Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Mr. Double Standard?, Evelyn Gordon
Excerpts;
“Anyone bewildered by last Wednesday’s violence at Amona ought to read the High Court of Justice ruling on Azmi Bishara issued that same day. Most people undoubtedly consider violence immoral. But when no less an institution than the Supreme Court proclaims that advocating violence constitutes part of a Knesset member’s legitimate duties, it is hardly surprising that a minority has become convinced that Israeli society condones and rewards it.”
Left comes to Hebron, By Judy Lash Balint
Excerpts;
“While events in Amona seem destined to accentuate the great divide between secular Israelis and the national-religious public, an astonishing event in Hebron some days ago brought together these two sectors of Israeli society generally portrayed by the media as being strongly antagonistic toward one another.”
“…Several hundred kibbutz members, secular professors and members of secular Labor Zionist youth movements took part in a first-of-its-kind solidarity conference in Hebron. But this ground-breaking confluence of secular socialists and religious settlers took place with absolutely no media coverage. While politicians and rabbis constantly talk about the need for unity, no one seems to pay any attention when it actually occurs.”
Religious Unity: NRP and NU; Degel and Agudah
National Union, NRP Agree to Join Forces
NRP, National Union Agree to Merge Knesset Lists
Excerpts;
“The National Religious Party and National Union agreed to put together a joint list for the upcoming Knesset election. The agreement was achieved late Wednesday night, as the last date for submitting party Knesset candidate lists is Thursday.”
“The joint list gives National Union six of the first 11 places, with the NRP getting five. Heading the list will be National Union chairman Binyamin Elon, with NRP chairman Zevulun Orlev to be slotted second.”
New Pollard Petition Filed In US Supreme Court
Excerpts;
“We have today filed a petition, on behalf of our pro bono client Jonathan Pollard, for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court. We have asked the Supreme Court to review the two-to-one split decision rendered by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit which refused to allow us, Mr. Pollard’s security-cleared attorneys, access to the classified portions of the district court’s sentencing docket.”
This blog bows to Barak and the IRIS blog and it’s coverage of this important story;
PA Releases 39 Terrorists from “US/UK” Prison
After reading the entire story, it is self-evident why Ehud Olmert fears and is avoiding Bibi Netayahu, and all of his opponents, as Barak indicates in this segment of IRIS Noteworthy Headlines.
IDF troops Foil Terror Attack at Erez Crossing
Kadima Refuses to Hold Election Debate
Likud presents: Olmert’s ‘Lethal Money’
The video tells it all! MB
Kassam Rocket Hits Ashkelon Power Station – Wednesday, February 8, 2006 / 10 Shevat 5766
Full Text;
“A few minutes before 3:00pm, Arab terrorists fired a Kassam rocket that impacted in the Rotenberg Power Station outside Ashklelon. It is the first time that the enemy has succeeded in hitting the power station. The rocket was fired from the northern Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported in the attack.”
Here’s an Haaretz Report on This Attack; Qassam Rocket Lands Near Plant South of Coastal City of Ashkelon
Olmert: Disengagement Didn’t Strengthen Hamas
Full Text;
“‘Hamas was strong before the disengagement; there is no connection between disengagement and Hamas’s win,’ Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday night in an interview with Nissim Mishal on Channel 2.”
“Olmert called the Likud an ‘extreme right-wing’ party, whose policies allowed no possibility for change.”
“The Likud approach, Olmert said, would present a scenario of endless struggles, in which Israel would find itself alone in the world.”
For context on this post as well as links to the previous posts relating to Police Brutality in Amona, click here.
Knesset Decides to Probe Police Violence at Amona
Full Text;
“The Knesset decided to establish a committee for to probe the violent evacuation of the illegal Amona outpost.”
“The vote was 37 in favor of investigating police activity, and 32 against the probe.”
For more; read this report: Knesset to Set Up Committee to Probe Amona Violence
‘I’ll Eradicate Poverty Within 3 Years’
Bibi’ was argumentively a great Finance Minister, but his Campaign: What a Joke! Eradicate Poverty in 3 Years; Does Anything Bibi Says Have a Grain of Credibility? MB
Anti-Withdrawal Election Campaign Could Net Undecided Votes
Yuval Diskin, Top Security Chief, Opposes Unilateral Withdrawal
Excerpts;
“Yuval Diskin, head of the Shin Bet, the undercover security agency known in Israel as the Shabak, surprised an audience in Eli when he said he opposed further unilateral withdrawals. ”