The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Hamas Threatens to Kill Shalit if IDF Enters Gaza
Excerpt;
“MK Yisrael Katz called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to declare that if Hamas harms Schalit, PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and his friends in the Hamas government will be assassinated.”
10 Palestinians Arrested During House Demolition in East Jerusalem
Kassam Strikes West Negev; No Wounded or Damage
Terrorists Firebomb Soldiers; No Injuries
Rashi asks a critical question on the very first posuk of our Parsha;
“Hashem spoke to Moshe on Har Sinai, saying.” (Parsha Behar, Vayikra Perek 25, posuk 1) He asks why the laws of Shemittoh are singled out as having been given at Sinai. Were not all of the Mitzvot said at Sinai?” He answers that just as all of the Mitzvot; their general rules and their specifics were taught at Sinai, so too were the general rules and specifics regarding Shemittoh taught at Sinai. Rashi then reasons that the posuk comes to teach us that every utterance said to Moshe, they were all from Sinai.
Kassam Hits Home Near Sderot Day-Care
Israel Radio Ignores Palestinian Attacks in Morning Interviews, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Excerpt;
“Interviews with MK Binyamin Netanyahu, Minister of Welfare and
Social Services Isaac Herzog (Labor) and MK Menahem Ben-Sasson (Kadima) focused on the future of the Olmert Government without even mentioning the Palestinian attacks in passing.”
Soldiers Arrest 7 Palestinians Overnight Sunday [in Yehuda, Shomron]
Tenet Accused of Lying in Memoirs:
Former CIA Chief Claims He Nixed Deal to Free Jonathan Pollard,
By Aaron Klein (WorldNetDaily.com – May 4, 2007)
“Clinton’s pledge to free Pollard was not a personal promise made to a particular prime minister. … This was a promise made to the state of Israel and to the people of Israel.”
As reported on this blog last week, WorldNetDaily.com’s Jerusalem editor Aaron Klein now reports;
Excerpts;
Former CIA Director George Tenet’s claim that he is responsible for nixing a deal to free imprisoned Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard has been contradicted by a number of sources, including some who say Tenet personally told them otherwise.
‘Israel is Verging on Moral Collapse’ (Jerusalem Post)
Full Text;
“Israel is on the verge of moral collapse,” Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch said in a conference on education hosted by Seminar Hakibutzim, Sunday.
“We are in the midst of a cultural and political turmoil and storm clouds are brewing. We are experiencing failures, societal class struggles, poverty and a lack of public trust in all state institutions,” Beinisch said.
However, despite her harsh statements, Beinisch has also voiced optimism in saying that, after perusing the conference program, she thought that, “perhaps we can still say that…it isn’t too late.” She said that change is possible due to the fact that there are many people “who are interested in contributing and cultivating that which is most important to us – our children’s education.”
PM Livni? Are We Crazy?, by Uzi Landau (Ynet)
Foreign Minister lacks independent worldview; we cannot afford another experiment.
“Livni, with all due respect, is there by coincidence. She was able to jump on the right bandwagon at the right time. She has no independent worldview. She zigzagged with her positions based on political benefits to be gained at the time. And while she’s finishing up her one-year internship at the Foreign Ministry, she’s already rushing to do some basic training at the Prime Minister’s Office, at the expense of the public.”
Arabs Throw Rocks at Jewish Vehicle Near Shechem
Rocks on Israeli Vehicle on Jerusalem-Modi’in Road
Four Kassam Rockets Fired at Negev; None Wounded
Israeli Seriously Hurt in Drive-by Shooting near Ramallah
Shooting Attack Leaves Security Guard in Serious Condition
Related report:
Aksa Group Claims Responsibility for Shooting
3 Palestinians Hurt in Clashes With IDF in Jenin
Palestinians Throw Rocks at Israeli Vehicles Near Hebron
Column One, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“The report’s concentration on the personal failures of the three men serves mainly to strengthen the Left’s push to place all the blame for the war’s dismal outcome on the personal incompetence of Israel’s leaders. This it does by deliberately ignoring the ideological and cognitive failure of the government and the Israeli establishment as a whole. It was this failure that led to the war and to its dismal outcome.”
Homesh: ‘A Settlement Renewal Point’, by Matthew Wagner (Jerusalem Post)
Full Text;
With the Israeli public’s morale at an all-time low, now is the time to launch a new bid for increased settlement activity in Judea and Samaria, with Homesh as a rallying point, Benny Katzover, former chairman of the Samaria Regional Council and a founder of Gush Emunim, said Thursday.
A huge demonstration at Homesh, one of four northern Samaria settlements evacuated during disengagement in August 2005, was being planned for this summer, when high schools and yeshivot are on vacation, said Katzover. He said he was lending his rich experience in settlement activism to the younger generation of settlement leaders.
‘I Have Set Before You Life and Death’, by Evelyn Gordon (Jerusalem Post)
“Due mainly to our own government’s continued silence – the world has come to view bombarding Israeli towns with missiles as unexceptionable behavior.”
Full Text;
The events of the past two weeks alone are enough to understand why many people thought that this year’s Independence Day took place under a cloud.
Finance Minister Abraham Hirchson suspended himself due to a criminal investigation for embezzlement; the state comptroller published a blistering report about Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s influence-
peddling in his former role as industry minister; the attorney-general considered opening two additional criminal cases against Olmert; the Knesset extended President Moshe Katsav’s leave due to a draft indictment for rape; and the Winograd Committee published its damning interim report on the failures of last summer’s Lebanon War.