Author: moshe

To view previous reports on the evolving possibility of a swap freeing Barghouti, click here, here, and here.

Keep Marwan Barghouti Behind Bars

Free Marwan Barghouti To Counter Power of Hamas

Foreign Minister: No More Unilateral Concessions

Excerpt;

“Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom on Saturday told Meet the Press that he would not support additional unilateral policies with the Palestinian Authority (PA), adding there would be a renewal of diplomatic talks and concessions with the PA.”

How ambiguous of you, Sylvan. This doesn’t even qualify as an out-and-out lie. Could we realistically expect anything else from your ilk? MB

FM: Likud Willing to Make Concessions in Talks With PA read more

To view previous reporting on attempts to oust Moshe Feiglin from Likud, click here.

Shalom Adamantly Opposed to Feiglin Faction

Landau Opposes Move to Oust Feiglin

Netanyahu, Feiglin Head Toward Clash Over Likud Election List

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“Moshe Feiglin, head of the Jewish Leadership faction in Likud, announced on Friday that he will run for a spot on the Likud’s Knesset list, after failing to persuade party leader Benjamin Netanyahu to back off trying to oust him.”

“‘We opened doors for Bibi, but he wouldn’t listen. He’s going head-to-head. Now we’ll fight him,’ Feiglin associates said on Saturday.” read more

IDF to Construct Concrete Wall at Zikim Base

IDF Base to be Rocket-Proof by Week’s End

Kibbutz Zikim Demanding Equal Protection

Commentary;

And as the Rocket-proofing of Zikim Basic Training Base continues and Kibbutz Zikim seeks, as they are entitled to as citizens, the same type of protection, “GK evictees living in the area are being asked by the Defense Ministry to pay for similar protection out of their own pockets.” (As per Loose English translation of this Arutz-7 article in Hebrew. ) read more

Shots Fired at Troops Near Tulkarm; No Wounded

Palestinian Policeman Wounded by Hamas Gunfire

Israeli Enters Kalkilya After mother’s Stolen Car

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Arab Media: Trade Terrorist for Pollard

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“A popular Arab television network is lobbying for a deal in which a convicted terrorist running in upcoming Palestinian elections would be freed from Israeli prison in exchange for the U.S. release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard.”

“The developments come a year after Pollard first exposed the potential deal when he told WorldNetDaily he learned he may be exchanged for the terrorist leader, Marwan Barghouti, who has been convicted of several counts of murder.” read more

Two NSC Chairmen: Sharon Makes Decisions Without Proper Preparation

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“As someone who conducted the negotiations with the United Nations ahead of the withdrawal from Lebanon and was involved in talks preceding the Mitchell, Tenet and Zinni reports, [National Security Council (NSC) chairman Giora] Eiland has an interesting perspective on the Israeli leadership. ‘The decision-makers here prefer the bottom line to a proper process of preparation for negotiations – including examining the basic assumptions, defining your interests and mapping out those of the rival parties, formulating minimal objectives and determining the negotiation tactics.’” read more

Likud candidate: Is Kadima a Party or a Faction?

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“Shai Galili, a Likud Knesset candidate, appealed to the Knesset legal advisor Friday evening to determine whether Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Kadima movement was a faction or a party.”

Bieber Unrepentant After IDF Discharge

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“Even now, close to half a year later, Bieber still speaks about the incident on the Gaza Strip sand dunes with a mixture of anger and excitement. Freshly discharged from the army, Bieber, whose family made aliya from New Jersey nine years ago, speaks freely about his refusal of orders and what pushed him to disobey the military he said he still loved.”

“Bieber was arrested immediately and stood trial before his superiors. Sentenced to 56 days in prison, Bieber was transferred to Prison 4 in Tzrifin. But even before he got there he knew, by the dozens of phone calls, that he had done the right thing. An 80-year-old Holocaust survivor, Bieber said, called him and said that he put on tefillin for the first time in 40 years after watching the refusal of orders on television.” read more

Gaza Evacuee on Qassams: I Told You So

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“I warned that the disengagement would blow up in our faces, says Avi Farhan, a former resident of the Ele Sinai settlement in Gaza, which was evacuated last summer.”

“Terrorists have been firing Qassams from the Ele Sinai area toward Ashkelon, and Qassam attacks from Beit Hanun and Beit Lahiya have been targeting Sderot, Farhan’s current home.”

“I call Sharon to be the man that I knew 40 years ago.”

Steinitz: You’re too Absurd for Words! read more