Sunday War News: Kassams, Mortars From Gaza, IDF Nabs 7 Gaza Terrorists, IDF Hits Gaza Rocket Cell, Givati Soldier Moderately Wounded; Arabs Attack Shvut Ami
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Kassam, Mortar Shell Land Near Border Fence; No Injuries Reported
IDF Faces ‘New Threat’ [Discovery of 30 Anti-Aircraft Missiles in Sinai] From Gaza
2 Rockets Land in Ashkelon Coast Regional Council; No Injuries Reported
Gazans Fire Rocket, Mortar at Israel
IDF Arrests Seven Palestinian Terror Suspects in Southern Gaza
Rocket Lands Outside Netivot; None Wounded
IDF Attacks Rocket Launching Cell
3 Gaza Terrorists Wounded, Hamas Continues Rocket Attacks, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
Shavu’ot/Parsha Naso 5768 – Threads of Unity Between Shabbos, Shavu’ot
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With Shavu’ot always being during the week of Shabbos Parsha Naso, there are various common threads between Shabbos Parsha Naso and Chag HaShavu’ot. There is the thread of national unity projected by the Kohanim as expressed in the Birchat Kohanim, the thread of diversity and unique expression within the 12 repetitions of the same offering brought by the Sh’vatim at the inauguration of the Mishkan and the thread regarding the importance of caring for the Ger Tzeddik.
Shabbos War News: 8 Kassams Land Over Shabbos, Terrorist Killed in Work Acccident, Egyptians Find Rocket, Explosive Caches in Sinai
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Egyptians Say They Found Two Weapons Caches [Missiles, Explosives on Way to Gaza]
Kassam Rocket Lands in Shaar Hanegev Regional Council, No Injuries
Two Wounded in Kassam Attack in Negev
[Work Accident] Hamas Operative Killed in Gaza City While Handling Explosives
Friday War News: Kassam in West Negev, 2 Mortars Hit Ashkelon Beach, 60 Gaza Arabs Nabbed, 10,000 at Sufa Crossing as IDF on High Alert
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Kassam Rocket Lands in Western Negev; No Injuries Reported
Palestinians: IDF Wounds Seven During Sufa Crossing Protest
Excerpt;
“More than 10,000 Palestinians waving Hamas flags approached the crossing.”
IDF on High Alert After Hamas Calls for Protest March to Sufa Crossing
‘Other Guy’s Sovereignty’ vs Right of National Defense
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There was a time, during modern-day Israel’s first 40 years, when national defense was first and foremost priority. There were the pre-emptive attacks of the Six Day War, Sharon’s Suez crossing of the Yom Kippur War, there was the IAF bombing raid on the Iraqi nuclear reactor.
The opinion article below penned by Shlomo Slonim, the James G. McDonald Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, poses a classic example of how, in the name of distorted Western morality, the sanctity of an aggressor nation’s sovereignty has come to override and place as subserviant the national defense of the aggrieved nation.
Thursday Night War News: More Rockets, Mortar Attack, Sderot Girls Hurt Running for Shelter on “Color Red” Warning; Rock Attacks Near Shechem
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Terrorists Fire Rocket, Hit Gaza [Sderot “Color Red” Warning System Sounded]
Two Sderot Girls Hurt While Running for Shelter During Kassam Attack
Miracle in Miflasim: None Wounded in Synagogue [Rocket] Attack [Failed to Detonate]
Kassam Rocket Strikes South of Ashkelon; No Wounded Reported
Kassam Rocket Strikes Open Area in western Negev; None Wounded
Rocket Attack in Shaar HaNegev
Mortar Shell Lands in Open Area North of Gaza; No Wounded Reported
Thursday War News: US Thinks More Syrian Nuke Sites; Gaza Rockets, Mortars Fall in Negev, Near Ashkelon, Mortar Hits Sha’ar Hanegev Home; 6 Islamic Terrorsists Nabbed
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Washington Urges UN to Search for More Syrian Nuclear Sites
Kassam Rocket Strikes South of Ashkelon; No Wounded Reported
Kassam Rocket Strikes Open Area in Western Negev; None Wounded
Mortar Shell Lands in Open Area North of Gaza; No Wounded Reported
Kassam Rocket Lands in Western Negev; None Wounded
Five Mortar Shells Hit Western Negev [Near Zikim, Netiv HaAsara]; No Wounded or Damage Reported
Barak News Conference: Jig Up for Olmert, or Another Fade-Away Promise?
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Commentary;
Labor Party leader Ehud Barak promised the party that he would call for Olmert’s resignation in the period prior to the final Winograd report. But then he backtracked and Olmert remained.
It is interesting, in light of the above, that while he claims that Labor will quit the coalition of Olmert does not resign, he commits to no timetable as to an Olmert resignation or leave of absence.
The question is, are Barak’s threats shallow and meaningless, or will he carry through?
Wednesday War News: Rocket, Mortars from Gaza, Chayal Lightly Wounded; Rock Attacks, Terrorists Nabbed, Pipe Bombs Uncovered Near Hevron
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Several Mortar Shells Fired at Western Negev; No Wounded
Two Terrorists Killed while Firing Mortar Shells
Arab Sniper Lightly Wounds Soldier
Palestinian Rocket Falls Near Netivot; No Wounded or Damage
IDF Troops Arrest 12 Palestinians [Terrorists]
Terrorist Wanted to Be Suicide Bomber in Hevron