The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Full Text of Leaked Agreement With Syria
Syria Denies Haaretz Report as ‘Completely False’
Excerpt;
“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)
Full Text;
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
Excerpts;
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.”
PM’s Office Claims 75% of Evacuees Employed When Only 48% Are, Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Commentary;
This post from Dr. Aaron Lerner of IMRA reveals yet again the gross descrepancy between the Regime’s manufactured statistics on former Gush Katif residents re-employed and the reality of the situation, as reported by Nadav Shragai of Haaretz in his piece; A Year and a Half Later: Nearly Half of Gaza Evacuees are Without Work, Illness is Up, and the Money Ran Out Long Ago.
How long will the people stand for the regime’s lies about, and abuse and mal-treatment of the former Gush Katif Residents? MB
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