Author: moshe

IDF Makes 13 Overnight Arrests in the West Bank

Bomb Thrown at Israeli Car in W. Bank; No Damage

IDF Fires Shells in Gaza Strip after Kassam Attack

IDF Continues to Target Northern Gaza Roads and Fields

The IDF’s Offensive Doctrine Is Nosediving

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“‘In case you didn’t know, the IDF’s strategic doctrine is still offensive. IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz said so just this week. And it’s good that he did, because up until now, the way the IDF has been annihilating the Kassam rocket strikes out of the Gaza Strip has been mainly with robust and aggressive verbal threats, occasionally punctuated by artillery rounds blasting empty sand dunes – or propaganda leaflets dropped by combat aircraft.‘” read more

Parsha Vayigash 5766: Why is Yehuda Yaakov’s Advance Man?
By Moshe Burt

There has been much talk across the internet and in some religious circles about Rav Kaduri’s recent predictions that the current government will be the last of the “old era” and that Sharon will be the last prime minister in Israel as reported by Arutz-7 back in September, 2005. And a google search on “Rabbi Kaduri, Moshiach and Israeli Government” netted some interesting finds including this one. read more

Hadassah Dir.-Gen. Insists That Blood-Thinning Treatment Was Correct

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“Dir.-Gen. of Hadassah-University Hospital, Ein Kerem, Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef in a Thursday evening press conference reasserted that the prime minister’s condition was still serious but stable since the afternoon. He noted that all of the parameters that were measured – blood pressure, pulse, urine production, inter-cranial pressure – were all within the standards expected for someone in the Sharon’s condition.” read more

Weekly Commentary: Post Sharon Era Elections – Program Over Personality

Full Text:

“Make no mistake about it: the overwhelming majority of Israelis oppose unilateral withdrawals (less than twenty percent supported more ‘unilateral disengagements’ in a poll conducted last month by Mina Tzemah for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs’s Defensible Borders Project).”

“But in a personality rather than policy-driven decision, many of the very same people who tell pollsters that they oppose the post-election retreats Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has in mind also say they would vote for a Sharon-led Kadima Party.” read more

Air Force Targeted Kassam Approach Roads

Soldiers Attacked With Rocks in Jenin

The following comments and analyses appeared on several news sites in wake of Arik Sharon’s massive stroke;

Comment: What now?

Excerpts;

“The question is whether Kadima has a future without Sharon. A significant number of politicians and public figures have joined the party, following Sharon. With him gone, internecine squabbling over the leadership could well break out. The prime minister’s responsibilities have been handed over to Finance Minister Ehud Olmert according to law, but few Kadima members will want one of the most unpopular politicians in the country to lead them into the elections.” read more

Barak of IRIS has compiled most comprehensive reporting and expert commentary in blogosphere on Sharon’s condition and the circumstances surrounding it. View these reports here and here.

Also, the Mere Rhetoric blog presents real-time updates regarding Sharon’s stroke, the circumstances behind it as well as political prognostications on the morning after.

Current Updates;

Second Operation Completed: Sharon Moved to Intensive Care; Vital Signs Stable

Excerpts;

“Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was transferred to neurological intensive care following a second operation that succeeded in halting cerebral bleeding on Thursday morning.” read more

Massive Stone-Throwing Attacks on Highway 443

The Prime Minister of Israel was tonight rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital tonight, for the second time in less than 3 weeks, reportedly “feeling unwell”and “complaining of pain.”

Below is a list of headlines regarding the PM’s hospitalization tonight, on the eve of his scheduled heart catheterization procedure on Thursday morning. This blog will include analyses [as was done for the first event] of the reports surrounding this event, with an eye toward conflicting or contradictory reports, possible cover-ups, etc. as more information becomes available. MB read more

Text of PM Sharon’s Remarks Indicating More Retreats Planned After Election

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“I think that the steps we have undertaken, including the Disengagement Plan, which was very difficult, have improved Israel’s economic situation and international standing.”

“I intend to continue on this path in accordance with the diplomatic plan that I have implemented. Also in the new government that I will set up, I intend to continue on the same path…”