Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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Commentary;

Dr Aaron Lerner of IMRA (Independent Media Research and Analysis) brings to light these comments from a senior PA official in Ramallah cited by Khaled Abu Toameh in a Jerusalem Post piece;

“There are public meetings and there are secret ones,” the PA official explained. “The main progress has been achieved during the secret talks, particularly on the issue of Jerusalem. Today we can say that Israel is prepared to withdraw from almost all the Arab neighborhoods and villages in Jerusalem. Israel is prepared to redivide Jerusalem and this is a positive development.” read more

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Four Overnight Strikes in Gaza [IDF Soldiers Hit Gaza Terrorists, Weapons Factory and Warehouse]

Kassam’s Aftermath: Doctors Forced to Amputate Part of 8-Year-Old Boy’s Leg

IDF Strike Kills One Terrorist [Prominent in Rafiah Region]

IDF Strikes House of Senior Hamas Member in South Gaza

[Despite So-Called “Peacekeeping” Forces] IDF: Hezbollah Deploys Rockets, Missiles in South Lebanon, by Amos Harel (Haaretz)

Police Arrest Four for Throwing Rocks near Movil [Route 77]

Police Arrest 756 Illegal Entrants read more

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Sixth Kassam Rocket of the Evening Lands in Western Negev; None Hurt

Dichter: Sderot: ‘A Battered Town, Abandoned by 20 Percent of its Residents’

Excerpt;
“A turbulent Friday on which some 40 Kassams and mortar shells slammed into the western Negev…”

Gaza: Armed Men Shooting in Air in Celebration of Sderot Attack

Related reports;

8-Year-Old, Youth Seriously Wounded in Sderot Rocket Attack

Injured Sderot Boy Fighting for His Life

Two Boys Seriously Wounded by Kassam in Sderot read more

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by, Moshe Burt

Back in Philadelphia, in the “old country”, R’ Moshe Ungar would speak about the Mizbeiyach in terms of both the Beit HaMikdash and in terms of the personal Mizbeiyach which burns eternally in our hearts. And there is the well-known wish to a Chosson and Kallah that the fire of the personal Mizbeiyach burn eternally.

In our Parsha, we begin learning about the construction and the contents of the Mishkan.

The Shem Mishmuel [Parsha Teruma, pg. 169-172) cites R’ Shimon who said; read more

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Commentary;

Dr. Aaron Lerner of IMRA makes this comment on the Jerusalem Post report below;

Given Mr. Olmert’s etrog status, anything short of catching him killing someone in a live broadcast would probably not be sufficient for an indictment as far as AG Mazuz is concerned. And even then, Mr. Olmert’s team has already noted that the law doesn’t require a prime minister to resign if he is indicted – he has to be convicted.

This author wryly offered up this response in a JPost talkback; read more

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22 Kassam Rockets Strike Western Negev

Four More Qassams Hit Sderot, Causing Slight Property Damage

Kassams Land in Ashkelon, Netiv Haasara, No Injuries

Kassam Lands Near Sderot, No Injuries

Terrorists Resume Rocket Attacks; No Injuries [Two Explosions Outside of Sderot]

IDF Finds [Underground] Kassam Silos in Gaza, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

Kassam Rocket Strikes Western Negev; No Wounded Reported

Counterfeit Dollars Flowed Through Rafiah Border

1 Million Forged US Dollars From Gaza Reportedly Seized in Egypt read more

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IDF Considers Retaking Philadelphi, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

Commentary;

The above headline carries a gross misconception. IDF doesn’t shave, let alone retake an area vital to Israel’s security without approval, however tentative and hesitant, by political echelons [strong emphasis on political.]

Just as Olmert, Barak and their lackies waffle repeatedly regarding a “possible” Gaza invasion and energy sactions, so too, expect a lot of waffling and equivocation regarding the security of the Jewish people which necessitates retaking of the Philadelphi corridor. read more