Interesting how Political Correctness in Labor Party, Amongst Leftists Depends on Who Wins

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Ayalon: I Won the Jewish Vote, by Gil Hoffman (Jerusalem Post)

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MK Ami Ayalon, who came in second to former prime minister Ehud Barak in Monday’s Labor primary and will face off against him in a June 12 runoff, slammed Barak on Tuesday for taking advantage of the votes of Israeli Arabs.

Sources close to Ayalon pointed out that even though Barak received more votes overall, 23,887 to 20,514,

    Ayalon received more votes among Jewish voters.

Barak received twice as many votes in the Arab sector as Ayalon, and he trounced him among the party’s Druse members. read more

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Peretz as Foreign Minister: Duh, Where Did That Come From???

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Interest and Dollar-Shekel Rates May Have Hit Bottom

Heaven Help Us All!

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The Merrill Lynch investment house has advised the Bank of Israel to halt the cuts in interest rates and allow the low rate to take effect. The Bank again cut the prime rate by a quarter of a percent for June. Rates have dropped by two percent in the past several months.

The dollar-shekel rate rose to 4.048 Wednesday morning, and several analysts suggested that investors may be nervous about the prospects that Defense Minister Amir Peretz may serve as Foreign Minister. read more

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Wednesday War News: Kassam Blitz Continues

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Rocket Hits Sderot, Power is Out

Kassams Hit 2 Sderot Homes; None Hurt

Kassam Hits House in Sderot; No Wounded Reported

Terrorists Fire at Israeli Guards Near Ramallah

Large Scale Rock Attack Near Hevron

Fire Bomb Thrown at Bus Near Tapuach

Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Bus Near Nablus

Kassam Hits Sderot; 4 Rockets Fired Since A.M.

Kassam Lands Near Sderot; No Wounded, No Damage

Update from Sderot: Rocket Hits Vacant Home

Second Rocket Attack on Sderot, Ambulances Summoned

2 Kassam Rockets Land in Western Negev read more

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Tuesday War News

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Aksa Martyrs Member Killed in Ramallah

Fatah Terrorist Reportedly Killed by IDF in Jenin

Two Terrorists Killed in Gaza Explosion [Work Accident]

IAF Attacks Hamas Base Near Rafiah

Kassam Falls During Bagrut Exam

Israeli Motorist Targeted by Stone Throwers Near Hevron

IDF Arrests 20 Wanted Terrorists in Judea and Samaria

Kassam Fired at Sderot

Kassam Lands in Open Area in West Negev; No Wounded

IDF Nabs Several Palestinians in Gaza Ground Op

IDF Kills 2 Hamas Terrorists in Operation Inside Central Gaza

IAF Attacks Hamas Positions in Gaza Strip read more

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Cabinet Communique: Future Tense in War; vs Terrorists and Terrorism

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Cabinet Communique: Sunday, May 27, 2007 [Including Farcical/Cynical Statement?] Commentary by Dr. Aaron Lerner ( IMRA)

Related reports and commentary:

Israel’s Deadly Stupor, by Jeff Jacoby (Boston Globe)

Editor’s Notes: A Searing Indictment, by David Horovitz ( Jerusalem Post)

Security and Defense: Still No Strategy, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

Dr. Aaron Lerner – IMRA:

“He said that it must be clear to all Israelis in general, and to residents of the south in particular, that the Government will do its utmost in both the civil and military spheres, and that there will be no restrictions on action against terrorist elements and those responsible for terrorism.” read more

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Why Pollard Remains Behind Bars: The Dirty Little Secret of US Duplicity Toward Israel

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Pollard’s Unforgivable Sin, by Ted Belman (Israel National News)

Related information and commentary:

The video of US Ambassador Richard Jones speaking about Jonathan Pollard — Thanks to Dr. Aaron Lerner and IMRA

Commentary by Justice for Jonathan Pollard and Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Vice President, NCYI

Pollard’s Big Mistake, Yaakov Kirschen (The Dry Bones Blog)

Commentary;

When US Ambassador Richard Jones made his comments about Jonathan Pollard, his later “apology” and claims that his comments were misinterpreted notwithstanding, the truth is that he, Jones revealed starkly the duplicity of American foreign policy for the world to see. read more

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Monday War News: IDF “Green Light” for Expanded Gaza Ops, Kassam Blitz Continues

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All he can do is look…

Kassam Lands in Sderot; No Reports of Wounded

Kassams Hit Field in Western Negev, Causing Fire

Kassam Hits Open Field, Causing Fire [11 Kassams Today]

3 Kassam Rockets Land in Sderot; None Wounded

Molotov Cocktails Thrown Over Fence into Itamar

Soldier Lightly Wounded by Rocks Near Ramallah

IDF Arrests Kahane’s Son’s Murderer in Ramallah

Report: Terrorist Cell Ready To Attack Jerusalem

IDF Troops Discover Homemade Weapons Near Jenin

IDF Troops Arrest 2 Tanzim Operatives in Jericho read more

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Parsha Beha’aloscha 5767 — Hachnasat Sefer Torah in Yishuv Adura and HaKaras HaTov

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by, Moshe Burt

Our Parsha speaks about the reasons for the separate section delineated by the inverted “nuns” — “When the Aron (the Ark) would journey, Moshe said, ‘Arise Hashem, and let your foes be scattered, let those who hate you flee from before you.’ And when it rested, he would say, ‘Reside tranquilly, O, Hashem, among the myriad thousands of Israel.'” (Sefer Bamidbar, Perek 10, posukim 35-36)

Preceding these posukim are the posukim which speak about the journey of the Aron and of B’nai Yisrael from Har Sinai to their next resting place, “…a three day distance…” (Sefer Bamidbar, Perek 10, posukim 33 & 34). read more

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The Two Major Causes of the Lebanon War Which Winograd Failed to Take Note of

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What Winograd Missed, by Yehuda Poch (Israel National News)

Related Commentaries:

The ‘Then Maybe They Will’ Doctrine, by Prof. Steven Plaut
 (Israel National News)

Column One: Statecraft in the Absence of Statesmen, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

Commentary (MB)

Yehuda Poch writes about former IDF Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin Shahak’s recent radio interview. The interview came down to one crucial statement;

Shahak: If rocket attacks extend to include Ashkelon, then there might be no choice but to occupy Gaza. read more

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Costly Lessons Ignored, Unlearned: An Incompetent Regime’s Appeasement of Syria Further Jeopardizes Israel’s Military Credibility, National Security

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Column One: Statecraft in the Absence of Statesmen, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

“Olmert is demonstrating that he is incapable of responsibly advancing Israel’s interests. Indeed, his willingness to engage in surrender talks with Damascus shows that he doesn’t even understand what Israel’s national interests are.”

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It is doubtful that opening negotiations on an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights would weaken Syria’s relations with Iran. Why would Syria consider distancing itself from Teheran when its close alliance with the ayatollahs is what is provoking the US and Israel to mollify it? read more

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