Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

Kassam Attack on Sderot, No Injuries

Kassam Fired at Western Negev; None Wounded

Five Kassam Rockets Hit Ashkelon

IDF Arrests Five Palestinians in Ramallah

IAF Hits Group of Armed Palestinians in North Gaza

IDF Kills 8 Terrorists, 1 Civilian in Gaza

Tanzim Terrorist Caught in Ramallah

IDF Kills 5 Palestinians in Northern Gaza Incidents

Three Kassams Launched; Two Land in Sderot

Palestinians Fire Anti-Tank Missile at IDF in Gaza

IDF Wounds Armed Terrorist in N. Gaza

IDF Tanks Fire Shells at Gaza Home of Hamas Lawmaker read more

Is Marching as a Gay the Greatest of Sins? By Shmuley Boteach (Jerusalem Post)

“Where were the haredi demonstrators when they were needed to protest disengagement?”

“Yarmulke-wearing men and boys were dragged, and pregnant women with their hair covered were torn from their homes. And even today, as so many of the residents of Gush Katif continue to live in makeshift housing, I know of few great ultra-Orthodox authorities who call what happened by its proper name: an abomination.” read more

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 read more

IDF Kills Five Palestinians [4 Hamas] in Northern Gaza Strikes

Kassam Lands in Western Negev; None Wounded

Kassam Lands Near Gaza Fence

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

2 Qassams Land in Ocean read more

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. read more