The old saying is that a picture tells a thousand words…
Consider this joint news conference photo of US Secretary of State Rice and Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipy Livni next to the Haaretz headline;
Shabbos War News
Terrorists Lightly Injure 2 Israeli Soldiers in Shooting
Fatah Terrorists Fire Rockets at Sderot
Palestinian Caught With Knife Near Nablus [Shechem]
Palestinians Shoot at IDF Force Near Ramallah; No Injuries
Prisoners of Ideology? IDF Goal if Attacked by Syria: Prepare for Negotiations, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Full Text;
“In all the IDF’s war games, exercises and simulations, which presuppose thousands of Israeli casualties in a clash with Syria, the aim of the war is defined in identical terms: to arrive at negotiations with Damascus “from an advantageous position.”
Turkish Inspectors to Mughrabi Gate Construction Site: Defusing the Situation or Opportunity to Blast Israel, Construction by Implication?
Hamas Ally May Head Turk Mission to Temple Mount
Intel: Hamas, Fatah Want Riots in Jerusalem
Police Preparing for More Violence Around Temple Mount
“Quick Draw” Olmert Visits Turkey, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Full Text;
“Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday agreed to let a Turkish team inspect the construction site at the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, work Muslims fear will harm the face of the nearby Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Olmert: “The [Jordanian] King is a Friend of Mine… It’s Not a Release, but Rather a Change of Prisons”
Protest Rally Feb. 19th, Kikar Pariz, 6PM
KEEP THE MURDERERS IN JAIL! LET POLLARD GO!
Commentary;
If you believe the above Olmert “shoot from the hip” boast, re-read this; Will Release of 4 Murderers of IDF Soldier to Jordanian Custody Amount to Arab Revolving Door?
If you still believe Olmert’s statement, “I’ve got a bridge to sell you… cheap! MB
Olmert’s Offer To Free Terrorist Enrages Victim’s Mom
Friday War News
Jerusalem: Six Arabs Arrested So Far
Molotov Thrown at Border Guards
Shots Fired at IDF South of Tulkarm; None Wounded
4 Muslim Youths Arrested as Police Attacked in Old City
Rioters Clash with Police in Jerusalem
Police on Near-Maximum Alert Nationwide [Awaiting Possible Moalem Riots]
3 East Jerusalem Residents Arrested After Attacking Police Officers
Can or Should Israel Depend on the US or Anyone Else to Eliminate Iran Nuke Capacity?
Right On!: Stop the Atomic Ayatollahs, by Michael Freund (Jerusalem Post)
“Once he dispenses with the Jews, as we know, it is the West that will be next. So this is not just Israel’s battle, it is everyone’s war…”
Excerpts;
Less than 1,000 miles east of Tel Aviv a new Auschwitz is being prepared, as the world looks on and does virtually nothing to stop it. Instead of the gas chambers being fired up, centrifuges are being installed. In place of Zyklon-B gas, the agent of choice is now uranium.
Sderot Parents Must Take Regime to Court to Compel Governmental Responsibility
Why Do Parents Have to Sue for Government Protection? by Noam Bedein (Israel National News)
For context, click here and here.
“Giladi stated that the Israeli government should not protect school children after third grade, since the Israel Civil Defense Command had determined that children had a 15-second warning from the time the siren sounds until the missile hits.”
“Levy “forgot” to mention that in these trial runs, it was Israeli combat soldiers who had run to safe areas in the schools in 15 seconds. They did not carry out a trial run with 30 or 40 children who would have to scramble out of their chairs in their classrooms and run out of the one classroom door in search of a safe spot.”
Will Release of 4 Murderers of IDF Soldier to Jordanian Custody Amount to Arab Revolving Door?
UPDATE: Olmert to Let Jordanian Prisoners Serve in Jordan
Commentary;
A question worth considering — seriously! Is release of 4 murderers of IDF Soldier to Jordanian custody tantamount to freedom for these murderers and the ability to strike again. How much more appeasement? MB
Four Jordanians Who Killed IDF Soldier May be Released, by Aluf Benn and Yuval Yoaz (Haaretz)
Israel is considering allowing four Jordanian prisoners, convicted of murdering Israel Defense Force soldier Yehuda Lifschitz in 1990, to serve the rest of their sentence in Jordan.
Thursday War News
Kassam Lands in Western Negev; None Wounded
7 Hurt as Stone Thrown at School Bus in Beersheba
Molotov Cocktail, Bomb Hurled at IDF in Tulkarm
Rehovot: 2 Palestinians Suspected of Robbing Woman
2 Kassams Hit Western Negev; No Wounded Reported
Jerusalem Police on Alert [For Muslim Violence in Old City]
IDF Troops arrest 14 Palestinian Fugitives
American Jews: Are You Okay With Where Your Federation Donations are Going?
Not With My Money, by Lori Lowenthal Marcus (Jerusalem Post)
“Three of the principal goals of JAFI are to develop Jewish communities in the Galilee and the Negev, encourage aliya, and promote Jewish continuity… All three of those goals, however, would be considered illegitimate colonizing enterprises by at least one of JAFI’s grantees – the Mossawa Center, an Arab-Israeli thank tank. Mossawa seems committed to eliminating every one of them.”
“It is time for Jewish donors who wish Israel to remain a Jewish state – and there is nothing inconsistent with it being a Jewish state and a democracy – to scrutinize the actions of their investment professionals.”