The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
200 Settlers light Candles in Homesh, by Efrat Weiss (Ynet)
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Some 200 settlers and right-wing supporters held a Hanukkah ceremony in the evacuated settlement of Homesh in northern Samaria on Thursday afternoon. The setters received authorization to light the holiday candles in the former community from the IDF.
A group of Palestinians hurled rocks at the settlers as their buses were leaving the area, no injuries or damage were reported.
Minister Gideon Ezra’s Deadline and Threats of Response to Kassams Were “Metaphors”, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
For context, click here. Typifies the Olmert Regime and it’s abject lack of priority for Jewish lives. MB
Date: 21 December, 2006;
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Speaking in a live interview broadcast on Israel Radio’s noon news program on 4 December, 2006 Environment Minister Gideon Ezra (Kadima) Minister Ezra noted that he supports the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and that he had, in fact, proposed a unilateral 10 day ceasefire himself.
Despite Seven Kassams, PM Decides to Exercise Restraint
MK Tal (Kadima) to Olmert: Will it Take 40 Kassams to React?
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Arrested Hamas Terrorist Supplied Tools for Tunnels, Rockets
PA Residents Accuse Israel of Air Strike
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“The explosion apparently was caused by a misfiring or a ‘work accident.'”
Syria Discussing Procurement of Russian Advanced S-300 Air and Missile Defense System
A Too-Political Judiciary, by Evelyn Gordon (Jerusalem Post)
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The most sensible comment on last week’s controversial High Court of Justice rulings came from Knesset Constitution Committee Chairman Menachem Ben-Sasson. Responding to Knesset members’ outrage over the court’s decision to overturn part of the “Intifada Law” – thereby allowing (some) Palestinians to sue Israel for damages incurred in a war that they themselves launched – Ben-Sasson said that he was “astonished by the uproar,” since “it is the MKs’ responsibility to determine the relationship among the branches of government.”
Arrested Land of Israel Activists Released on Bail
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Jerusalem police released on bail three women arrested earlier on Wednesday for breaching the security fence surrounding the Tomb of Rachel in Bethlehem.
The three Land of Israel activists, including the wife of Kiryat Arba Mayor Tzvi Katzover, were arrested when they took part in an effort by 200 people to reach Rachel’s Tomb on foot. Dozens of youth managed to breach the fence and enter the sanctified site, exemplifying one of the messages of their protest – that fences are no security solution. The protesters were confronted by police and IDF soldiers, who failed to prevent the breach.
Netanyahu: Bring Ahmadinejad to Trial
For context; click Parsha Mikeitz/Shabbos Chanukah 5767: A Message of Yosef: Never Assume That The Nations Accept an Obligation to the Jews:
How quickly treaties, agreements or committments pertaining to Israel and the Jewish people which either are signed by Arabs, or for that matter, by the nations, including the Superpower, are forgotten or fall by the wayside in the name of expediency, political alignments or realignments, regional, international and economic pressures. We see that agreements, third-party guarantees, either by the US, the EU, the UN and it’s UNFIL are worthless and worse — totally detrimental to Jewish security and wellbeing. We see that agreements, third-party guarantees, either by the US, the EU, the UN and it’s UNFIL are worthless and worse — totally detrimental to Jewish security and wellbeing.
Israel May Release Embargoed Funds to PA
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How absurd is this?? MB
Kassam Lands in Western Negev; None Wounded
Enemy Rocket Lands Near Ashkelon in Renewed Barrage
Terrorists Open Fire at Israeli Vehicle
IAF Targets Rocket Launchers in Gaza
Rock-Throwing Attack in Hevron
12 Foreign Citizens Caught Crossing Egypt Border
Terrorists Escalate Kassam Rocket Attacks
Kassam Rocket Attack on Kibbutz, No Injuries
Hi-Tech Personal ID at Checkpoints, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
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This piece caught my eye when it came out a week ago, but not for positive reasons. Read the article below, and then read the excerpts of an email received from Nadia Matar of Women in Green. MB
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Jews of Judea/Samaria will receive a secret code easing their passage through checkpoints. Drivers of borrowed cars will have to wait in line for full inspection, together with potential terrorists.
With the ongoing construction of the partition wall alongside or atop the Green Line (separating Judea and Samaria from the rest of Israel), a new feature of life for many of the 250,000 residents of Yesha has become the passage through border-like checkpoint crossings as they travel to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the like.
Chanukah in Homesh: Mounted Police Knock Down Woman
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Black-uniformed police in riot gear, backed by mounted police, confronted 1,000 supporters of Jewish life in the destroyed community of Homesh Monday night. One horse ridden by a policeman knocked down a woman, who threw sand in the animal’s face to prevent it from trampling her.
The crowd, including former residents of the community which was among those destroyed by the government last years, out-maneuvered soldiers and police who tried to prevent them from reaching the site. They lit Chanukah candles and vowed to rebuild their homes.
Qassam Falls in Western Negev; No Injuries
IDF Arrests Tanzim Fugitive Near Bethlehem
Two Kassams Land in Western Negev; None Wounded
Foiled Terrorist Plan to Kidnap Israelis, 3 Arrested
Shin Bet Announces Hamas Terror Cell Bust
Soldiers Stop Knife-Wielding Terrorist
IDF Finds Three Bombs Near Gaza Security Fence
Border Police Kill Top Tanzim Man Near Tulkarm
IDF Soldier Lightly Hurt Near Gaza Fence