Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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Commentary;

Barak of IRIS takes Kadima ministers to task yet again for proposing to change the ‘rigid standards’ of murder to exclude those who mastermind terrorist operations. And recent polls indicate that a majority, as high as 2/3rds of the Israeli public stands opposed to such definitional change, even in a deal for the release of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, held hostage in gaza for 1 1/2 years.

Unfortunately, despite the monumental blunders and follies of two successive regimes, Israelis lack the backbone to do anything about either the current regime or the Israeli system of protexia government. The result of this spineless complacency may well be that Shalit freed in exchange for Marwan Barghouti and future considerations (more injured, maimed or dead Jews) MB read more

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Commentary;

What can one expect when an evil regime follows upon the precedents set in Gush Katif, the Shomron, Hevron’s Shalhevet neighborhood, Amona, etc.?

What this attack shows is that the Israeli government is as callous toward its Yemenite citizens now as they’ve been during the entire 60 years that these people have lived in the land. And it shows the indifference of most Israelis toward the plight of these residents, just as they were mainly indifferent to the former residents of Gush Katif. Further, it matters little on which side of the so-called “Greenline” one lives. Scary indeed! MB read more

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Commentary;

Will Olmert be able to avoid passing this constant reminder of his, and successive regime’s deliberate dereliction of governance? MB

Jerusalem City Council to Dedicate Pollard Square (IMRA)

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On Monday, January 7, 2008 at 2:30 PM, the Jerusalem City Council, led by Representative Mina Fenton (NRP), has scheduled a renaming ceremony to take place at Kikar Pariz (Paris Square) in Jerusalem – a public square situated midway between the American Consulate and the Prime Minister’s Residence – to rename it in honor of Jonathan Pollard. read more