Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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IDF Uncovers Tunnel From Gaza to Israel

Excerpt;
“Army: Tunnel was to be filled with bombs and detonated under Israeli target.”

Two Wounded in Erez Mortar Barrage

IDF Arrests 4 Terror Suspects in Raids [in Judea, Samaria]

U.S. Jihad Site Describes How To Stage Kidnapping

IDF Colonel: A Matter of Time Before Next Hezbollah War

Excerpt;
“The Times also quoted Lebanese restaurant owner Laura Shukrala, ‘There’s going to be another war. The people talk about it all the time. They say it will be in September.'” read more

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by Moshe Burt

This author sat pondering the title for this Parsha HaShevua and cannot come up with a more appropo title that the one used in previous years.

The third posuk of our Parsha reads; “Tzedek, Tzedek tierdof…” Righteousness, righteousness (also rendered Justice, Justice) you shall pursue that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord, your G’d gives you.” (Sefer Devarim, Perek 16, posuk 20)

This posuk follows immediately after the opening of our Parsha; read more

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This primary day, like any other election day in Israel, has had it’s misrepresentations, false charges and deceit — nearly all of it coming from the Netanyahu camp and from the leftist media which eats all up.

Consider these bogus charges on primary eve;

Netanyahu Supporters: Kadima Supports Feiglin

Netanyahu Aides Say Kadima Officials Backing Feiglin Likud Bid

Imagine the hypocrisy of the above charges at the very moment that the Netanyahu campaign headquarters in Jerusalem occupies the 2nd floor of a building which has a Jews for Jesus center in its lobby. That’s a real great message to give voters? read more

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Five Kassam Rockets Fired

2 Kassams Fired at West Negev; No One Hurt

3 Mortar Shells Fired at Kisufim, Land in Open Area

Kassam Rocket Strikes Western Negev; None Wounded

Army Discovers Suicide Belt in Gaza

Gaza: Hamas, Islamic Jihad Gunmen Clash With IDF [in Southern Gaza], by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (Israel National News)

Two More Gunmen Reported Hurt as Gaza Ops Intensify

IDF, IAF Operate in Khan Younis

Shots Fired at Israeli Car Near Hebron; No Wounded

Stones Thrown at Israeli Vehicle Near Ramallah read more

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Israel’s political leaders seem not to have learned very much since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Newly crowned defense minister Ehud Barak refuses protection for the homefront in light of the serious Syrian threat, just as Israel didn’t mobilize and call up it’s military reserves upon prior warnings of impending war — lest it be seen as provocative, aggressive presumably by American satellite intelligence of the time.

The Jerusalem Posts’ report on Barak’s avoidance of distributing gas masks states; read more

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Kassam Rocket Strikes Western Negev; None Wounded

IDF Arrests 4 Armed Palestinians Near [Kisufim] Gaza Fence

IDF Arrests 20 Palestinians During West Bank [Yesha] Ops

Terrorists Fire on Troops in Jenin, Ramallah

Rock Attack West of Shechem

Rocks on Israeli Bus North of Ramallah

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The callous insensitivity of Ehud Olmert for the Jews of Israel is outrageous and becoming apparent, even outside Israel. The article below is by no means a one-time aberration. For a few examples in the long litany of such instances, click here, here, here, here and more recently; here and here. MB

View From America: Ehud Olmert’s Bunker Mentality, Jonathan Tobin (Jerusalem Post)

Prof. Mooli Lahad of Tel Hai College; “The houses are fixed, but the question remains as to whether the souls of those who suffered through the bombardment and the displacement it caused are repaired.” read more