The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
[Arabs’ Open Season to Attack Jews, No Matter;]
Olmert Heads to China
IDF: 4 Suspects Planning Suicide Attack Arrested
Imminent Suicide Bombing Thwarted
Saudi Arabia to Buy 72 Fighter Jets from Britain [Wonder Why Saudis Need Fighter Jets??]
‘Egypt [Grossly] Violating Philadelphi Agreement’
For context, click here.
Terrorist Critically Wounds Policeman in Rehovot
For more background, click here.
This author read a commentary by the K’li Yekar on the first posuk of Parsha Vayechi which was leyned this Shabbos.
That first posuk reads; “And Yaakov lived in the land of Mitzrayim for seventeen years…” The K’li Yekar indicates in part that Yaakov lost his Ruach HaKodesh; his ability to give prophesy, and that the Shechinah, Hashem’s presence (if you will) departed from him during his 17 years in Mitzrayim.
The K’li Yekar further indicates that the loss of prophesy and the departure of the Shechinah;
Column One: The Bitter Fruits of Corruption, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“That Israel faces unprecedented threats to its security and very existence while it is being led by the most incompetent, corrupt leadership it has ever known is not coincidental.”
“The one obvious conclusion that can be drawn from the events of the past week and year without Sharon is that in order to forge competent, honest policies, Israel needs competent and honest leaders. And so to extricate itself from the morass of ineptitude and criminality that has become its public sector, Israel must find the way to rid ourselves of the current political and military leadership that embody both.”
IDF Fires on Palestinians Near Gaza Security Fence
Commentary;
A group of Palestinians approached the northern security fence and
ignored warnings to stop including warning shots.
Egypt Seeking Nuclear Weapons? For Use Against Whom?
Excerpt;
“President Mubarak declared yesterday for the first time at the end of his talks with the Israeli prime minister in Sharm al-Sheikh that Egypt ‘would not stand aside’ if the nuclear arms race in the region escalates and that it would be ‘forced’ to try and equip itself with similar weapons in order to defend itself.”
Weekly Commentary: Palestinian Demands to Free Terrorists – the Failed Litmus Test, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Full Text;
If a Palestinian gunman was captured tonight as he was murdering an Israeli family what would “moderate” Mahmoud Abbas like Israel to with him?
Release him.
That’s right.
This is a fundamental problem.
Because when Palestinian “moderates” want Israel to release all Palestinian terrorists regardless of when they committed their crimes, they are effectively saying that no Palestinian commitment is binding. – including the very anchor commitment of Oslo to abandon violence.
IDF Forces Arrest 2 Islamic Jihad Activists Near Tulkarm
Gaza Terrorists Launch 3 Kassams Into West Negev
Kassam Strikes Sderot Neighborhood
Excerpt;
“Two families escape grave injury after missile tears through their homes.”
“Islamic Jihad” Terror Gang Says It Shelled Sderot
2 Palestinian Fugitives Arrested in Judea-Samaria
Terrorist Wounded, Six IEDs Thrown at Soldiers in Shechem (Update)
On 1 January, 2007, Ruth Matar posted an article to the Women in Green website entitled; Has Prime Minister Olmert Lost His Marbles? Apparently she received many responses to this piece, thus requiring an article in response.
This blog quotes from an important, pertinent section of this response which came in email form and does not yet appear on the Women in Green website as of this posting.
To begin, this author wishes to make clear the high regard with which Women in Green is held. One would need pages and pages to list all of the battles which Women in Green; Nadia Matar and Ruth Matar have undertaken on behalf of Am Yehudi.
Peace Without Golan in Syrian Hands, by Uri Heitner (Ynet)
For context, click here and here.
“The significant difference is between Turkey’s attitude to its land, sovereignty and borders and Israel’s attitude to its land, sovereignty and borders. For dozens of years, Turkey was unwilling to discuss any kind of compromise in Alexandretta. It never expressed a willingness to cede Alexandretta in exchange for peace. It never negotiated a withdrawal from Alexandretta. Its attitude was clear and simple – Alexandretta is ours. Period.”
PM’s Bureau Chief Under House Arrest, Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
Full Text;
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s Bureau Chief is restricted to house arrest, while several others, including her brother, are in custody over a major tax and bribe scandal.
Shula Zaken, her brother Jerusalem City Councilman (Likud) Yoram Karashi, and others are suspected of involvement in accepting or arranging bribes from political figures and businesspeople in return for tax breaks and other favors.
Olmert’s Bureau Chief was restricted to house arrest for ten days by a Tel Aviv magistrate Tuesday night after being questioned by the fraud squad at its Bat Yam headquarters for more than eight hours. Her brother is in custody, along with the Director-General of the Israel Tax Authority and a private businessman.