Overwhelming Christian Support for Israel: Another Regime Myth Exploded?

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U.S. Catholics All for Disinvestment

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U.S. Roman Catholics have come out squarely against Israel in a new poll by a Catholic publication. In a survey conducted by The Tablet, a majority of those questioned agreed that they Ö²“would disinvest from companies whose products are used by the Israeli government in the occupied territoriesÖ²”.

In the poll of more than 2,800 people, 68.5 per cent supported disinvestment while 75 per cent called for the Ö²“removal of Jewish West Bank settlementsÖ²”. read more

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Motsei Shabbos, Sunday War News: Olmert’s Censors Back on the Job, Nearly Total Shutout of War News

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IDF to Loosen Restrictions on Civilians in West Bank Sunday

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The Olmert regime gives new meaning to “Foul is fair and fair is foul… as Arabs are slated to get free passage while Jews must show ID. For context, click here.

Rock Throwing Attack Causes Car To Overturn

IDF Shoots, Wounds 2 Palestinians [Who Ignored Halt Warnings] by Gaza Fence

IDF Arrests 3 Palestinian Fugitives Near Hebron

Palestinians on Saddam: We Lost a leader

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The Arafat/Abbas “palestinians (sic)” have been in Saddam’s corner for decades. Nothing new here. But when will the Jews wake up to successive Israeli regimes kissing up to Arafat and then to the financier of the Munich massacre, Mahmoud Abbas?? MB read more

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Ethiopia: Another “Zionist Occupier”?

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Column One: The New Zionist Occupiers, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

“Israelis routinely assume that Europe’s pro-jihadist policy towards the Palestinians is a result of anti-Semitism or anger over Israel’s military victory in 1967. But the EU’s treatment of Ethiopia and the TFG indicates that Brussels’ hostility towards the Jewish state is part of a much further-reaching policy.”

“Israel cannot influence the Palestinians’ behavior one way or another because the Palestinians do not stand on their own. They are part of a wider pan-Arab and pan-Islamic trend.” read more

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Dan Shomron’s Report: A Mere Crunch of Halutz’s Knuckles??

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Shomron Gives Report on Lebanon War, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

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Embarrassment and shame seem to mean nothing to Dan Halutz! MB

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The General Staff convened to hear former chief of staff Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Dan Shomron’s findings on Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz’s performance during the war in Lebanon this past summer.

Shomron’s report did not detail steps to take against specific individuals in the IDF. Instead, the findings detailed a list of shortcomings in the transfer of orders from commanders to the soldiers in the field. Shomron also criticized the many changes made in operation plans during the war. read more

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Arab Perceptions of Israeli Losses Verify Olmert Regime the Cause of Severe Loss of Credibility, Deterrence

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Rami G. Khouri Lists Seven Events During Olmert Administration Seen as Israeli Losses, byRami G. Khouri (Beirut Daily Star)

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By most measures, it would seem the Israelis are winning the Palestinian-Israeli war. They control and colonize Arab lands, enjoy military superiority and total American support, and unilaterally define most diplomatic parameters of the conflict. Yet this may be a mistaken assessment: The Palestinians and Arabs are perhaps starting to win some battles, while Israel is losing some of its dominance. Seven events in the past five months seem to lend credence to this view. read more

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Erev Shabbos, Shabbos War News: Kassam Barrages, Saddam Hung Until Dead

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Kassam Rocket Damages Buildings in West Negev (10 Kassams Over Shabbos)

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A Kassam rocket caused damage to buildings in a kibbutz in the Sha’ar Hanegev regional council, Army Radio reported. There were no reports of injuries in the attack.

Up to eight rockets were fired towards the western Negev by Gaza terrorists since the morning.

Earlier, two rockets fell near near the Kissufim crossing, causing either damages or injuries. Two other rockets fell near the Karni goods crossing near Kfar Aza, and three more fell within an Eshkol regional council community and in open areas in the western Negev. No injuries were reported in those attacks. read more

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Tzippi Livni: Olmert’s Olmert? [As Olmert Was Sharon’s Advanceman on Expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif, Shomron]

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Weekly Commentary: From Failure to Failure – The Livni Plan – and Test for Olmert, byDr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)

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Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has a plan.

“I’m talking about an operative diplomatic plan with quite a high resolution. I won’t reveal all the details to you now, but I can tell you that I, for my part, know exactly what must be done.” [ The Livni Plan – Interview by Ari Shavit – Haaretz Magazine Section 29 December 2006] read more

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Olmert Regime Zig-Zags Leave the Door Open for Anything — None of it Good!

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Commentary;

This blog has tried not to publish changeable reports but now feels compelled to do so in order that readers understand the reality of daily contradictions and 180 degree shifts of the Olmert regime.

Here is an example;

No ‘Goodwill’ Prisoner Release Before Shalit Is Freed

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas last Saturday night he would consider freeing jailed terrorists as a goodwill measure toward the Muslim Hajj festival and he even hinted that the release of convicted terrorists Marwan Barghouti is being considered. read more

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More on Olmert Regime Meaness, Heartlessness, Callousness, Thievery and Downright Hatred for the Jews Expelled from Gush Katif

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Terrorism-Stricken Gush Katif Family Denied Compensation, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

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MK Yitzchak Levy has written to the Prime Minister, asking for his personal intervention on behalf of a Gush Katif icon family being denied State compensation for having been expelled from its home.

Eliezer and Chana Bart lived in the Gush Katif community of Kfar Darom for over 18 years until they and their eight children were thrown out in accordance with Prime Minister Sharon’s disengagement/expulsion plan. They have now been informed that as far as the government is concerned, they are not eligible for compensation. read more

Friday War News

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IDF Expects Kassams in Ashkelon, Netivot, Ofakim

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The city of Ashkelon and the towns of Netivot and Ofakim are included in the new danger zone.

Ynet reported that… fortification of schools and strategic sites in towns within the larger danger zone, at the cost of NIS 1.4 billion (USD 331.8 million). About 50,000 Israelis live under rocket threat within the current radius of danger, and its expansion to 20 kilometers will bring that number to 162,000.

Kassam Barrage [8 Rockets] Continues on Friday; Prisoners Not to be Released read more

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