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Commentary;

Tucked deep inside the Haaretz news website and inaccessible to anyone looking for it from the front page or from the opinion page,
the Haaretz editorial below, author unnamed, echos what David Horovitz wrote yesterday and which this blog posted, but in even more stark terms such that one has to wonder how it is that editor David “Wet Dream about the Rape of Israel” Landau permitted it to run. The piece obviously seems to run counter to his agenda.

And beneath the hidden editorial is a more accessable Haaretz piece delivering more of the same message. But the great mystery of life is
how Haaretz could be so stark in now calling for Olmert’s ouster. How does this editorial jive with Haaretz’s standing in the MSM which etrogizes Olmert as long as he remains a “good boy” and gives up everything — including Jerusalem. MB read more

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Does the Government of Israel Protect its Own Population?, by David Bedein (Israel Behind the News)

Summary;

Bedein lists a summary of the State Comptroller’s recent report which evaluates “the dysfunctional behavior of the Israeli government during last summer’s conflict.” His introduction to the summary is based on his press coverage of last year’s Lebanon conflict where “4,000 rockets fell on population centers of more than 1.4 million Israeli citizens.” read more

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

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For previous blog posts regarding both the Winograd Report and the State Comptroller’s Report, click here and here.

Crybabies Don’t Win Wars, by Ron Ben-Yishai (Ynet)

IDF more concerned with avoiding casualties than completing missions

Excerpts;

One of the more widespread myths reinforced following the Second Lebanon War praised the remarkable performance of low-ranking combat soldiers and ground force commanders.

We were told that major- generals, brigade commanders, and some division commanders did not perform well – but most battalion commanders, platoon commanders, company commanders and their subordinates fought like lions and defeated Hizbullah fighters in every encounter. read more