The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Olmert: We’ll Safeguard Sderot Homes
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In what decade? Seeing is believing! What about the chain of regime lies until now? MB
Synagogue Vandalized Near Ramallah
Palestinians Throw Bomb at Israeli Car Near Hebron
Report: IAF Jets Fly Over South Lebanon
100 Million Dollars to be Transferred to PA
Fatah Activist Arrested by Israeli Forces Next to Jenin
UPDATED Halutz to General Staff: ‘I Won’t Leave in a Rush’, By Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
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Hours after dropping a bombshell by announcing his resignation, Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz told the General Staff on Wednesday morning that he had faith in the IDF’s capability to continue dealing with threats Israel faced, and said he had no intention to “take [his] stuff and leave in a rush.”
Halutz said he planned to stay in place until a successor was chosen, and the changeover complete.
Police Launch Criminal Probe Against Olmert on Bank Leumi Sale, by by Gil Zohar (Israel National News)
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State prosecutor Eran Shendar ordered Israel Police to launch a criminal probe Tuesday against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert concerning the sale of the government’s shares in Bank Leumi.
Olmert, it is alleged, used his former position as finance minister in order to help two friends who were interested in buying the shares. Olmert has denied interfering in the tender for the state’s controlling interest in the bank.
Disengagement Claimed Yuri Stern, of Blessed Memory, by David Bedein (Israel National News)
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Dr. Yuri Stern, a member of the Knesset who came on Aliyah from the former USSR in 1981, died today at the young age of 58.
I knew this man. Not as a politician. He came into my office twenty years ago, needing a place to work. Not a job. A place to work. To help new immigrants struggle with their first stages of Aliyah.
Indeed, Yuri took a cubicle at Beit Agron and worked round the clock.
After a few years of hard work, he came to the conclusion that he could only really help people if he would enter politics.
Rocket Hits Sderot Area, No Casualties
IDF Soldier Shot by Palestinians Near Ramallah
Lt.- Gen. Dan Halutz Resigns as IDF Chief of Staff
IDF [Read Olmert Regime?] Freezes Ban on Israelis Carrying PA Residents in their Cars
IDF Spokesperson: Regulations Regarding Transportation of Palestinians in Israeli Vehicles Postponed
IDF Arrests 24 Arabs [Fugitives] in Judea and Samaria
IDF Uncovers 2 Large Explosive Devices in Jenin Tuesday Night
At the conclusion of Parsha Shemos, Moshe and Aaron are confronted, upon exiting Pharoh’s Palace, by the B’nai Yisrael who are in deeper despair than before because of the increased workload which resulted from Pharoh’s fury at Moshe’s first effort to secure their freedom and exit from Mitzrayim.
Our Parsha begins with the dialogue which Moshe Rebbeinu has with Hashem prior to again speaking to the B’nai Yisrael. And so, after
Hashem rebukes Moshe for his complaint and reassures him that redemption is at hand, Moshe again addresses the B’nai Yisrael as to his meeting with Pharoh.
Our World: Olmert’s Heirs Apparent, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“Just as Livni, in advancing her idea of giving Judea and Samaria to Fatah and Hamas, ignores the fact that Fatah and Hamas are not interested in peace with Israel, so Lieberman in advancing his plan to subsume Israeli sovereignty into EU and NATO membership pays no attention to the nature of these groups. He ignores the fact that the central guiding principle of EU foreign policy is support for the Palestinians – including Hamas – in their bid to destroy Israel.”
Full Text of Leaked Agreement With Syria
Syria Denies Haaretz Report as ‘Completely False’
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“Official Israeli response to the report was more tentative. ‘This is the first we have heard of the talks, we have never sanctioned anybody to speak to the Syrians and the prime minister first learned of these conversations through the newspaper report this morning,’ said Miri Eisin, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.”
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New Communities Planned in Lachish for Gush Katif Refugees, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is set to announce the construction of seven communities in the Lachish region that will become the new homes for a group of Jewish communities expelled from Gush Katif.
Plans that have been on the drawing board for at least ten months were reportedly finalized this week between Jewish refugees from Gaza and senior officials in the Prime Minister’s Office.
Shomron: War [in Lebanon] was Run with No Goal
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Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz (Likud) said during the meeting, “I am under a very grave impression, mainly regarding what is taking place in the State of Israel’s military and political echelon.
“There are deficiencies in the issues of national security, both in the political leadership as well as in the IDF top brass. This resulted in the fact that it was not understood that firing on millions of Israelis means a war, rather than border incidents. Israel’s combat doctrine has been worn down.”