s no longer a union boss; meanwhile, representatives of several parties to meet with President Katsav Sunday, recommend PM candidate.

Peretz to Meet With Eitan and Beilin in Effort to Create ‘Social Front’

‘Finance is More Important Than Defense’: Labor MK Binyamin Ben Eliezer

Knesset Make-Up Changes After Soldiers’ Votes Counted read more

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Post-Election: Can the Nationalists Emulate Herzl?

Column One: The Father of Post-Modern Zionism

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IN SPITE of the Israeli media’s best efforts, Zionism did not die on Tuesday. Although the formation of Kadima strengthened the Israeli post-Zionist Left, it is impossible to view the election results as a mandate to implement Kadima’s policy of mass expulsions and military retreat from Judea and Samaria.

The nation is split in half between Left and Right. The parties that support capitulation won 54 seats and those that oppose capitulating won 50 seats. read more

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Expulsion Pays Big-Time … to Command …

Eviction Commander Promoted

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Brigadier-General Gershon HaCohen, who headed this past summer’s expulsions of Jews from Gush Katif and northern Samaria, has been moved up the chain of command to the rank of major-general, the IDF Spokesperson’s Office reported on Thursday.

HaCohen will be assigned to the IDF’s Command College, a move seen as a sign of approval for his handling of the expulsion, many of those evicted remaining refugees today, without homes, places of employment or basic amenities. read more

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Gush Katif Refugees; Seven Months Later: MUST READ …

Gush Katif: Seven Months Later, by Rachel Ginsberg

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What was to be a 10-day stay has turned into an odyssey of uncertainty whose provisional end will only be seen in another few months when the Zelingers and other evacuees from the community of Neve Dekalim will be settled in temporary quarters at Kibbutz Ein Tzurim. Five years down the line, the remnants of their community will be reunited in permanent housing near Kibbutz Amatzia in the sparsely populated Lachish region.

“People assume that after seven months, we’ve all gotten our lives back together, we’ve picked up our compensation checks and gone forward,” Dana says. “It’s not true. Almost no one has received compensation. Unemployment is rampant and savings are gone. No permanent housing solutions have been created yet. And those highly-touted ‘caravillas’ that some families are living in, which are really just prefab caravans with fancy red roofs, are also just temporary.” read more

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War News over Shabbos …

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