The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Feiglin Quotes Churchill on Olmert
Excerpt;
“‘Remember the words of Winston Churchill just before World War 2,’ Feiglin said. ‘You accepted shame to avoid war – now you have both.'”
Olmert ‘Disappointed’ by Rocket Fire
Commentary;
Ehud Olmert has nothing to say except; “we are a little disappointed by the continuation of Kassam rocket fire at the South by the Palestinians.” MB
In last week’s Parsha Toldos, we learned about Rivka, who rose above an evil environment while internalizing it’s insights and was thus well positioned to urge Yaakov to claim the Bracha, and about Yaakov, the “Ish Tam”. We learn that Yaakov was “totally honest, a man of great integrity”, who was master over the trait of being “tam”, a “‘plain man’, … without trickery, but he did not allow this character trait to dominate him. He knew when and where to act otherwise.”
This opinion article was seen on the Haaretz website on Sunday. In an unusual occurance, this author overlooked picking up the url. And today, while Ehud Olmert pleads with the “PA(sic)” for talks after the “ceasefire” and promises a sizeable release of terrorists (presumably many hundreds) in exchange for Gilad Shalit, “even those who have been sentenced to lengthy terms,” offers “large swathes of the West Bank” and to “release frozen funds to Palestinians”, the article below, “Boiling the Frog” has for some unknown reason vanished from the Haaretz website leaving no trace of it’s url. MB
Background: In Absence of Continuous Rocket Fire, “Three Monkey Mode” Should Work for PM Olmert, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Full Text;
In the absence of continuous rocket fire, it should be fairly easy for Prime Minister Olmert’s team to adopt the “three monkey mode” (hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil) towards large scale Palestinian arms build ups exploiting the ceasefire.
If there is only sporadic rocket fire, Mr. Olmert can be expected to agree to extend the ceasefire to the West Bank (thus enabling the Palestinians to accelerate their rocket program there as well) with an eye towards negotiating more Israeli withdrawals without requiring the Palestinians to ever actually collect weapons.
Under Concrete Desks, by Sarah Honig (Jerusalem Post)
“Those who so easily and unflinchingly wiped off the map over 20 thriving communities in Gush Katif could certainly dispense with a far-from-thriving hick town…”
Excerpts;
One of the more inane manifestations of cold-war mania in America was to send youngsters for cover beneath classroom desks in the event of a Soviet atomic onslaught.
Israeli strategists, having done their homework and concluded that wooden school furniture is ineffective, came up with an ingenious improvement on the old Yankee model – concrete desks! True, as of yet these aren’t our answer to the nukes Iran may soon add to its arsenal. However, unlike American under-desk drills carried out in apprehension of strictly hypothetical WMD attacks, our super-desks are designed to meet very real, albeit conventional, threats – Gaza’s Kassams, primitive versions of Nazi V-1 and V-2 rockets and just as murderously indiscriminate. Sounds like a joke? Right you are! The concept is thoroughly laughable but a jest this unfortunately isn’t. It is, rather, a sad reflection on the mind-set of those installed negligently at our nation’s helm.
For context, click here and here.
CNN Exposes Islamic Incitement, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
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Shocked at never having seen scenes of Islamic hatred and incitement before, show host Glenn Beck hosted an hour-long special designed to show Americans that which they have never seen.
Several days ago, CNN broadcast in the United States a Glenn Beck special entitled: “Exposed: The Extremist Agenda.” The show featured several shocking video clips of sheikhs being cheered as they vow to “cut off the Jew’s head,” Iranian President Ahmedinejad preaching hatred and threatening war against the West, and little children expressing the abhorrence for Jews with which they have imbued.
Two Kassams Land in Sderot Area
Recap of Attacks Against Israeli Motorists
Shell [and Molotov Cocktail] Placed in Burning Tire Near Ramallah; No Injuries
Molotov Cocktails Thrown at Israeli Car South of Hebron; No Injuries
Commentary;
It takes no intelligence at all to have predicted this scenario! MB
Israel, Palestinians OK Gaza Cease-fire
’Ceasefire’ in Gaza: Terrorists Fire Five Kassams, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
Excerpts;
The Israeli-Palestinian Authority ceasefire came into effect at 6 AM, and Palestinian terrorists have fired no fewer than five Kassam rockets since then.
The Prime Minister’s Office announced late last night that PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas had informed Olmert that all the Palestinian terrorist factions had agreed to stop all hostile activities against Israel. These included, Abbas said, tunnel-digging, suicide bombers, and Kassam rockets. Israel agreed in return to remove all its forces from Gaza.
Israeli Government Official: “The Ceasefire Covers All Terror Activities Including the Manufacture of Rockets”, Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Full Text:
“‘The ceasefire covers all terror activities including the manufacture of rockets’: Israeli Government Official in response to question from IMRA this morning.”
Religious-Zionist “Nerve Center” Robbed of its Computers [on their Way to PA], by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
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Thieves emptied Beit Meir – headquarters of Religious-Zionism and its various organizations – of 15-20 computers over the Sabbath. The computers are feared on their way to the Palestinian Authority.
Some 15-20 computers were stolen in the raid, as well as state-of-the-art computer equipment. One of the employees told Arutz-7, “I fear that this will not become a very important story, as there has been a wave of such thefts in Jerusalem of late… Neither are the police likely to catch them, as it is assumed that the computers have already made their way to the ‘territories’ [Judea and Samaria].”