Just How Secure is the Northern Border Now?

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IDF: Hezbollah Moving Rockets Inside South Lebanese Villages
(Associated Press)

Commentary;

This report gives additional details on today’s earlier post regarding camouflaging of rockets and launchers in villages.

Another Olmert pillar, that of the security of the Northern border post Lebanon conflict, goes up in flames. MB

Full Text;

Hezbollah guerrillas have moved most of their rockets in south Lebanon among civilians in villages in an apparent attempt to avoid detection by Israel and UN troops, IDF officials said Sunday. read more

Olmert, Abbas Prisoner Release: Signal that Fatah, Hamas War a Scam?

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Barak of IRIS questions how it’s possible that Olmert’s “gesture” toward Abbas of releasing 255 prisoners ‘without blood on their hands’ could have included 30 members of Hamas and two members of the Islamic Jihad.

Was the entire “war” between Fatah and Hamas a fraud perpetrated on us not only by the PA, but with the knowing complicity of Ehud Olmert?

According to the guidelines approved earlier in the week by a special Israeli governmental committee headed by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, the prisoners released do not have any “blood on their hands”. read more

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Sunday War News: Attacks from 3 Directions, Iranian Denial, Hezbollah Camouflage

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IAF Kills Two Islamic Jihad Operatives

Related reports:

Kassam Rocket Hits Sderot; 1 Person Lightly Hurt

UPDATE: Second Terror Rocket Hit Elementary School

Terrorists Killed Firing Kassam Rockets, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

Excerpts;

“Arabs fired two Kassam rockets at the Negev city of Sderot Sunday afternoon, and a woman sustained shrapnel wounds. The Israel Air Force responded quickly by firing at the rocket launchers. Palestinian Authority sources reported that two Islamic Jihad terrorists were killed in the retaliation. read more

Former Gush Katif Residents Victimized: Vindictive Regime and Typical Ethic — Gouge Thy Brother

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Expellees Receive Power-Struggle Eviction Notices, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

Commentary;

It seems like some of the former Gush Katif families have had to endure the ongoing long-term abuse of being caught between a disdainful regime and Israelis whose only ethic is to gouge, shake down and victimize their fellows.

It would not be surprising if we were to find out that both the regime and Kibbutz Carmiya were in cahoots persecuting these families and making their lives intolerable. read more

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Olmert Clings to Bogus PA Stats, Covers Disdain for Jewish Roots

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PM: Israel Can’t Hold West Bank Forever (Jerusalem Post)

Commentary;

Olmert continues to promulgate the oft-proven false, bogus PA demographic stats to cover his disdain for Yehuda and Jewish history and our Divine Legacy — the Land of Israel. For previous related blog posts bursting the regime’s demographics dud, click here. MB

Excerpts;

Anyone who believes that Israel can maintain its current hold on all the West Bank is “living in a dream,” Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Friday, reiterating that Israel “needs to withdraw.” read more

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Lebanon Lesson Unheeded? Avoiding Casualties at Cost of Mission Doesn’t Win War

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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

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Shabbos War News: Iran to Fund, Arm Syria Big-Time

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Iran to Fund Syrian Arms Deals, by Roee Nahmias (Ynet)

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Tehran will help Syria fund future arms deals with North Korea and Russia, set up military plants there and back Syria on the Lebanon issue.

Iran will transfer a billion dollars to Syria for the purchase of 400 advanced T-72 Russian tanks, 18 MiG-31 warplanes, eight Sukhoi fighter jets and eight Mikoyan helicopters.

In addition, Iran will help Syria set up a mid-range missile manufacturing plant and equip the Syrian army with Iranian-made armored vehicles and tanks. read more

Does the Comptroller’s Report Only Address Unpreparedness in the North, or Nationwide?

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Commentary;

In a recent previous quote, this blog asked this question regarding the Comptroller’s report on the unpreparedness of the Home Front Command during last summer’s Lebanon conflict; Are there two Home Front Commands; one for the north which is being remediated, and one for the south which is being TOTALLY NEGLECTED?

The news report below provides evidence that this might indeed be the case. MB

Sderot Residents Protest Transfer of Shelters

Full Text;

Several Sderot residents barricaded themselves inside a mobile secure room on Friday in protest of a Defense Ministry decision to transfer the rooms from Sderot to the North. read more

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Regime Frees 256 Terrorist Security Prisoners, to Harm Jews Another Day

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For recent blog posts related to the prisoner release, click here and here.

256 Freed Security Prisoners Start Arriving at Beitunya, by Rebecca Anna Stoil (Jerusalem Post)

Excerpts;

256 Palestinian security prisoners started arriving at the Beitunya checkpoint, between Givat Ze’ev and Ramallah, at about 10 a.m. Friday morning after being released from Ketziot Prison in the western Negev.

Head of the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria, Brigadier General Yoav Mordehai, met with senior Fatah official Hussein al-Sheikh and Palestinian Authority Minister for Prisoners Affairs Ashraf Ajrami at the checkpoint, ahead of the prisoners’ arrival. read more

Friday War News; Kassam Blitz, Mortar Shells and Casualties

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One Suffers Shock as Kassam Lands in Sderot [Friday Morning]

Related reports;

Terror Rocket Hits Sderot, Two Women in Shock (Update)

Kassam Rocket Lands in Sderot; Several People Suffer Shock

Kassam Hits Sderot; One Hospitalized

5 Mortar Shells Land in Western Negev, No Injuries Reported

Palestinians Open Fire at IDF; 7 Fugitives Caught

Palestinians Open Fire at IDF in Ramallah

Police Arrest 66 Illegal PA Arabs

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