Author: moshe

Halutz, Ezra Seem Unable to Get Their Stories Straight …

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Halutz Contradicts Ezra at Amona Investigation

Contradiction Between Testimonies of Ezra and Halutz

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“Chief of General Staff, Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz, appeared before the Amona investigative committee on Wednesday. ‘In no way did I understand that the Amona evacuation was similar to the Gaza evacuation,’ he said.”

“‘The Gaza evacuation was an operation conducted against legal settlements, while Amona was about enforcing the law and order against illegal construction. Therefore I see no room to compare the two events at their base level,’ said Halutz.” read more

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Ehud, Be Careful With That “Victory” Cigar …

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Olmert: Kadima Has Already Won the Election Campaign

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“‘The question of who will win has already been decided. Now the question is if we will be strong and big enough in order to do everything we need to do. We thus need as many seats as possible,’ Olmert said as a conference of immigrants in Rishon Letzion.”

Commentary;

Ehud Olmert’s pre-mature pronouncement of victory reminds this author of “Red” Auerbach, the former coach of basketball’s Boston Celtics when the established a long-running dynasty in the NBA. It seems that whenever the Celtics seemingly had a lock on winning the game in it’s late going, Auerbach would light his victory cigar. And much to this author’s dismay, anger and dislike of “Red” Auerbach, he was seldom, if ever wrong. read more

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Honenu Head Meidad Released …

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Trying to Intimidate the Guy Who Knows the Ropes?

Legal Aid Society Director Released

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“Shmuel Meidad, head of the Honenu legal aid society, was released from police custody tonight, following his arrest from his Hevron home and subsequent interrogation this [Wednesday] afternoon.”

“The investigating officer laid out the suspicions against Meidad during the interrogation, claiming that the Honenu director was involved in an illegal gathering and endangered life on a public thoroughfare in August of 2005. The police then said that Meidad had to deposit his personal weapon with them as a result of the suspicions against him. Meidad denied the occurrence of any such event and noted that he was never previously questioned regarding such suspicions.” read more

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More on Amona Knesset Hearings; Lame Excuses, Praise and Accusations from Police Chief; COS Okayed Use of Police Batons, Didn’t Define When/How Police Use Them …

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Shteinitz Calls on Mazuz to Examine Suspicious Police Behavior

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“The chairman of the Knesset committee tasked to examine the events during the eviction of nine families in Amona, MK Yuval Shteinitz, has called on Attorney General Menachem Mazuz to examine actions by police that raise suspicions of premeditated violations. Specifically, MK Shteinitz noted that the policemen were not wearing identifying badges, as regulations require, and that they ignored recommendations that female officers be deployed to evacuate female protestors.” read more

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Honenu Head Arrested: Political Abuse by Olmert Regime of Legal Aid Society?

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Head of Honenu Legal Aid Society Arrested

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“Earlier this evening, Shmuel Meidad, the head of the Honenu legal aid society was arrested by police at his home in Hevron. The charges against Meidad include involvement in an unidentified incident in Kiryat Malachi. Meidad was never questioned regarding the charges for which he was arrested today.”

“‘Honenu was established to defend the rights of those ‘whose civil rights and entitlement to fair and even-handed justice have been violated,’ according to the organization’s literature. Specifically, Honenu has offered aid in the cases of those arrested for protesting recent government policies or those arrested in connection with self-defense against Arab terrorists.” read more

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Comptroller: State and Its Institutions Failed the Expelled Citizens of Gush Katif …

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Comptroller Slams Gaza Resettlement Failures

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“In a special report released for publication Wednesday, State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss blasted the Disengagement Authority (Sela), the Prime Minister’s Office and the Finance Ministry for their poor performance in handling the evacuation and resettlement of 1,750 families from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

“‘A supreme and concentrated national effort was required of all the
ministries that dealt with the disengagement, and above all by the Prime Minister’s Office and Sela,’ wrote Lindenstrauss.” read more

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Abbas Endorses Kadima, Likud: Even Abbas realizes Kadima More Leftist than Labor

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Labor Upset by Abbas Support for Olmert

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“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he endorses Israel’s acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in elections this month.”

“In an interview published Wednesday in Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Abbas said that Olmert’s victory would be a positive outcome for the March 28 national balloting.”

“‘We’ll respect the will of the Israeli people,’ he told the paper, adding, ‘I hope Olmert wins.'” read more

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