Olmert; Weren’t Surgical Strikes Supposed to Defeat Hezbollah? They Didn’t, Did They? Repeating the Same Tragic, Flawed Strategy in Gaza…

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Olmert Prefers Surgical Strikes to Widespread Military Operation in Gaza

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday on his return from a four-day visit to the United States that he prefers surgical strikes on terror targets in Gaza rather than a widespread military operation.

“There are many opinions on how to deal with the Kassam fire,” he said. “We must remember that this war will not be over in one blow.”

Olmert said it did not make sense to carry out an offensive similar to Operation Defensive Shield in Judea and Samaria in 2002, because in the end, it didn’t completely eradicate terrorism. read more

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Friday War News…

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2 Kassams Land Near West Negev Kibbutzim; None Hurt

Report: IAF Jets Fly Low Over Lebanon

Kassam Rocket Fire Costs Sderot Industry NIS 40 Million

Kassam Rocket Attack Without Injuries

Kassam Rocket Lands in Western Negev; None Wounded

IDF Arrests 22 Palestinian Fugitives in West Bank

IAF Jets Strike Four [Hamas and Popular Resistence] Buildings in Gaza

Troops Nab Top Tanzim Target in Tulkarm

Explosion After IDF Hits Weapons Storage Depot

Lebanese Confirm Flow of Arms to Hizbullah From Syria

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Surprise, Surprise: Did You Really Expect Egypt to Look After Israel’s Security by Combating Arms Smuggling into Gaza?

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MKs Blame Kassam Attacks on Government and Egypt, By Sheera Claire Frenkel (Jerusalem Post)

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Officials from across the political spectrum scrambled to cast blame Wednesday for the day-long Kassam attacks that pounded the south of Israel, killing one woman in Sderot.

MK Shai Hermesh (Kadima) said in response to the rocket firing Wednesday morning that “the source of the terrorism is because the Egyptian army turns a blind eye as a constant supply of arms flows into the Strip under their nose.” read more

Remember This Classic Olmert Boast: “We Know What to Do”?

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Olmert: Whatever is Necessary Will Be Done

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“Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is in Los Angeles, told reporters that the IDF is authorized to take whatever measures are required to bring an end to terrorist rocket attacks into the Sderot and western Negev areas.

After being informed of the increase in attacks on Wednesday, Olmert telephones Defense Minister Amir Peretz, instructing him to step up the IDF response to the attacks.”

For additional background, click Outrage Rising Over Kassam Attacks, IDF Vows Retaliation read more

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Gay Display and Israel’s Discriminatory Legal System…

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Perverted Sensibilities, by Evelyn Gordon (Jerusalem Post)

“Demonstrations in support of a left-wing cause – gay rights – are important enough to outweigh both religious sensibilities and threats of bloodshed, but demonstrations in support of a right-wing cause – Jewish rights on the Temple Mount – are not important enough to outweigh either.”

“Faith in the legal system, by enabling disputes to be resolved peaceably, is the glue that holds society together…. If… large segments of society become convinced that Israeli law does not grant them a fair hearing, many of their members are liable to conclude that they have no recourse except the law of the jungle: brute force.” read more

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Thursday War News…

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Kassam Missile Explodes Near Sderot

Tulkarm Terrorist Surrenders

Kassam Strikes West Negev, Damaging Building

Kassam Rocket Strikes Shaar HaNegev Council Community

Tulkarm: IDF Seeks Fugitive With ‘Blood on Hands’

780 Illegals Apprehended by Police

IDF Finds Undetectable Bomb Belts, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

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“The IDF and Shin Bet announced Thursday morning that they had uncovered a Nablus-based terror cell which was manufacturing explosive suicide belts with liquid explosive material, unable to be detected by metal detectors read more

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IDF Must Conquer Both Northern Gaza & the Egypt-Gaza Border…

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More Calls to Conquer Large Parts of Gaza, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

Col. (ret.) Moti Yogev: “The Kassam rockets are a direct result not only of the terrorists who fire them, but of the wantonness, lack of professionalism and irresponsibility of this government and its ministers. This includes Minister Sheetrit, who is talking nonsense… The government is not implementing the most basic effective measures to fulfill its basic responsibility to protect the citizens of Sderot and the western Negev.” read more

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Pacifist Ezra to Hamas: Open Season Target Practice on Negev Towns for 10 Days…

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Minister Gideon Ezra: Israel Should Not Respond to Fire for 10 Days, by Dr. Aaron Lerner Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (IMRA)

In a live interview broadcast during the afternoon news magazine of Israel Radio, Environment Minister Gideon Ezra (Kadima) proposed that Israel declare that it will not respond to Palestinian rocket attacks for a period of ten days.

“We have tried everything else and it hasn’t worked,” Ezra explained.

Ezra conceded that it would have been easier to promote the proposal if he had come out with it before a woman was killed and a man seriously wounded in Sderot by a rocket today (Ashkelon was also hit by four rockets this afternoon). read more

Another Olmert Abrogation of Israel’s National Sovereignty?

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Report: Bush Asks PM to Authorize [Jordan-based Fatah-Loyal] Badr Brigade [for West Bank]

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“US President George W. Bush asked Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during their meeting in Washington on Tuesday to authorize the entry of 1,500 Palestinian soldiers from the Jordanian-based Badr Division, into the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the British daily The Daily Telegraph reported.

The relatively well-armed Badr Division is loyal to the Fatah faction, and the hope in the US is that the additional troops will help buttress Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ strength in the territories against Hamas.” read more

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