Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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Commentary;

It used to be that the spirit, the credo of the IDF was unity, was “follow-me” commanders and command structure, was the collective security of the nation — in all of its regions and sectors. It used to be that the pain felt in the Negev, in Galil, in Jerusalem was felt in Tel Aviv, Haifa, or for that matter, Beit Shemesh. Ynet’s Guy Bechor writes of the change for the worst saying;

“We see excess of individualism, whereby only the individual is of interest to us, rather than the State or the army.” read more

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LAF Reportedly Defuses Seven Katyusha Rockets Aimed at Israel

Rocket Explodes Near Ashkelon, No Injuries

Kassam Lands Near Ashkelon Beach

Kiryat Gat Gets Geared for Gaza Attack

Rocket Explodes Near Yad Mordechai, No Injuries

Rocket Attack on Kfar Aza, No Injuries

Kassam Rocket Lands Near Sha’ar Hanegev Kibbutz; None Hurt

Mortar Shells Fired by Terrorists Backfired

Two Mortar Shells Hit Open Area in Kibbutz Sha’ar Hanegev; None Hurt

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Rocket Attacks Continue to Strike Negev [2 Rockets]

Attacks on South Continue as 2 More Kassams Hit West Negev [Over 60 Rockets, Mortars Fired at Ashkelon, Western Negev Thru Wednesday]

Arabs Fire Towards IDF Troops at Nir-Oz

Security Cabinet Decision on Declaring 35 Terrorist Organizations [Step Taken Against Financing of Terrorism]

Five Mortar Shells Fall Near Kibbutz in Eshkol Region; None Wounded

Arabs Fire Towards IDF Troops Near Chulit [Southeast of Rafiach], No Injuries

Israeli Bus Damaged in Stoning Near Hebron read more

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Commentary;

Readers may wonder why this blog has stuck pretty much to three topics in recent days; Bibi, Likud and Feiglin, Jonathan Pollard and the daily Gaza (and Yehuda, Shomron) war news.

The reason is basically because these three issues most closely focus in on the ongoing political/spiritual (or lack thereof) war between the forces of darkness, apathy and stagnation and the forces of light and Jewish self-pride and spirituality for the minds, hearts and souls
of masses of Israelis. read more