The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Egypt to Launch First Spy Satellite
Wonder who they’re spying on and why?
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Israeli Car Stoned South of Hebron
IDF Uncovers Explosive Device near Jenin; No Injuries
Kassam Rocket Lands Near Sderot
Kassam Rocket Attacks Continue
Excerpt;
“A reservist serving near a Gaza crossing told Arutz-7, ‘The media does not report all of the rockets that fall in the Palestinian Authority (PA) area, where at least one falls almost every day.'”
The Blight of Corrosive Corruption (I), By Emanuel Feldman (Jerusalem Post)
“The secular founders of the modern state of Israel wanted to create a new Jew. They would toss Judaism overboard as a Diaspora phenomenon and create an Israeli in tune with contemporary times.”
“We are new Jews. The shared suffering of Jewish history, our moral triumphs over savagery, the long, mystic chord of Jewish national memory, the unique Jewish perspective on God, life, morality and the world around us – such things have been torn away from our collective identity.”
Excerpt;
“‘What is going on in Egypt is a point of concern,’ said a defense official, who asked to remain unnamed due to the sensitivity of the issue. He wondered out loud why Egypt needed such a strong military when, except for Israel, its neighbors – Libya and Sudan – barely had functioning militaries.”
Stones Thrown at Israeli Vehicle Traveling South of Nablus; No Injuries
Supreme Court Orders NIS 100,000 Fine for Illegal Building, by Gil Zohar (Israel National News)
“During an earlier deliberation on the petition, the justices had raised the possibility of ordering Haftzina and Green Park to return the money of those who purchased the apartments.”
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Full Text;
Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday imposed a NIS 100,000 fine on construction companies building apartments in the Matityahu East despite a temporary injunction forbidding them to do so.
Column One: From Jenin to Baghdad, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“Disillusionment and despair… goes a long way towards explaining how the Kadima Party – which ran its election campaign last year under the banner of “pragmatic” defeatism – was able to win in the general elections. And it is the same despair that feeds our enemies’ growing faith in their ultimate ability to destroy Israel.”
Commentary;
And why must we base our entire self-defense and security upon US rationalizations? MB
From One Mother to Another, by Paula R. Stern (Israel National News)
“Put hundreds of Israelis in one location and the Palestinians would see this as a delectable target, and wonder how they could kill them. Put hundreds of Palestinians in one location, even protecting a terrorist’s house, and the Israeli army will not hit it. This is now the known equation of the Middle East and even the United Nations cannot deny it.”
“To Palestinian mothers, I say: you must choose. If you value your children’s lives, keep them safe and away from danger. If you value your weapons over your children, and send them to protect the homes of terrorists who endanger our children, then they cannot be called innocent.”
PLO Chief Abbas Supports Hitting Israel, Not Hamas, by By Michael Widlanski (IMRA)
Commentary;
The Olmert Regime may not like it. And it may be tabboo to say in Israel’s current repressed state of “Freedom of Speech,” but Abbas Supports Killing Jews, and the Regime know’s it!! MB
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“Our rifles, all our rifles are aimed at The Occupation,” [Arabic: “Al-Ihtilal”] declared Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas today (Jan. 11) in a major speech that was warm to Hamas and harsh to Israel and the United States.
She’ll Only Make Things Worse, by Evelyn Gordon (Jerusalem Post)
“Livni’s proposal violates the most basic rule of negotiations: Always keep something in reserve for the next stage.”
Full Text;
According to the polls, Tzipi Livni might well be Israel’s next prime minister. Public disgust with the government in which she serves as foreign minister has somehow bypassed her; with an approval rating of over 50 percent, she is Israel’s most popular politician.
Yet this popularity is mystifying – because Livni’s record gives every reason to believe that she would be as dismal a premier as her current boss.