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What’s Written Between the Lines Here?

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Senior Officer: Group’s Chain of Command still Functioning

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About 25 percent of Hizbullah’s capabilities have been hit, a high-ranking IDF officer estimated on Sunday night at the end of the fifth day of Operation Just Reward.

According to the officer, the group’s chain of command is still functioning. He estimated that the Lebanese group would not be annihilated when the dust settles, only severely damaged.

The officer predicted that the operation would end in the middle of next week. read more

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“Convergence Debate (sic)” Inside Kadima?

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Here we have the “great debate” inside Kadima about the validity of realignment in view of the Gaza situation as Justice Minister Haim Ramon and Housing Minister Meir Sheetrit go pro and con on the issue.

Aaron Lerner of IMRA once again makes an eminently valid point;

It should be noted that when retreat proponents make the argument that thanks to the retreat from Gaza that the IDF is able to act without foreign pressure – this while they know full well that the IDF has been barred from launching a truly effective campaign out of fear of foreign pressure – that they are genuinely making the claim. read more

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Why This Talk of Releasing Any Prisoners?

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Olmert: “We Have No Intention of Capitulating to Blackmail”


Feigned Indignance?

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Prime Minister Olmert told the cabinet Sunday: “We and the international community know that Gilad [Shalit] is being held by a bloodthirsty gang of terrorists who are causing us much suffering but who are mainly hurting the Palestinian population, which is bearing the results of this terrorist activity….I have instructed the security establishment and the IDF to increase the strength of their actions in order to pursue these terrorists, those who dispatch them, their ideologues, and those who sponsor them. As I said, nobody will be exempt….We have no intention of capitulating to blackmail. Everyone knows that capitulating to terrorism today means inviting the next act of terrorism. We will not do this.” (Prime Minister’s Office) read more

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Regime Seeks to Restore Electricity to Gaza Terrorists …

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Government to Vote on Supplying Electricity to Gaza

The government will vote Sunday on a proposal to supply electricity from Israel to the Gaza Strip, in order to resume electricity to the area after an Israel Air Force strike on a Palestinian power station there.

If approved, the Israel Electric Corporation will erect special electrical lines stretching from Israel into Gaza. According to government sources, Sunday’s vote follows days of international pressure.

The Gaza Strip requires 200 megawatts of electricity, half of which is provided by the power station, and half which is supplied by the Israel Electric Corporation. After the IAF strike, the power station’s capacity was cut by half. read more

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PM: North Gaza Attack Plan ‘No Good’, Cover for Hostage Negotiations??

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Olmert Delays Northern Gaza Incursion

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday rejected a proposal by Defense Minister Amir Peretz and the Israel Defense Forces for a ground operation in the northern Gaza Strip against the ongoing Qassam rocket fire.

Olmert demanded that they present him with an approved operational plan.

According to government sources, the operation, which will target Beit Hanun, will take place, but Olmert wants the operation to be “prolonged and exhausting,” and did not believe that the plan he was shown fit the bill. read more

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OJT for Amir …

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The Indefensible Defense Minister

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These passages from a Jewish Telegraphic Agency story carried by Philadelphia’s Jewish Exponent lay out much of what even the most able defense minister is up against: “How to deal with Palestinian terrorism under a radical, Hamas-led Palestinian Authority that refuses to condemn attacks; how to prepare for the challenge posed by Iran’s nuclear program, which is led by a regime that talks about wiping Israel off the map; how to accelerate completion of Israel’s West Bank security fence, delayed in part by bureaucratic bottlenecks in the Defense Ministry itself; and how to facilitate a major West Bank evacuation with minimal friction between the army and evacuated settlers.” read more

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The Coalition Machinations Go On …

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Kadima Officials Planning to Begin Assembling New Gov’t Next Week

Labor Members Slam Peretz for Courting Right

Rabbi Elyashiv Instructs MKs to Recommend Olmert

Activists Call on Public to Pressure Shas and UTJ Not to Choose Olmert

Shas and United Torah Judaism to Form Bloc

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Don’t the Chareidim catch on that they’re being burned yet again? Or is it that after Gush Katif, they still care about NOTHING but the money?? For context, click here and here. MB

Rafi Eitan Shows His True Colors: As Pollard Languishes in US Prison … read more

Mofaz: Political Lightweight, Diplomatic Naivete’, Height of Arrogance …

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Mofaz Presents Israel’s Final Borders

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Israel will begin setting its final borders over the next two years according to a plan based on including the major West Bank settlement blocs and the Jordan Valley, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

Spelling out his vision of the future borders, Mofaz said in an exclusive interview that Israel would retain control over the settlements of Ofarim and Beit Aryeh, currently on the Palestinian side of the security fence. He also indicated that the withdrawal from the West Bank would include civilians and the military. But, he said, Israel would retain a “free hand” to operate within the evacuated areas at its discretion. read more

Tax Evasion by Acting PM?

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Olmert Tied to NIS 5 Million Illegal Financial Deal

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“Acting Prime Minister is linked to an illegal transaction tied to Jerusalem’s Betar soccer team.”

“According to a report released by prominent investigative journalist Yoav Yitzchak, in March 2000 Olmert was involved in a fictitious arbitration deal that yielded NIS 5 million, evading national income tax and other authorities. Yitzchak states there are government authorities and other journalists who learned of the illegal activities, but they opt to remain silent rather than reveal the details of the case.“ read more

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Current News on Government Attempts to Expell Mitzpe Shalehevet Residents …

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Supreme Court Judges Suggested to Lease the Hebron Market Buildings to Hebron’s Jewish community

Excerpts from David Wilder Article Murdered Twice?;

“Following the murder of Shalhevet Pass at the beginning of the Oslo War, Hebron children began utilizing the structures as a place to play and take cover during the constant shooting attacks from the overlooking Abu Sneneh Hills. Over a period of time, the Hebron community invested tens of thousands of dollars to convert the former fruit and vegetable stalls into livable apartments. Presently, the former ‘shuk,’ renamed the ‘Mitzpe Shalhevet Neighborhood,’ houses Hebron families, and a Torah study hall opened in Shalhevet’s memory.” read more

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