The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
This Shabbos we leyn from the 2nd of 2 doubleheader Parshas Achrai Mos/Kedoshim (Last week’s Sedra was Taria/Metzora).
And in continuing to delve into personal aveirot projected onto the National level, Parsha Achrai Mos describes Aaron HaKohen’s special service in the Beit HaMikdash on Yom Kippur. The bulk of this Parsha HaShevua is derived from a vort from the sefer Shem Mishmuel, written by Shmuel Bornstein, the only son of Rabbi Avraham Bornstein, the Rebbe of Sochaczev, in Poland.
Itzik to Israel’s Enemies: Trade Your Kassams for Computers, by Moti Bassok (Haaretz)
Related report: Lieberman: Restraint Seen as Weakness
Exerpts;
Knesset Speaker and Acting President Dalia Itzik called Thursday on Israel’s enemies to abandon the path of violence and work toward the well-being of their own societies.
“Our advice to you is replace your Katyushas and Qassams with computers and loving education, the smile of a boy that has a future, and neighborliness,” Itzik said during her speech at the annual torch-lighting ceremony that kicked off Israel’s 59th Independence Day celebrations at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
Hamas Launches Independence Day Rocket [and Mortar] Attack on Israel
Hamas Fires [10] Rockets at Israelis
Hamas Lobs Mortar Shells at West Negev; None Wounded
Attempted Hamas Terrorist Attack Thwarted in the Gaza Strip: IDF Spokesperson
IDF Foiled Hamas Plan to Kidnap Israeli Soldier
Excerpt;
“Hamas, the ruling faction of the Palestinian Authority government, had plotted to carry out the planned abduction during the barrage.”
3 Palestinians Jailed [Sentenced to 23-26 Years in Prison] for Deadly Robbery
Palestinian Tried to Run Over Israeli Near Hebron
Kassam Rocket Fired [Saturday Night] from U.N.-Run Village
Kassam Rocket Lands Near Ashkelon; None Wounded
Related report: Kassam Rocket Explodes Near Reservoir; No Damage
IDF Arrests Five Wanted Terrorists
Israeli Lightly Wounded by Gunfire in East Jerusalem
Column One: Fighting the Next War, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“Syria has no intention of fighting a conventional war against Israel. The war that Syria is planning will bear greater similarity to the insurgency in Iraq and Hezbollah’s war last summer than to Syria’s previous wars with Israel.”
Related reports: regarding Syria’s War Intentions.
Excerpts;
Haaretz’s military commentator Ze’ev Schiff accused the Barak and Sharon governments of responsibility for last summer’s war. As Schiff put it, since the IDF withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 2000, “a threatening system [comprised of Hezbollah, Syria and Iran] arose [on Israel’s northern border], which required a preemptive strike. The aversion to conducting such a strike eventually caused the war.”
Arabs Attack Five Young Jews in Jaffa
Senior IDF Officer Confirms Iran Training Militants in Gaza
IDF Kills Palestinian Armed with Molotov Cocktail
Terrorists Launch Seven Rockets at Sderot, Negev
Kassam Strikes Western Negev; No Wounded Reported
Would-Be PA Arab Attacker Dead
IDF Troops Shoot PA Arab in Attempted Firebombing
IDF Soldier Wounded in Shechem Operation
Judge: Israel Discriminated Against Withdrawal Opponents (Israeljustice.com)
For context over the last 20 months since the expulsion, click here.
“In 2005, the government issued guidelines in dealing with withdrawal opponents. The guidelines ordered prosecutors to ignore evidence that disputes allegations of threats against civil servants.”
“‘These cases cannot be closed by the investigative unit because of lack of evidence or lack of public interest, but only with permission from the state prosecutor.'”
‘Freed Palestinian Terrorists Would Pose Immediate Ihreat’, By Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
“The Palestinians in prison have the terror know-how and the influence over the terror groups,” the defense official said. “If they are released they will be taking those qualities with them and we will need to be prepared.”
Related reports regarding prisoner releases.
Full Text;
If hundreds of terrorists are released in exchange for abducted IDF Cpl. Gilad Schalit they will pose an immediate threat to Israeli cities and settlements, a high-ranking defense official told The Jerusalem Post.
Beilin Proposes Law to Remove Jews from Hebron
For related context, click here.
Full Text;
MK Yossi Beilin (Meretz) has proposed legislation to forcibly evict Jews living in Hebron from their homes. The purpose of the legislation, Beilin said, was to “improve the security, political, and economic situation for Israel in its relationship with the occupied territories.
“The danger to the settlers in Hebron, as well as to the Palestinian population, have made securing the area an impossible challenge for the state,” Beilin claimed. “In order to protect the settlers, they must be removed,” he said.
Two Molotov Cocktails Thrown at Car Near Hebron
Israeli Car Attacked on Road 60
IDF Troops Kill Four Terrorists Near Jenin
4 Kassams Land Near Sderot; Residential House Damaged
Excerpts;
“An Israeli aircraft fired a missile at a car in the northern Gaza Strip late Saturday, killing a Palestinian man and wounding a second occupant. The airstrike came shortly after Palestinian militants fired four rockets into southern Israel.”
“One of the rockets scored a direct hit on a house in the Israeli border town of Sderot, police said. Officials said there were no injuries, but the residents suffered from shock.”