Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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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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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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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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Kassam Rocket Hits Sha’ar Hanegev Region

Kassam Fired at Sderot

Kassam Hits Sderot Area; IAF Fires at Car in Gaza Strip, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

Terrorists Fire at Troops [Shot Two Mortar Shells] Near Gaza

Air Force Fires on Terrorists’ Car [After Terrorists Attempted Placing Bomb Near Border in Kissufim Area]

IDF Troops Arrest 3 Palestinian Terror Suspects Near Bethlehem

Israeli Says 2 Palestinians Tried to Stab Him and Steal His Car [Near Shavei Shomron]

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Commentary:

Will a new government dare to do the right thing: finish the job of Operation Cast Lead, finish-off Hamas and liberate Gilad Shalit without freeing terrorists? MB

Rocket Fired at Sderot

Kassam Hits Sha’ar Hanegev [Mortar Shells Fired at Kissufim Again in PM]; None Hurt, by Yaakov Lappin (Jerusalem Post)

Grad-Type Rocket Strikes South of Ashkelon; No Wounded Reported

Mortar Shells Hit Sourthern Israel Friday Night [Kissufim Crossing, Gabim Region]

Katyusha Hits Galilee, 3 People Hurt read more

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Commentary:

This Jerusalem Post Evelyn Gordon commentary on Israel’s February national election and its lessons was too good to pass up.

While not mentioning Moshe Feiglin, Ratzon, etc. by name, Gordon deals with the post-primary demotions and their impact on the election vote for Likud, and thus the election result. This is important in that it seems to this author that she is the first columnist seen in Israeli MSM to have recognized the impact of the Likud primary result which was not respected, but rather uprooted, and the consequences of that uprooting in the national election result. Other prominent columnists such as Caroline Glick refuse to recognize aand come to grips with the Likud primary demotions and their impact in pre-election polls and election results. read more