Author: moshe

And, Is Shas Any Better??

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Electionscape: Shas is Kadima’s Must-Have Party

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Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s latest pronouncement, made in an interview to a haredi newspaper over the weekend, that “whoever votes Kadima [forward in English] goes backwards to hell” can easily be explained away as yet another in a long series of ridiculous quotes from the sage’s wisdom.

What is interesting is that Yosef’s words seemed to contradict those of Shas Chairman MK Eli Yishai, who has been telling reporters over the last few days that the problem with a Kadima government was Ehud Olmert’s new pullback plan. read more

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Overnight War News …

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Shin Bet Arrests Two Islamic Jihad Terrorists

Border Police Round Up 680 Illegals Over the Weekend

Dying to Please Dumb America?] Despite Terror Warnings, Israel to Open Karni Crossing

Armed Arab Arrested at Samaria Checkpoint

Al-Aqsa Gunman Shot & Wounded by Soldiers

Kassam Rockets Fired Towards Western Negev

Three Kassams Launched From Gaza, None Wounded

IDF troops Wound Armed Palestinian Near Jenin

Gunfire Directed into Psagot

IDF, Police Prepare After 70 Terror Warnings

Palestinian Killed in Central Gaza read more

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A Matched Set: Disturbing Analysis of Olmert’s Retreat Plan …

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Ha’aretz English Edition Fails to Run Shavit’s 2nd Article Against Retreat Plan, by Dr. Aaron Lerner

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Ari Shavit’s March 14 article, “Olmert’s arrogance”, (repeated below), is probably the most eloquent – and disturbing – attack by any Israeli against Acting PM Olmert’s retreat plan.

So when Shavit’s column in the Friday 24 March Hebrew edition of Haaretz carried a follow-up debate between Shavit and Haim Ramon, it was only natural to expect the folks in charge of the English edition to dutifully translate and publish the article – even if
it provided strong ammunition against their own support for retreat to the ’67 lines. read more

“Operating”: According to Shaul Mofaz …

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Text: Mofaz Defines “Operating” so IDF Can Also Retreat from West Bank, by Dr. Aaron Lerner

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Question: Will the army remain in the evacuated area?

Mofaz: We will continue operating in the area under every possible situation. We are still operating in Gaza, though not on the ground. We need to reserve the right to operate in all senses of the word. Judea and Samaria is different from Gaza. We pulled the Army out of Gaza, since it was one dense urban area, and staying there would have been difficult. Judea and Samaria is different. But to tell you that once we leave we will return to every place – I don’t know. read more

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The Old, Bogus “Protocols”; Would Bibi’s Secular Hasbara Better Reverse Bogus Anti-Semitic Myths?

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Column One: The Jewish Threat, by Caroline Glick

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On the eve of Israel’s elections, Israelis should be deeply concerned about the state of our relations with the United States.

Last week the London Review of Books published a long article under the heading “The Israel Lobby.” The article was authored by two prominent American international relations and political science professors: Stephen Walt, the academic dean at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and John Mearsheimer from the University of Chicago. read more

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War News Over Shabbos, Motsei Shabbos …

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Ambulance Damaged in Rock-Throwing Attack

PA Resident Arrests at the Hawara Checkpoint

Soldiers Uninjured in Bomb Attack

Unarmed Infiltrators Apprehended

Soldiers Targeted in Friday Afternoon Shooting Attack Near Shechem

IDF Patrol Attacked With Rocks in Samaria

Kassam Rocket Hits Ashkelon Industrial Park

2 Kassams Fired at Israel, 1 Hits Industrial Zone

Kassam Rockets Strike City of Ashkelon

IDF Shells Northern Gaza in Response to Kassams

Nahal Haredi Nabs Palestinian With Homemade Bomb

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Voters: Thinking Logically Vs. “Disengagement” …

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Weekly Commentary: Thinking Through Retreat, by Aaron Lerner Date: 23 March 2006

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What happens if Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert succeeds next week in getting enough votes to put together a stable “retreat coalition”?

According to Olmert, once Israel determines that the absence of a Palestinian partner renders the Roadmap irrelevant (a determination that can be made in 60 seconds) his team would negotiate and implement an Israeli retreat from most of the West Bank.

These talks would take place both within Israeli society and with various foreign countries out of an interest in imbuing the retreat line international recognition. read more

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Olmert Regime: Yet Again; Deception, Lies, Smoke and Mirrors to Gush Katif Refugees …

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Another Blow to Gush Katif Expellees

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Some 60 families – still in Jerusalem hotels after their eviction from Gush Katif 7 months ago – are to be thrown out in three weeks, even though their future living arrangements are not guaranteed.

“We were all set to receive the keys to our new caravillas in Ein Tzurim,” said David Banjo, formerly of N’vei Dekalim, “when all of a sudden, we saw that the contracts they placed before us were different than the ones we had seen a week before. In addition to all the uncertainty and instability we have been living with for seven months, now we have to face deception by a government body. It is simply too much.” read more

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The Sharon/Olmert Regime’s Distorted Sense of “Fairness” …

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Court Urges Substitute Evacuee Housing

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The High Court on Thursday urged the government to provide substitute housing for 21 former Gaza Strip families who abandoned their mobile homes in Kibbutz Karmiya after they were shelled by terrorists. The state, however, insisted it could not help because it would be unfair to other residents of the Gaza Strip periphery.

The court was hearing the families’ request for an interim injunction obliging the state to pay for their housing until a permanent solution for their safety was found. read more

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Olmert: You’ve Got an Arrogant, Hard-Hearted Answer for Anyone Who Comes to Oppose YOU; Shteinitz Supported ‘Disengagement’ …

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Shteinitz Launches Scathing Attack Against Olmert

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Likud MK Dr. Yuval Shteinitz on Thursday night stated if Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his Kadima Party win the election, there will be joy in Ramallah and Iran.

Shteinitz, the chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, in a closed TV session with fellow Likud members stated, “If Olmert wins, they will celebrate in the streets of Ramallah and there will be joy in Tehran,” explaining the election victory will result in the creation of a “Hamas state in the heart of Israel.” read more

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