Thursday Night, Friday War News: At Least 7 Rockets Hit South, IAF Hits Smuggling Tunnels; 2 Terrorists Nabbed

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Kassam Hits Open Area South of Ashkelon, No Casualties

Grad Rocket Slams into Netivot; IAF bombs Smuggling Tunnels, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

Related report: Update: Grad Rocket Landed Near Netivot Synagogue [6th Rocket Launched in Evening, 5 Were Launched During Daylight Hours]

IAF Attcked Five Smuggling Tunnels in the Southern Gaza Strip (IDF Spokesperson)

Kassam Rocket Fired From Gaza Lands near Netivot; None Wounded

Kassam Attack on Sderot and Netivot

Two Mortar Shells Hit Western Negev; None Hurt, No Damage Reported read more

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Thursday War News: Another Tractor Terrorist; “No Reason Other than… that We Live in Jerusalem” — Mayor Barkat; Four Kassams, Mortars Hit Western Negev, 4 Terrorists Nabbed

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The Jerusalem Post reports a tractor driver was shot while attempting an attack on a police car, a bus and other vehicles:

Excerpts;

A tractor driver was shot after intentionally attacking a police car on Thursday and trying to tip over additional vehicles including a public bus at the Golomb intersection, near Jerusalem’s Malha Mall. Army Radio reported that the tractor driver was critically wounded immediately.

Two police officers were reportedly lightly injured in the attack, Army Radio said. read more

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Purim 5769: The Meaning of Purim, and the “New Jew”

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By Moshe Burt

In writing a vort on Purim, this author thinks back to a theme addressed in an earlier Siyum on Mesechta Megillah from a few years ago as well as another recurring theme on this blog.

The Jew separates and distinguishes himself from the rest of the nations through the Mitzvah of Bris Milah, even though many of our contemporary Jewish brothers would distance themselves from, or stand in denial of their Yiddishkeit. In short, many among our Jewish brethren would deny Hashem’s control of the world and seek to tailor Torah and their Jewishness to fit the ways of the nations rather than accepting Hashem’s reishut (command) over the world. read more

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Wednesday War News: 2 Kassams Hit Negev, IAF Reponds Killing Senior Islamic Jihad Commander; 9 Terrorists Nabbed, Molotov Hurled at Israeli Vehicle

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Senior Islamic Jihad Commander [Responsible Recent Rocket Fire on Ashkelon] Critically Wounded in Air Strike

Gaza: 2 Killed [Indicating Islamic Jihad Commander] in Israeli Strike, by Ali Waked (Ynet)

2 Kassams Hit West Negev [Ashkelon, Sha’ar Hanegev Region]; None Wounded [Tuesday Night]

IAF Strikes Tunnels in Southern Gaza [After Kassams Hit Ashkelon, Sha’ar HaNegev]

IDF Arrests 9 Terror Suspects

Molotov Cocktail Hurled at Israeli Vehicle Near Ni’lin; None Hurt

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Sunday Night, Monday War News: At Least 10 Rockets Hit Since Sunday Afternoon, Including 5 at Sdot Negev region; 9 Terrorists, 53 Illegal Arabs Nabbed

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2 Kassams Hit Sdot Negev in Latest Barrage; No Casualties or Damage

Rocket Falls Short in Gaza

Rocket Hits Outside Sderot Home as 6 Rockets Fired from Gaza, by Yaakov Lappin (Jerusalem Post)

Excerpts:

Gaza terrorists continued their attacks on Israeli civilian areas on Sunday evening, firing six rockets at the western Negev. One of the Kassams hit in the yard of a Sderot home, causing slight damage to the house.

The other five rockets hit open areas in the Sdot Negev region. There were no casualties in the attacks. read more

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Sunday War News: Kassams Hit South Satuday Night, Sunday AM, Olmert Vows “Total Quiet” in South; Israeli Car Stoned Near Ramallah, 2 Terrorists Nabbed

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Kassam Hits Open Area in Western Negev [12:10 AM Sunday Morning]; No Casualties Reported

PM Vows to Bring ‘Total’ Quiet to South

Commentary:

Olmert’s comments; …We will respond in a serious, painful, strong and uncompromising way…. Israel has a wide range of options which can be used and these options will be utilized until total quiet is brought to the South” are laughable and more Olmert boast of which he is noted. What “painful, strong and uncompromising way?” What “wide range of options?” Air Force bombing of empty fields or smuggling tunnels dug so deeply below ground level as to be impervious to bombing?? read more

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Parsha Tetzaveh 5769 — The Urim U’Tumim, Divine Inspiration and Plain Common Sense

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by Moshe Burt

In our Parsha Tetzaveh, the laws regarding the annointment, the vestments and the Avodah (service) of the Kohanim are enunciated for the Jewish people.

While preparing this Parsha HaShavua, this author came across a puzzling quote in Torah Gems by Aharon Yaakov Greenberg on our Parsha.

The quote, which is cited (pg 192) relates to perek 28, parsha 15; “And you will make the breastplate of judgement with the work of an artisan…” and is attributable to someone called “Akeidah”, reads; read more

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Friday, Shabbos War News: At Least 9 Unanswered Gaza Terror Rockets Hit South Israel, Arabs Stone Israeli Bus Near Hebron

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Commentary:

40 Days until Pesach is a long time in terms of the ability of the Olmert-Livni-Barak troika to further damage Israel either by their actions visa vi Mahmud Abbas or by their inactions such as, leaving at least 9 terror rockets over Friday and Shabbos unanswered and going silent as Gaza terror rockets continue to bombard southern Israel rather than finishing the job of Operation Cast Lead. How long will Bibi dawdle in forming a new government and will he place people with clean hands and hearts in charge of the Defense and Foreign ministries rather than the likes of Avigdor Lieberman — the land swapper read more

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Wednesday War News: 2 Rockets After No Rocket Reports Tuesday, IAF Hits Philadelphi Tunnels, Hamas Continues Arms Smuggling; 4 Rockets Found in South Lebanon; Iran Tests Nuke Plant; 27 Terrorists Nabbed Including with Bomb, Knives, Attempted Kidnapping Foiled, Israelis Hit With Rocks, Molotov in Yesha

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The Daily Double: 2 Rockets Explode in Western Negev [Sha’ar HaNegev Region Near Sderot], by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)

IAF Strikes Hit 7 Philadelphi [Terror Smuggling] Tunnels

Hamas Promises to Keep Smuggling in Arms, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

Iran Test Runs 1st Nuclear Power Plant [in Bushehr]

4 Rockets Found in Southern Lebanon [5 Days After 2 Katyushas Fired from Southern Lebanon Toward Northern Israel]

Palestinian Tries to Steal Gun From Soldier Near Givat Ze’ev [Wed. Evening] read more

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Tuesday War News: Syria Builds Missile Launch Facility Over Bombed Nuke Plant; Abbas Releases 42 Hamas, PA = Hamas, 8 Terrorists Nabbed, Rock Attacks in Yesha

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Commentary:

No news from Gaza: Good news, or censors hard at work?? MB

Diplomats: Syria Has Put Missile Facility on Bombed Nuke Site

Abbas’s Security Forces Release 42 Hamas Detainees

22-year-old Palestinian Man with Knife Arrested [Stabbing Attack Thwarted] North of Jerusalem

Israeli Bus Pelted by Stones Near Nablus [Shechem]; Nobody Wounded

Arabs Throw Rocks at Car Near Hevron

IDF Arrests Eight Terror Suspects [Bethlehem, Hevron, Jenin and Kalkilye]

Rock Attack [on Israeli Bus] Next to El Aroub [Between Bethlehem and Hevron] read more

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