Police Drag Feet on Olmert Violations of Jerusalem Law

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Commentary;

If one does not already believe that Ehud Olmert is being etrogized due to continued talks with Abbas and growing list of concessions, as Sharon was previously regarding corruption and graft charges lodged against him and his sons, consider the failure of the police to undertake an investigation of his violations of the Jerusalem Law which prohibit transferring any part of Jerusalem to “any foreign political or governmental entity.”

We have previously witnessed the free passes Olmert has received in alleged personal corruption cases, regarding the ongoing bombardment of Israel by Gaza-based Kassams as well as the Winograd committee’s failure to sufficiently cast responsiblity upon Olmert for his Prime Ministerial mis-management of the July-Agust , 2006 Lebanon debacle. read more

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Wednesday War News: 4 Kassams in AM, 15 on Tuesday, IDF Hits Gaza Terror Cell; IDF Arrests 10 Terrorists, Bomb Tossed at Soldiers Near Hevron

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Kassam Rocket Lands in Open Area North of Gaza Strip; No Wounded

Attack Near Gaza Barrier, IDF Hits Terrorist Cell

Three Rocket Attacks Overnight

‘Kassam Salvo [15 on Tuesday] was Terrorists’ Response to Peres Visiting Sderot’

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“A barrage of 15 Kassam rockets fired at Sderot on Tuesday evening was terrorists’ response to President Shimon Peres’s visit to the city, Army Radio quoted security officials as saying. Peres was meant to visit a house in adjacency to the one hit by a rocket, the radio report added.” read more

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After Winograd, Are Olmert’s Troubles Over, or Just Begun?

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Commentary;

Ehud Olmert spoke last evening before Knesset giving a speech which even Ehud Barak called “cynical and troubling.”

Olmert just squeeked by as less than a majority of 120 Knesset members as Jerusalem Post’s Sheera Claire Frenkel writes;

The Knesset narrowly approved the prime minister’s speech on the Winograd Report, by 59 to 53, with six coalition MKs – Labor’s Ophir Paz-Pines, Shelly Yacimovich, Eitan Cabel and Danny Yatom, and Kadima’s Avigdor Yitzhaki and Marina Solodkin voting with the opposition. The vote was purely symbolic. read more

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Shas’ Empty, Meaningless Threats to Leave Government

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Commentary;

One cannot help but be cynical about Shas’ empty, meaningless, symbolic — lacking subtance threats to leave the Olmert regime. We’ve seen this played out before in this and previous regimes. If Shas won’t quit over Olmert’s concessions to Abbas or over the Olmert regimes’ debacle in Lebanon, or the ongoing Gaza debacle directly related to Monday’s attack at Dimona, does Yishai really expect Olmert to quake with fear over child support payments? MB read more

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Tuesday War News: Kassams Hit Sderot Factories, People Suffer Shock, 2 Hamas Killed at Gaza Border, Livni: More Soldiers, Heavy Arms for Eygpt at Gaza Border; Terrorist Nabbed, Attacks on Autos Increase

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Six Killed in IAF Strike on Hamas Post in Southern Gaza

Three Wounded as Ten Kassam Rockets Slam into Sderot

Related reports;

Three People Wounded in Latest Rocket Barrage on Sderot

MK Eitam Nearly Hit by Kassam Rocket

House Hit in Sderot Belongs to On-Duty Fire-Fighter

Two Kassam Rockets Fired at Sderot; No Casualties[Factories Damaged]

Related report;Kassams Damage Sderot Factories [Number of People Suffer Shock]

IDF Kills 2 Hamas Operatives Near Israel-Gaza Border

Alert Level Raised Nationwide as PA Terrorists Step Up Attacks, by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (Israel National News) read more

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Shameless, Devalued Leadership to Blame for Consequences

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Commentary;

Today’s Dimona attack, and perhaps, heaven forbid, more like it to come are the direct responsibility of Olmert, Barak, Yishai and of a shameless, devalued “leadership” whose values are about continuance of their own power, agendas and self-interests — the nation be damned. MB

Devalued Norms (Jerusalem Post Opinion)

“The ability to feel and act on shame, once eroded, unfortunately, is difficult to rebuild.”

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Opinion polls underline the firm public sense that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should have tendered his resignation over his mishandling of the Second Lebanon War, as mercilessly detailed in the Winograd Committee’s interim and final reports. read more

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Monday War News: Dimona Suicide Attack; Four Kassam Rockets Near Sderot; Machpela Cave Stabbing Attack Nixed, Terrorists Nabbed, Jihad Terrorists Killed

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Woman Killed, 10 Hurt, 1 Critically in Dimona Suicide Attack


Site of attack in southern Israel

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One woman was killed and ten were wounded, one critically, one moderately and eight lightly, in a suicide attack in a Dimona commercial center.

Police said the attack was a suicide bombing carried out by two attackers, but only one succeeded in detonating his explosives. The other terrorist was killed by Kobi Mor, a police officer from an elite unit who happened to be on the scene, seconds before the bomber could detonate himself. read more

Parsha Terumah 5768: Distinguishing Man’s True Motivations

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By, Moshe Burt

It seems to this author that each Parsha in Torah carries with it a major theme, attribute or mido.

The two previous Parshiyot; Yithro and Mishpatim speak about related attributes; intent and honesty and our Parsha, Terumah addresses motivation.

In previous years, this Parsha sheet for Parsha Terumah dealt with man’s motivations equating them with what drives the athlete in the beginning, or as we baseball fans say, in the “Big Inning”. And as has been done regarding other Parshiyot, once again this year another revisit of the motivation of men seems appropriate. read more

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Ehud Barak Breaks Promise to Leave After Winograd

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Olmert ‘Happy’ Barak Did Not Quit Government, by Gil Hoffman (Jerusalem Post)

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“There is a lot of work to be done, and I am happy we will do it together,” Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in response to Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s announcement, Sunday afternoon.

Earlier, Labor chairman Barak said the party will remain in Olmert’s government despite the conclusions of the Winograd report.

“I’m going to continue to function as the defense minister because I see the challenges ahead of us – Gaza, Hizbullah, Iran, Syria, as well as the improvement of the army and the political echelon,” Barak said during a press conference before the weekly cabinet meeting. read more

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Yishai: Barak Agrees to Fix Up Peace House

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Commentary;

Seeing is believing and not to believe it until the work starts and is completed. MB

Hevron Peace House Residents Allowed to Install Windows, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)

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Jewish residents of the Peace House in Hevron will finally be allowed to install windows in their freezing cold building four days after the worst winter storm of the season came howling through the region.

Permission to immediately begin renovations of the building was announced by Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Eli Yishai (Shas) who said the decision was made after consultations with Defense Minister Ehud Barak. read more

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