Halutz; Leave Now and Spare Israel, the IDF the Agony and Down-Time…

The Halutz, Peretz Show – Slip, Sliding Away, By Anshel Pfeffer (Jerusalem Post)

“Halutz can spare himself the humiliation by preempting its conclusion.”

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The consensus is that Chief of Staff Dan Halutz is on the way out.

He might be talking about his plans for reform in the army and learning the lessons of the Lebanon War, but the advice he has received lately from trusted advisors is that in order to rescue what is left of his honor, he should wait for the last internal reports to be published – and after an interval of a few weeks, at the most a couple of months – decide the timing of his departure. read more

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Parsha Chaye Sarah: Avraham’s Well Developed Attribute of Intuitive Perception…

Parsha Chaye Sarah: Avraham’s Well Developed Attribute of Intuitive Perception…

by Moshe Burt

There are two intriguing commentaries, each relating to a different posuk of Parsha Chaye Sarah, regarding the dialogue leading up to Avraham Aveinu’s acquistion of the Ma’arat HaMachpela for 400 shekels of silver from Efron the Hittite.

The first of the two posukim is spoken by Avraham and says, in part, “I will have given the money for the field; take it of me …” (Breish’it, Perek 23, posuk 13) read more

Lebanon Failure of Arrogance and Lack of Morality; Arens: Peretz and Halutz Have to Go…

Moshe Arens: Failure in Lebanon Worse than Yom Kippur War

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Former Defense Minister Prof. Moshe Arens told Voice of Israel government radio Monday morning that the IDF’s failures in the Hizbullah terrorist war this summer were worse than those in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Golda Meir, who was Prime Minister during the war, resigned because of the lack of defense against the Egyptian attack.

Prof. Arens, who served in the Cabinet during the Gulf war in 1991, called on IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz and Defense Minister Amir Peretz to resign following an IDF inquiry report that pointed out miscalculations and mistakes which allowed Hizbullah terrorists to kidnap two IDF soldiers on July 12, at the outset of the war. “Those who initiated and managed the war, Peretz and Halutz, carry the responsibility and are the first who have to leave their posts,” he said. read more

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Prediction Confirmed — Olmert: Realignment Definitely Not Dead…. Read My Lips: I’m Ready for Territorial Compromises…

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As predicted on this Blog, here, here, here, here, here and more: The two reports below, including the chilling Newsweek-Washington Post interview with prime minister Olmert ought to be food for momentum to build among those Jews who look at their fellows as brethren and who passionately love this holy land, Eretz Yisrael. Does it get any more obvious, any more black and white than this? And those who care had better make an all-out effort to enlist the Chareidim, even over the Chareidi politicians, those self-proclaimed “gatekeepers” who guard the “gedolim” from the full story like Bernie tended goal. They, the masses of Chareidim need to absorb and intellectualize that the fight against convergence is AT LEAST AS IMPORTANT as confronting the gay display! MB read more

Tibi’s Boast on Arafat Ultimate Interrment: A Consequence of Showing Weakness, Equivocation and Appeasement to Enemy, Rather Than Power and Strength…

Tibi: Arafat Will be Interred in Jerusalem

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“MK (Ta’al) Dr. Ahmed Tibi stated on Saturday that Yasser Arafat’s grave will in the future be moved to Jerusalem, on the Temple Mount.

Tibi’s statement comes on the second anniversary of Arafat’s death, stating, ‘He was the leader of a nation and his grave in Ramallah is temporary. He will be buried on al-Aqsa.’”

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In the Aftermath of the Gay Display, Such as it Was, Will the Lessons Carry Forward to the “Outposts”, to “Convergence?”

We Could Have Saved Gush Katif and Northern Samaria, by Nadia Matar (Israel National News)

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The strong responses from the ultra-Orthodox public has had an impact. This can already be considered a success.

First, the unity in the ultra-Orthodox camp is praiseworthy. All the communities, all the factions, all the rabbis sent out a single, clear message: “All of us, as a single person, are mobilized to prevent the ‘Abomination Parade’, at any cost.” Tens of thousands of fliers were distributed to the ultra-Orthodox community to instruct them what to do if and when they were to be arrested and sent to jail as a result of their protest. The message broadcast by the leaders of the struggle is clear: this parade is to be stopped, with determination and without sensitivity, even at the cost of sitting in prison. read more

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The Consequences of an Israel Perceiving As Owing It’s Entire Identity, Defense and Diplomacy to Superpower Electoral Politics…

Column One: Olmert’s Ill-Timed Washington Visit, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

“If Olmert were a strong leader, in light of the Republican defeat and Bush’s response to that defeat, he could use the meeting as an opportunity to tell Bush that Israel accepts responsibility for attacking Iran’s nuclear installations. But Olmert, who spent his last visit in the US capital trying to convince the Americans to support his plan to surrender Judea and Samaria to Hamas, is not a strong leader. He is a weak leader. The new wind blowing out of Washington will easily cast him asunder. read more