The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
JEWS: Get fired Up! Olmert flies “Pa.(sic)” flag at PM residence as Kassams continue to endanger Jews . MB
Three Kassams Fired at Israel; None Wounded
Kassam Lands in Western Negev; None Wounded
Olmert May Back Down on Demand for Shalit before Freeing Terrorists
Woman Wounded as Palestinians Stone Car Near Tekoa
Kassam Lands Near Western Negev kibbutz; None Hurt [Sunday AM]
Kassam Lands Near Kibbutz by Sderot; None Wounded [Sunday AM]
Column One: Privatizing the War of Ideas, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“The Olmert government is simply incapable of conceptualizing policies capable of defending Israel.”
“Six years after the Palestinians launched their jihad, and five years after the jihadist attacks on the US, the governments of the free world remain deeply hesitant about engaging in a true ideological struggle with jihad.”
Commentary;
By the very title of this article, “Privatizing the War of Ideas”, Caroline Glick urges us, the citizens of Israel, to act privately in every possible venue, to “force our leaders to defend us publicly and to adopt policies based on reality that see victory rather than surrender as our best option moving forward. ”
Behind The Lines: The Press’s False Prophecies, By Anshel Pfeffer (Jerusalem Post)
“As journalists, we should concentrate on reporting the past and present, or on providing clever comment on what is happening now. If we have any predictions on what is expected, we should express them with the necessary care and humility, with a bit more ‘perhaps’ and ‘maybe.'”
Excerpts;
On my desk for the last few weeks has been sitting an amusing little Hebrew booklet, the translation of whose title is, They Promised a Dove. (This title is a take-off on a popular song from the early Nineties, from the perspective of the generation of children conceived after the Yom Kippur War, who are blaming their parents for not having brought peace.)
Olmert Set to Meet Abbas Within Next Few Hours
Kassams Land in Sderot Neighborhood, Negev Kibbutz On Friday Night
Palestinian With Explosives Caught in West Bank
Commentary;
There can be no one soo naive as to believe that these are the only war actions which took place over Shabbos or Motsei Shabbos! MB
For context, click here and here.
PMO Denies Date Set for Abbas-PM talks, by Gil Hoffman (Jerusalem Post)
Excerpts;
On Thursday night, Olmert told Kadima activists at the party’s Petah Tikva headquarters that he expected to take diplomatic steps with the Palestinians in the upcoming year.
Speaking to a crowd of hundreds of activists, Olmert said he was “doing everything possible to bring about a diplomatic horizon.” He said he would not maintain the status quo on the Palestinian issue.
IDF Held Fire after Spotting Rocket Launching Cells
Excerpt;
“The IDF spotted rocket launching cells firing on Israel Thursday but held fire in line with the government’s policy of restraint, WorldNetDaily reported Friday. Several Kassams were fired shortly after the sighting, two of the weapons exploding in Sderot and causing damage to a community center and one landing near Ashkelon, a port city and home to oil and gas pipelines and a large electric generating station.”
For context, click here, here, here and here.
Full Text;
The family of Gershon Bar Kochba has won a year-long battle to remain in its Hebron home after police forced them out of the residence more than eight months ago.
Lawyers for the family appealed to the courts after repeated evictions by police who had been ordered by Attorney General Menachem Mazuz to remove the residents from their home.
200 Settlers light Candles in Homesh, by Efrat Weiss (Ynet)
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Full Text;
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;
Full Text;
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?
For more background on the above two stories, click here.
Arrested Hamas Terrorist Supplied Tools for Tunnels, Rockets
PA Residents Accuse Israel of Air Strike
Excerpt;
“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