The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Israeli Car Fired at Near Hebron; None Wounded
Tenth Kassam Lands in West Negev; None Wounded
Kassam Rockets Land Near Yad Mordechai
2 Molotov Cocktails Hurled at Bus Near Nablus
Palestinian Gunman Killed by IDF Troops in West Bank
HRW: Palestinians Must Not Use Civilians as Human Shields
Initial Report: Three Wounded in Shooting in South
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This is an exclusive scoop.
An annonymous OU source in a position to know has disclosed that the Prime Minister’s office contacted OU President Steve Savitsky today demanding that the Orthodox Union foot an additional $5,000 bill for additional security for Prime Minister’s speech on Wednesday night at the OU Convention in Jerusalem.
This author is told that it is standard procedure when the Prime Minister is asked to speak to a foreign convention in Israel, that the organization foots the security bill, normally some USD 15,000.
Parsha Toldos opens by informing us “And Yitzchak was 40 years old when he took Rivka, the daughter of Besuel, the Aramite, from Padad Aram, the sister of Lavan, the Aramite, for himself for a wife. (Parsha Toldos, Breish’t Perek 25, posuk 20) Rabbi Zelig Pliskin, in his Sefer, “Growth Through Torah” writes that although Rivka was both the daughter of and sister of wicked people, “nevertheless, she did not learn from their evil behavior.” She did not emulate their evil.
Lebanese Industry Minister Gunned Down in Beirut
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Prominent anti-Syrian Christian politician Pierre Gemayel was assassinated in a suburb of Beirut on Tuesday, his party’s radio station and Lebanon’s official news agency reported.
His fatal shooting will certainly heighten the political tension in Lebanon, where Hizbullah’s leading Muslim Shi’ite party has threatened to topple the government if it does not get a bigger say in Cabinet decision making.
Analyst: Take Over Gaza Now!, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
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Veteran military correspondent Ron Ben-Yishai of Israel’s largest daily, Yediot Acharonot, explains why a massive military offensive in Gaza is Israel’s best alternative to fight the Kassams.
In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz, Ben-Yishai writes that the two political leaders “want us to believe that it is not our government and defense establishment that are to blame for the attacks on Sderot, but rather the anarchy in Gaza and the Hamas government. [They want us to think] that therefore all we have to do is to strengthen Abu Mazen and hope that he will finally come to a unity-government agreement with Hamas [which] will call a ceasefire, stop the arms-smuggling, and free Gilad Shalit in exchange for [hundreds of terrorist] prisoners…”
If the Olmert Government Doesn’t Fall Soon…, by Arlene Kushner
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If the Olmert government doesn’t fall soon, we may see a process that leads to the destruction of Israel.
This past week Ma’ariv reported on a tentative plan being worked on, and reportedly covertly discussed between Israelis and Palestinians, that would involve a pullback from substantial parts of Judea-Samaria, establishment of a “provisional” Palestinian state, in return for a 10 year hudna.
Outrage Against OU Decision to Honor Ehud Olmert
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Protesters, including religious Jewish immigrants from North America who were evicted from their homes during the Disengagement and wounded by police brutality at Amona, will protest the Orthodox Union’s decision to honor Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at their annual convention in Jerusalem.
A protest rally under the banner “Hey OU – Olmert isn’t kosher” will take place outside the convention. “I find it hard to comprehend why a Torah organization would want to invite a person who has practically declared war on the National Religious camp in Israel,” protester Steve Schwartz wrote to the organization. “Your organization’s actions are a slap in the face to your fellow religious Jews in Israel.”
Northern Border Communities Planning to Strike Sunday
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The regime has learned well the precedents from the expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif and their abandonment of the city of Sderot about how to keep breaking promises concerning protection and relief to it’s constituency, the victims of the regime’s mismanagement and mal-feasance concerning Katushya onslaughts of Hezbollah. MB
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Heads of northern border communities are preparing to observe a one-day strike on Sunday in protest of the national government’s failure to make good on promises regarding protection following the war in Lebanon.
Gay Marriages Can Now be Registered
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Less than two weeks after the violent protests that turned the planned Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade into a smaller, closed event at the Hebrew University stadium died down, the High Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday that couples who marry in same-sex ceremonies abroad can be registered as married couples in Israel’s Population Registry.
In a vote of 6-1, Justice Elyakim Rubenstein being the sole dissenting vote, the court decreed that homosexual couples who marry abroad will enjoy the same status in the Interior Ministry as heterosexual couples who marry in civil ceremonies outside of Israel.
Israeli Lightly Wounded as Stones Thrown at Car
Three Kassams Land in Open Areas in Western Negev
Hamas: Kassams to Continue Until Sderot is Empty
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Ashkelon, Ashdod next??? MB
Sderot Residents Burn Tires, Protest Kassam Fire
Two Anti-Tank Missiles Fired at Troops in Gaza
Fourth Kassam Rocket Fired at Western Negev
Hizbullah Deputy Admits Iran Funding Hizbullah
Channel 10 Expose: ’Security Fence’ Breached Daily