“At the beginning of the Parsha, we are told that when Moshe grew up, he went out to see his brethren … their ways and behavior. When he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, and there was no one else in sight, i.e., no other Hebrew … willing to defend the man … being beaten,
he assumed that was because their slavery had destroyed their will to struggle. On the second day, though when he saw two Hebrews fighting one another and one said to him, ‘as you killed the Egyptian,’ he saw that that man believed that Moshe’s actions on the previous day had been wrong. Moshe responded, ‘Surely this thing is known’ — it is not their slavery nor their lack of strength to fight back that is causing them not to resist the Egyptians, because they are perfectly willing to fight one another. What is evidently missing is a sense of justice, of mutual support, of helping the weak, and that is the reason why the redemption had not yet come. ‘Surely, this thing is known’ — now I understand the matter.” (Torah Gems, by Aharon Yaakov Greenberg on Parsha Shemos, page 20 quoting Bina Le Itim)
Olmert’s Chickens Coming Home to Roost?
PM Sources: Probe Report ‘Speculation’, By Dan Izenberg (Jerusalem Post)
Full Text;
Reports that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will face a criminal investigation upon his return from China are just “speculations,” sources close to Olmert said Wednesday morning.
The sources declared that “we have not received any official statement from an authoritative source on this issue,” Army Radio reported.
Olmert refrained from commenting Wednesday on a report he would face a criminal investigation upon his return from a state visit to China.
Israel’s Self-Inflicted Sustained War Wounds
Analysis: Israel’s Numerous War Wounds, By Anshel Pfeffer
“What hasn’t been improved one bit since the end of the war is the decision-making process of our political leadership; in fact, that’s only got much worse.”
Commentary;
This blog is not picking up this article for it’s conclusions, but for the points made within and that the conditions within the government and the IDF are apparently showing no improvement.
Pfeffer begins and ends this article by seeming to give Nasrallah
credit for the current and ongoing debacle;
Tuesday Night, Wednesday War News
Russia Eyes Iskander Rocket Sale to Syria
Iran Develops Attack Helicopter With Parts from Britain, Canada and France
Shots Fired on IDF Force near Kabatya, No Casualties
“IDF Budget 8 Billion NIS Short”
Terrorists Fire at IDF Forces In Shechem
Arabs Pelt Car on Hwy 443, Person Slightly Injured
Wanted Terrorist Arrested in Bethlehem
Soldiers Shoot, Injure Arab [Approaching Fence in Suspicious Manner] in Gaza
Regime Continues False, Fabricated Spin About Gush Katif Expellees
Gov’t: 75% of Gaza Evacuees Have Jobs, By Tovah Lazaroff (Jerusalem Post)
Excerpts;
Approximately 75 percent of the Gaza Strip evacuees have found jobs since they were expelled from their homes in 2005, according to statistics presented Monday to the Ministerial Disengagement Committee. This number will increase to 85% within half a year, government officials who are working with the evacuees said.
But Yosef Zvi Rimon, head of the nongovernmental group JobKatif, which helps to find jobs for the evacuees, said the government’s numbers were too high. He said only 38% of the evacuees had found jobs.
Olmert on Unilateral Withdrawal: 9 January, 2007 Version — Subject to Change
PM Joins Growing Consensus Against Unilateral Withdrawal, by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz & Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
Excerpts;
“Olmert explained his new position to the Chinese interviewer by reference to the Israeli withdrawals from Lebanon in 2000 and from Gaza in 2005, both of which, he said, encouraged terrorism and increased the likelihood of war.”
“A year ago, I believed that we would be able to do this unilaterally,” he told reporters ahead of a three-day trip to China, which began Tuesday morning. “However, it should be said that our experience in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip is not encouraging. We pulled out of Lebanon unilaterally, and see what happened. We pulled out of the Gaza Strip completely, to the international border, and every day they are firing Kassam rockets at Israelis. Under the existing circumstances, it would be more practical to achieve a two-state solution through negotiations rather than [unilateral] withdrawal.”
Tuesday War News
Palestinian Terror Cells Seek to Acquire Katyusha Technology
Excerpt;
“According to the officials, the new rockets, with an estimated range of over 35 kilometers, could reach the southern cities of Kiryat Gat, Netivot and Ofakim.”
IDF Forces Arrest 30 Palestinians in the West Bank
Arab Driver Arrested After Injuring Policeman
Police and Army Work Together to Catch Arab Car Thieves
Two Arabs Try to Rob Israeli Cab Driver Who Stopped for Gas
Lakia Resident Caught Transporting 16 Illegal Arabs from Hebron
Olmert Regime’s Deliberate Fabrications: Calling Abbas “Moderate”
Israeli Prime Minister Spokeswoman Reassures that Abbas has not Sanctioned Missile Attacks. Abbas’s Officers Deny It, by David Bedein (Behind the News in Israel)
For context, click here.
Full Text;
Since Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert now describes Palestinian Authority President and Fateh chairman Machmoud Abbas as a “moderate”. [“There are among the Palestinians responsible and moderate sources who openly say they want to make peace with Israel,”.- December 25th, 2006],
Monday War News
Motsei Shabbos and Sunday War News
[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.