Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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Fake Blood Thinning Medicine Smuggled to Israel From PA

IDF Arrests Two Wanted Terrorists

IDF troops Arrest 4 Palestinian Terror Suspects

Rock Attacks Near Hevron

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This author recalls a commentary by the K’li Yekar (Judiaca Press Chumash, page 600) on the first posuk of Parsha Vayechi which is leyned this Shabbos.

The K’li Yekar explains the lack of a space between the end of the previous sedra Vayigash and our parsha as meaning that the two poskim are understood together. The final verse of Vayigash reads;

And Yisrael dwelt in the land of Mitzriyim in the land of Goshen, and they acquired property in it and… multiplied greatly. read more

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Two-Year-Old Boy Wounded After Kassam Hits kibbutz [Zikim] Home [Pregnant Mother Treated for Shock]

Kassam Rocket Hits Backyard of kibbutz Home; Five Suffer From Shock

1,600 Shock Victims from Gaza Rockets to Date

2 Smuggling Tunnels Discovered on Egypt-Gaza Border

Palestinians Launch 4 Mortar Shells at Israel; None Wounded

Israel Quietly Releases Senior Hamas Terrorist, by Ezra HaLevi (Israel National News)

Israel Arrests Hamas Member of Parliament

Five Arabs Arrested for Series of Robberies

Israeli Car Pelted With Stones North of Hebron; None Hurt read more

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Noted journalist and Middle East commentator Emanuel A. Winston posted a commentary on December 8th which featured the above map which was a topic of recent discussions between Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Admiral Michael Mullen, the current Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The darkened areas represent, as the map legend states, the “minimum territory needed by Israel for defense purposes.”

History behind the map as recounted by Emanuel A. Winston; read more

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Commentary;

This author has attempted to excerpt this column in a way in keeping, with everything posted on this blog, to focus totally on the situation and perspective in Israel. This blog has endeavored to separate the Islamic lust for Israel’s destruction and eradication from worldwide Islamic foment. As such, this author is diabolically opposed to Israeli government rationalizations and hiding behind the bogus, non-existent “cloak” of American will and pressure. For, in reality, Jews have one source to answer to, not “Uncle Sam”, not Condi Rice, not so-called “Western morality (sic)” which deemed separate, segregational entrances for Jews at Annapolis, etc. Jews, real Jews answer only to a higher authority — Hashem in Shemayim. MB read more

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Commentary;

This author harkens back to a time when the IDF rescued and liberated it’s own; both IDF on the battlefield and Jewish brethren. MB

Goldwasser: The Matter of the Kidnapped Soldiers Doesn’t Interest Barak

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Karnit Goldwasser, the wife of kidnapped reservist Ehud Goldwasser attacked on Saturday the security establishment, saying that she has done more to secure the release of her husband than Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Army Radio reported.