The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Kassam Rocket Fired Into Israel; None Wounded
Kassam Lands in Mediterranean Next to Ashkelon Beach
IDF Chief: Hezbollah trying to Cross the Litani
Commentary;
Does anyone in the world besides Israel really give a darn about UN Resolution 1701 which supposedly “bans Hezbollah from crossing over the Litani River and into southern Lebanon?” MB
Shots Fired at Fence Workers East of Jerusalem
Attempted Car Bombing at Nahariya Hospital
Column One, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“The Education Ministry…. now led by Yuli Tamir, one of the founders of Peace Now, … last month announced that in accordance with her educational vision, school children will learn fewer facts, since there is no real historic truth.”
Excerpts;
Since Deputy Premier Shimon Peres was the father of the Oslo process, it can come as no surprise that he has been the central engine behind the corruption of the establishment. Today, Peres openly mocks the rule of law by basing his campaign for the presidency on his promise to pardon Marwan Barghouti, the imprisoned Fatah commander and convicted mass murderer.
Magazine Retracts PM Quotes on Iran, by Mark Weiss (Jerusalem Post)
Full Text;
Following angry denials by officials in the Prime Minister’s Office of a report in the German magazine Focus that quoted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as saying, “It would take about 10 days and 1,000 Tomahawk missiles to severely damage the [Iranian nuclear] program,” the interviewer himself denied writing any of the content.
Focus journalist Amir Taheri contacted Olmert spokeswoman Miri Eisen late Saturday and told her that Focus had agreed to remove the material in question from its Web site after the Prime Minister’s Office complained, and after he disclaimed the article.
IDF Kills Palestinians Planting Bombs
Excerpt;
“IDF troops killed four Palestinians attempting to place an explosive device near the security fence in the northern Gaza Strip, Saturday morning.”
IDF Arrests 4 Wanted Palestinians in West Bank [Yehuda and Shomron]
Palestinians Open Fire at IDF Force in Nablus [Shechem]; No Injuries
Netanyahu Promises to “Repay Debt” to Katif Expellees, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
Excerpt:
“Netanyahu was greeted enthusiastically by many of the residents, some of whom even chanted slogans in support of his candidacy for Prime Minister when national elections are next held.”
Commentary;
Bibi opted to vote for expulsion and everything to Bibi is politics, even Jewish morality and our Divine right and legacy; Eretz Yisrael. And his political rhetoric now is phoney, artificial and transparent. Remember: Acquiesence is Complicity!
Massive IDF Drill Prepares for Syrian Attack on the Golan, Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Excerpts;
“Since the Second Lebanon War, Military Intelligence has claimed that war with Syria is now closer than ever…. President Bashar Assad, analysts have said, was empowered by Hizbullah’s surprise success while fighting the IDF. The assessment is that he might be motivated to launch hostilities in an effort to retrieve the Golan Heights, either by initiating a surprise attack to capture one or two Israeli communities or by firing long-range ballistic missiles at the home front.”
Winograd Report in English Due Monday, by Dan Izenberg (Jerusalem Post)
Winograd Interim Report, Media Briefing on Monday
Excerpts;
The government-appointed Winograd Committee of Examination will publish its interim report on the events of the Second Lebanon War on Monday, the committee said on Wednesday in a press communique.
According to the committee’s statement, the censored report and Winograd’s statement will be available in English and Hebrew versions, on the committee’s official Internet site.
Homesh Return March Exceeds Expectations, by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (Israel National News)
Excerpts;
Thousands of people have been marching to the former Samaria community of Homesh since Tuesday morning, on Israel’s Independence Day. The number of participants far exceeds the expectations of the march organizers and of the security forces assigned to the event.
According to Tzafrir Ronen, among the march organizers, the turnout was far beyond what the Homesh First umbrella group had planned on. Eyewitnesses said the total number of marchers on the road numbered between seven and ten thousand.
MK Shteinitz: Egypt May Be Planning a Pan-Arab Attack
Dozens of Bedouins Trying to Cross Over into Israel
Palestinians ‘Are Learning’ From Iraq
IDF Troops Find Fire-Extinguisher Bomb in Nablus
15 PA Fugitives Arrested Overnight
Kassam Fired From Northern Gaza; None Wounded
Shelling From Gaza Amidst Premature Reports of Ceasefire
Molotov Cocktail Attack Near Bethlehem
Three Arab Youths Arrested in Galilee Attack
30 Kassam Rockets and 61 Mortar Shells Fired [From Gaza on Yom Ha’atsma’ut]
State Approves [Additional] NIS 500 Million for Gush Katif Evacuees (Jerusalem Post)
Full Text;
A ministerial committee approved Wednesday an addition of NIS 500 million to the budget allocated for the compensation of families evacuated from Gush Katif during Israel’s disengagement from Gaza in 2005.
The monetary addition was meant to resolve issues which remained unaccounted for in the original compensation law.
The union of Gush Katif residents expressed its gratitude for the decision to increase the budget, an issue which the former residents have been struggling over for a lengthy period of time.