Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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Kassam Rocket Lands Near Erez Crossing; No Casualties or Damage Reported

Related report; Dichter: We Must Stop Attacks From Gaza at All Cost

Excerpt;
“Barak… referred to Dichter’s statments as ‘panic-driven talk the likes of which I had never heard in the government before…'”

Two Kassam Rockets Fired at Sderot; No Casualties or Damage Reported

Gaza: More Pinpoint Raids, No Major Operation

Palestinians Open Fire at IDF Force [in Town of Kabatiya]

Border Police Catch 648 Illegal Entrants read more

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Commentary;

Caroline Glick, in her column excerpted below, corroborates the math presented here and adds one more factor; the possiblility of 11 Kadima rebels who could constitute “the final hammer blow” which destroys Olmert’s regime and forces new elections.

The big question is; do Israeli politicians have the overriding courage to drive new elections even though, for many, it could mean lost seats? When will the term political courage become more than a laughable oxymoron on the Israeli political scene? MB read more

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Palestinians Fire Several Kassam Rockets [Shabbat Afternoon] into Western Negev; None Hurt

Two Gaza Terrorists Killed in Strike

Forces Kill Senior Tanzim Operative [in Shechem]

IDF Troops Arrest Four Palestinians in Northern Gaza Operation

IDF Detains 2 Palestinian Stone Throwers [Near Jenin]

Arabs Attack Girls, Damage Property in Hevron

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Commentary;

The absurdity of the report below yet again highlights the sorry state of affairs in Israel’s governance and national sovereignty; PA murderers who killed Jews on Jewish land held “in PA custody, effectively confined to their place of employment” = PA revolving-door. MB

Olmert Government Prevents Capture of Hikers’ Killers, by Ezra HaLevi (Israel National News)

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Israel has acceded to a Palestinian Authority request not to demand the murderers of hikers David Rubin and Achikam Amichai, according to a Channel 2 report. read more