Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Orlev: Olmert Will Bring Kassam Rockets to Ben-Gurion Airport
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“National Religious Party (NRP) leader MK Zevulun Orlev released a statement following the Friday Kassam rocket attacks into southern Green Line Israel, stating ‘A Kadima government will bring Kassams to Ben-Gurion Airport.’
“‘Running from terror and Kadima’s forgiving policy towards Hamas will bring the rockets to Ashkelon today, and tomorrow, to Ben-Gurion International Airport,’ Orlev stated.”
Kassam Rocket Smashes into Strategic Installation
Three Kassams Hit Ashkelon area, Local Kibbutzim
Two Kassams Launched at Negev; No Wounded, Damage
Arrow Capable of Intercepting ‘Any Iranian Missile’
2 Kassam Rocket Launches Detected
Unarmed Infiltrators Apprehended at Egyptian Border
Border Police Arrest 60 Palestinian Illegals
Last year, this author wrote regarding man’s motivations, equating them with what drives the athlete in the beginning, or as we baseball fans say, in the “Big Inning”. And as has been done regarding other Parshiyot, this year a revisit of the motivation of men seems appropriate.
What drives the high-priced athlete? The big and increasing paycheck? The “Team effort?” Increased or enhanced fame and influence? Love and study of the game? What drives them?
Kadima: Follow Me to the Middle of Nowhere
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“Olmert stands for nothing and has accomplished even less.”
“Israelis love slogans. Come up with the right slogan, even if it makes no sense, if it’s a total lie, and they will support anyone, and any cause. Sell them ‘Peace Now’ wrapped up in little white doves, and they’ll vote for that. And if instead they get exploding buses and pizza parlors, dead babies on the streets, they won’t stop believing. They won’t look back and say: ‘Gee, those politicians were incompetent liars, let’s kick them out of office and keep them there.’ Not at all. Come up with another slogan and the exact same politicians will get their vote again.”
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“One by one the layers of absurdity are being stripped off the bizarre mix of irrationality and irresponsibility that has masqueraded as government policy in the country for almost a decade and a half since the fall of the Shamir government in 1992.”
“Probably few remember that the current ‘March of Folly’ began during the 1992 election campaign. It was then that the Labor Party, headed by the late Yitzhak Rabin and spurred on the wooly-headed dovish elements in his own party and by reckless radical factions to the left of it, proclaimed to the Israeli electorate it would break what they denounced as decades of unnecessary stagnant stalemate on the Palestinian issue.”
Olmert: “Not One Minute of Rest” for Kassam Launchers
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“Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told members of the Mayors Conference on Wednesday that Israel ‘will fight terror forcefully and without hesitation’”.
In his speech, Olmert spoke scornfully about the ongoing stream of Kassam rocket attacks into the Negev, telling the audience that the launchers ‘will not have one minute of rest.’”
“‘We will reach them everywhere,’ he vowed.”
From Hotels To Nitzan – by Rachel Saperstein, Neve Dekalim/Nitzan
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“The cartons and suitcases had been trucked in a week earlier. Family, friends, teenage volunteers, two granddaughters and my eighty-nine year old mother in law arrived to begin the process of moving into the notorious ‘caravilla’ that we will call home for the next two to three years. The Expulsion Authority had sent us our final warning: leave the hotel or we will cease payment for your stay. We took a few extra days to put our caravan into order so that we would move into a livable home.”
Ex Agent: Pollard Framed by Soviet Spy
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“Ex-agent Rafi Eitan, one of the most veteran, senior figures in Israel’s intelligence community, has never before spoken about his role in the Pollard espionage affair, which to this day stirs up emotions in both Israel and the U.S., and which tainted his reputation and ended his hopes of eventually heading the Mossad. ”
“However, now that he heads the Pensioners Party ahead of the upcoming elections, one of Israel’s most fascinating and controversial spymasters decided that as a public figure he must provide an account of his secretive deeds and gave his approval for publishing the information.”
Likud Central C’tee Votes to Allow Direct Primaries
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“The Likud Central Committee voted Wednesday evening to relinquish its power to choose the party’s Knesset list, making Likud the first party in Israel to choose its list through direct primaries.”
“Likud Party chairman Binyamin Netanyahu urged the party’s 3,000 Central Committee members to approve the change in order to make the Likud a more democratic party. He stressed that the move would demonstrate to the country that the party now stands for accountability.”
Permission Granted for Sharon’s Burial Plot in Shikmim
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“The local planning and building committee has given its approval even though the area has been designated as a nature reserve.”
Federman Plans to Appeal Against Permit to Bury Sharon on Farm
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“The Negev’s District Planning Committee has approved the future burial of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in his Shikmim Farm, near Sderot.”
“The committee apparently wished to head off objections to such a decision by Noam Federman of Hevron. Federman has raised the issue in the past, saying that the fact that Sharon’s wife Lili is buried there illegally should not enable Sharon himself to be buried there.”