Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

5 Kassams Fired from Gaza; No wounded [This One the Censors Couldn’t Hide]

Three Senior Terror Operatives Arrested in Tulkarm

Rock Attack on Border Guard Patrol, No Injuries

Bomb Thrown at IDF Troops in Nablus; None Wounded

IDF Arrest Four Wanted Terrorists

Deputy Defense Minister [Sneh] Meets Fatah Officials, Agrees to Work Toward Withdrawal to pre-67 Border

Excerpt;
“The Fatah officials in attended included Yasser Abed-Rabbo and Fares Kadoura, who were involved in Beilin’s Geneva Initiative, which Ariel Sharon cited as a factor which forced him to carry out the Gaza Disengagement.” read more

“HUDNA –WINKED”: Mistranslation of an Arabic Term Which Does Not Connote “Cease Fire”, by David Bedein (Israel Resource Review)

Commentary;

With all of the talk about “cease-fire” — in Gaza, it’s extension to Yehuda and Shomron (the so-called “west bank”; the regime’s and the MSM’s term) and bogus offers and reports such as these; Mashaal Offers 10-Year Cease-Fire Deal, Report: Ceasefire To Extend to Judea, Samaria, David Bedein and Israel Resource Review has provided clear definition of “hudna”, definitely NOT a ceasefire. And the price of THIS “hudna”; giving away what is OURs, The Land of Israel. MB read more

Report: Gush Katif Residents’ Health Declining, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

Commentary;

The consequences of the expulsion of Jews from their homes in Gush Katif and the 4 Shomron towns are many-fold. The collective decline in physical and mental health is just one consequence of the regime’s land and property robbery and seizure at legalized gunpoint and violation of fundamental human rights both of the expellees and expulsion opponents.

We can only surmise that there are many Bennie Daroms walking around among the expelling soldiers and many other side-effects affecting the national psyche on many levels. Where are the Jewish hearts and souls? May they speedily come out of the closet in manifestations such as this; Residents Plan to Re-Settle Homesh and Sa-Nur on Chanukah, that Hashem may save us all. MB read more

PA Newspaper Reports Israel Offers Too Few Prisoners for Shalit’s Release

Excerpt;
“The release of captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit has been held up because Israel has agreed to free only 1,000 Arab prisoners and not 1,400, as Hamas has demanded.”

Palestinians Hurl Stones at Car Near Ramallah

IDF Nabs Palestinian Woman with Knife in West Bank

IDF Soldier Shot in Head Near Jenin

Report: Syrian Terrorists Plan Attacks to Force Surrender of Golan

12 Arabs Arrested for Huge Weapons Deals read more

Aharon Barak Does It Again, By Evelyn Gordon (Jerusalem Post)

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“Knesset could still legislate against gay marriage. Yet by ruling that existing law does not bar recognition of such marriages, the court has set a neat trap: Absent Knesset action, it will be free to declare gay marriages valid. But if the Knesset does act, the court will be free to declare the new law unconstitutional.”

Full Text;

The High Court of Justice took a long step last month toward making Israel one of the few countries that recognize gay marriage – in defiance of the legislature and executive. read more