Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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Grad Missile Fired From Gaza at western Negev [S’dot Negev Area]; No Wounded

Mortar Strike on Gaza Security Fence [Between Nirim and Nir Oz]

Lebanese paper: Olmert Approved Release of Five Hezbollah Prisoners [Including Murderer Kuntar for Golwassser, Regev]

Excerpt;

“Ofer Dekel, the official charged by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with dealing with the kidnapped soldiers issue, informed Hizbullah that Olmert had approved the release of five Lebanese prisoners, including Samir Kuntar, in exchange for captured IDF soldiers Ehud Goldwassser and Eldad Regev, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar quoted senior officials as saying Tuesday.” read more

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Commentary;

Anyone with an ounce of common-sense, who has followed events in Israel; i.e. Rabin and Peres’ talks, Netanyahu’s talks, Sharon’s, who knows Syria’s track record for years knows and understands that for talks to take place, indirect or otherwise, the actualization of “The Syrians know what we want and we know what they want” would have to have been committed.

Olmert even admits this actualization later stating that;

“He could prove that all four of the previous prime ministers had held negotiations with Syria and had been ‘ready to offer extremely painful concessions.'” read more

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2 Kassam Rockets Strike Open Area in Western Negev; None Wounded

Kassam Rocket Hits Western Negev; None Wounded

Kassam Rocket Hits Road Near Sderot; No Casualties

Diskin: Hamas Rockets Can Likely Reach Ashdod and Kiryat Gat

Gaza Rocket Explodes Outside Sderot

Explosive Device Neutralized on Gaza Fence

Israeli Car Stoned Near Tekoa; No Wounded

Rock Attack Near Ramallah

IDF Arrests Palestinians Attempting to Damage Security Barrier Near Jenin

IDF Arrests Three Wanted Terrorists

IDF Arrests Known Al-Aksa Brigade Terror Suspect in Ramallah read more

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Grad Missiles Fired at Western Negev No Injuries

Kassam Attack in Sha’ar HaNegev, No Injuries

Two Kassam Rockets Fall in Western Negev; No Wounded

Sheetrit: I Will Oppose Any Ceasefire With Hamas Brought Before the Cabinet [Has Mean Me’ir Reached His Appeasement Red Line?]

Excerpt;

“Without breaking Hamas’s ability to resist would be to put hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens in range of missiles in the future,” the interior minister continued, adding that “it is only a matter of time until rockets reach Ashdod, Beersheba, Netivot, Ofakim, and Kiryat Gat.” read more

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Rav Malinowitz spoke last Shabbos, regarding the Tochocha, the rebuke about the perils of complacency, i.e. such things as always bringing something new; a new perspective, a new understanding to a Parsha HaShavua regarding how the commentators and commentaries view any given point of Torah.

But then along comes Parsha Bamidbar and the spiritual beauty and innovation which brings about diversity within uniformity. So therefore, this Parsha HaShevua given over previously in 5766 and 5767 seems ever timely and worthy of repeating. read more