The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Giving Iran the Bomb, by Bret Stephens (The Wall Street Journal 31 October 2006)
Commentary;
Has the government of Israel given appropriate consideration to this? Iran Sanctions Resolution: The Bushehr Exception; Enough Plutonium for “55 Nagasaki-Type Atomic Bombs” to Fire at Guess Who!! Below, a nuclear nonproliferation expert explains that Iran seems to be capable of producing it’s own weapons-grade uranium via light-water reactor, contrary to widely-held belief. MB
IDF Kills Five Palestinians [4 Hamas] in Northern Gaza Strikes
Kassam Lands in Western Negev; None Wounded
3 Molotov Cocktails Thrown at Hadassah Hospital
Rock Attacks North of Eli in Samaria
Kassam Rocket Landed South of Ashkelon
Rocks Thrown at Israeli Car North of Ramallah
Female Bomber Detonates Near Troops; One Wounded
Hizbullah Rockets Causing Damage to Kinneret
Terrorists Used Civilians as Shields [on Sunday] To Attack Israel with 22 Rockets
Olmert’s Request to Station German Troops in Lebanon Unwise, by Eldad Beck (Ynet)
Excerpts;
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert couldn’t have thought of a better way to destabilize the fragile relationship built up over the past 40 years between Israel and Germany. He did so by inviting German forces to take part in the UNIFIL peace keeping forces in Lebanon. Only a person blind from birth would have failed to foresee the Greek tragedy we are now witnessing.
Officially, Germany is regarded as Israel’s greatest ally in Europe. This claim can be justified on certain levels. Namely, wide scale cooperation between the two countries exists in several areas and the current government, under the auspices of Angela Merkel, has reiterated Germany’s commitment towards Israel.
In Praise of Lindenstrauss Jerusalem Post Editorial
Excerpts;
In an imposing advertisement in the Hebrew press, five of the country’s more prominent law and political science professors – Amnon Rubinstein, Shlomo Avineri, Yaffa Zilbershatz, Yoav Dotan and Arik Carmon – last week lambasted State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss for doing “damage to the order of government in Israel.” His primary sin appears to boil down to over-zealousness.
Lindenstrauss, the five assert, treads dangerously on the police’s turf, blurring lines of distinction between his probes and criminal investigations.
Israel Battling Arab Misinformation
Excerpts;
“The French news agency AFP reported that “tanks and bulldozers surrounded the hospital in Beit Hanoun” and that a witness said, ‘Soldiers warned through loudspeakers that they would open fire on anyone trying to enter or leave the building.'”
“AFP later quoted IDF spokesman that ‘There is only one tank in position near the hospital, but there is nothing extraordinary going on” and there were no warnings to residents.'”
Column One: Truth in Advertising, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“One of the primary target audiences that the Foreign Ministry is trying to attract is the homosexual community. Ministry officials view gay culture as the entryway to the liberal culture because, as he put it, gay culture is the culture that creates ‘a buzz.'”
“The so-called liberal Left are the ones who call Israel “that shi**y little country” at fancy dinner parties.”
Excerpts;
Israel is trying to reinvent itself. Last week Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni hosted a conference where she launched a new multimillion dollar project to “rebrand” Israel. As Livni put it, since coming into office, she has been struck by the disparity between the vibrant, liberal, free Israel she knows and Israel’s image abroad.
Hasbara: Lights, Camera, Combat, by Haviv Rettig (Jerusalem Post)
Excerpts;
Few complaints held against recent Israeli governments have so completely attained the lofty status of “conventional wisdom” as those directed at Israel’s image-makers and -explainers. The many critics of hasbara claim that, while the importance of “getting the message out” has become paramount (in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and low-intensity combat generally), the IDF and state bureaucracies have failed miserably in conveying a coherent and convincing message to the world.
Soldiers Shoot Palestinian at Nablus Checkpoint
Excerpt;
“The man tried to attack them.”
IDF Estimates Terrorist Death Toll at 34
IDF Forces Kill One Palestinian Gunman, Wound 4
IDF Soldier Seriously Wounded During Gaza Op.
Fatah, Islamic Jihad Issue 48-Hour Ultimatum on Gaza Ops
Two Kassams Land in Open Territory in South
Two Kassams Land in Western Negev; None Wounded
IAF Strike Targets Hamas Members in Rafah
Abdication of Responsibility, By Evelyn Gordon (Jerusalem Post)
Excerpts;
Who runs this country, anyway? The question was prompted by a report in Monday’s Haaretz claiming that “several” MKs had lambasted Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz for not issuing a clear ruling on whether President Moshe Katsav should step down because of the investigation against him.
This reaction is astonishing first of all because by law, the attorney-general has no authority whatsoever over the president – whereas the Knesset does: It can oust him.
Palestinian Shot by Guard Near Ma’aleh Adumim
4 Kassam Rockets Land in West Negev; No Casualties
IDF Surrounds Bethlehem Home in Arrest Operation
Troops Prevented ‘Mega-Attack’ in Nablus Operation
Terrorists Killed in Gaza Were from Hamas Elite Unit
Anti-Tank Missile Lightly Wounds Soldier
Beit Hanoun: IDF Takes Over Encircled Mosque