The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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Hamas Steps up Bombardment of Beersheba; Empty School Hit, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Katyushas Blast Be’er Sheva; Warning System Fails, by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israel National News)
Rockets Fall in Ashdod, Sderot, Ashkelon [and Sha’ar Hanegev area]
Grad Rocket Hits Route 6; No Wounded
[48 Hour Suspension of Operation] Analysis: A Head-Spinning Time-Out?, by David Horowitz (Jerusalem Post)
Amir Oren [of Haaretz] Slams Barak for Cease Fire Remarks, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
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Commentary;
It is disturbing, to say the least, to behold responses in certain Israeli Chareidi circles to this question.
One such response received today was this; “The big Rabbonim have not told us to do anything.” In other words, Pidyon Sh’vu’im is out the window unless these Rabbonim invoke it to the flocks? And it apparently has fallen on deaf ears that Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, shlita and Rav Aharon Leib Steinman, shlita co-signed a letter to President Bush asking the president to release Jonathan Pollard from jail.
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Commentary;
It may be that the much decorated defense minister Ehud Barak is a wily, cunning military character who may well have more tricks up his sleeve for operation Cast Lead, including a ground offensive which takes Hamas by surprise.
But, excuse the cynicism, the fact remains that over the last 3 1/2 years, Israel’s governance has lost all credibilty, both diplomatically and militarily, amongst the governed. And Ehud Barak, along with the rest of the governing Troika of Olmert and Livni, is very much a part of problem regarding lost credibility. MB
Man Lightly Wounded as Kassam Slams into Sderot House [5 Kassams Hit Sderot]
10 Dead in Gaza Strikes [Targeting Gaza City, Khan Yunis] After 3 Israelis Killed in South, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
[UN Ambassador] Shalev: Israel Seeks to ‘Destroy’ Hamas
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“Israel will push forward with its offensive in the Gaza Strip until it “completely destroys” Hamas, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gabriela Shalev, said Monday, saying that the operation will continue as long as necessary to reach that goal.”
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Commentary;
As the Israel Air Force continues blasting away on day 3 of ‘Cast Lead’, Kassam and mortar hits on Ashkelon, Ashdod and the Negev mount up as do Jewish casualties. Are we witnessing a replay of Lebanon 2006? Defense Minister Ehud Barak is quoted as stating that this is “all-out war” with Hamas, a “war to the bitter end.”
Remember those words if or when the same electioneering opportunistic ploysters Ehud Barak and Tzipy Livni spin a repeat of the Lebanon conflict results, imposed ceasefire in Gaza with international forces to further obstruct Israel’s sovereignty and self-defense. MB
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Commentary;
No, this is not a mis-posting meant for a sports blog. 7 years before 2008’s glorious Philadelphia Phillies World Series championship, a future Hall of Fame pitcher and one of baseball’s finest 3rd basemen (at the time) both talked back to team management telling them that they were not serious about contending and winning.
In turn, Curt Schilling and Scott Rolen were both sent packing and traded from the team. Schilling was subsequently instrumental in bring three World Series titles to 2 cities and Rolen helped bring his team to the World Series once.
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Commentary;
Before rushing to click on MSM BBC coverage of Israel’s ‘Cast Lead’ Gaza operations, check out the real, unslanted perspective behind Israel’s current Gaza operations by viewing this YouTube video. MB
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Artillery Batteries Deployed Along Border with Gaza Strip, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Cabinet Approves Call-Up of Reservists, by Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)
[Thousands] Gaza Palestinians Cross Egyptian Border [into Egypt]
Two Wounded by Rocket in Ashkelon
IAF Warplanes Seen Flying Over Lebanon [Reaction to Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah Threat of Retaliation Over Gaza Operations] , by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
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[3] Rockets Land Near Ashdod in Farthest-Reaching Gaza Attack [More Than 40 km North of Gaza]
11 Rockets Fired at Israel Since Sunday Morning; None Injured
IAF Strikes Gaza City Government Offices
2 Killed by IDF in Beit Hanoun
2 Rockets Land in Ashkelon; No Injuries Reported
5 Rockets Land in Ashkelon; Warning Siren Sounds in Ashdod, Gan Yavneh
Barak Instructs that Gaza Crossings Open for Humanitarian Supplies [Aiding the Enemy During Wartime, Even While Pu\ounding Them??], by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
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Parsha Mikeitz records the whole affair between Yosef and the brothers when they came to Mitzrayim to buy food and were accused by the Viceroy of being spies. We learned how after hearing their story and family history, Yosef demanded that they bring their youngest brother to him and incarcerated Shimon as insurance that the brothers would indeed return with Binyamin, their youngest brother. We learn that in the middle of Parsha Mikeitz, with the imprisonment of Shimon, the brothers recognized and attributed their predicament to the sin they had committed earlier by throwing Yosef into the pit and then selling him to the Mitzriyim. Yosef heard and understood their conversation and left their presence to cry silently. (Perek 42, posukim 21-24)