Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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4 Rockets Fired at Ashkelon; One Lands Near Strategic Facility

Related report; Kassam Rocket [One of Four Launched at Ashkelon Industrial Area] Explodes Near Strategic Site

30 Palestinians Arrested in Gaza Operation; No IDF Casualties Reported

Hamas: We’ll Stop Rocket Fire But Not Arms Smuggling [After All, Isn’t This What Hudna is?; Ceasefire to Build Up Even Greater to Attack and Destroy]

Related report; Hamas Says Willing to Accept 6-Month Truce, by Ali Waked (Ynet)

Excerpt;

“Israel says it is ready for ‘quiet’ at the Gaza border, but that it would require a complete halt to attacks by Hamas on Israelis, a stop to cross-border rocket fire from all Palestinian groups and an end to weapon smuggling into Gaza.” read more

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IDF Shoots Armed Arabs in Gaza

Two Air Force Strikes Kill One Terrorist, Wound Three

Air Strikes Kill Terrorists, Checkpoints Decrease Attacks, by Ezra HaLevi (Israel National News)

IDF Defuses Gaza Rocket Launcher

IDF Arrests 12 Palestinian Fugitives

Arabs Throw Fire Bombs, Damage Car in Samaria [Nerar Kalkilya]

Three Arab Thieves Nabbed in Jerusalem

3 Palestinians Arrested for Throwing Stones in Old City; No Casualties

Palestinians Throw Stones at Car Near Kalkilya; No Casualties Reported

Explosive Thrown at IDF Troops in Nablus [Shechem]; No Casualties or Damage Reported read more

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Kassam Attack Strikes Sderot Home, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)

Israel to Pump Diesel to Gaza for Power Plant [Despite Rockets, Mortars, Infitrations and Attempted Kidnappings]

Mortar Attack on Kissufim

Rocket Attack on Ashkelon

IDF Troops Arrest 8 Palestinians [Terrorists]

Palestinians Hurl Molotov Cocktail at Israeli Car Near Nablus [Shechem]; None Hurt

Soldiers Escape Injury in Shechem Terrorist Attack

IDF Troops Discover Pipe Bomb Near Security Barrier in Jenin

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Commentary;

During the heated campaign between Hillary Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama for the Democratic candidacy for US President, Clinton has made a number of statements specifically directed toward the Jewish vote, particularly during the run-up to Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary. This author takes great issue with one of these statements in particular.

Before the masses of American Jews take Hillary Clinton’s recent statement; If Iran attacks Israel, the US could ‘totally obliterate them’ as a great achievement and an expression of unshakable alliance with Israel, this author feels compelled to harken back to the great American actor/comedian Jimmy Durante, who during his act, would grab his hat, shake that monstrous nose and bellow; read more

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IDF Takes Out 3 Terrorists in Northern Gaza

Terrorists Attack Soldiers Near El-Bureij [in Gaza]

Kassam Rocket Lands in Eshkol Regional Council; No Injuries Reported

One Child Lightly Wounded as Four Kassams Hit Southern Negev

UN Men Stood Down as Hezbollah Terrorists Ran Guns

IDF Arrests 20 Wanted Terrorists

14-Year-Old Palestinian Arrested on Suspicion of Stoning Bus [Enroute to Acre]

Palestinians Throw Molotov Cocktail at Israeli Car Near Kalkilya; None Hurt

Palestinian Arrested in Hadera on Suspicion of Stealing Multiple Vehicles read more

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by Moshe Burt

Rav Chaim Zev Malinowitz spoke before Pesach saying that to truly feel Pesach, we need to put ourselves in a mindset of feeling the Yetziyot Mitzrayim as if we were there eating the Seder meal, the Korbon Pesach, the Matzah — the bread of affliction which was baked in haste because of the haste of departure from Mitzrayim. This author sat pondering this proposition in Shul before Ma’ariv welcoming Pesach and gave over these thoughts at the Pesach seder as well as during the day meal. read more