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The Demented Non-Strategy of Russian Roulette With Jewish Babies

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For more blog posts on the Israeli government’s indifference to Sderot’s children, click here.

Analysis: ‘Waiting for Babies to Die is No Strategy’, by Amir Mizroch (Jerusalem Post)

“Although it can never hurt to fortify classrooms and to create readily accessible bomb shelters, the real solution to the problems of rocket attacks on Sderot and the western Negev… must be a ‘war to the end’ on the terror leadership and infrastructure of the Gaza Strip. “ read more

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Feiglin: Israeli Askenazi WASP, or S’fardi Lack of HaKaras HaTov?

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This author takes serious issue with a mindset indicated in David Bedein’s report who’s leader poses this question; Is Feiglin a White Ashkenazi Sabra with Protexia?

Please note; this author recognizes and respects David Bedein’s moral integrity as one of perhaps two, possibly three credible journalists in ALL of Israel’s media (and a former Philadelphian, too). The issue is NOT with Bedein’s piece, but with a mindset in the S’fardi sector which gives rise to what Bedein detects. read more

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Olmert’s Lust for Power, Over National Welfare, Security: A Mirror-Reflection of People’s Lack of Will

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Morally Detestable

Related reports and commentaries:

Abbas Requests Release of 100 Additional Prisoners

3,000 Rifles Arrive in Jericho, by Ali Waked (Ynet)

Israel Authorizes Transfer of 1,000 Rifles to PA Forces [PA Destroys Zero Rockets, Zero Missiles… Zero Any Illegal Weapons] (IMRA)

Olmert Plans Talks with Abbas Over Palestinian State [Underfire as Pa War Actions Continue Unabatted], by Etgar Lefkowits (Jerusalem Post)

Right On!: I Want My Country Back, by Michael Freund (Jerusalem Post) read more

Olmert: No Intention of Providing Maximal Protection to All Residents of Gaza Periphery

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Commentary;

Once again, we hear the latest variation on Olmert’s general theme; “I’m too tired to win” which translated shows again the the extent of elitist Olmert’s callous disdain for the Negev towns, including Sderot, and for the entire people which he governs. Maximal protection? The people of the Southern Negev towns, including Sderot have NOT even been minimally protected as indicated here, here and here despite Olmert’s empty and worthless pledges and promises. MB read more

Problematic Fortifications in Kassam-Ridden Towns Even Has High Court Alarmed

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Fortifications in Qassam-Ridden Towns Problematic, High Court Says, by Aviram Zino (Ynet)

Chief Justice Beinisch: “‘Thirty children have 15 seconds to get to a fortified structure. This is not enough,’ she said, stating that movement from the classrooms to a separate shelter in such a short time is problematic and will cause panic. “We’re concerned with this ’15 second’ issue.'”

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Dorit Beinisch says children attending western Negev schools may not have enough time to reach shelters in case of a rocket attack; 4 Qassams land in Israel, one hits strategic facility in Ashkelon. read more

Shteinitz Warns of Egyptian Intentions Towards Israel

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by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

Commentary;

While most of what Shteinitz says here is right on, there is one glaring aspect which betrays him as yet another cheap politician with the wrong priorities; the Israeli propensity in recent years, the too tired dependency on 3rd parties, i.e. “U.S. pressure on Egypt, at the behest of Israel, could help improve the situation”, to secure Israel’s national defense. MB

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Ex-Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee MK Yuval Shteinitz says that abandoning the Philadelphi Route on the Gaza/Egyptian border was one of Israel’s worst errors. read more

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War Hero Emanuel Morano’s Legacy VS Olmert’s War Against the Jews

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Our World: Emanuel Morano’s Legacy By Caroline Glick

“Dan Halutz and his generals daily insulted the religious Zionist community. Halutz threatened to bar the youths who protested the expulsions from serving in the military. Maj. Gen. Dan Harel, who as then OC Southern Command commanded the expulsions, talked about “a lost generation,” and demanded an accounting by the heads of the religious Zionist public for their children who refused to accept the legitimacy of the expulsions. Maj. Gen. Benny Ganz, who then served as OC Northern Command, claimed that the youth who protested the expulsions were a greater danger to Israel than Hizbullah.” read more

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Nitzan: Former Gush Katif Residents Sitting Ducks in Plasterboard??

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The Sounds of War, by Rachel Saperstein

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We sit in our plasterboard caravilla in Nitzan, the largest of the refugee camps for those expelled from Gush Katif. Nitzan lies between the coastal cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon. Last week, Ashkelon was hit by two Kassam rockets launched from the former communities of northern Gush Katif. One landed in a schoolyard, the other in an open space. Ashkelon is in turmoil. The southern city of Sderot has been bombed repeatedly. The kibbutzes and moshavs bordering Gaza are hit incessantly. read more

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Ehud, Justify This …

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Column One: How Olmert Justifies Failure, By Caroline Glick

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s secret visit to Sderot Tuesday morning was met with snorts of disgusted laughter…. The message he sends is clear: Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza last summer was a national security disaster – and he knows it.

Olmert said he hid his plan to visit Sderot because he didn’t want to give the Palestinian Authority a special reason to launch rockets against the city. That statement, like the government’s decision to retake the destroyed communities of Dugit, Elei Sinai and Nisanit in a bid to halt the Palestinian rocket offensive, is a clear admission that the IDF is incapable of defending southern Israel from outside the Gaza Strip. read more

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Critics of Unilateral Expulsion Mount, Look Out for Olmert’s “Bilateral Expulsion”…

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The War of Cities / Sderot-Gaza, Baghdad-Tehran, by Amir Oren (Haaretz)

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If a foreign planner, free of preconceptions, were to be asked to suggest solutions to the problem of the rockets being fired from Gaza, he would certainly demand considering the return of the IDF ground forces to the Gaza Strip, or at least to its northern sector, from which the range of the rockets reaches the outlying areas of Ashkelon to the north.

Taking control of this sector, to the point of erecting a fence within it, would be costly and would create other problems, but it would solve the problem of the Qassams – until the range of the rockets is increased, or until masses of Katyushas and Grads are imported. read more

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