Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva Says No to Politcos, IDF …

Rabbi: Torah Law Above Knesset

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… A yeshiva student, recounted that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert used to attend the celebrations every year as mayor of the city,” and say that woe to him that gives away even an inch of Israel’s territory.”

“Today, unfortunately, with all his plans for realignment, we know what he wants to do here. We don’t want him or any army officers here. Following the disengagement our relations with the army are very bad,” he said. read more

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Chevron Connected To Eretz Yisrael, Notwithstanding Comments by Transient Regimes …

Schneller: Jewish Hebron Will Connect to Israel

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Israel will enlarge Jewish settlement enclaves in the West Bank city of Hebron and include them within the country’s final borders, said Otniel Schneller, a lawmaker who is helping to formulate Olmert’s realignment plan.

It was the first time a government official has said Israel intends on retaining the volatile area, located well inside the West Bank, under Olmert’s plan to unilaterally set Israel’s final borders by 2008. read more

Bush Appears Not Enthused About Olmert’s ‘Convergence’…

Bush Expresses Cautious Approval of Convergence Plan

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said after his meeting with US President George W. Bush in the White House that he was “very satisfied” with the understanding reached concerning his plan for possible unilateral withdrawal from parts of the West Bank.

In a briefing for Israeli reporters after the meeting, Olmert stressed that Bush’s remarks about his plan, in which the president called Olmert’s ideas “bold” and “important steps towards peace,” were made in a “very clear and remarkable way,” read more

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