The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
3 Hamas Operatives Killed in IAF Strike
Palestinians Without Passes Throw Stones at Police
PA Residents Attack Soldiers With Rocks at Gush Etzion Checkpoint
Palestinians Fire Anti-Tank Missile at IDF in Gaza
18 Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad Members Arrested
Judge, Jury and Executioner by Evelyn Gordon (Jerusalem Post)
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Regardless of how the High Court of Justice ultimately rules, its issuance of a show-cause order last week against the government’s refusal to establish a state commission of inquiry into the Lebanon war – thereby effectively asserting the power to overturn this decision – represents a major new encroachment on the powers of the other two branches of government.
The problem that bothered the court is undeniably real: By instead establishing a governmental inquiry committee, the government retained the power to appoint the committee’s members, meaning that it essentially hand-picked the very people who will be investigating its actions. And that, despite the unquestionably high character of the committee members actually chosen, obviously makes it harder for the investigation to earn public credibility.
Kassam Hits Sderot [Electrical High Wire]; Causes Blackouts, No Injuries
Ramallah Resident Suspected of Kiryat Sefer Attack
Khan Yunis: Palestinians Fire Missile at IDF
4 Kassam Rockets Launched Thursday Morning
IDF kills 4 Hamas Operatives in Gaza
3 Kassam Rockets Fired at Sderot; None Wounded
IDF Arrests 12 in Counter-Terror Operations
IDF Operates in Southern Gaza to Destroy Tunnels
IDF Targets Weaponry Storage Facility in Northern Gaza Strip
There is much talk of a concerted effort to topple the government during the winter session. If that occurs, it is inevitable that a Likud leadersip primary would be held soon after new elections are declared.
Can we forget these pictures of the Bibi and Sylvan Shalom and their disdain for their countrymen?
But, there is an alternative…
Is the State of the Jews Jewish? (Manhigut Yehudit)
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On the holy day of Rosh Hashanah, police brutally attacked Jewish worshippers at the extension of the Western Wall known as the “Small Western Wall” and arrested a Jew for blowing the traditional shofar (ram’s horn). The last time that a Jew was arrested for blowing the shofar at the Western Wall was in the 1920’s, during the British Mandate. It seems that an Arab living near the Wall complained that the noise was disturbing her children. It makes no difference that the Moslem calls to prayer are blasted over loudspeakers throughout the Old City of Jerusalem and in many other places in Israel five times a day, including at about 4 a.m. Even if that disturbs the sleep of some Jews, it is freedom of religion. But if the Jews blow the shofar at 7:30 a.m., that is a crime. In the State of the elites, Jews do not necessarily have the right to practice their religion.
Kidnapped American Teacher Released Unharmed in Nablus
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“An American teacher was freed late Wednesday after being held for a day by Palestinians. He appeared to be unharmed.”
Firebomb Attack South of Hevron
Soldiers Uninjured in Shootout With Terrorists
Would-be Suicide Bomber Killed Near Karni Crossing
Air Force Destroys Hamas MP’s Weapons Cache Home
Report: IDF Kills Terror Suspect in Nablus
Back in Philadelphia, in the “Old Country”, Rabbi Moshe Ungar would equate Simchat Torah, the final day of the Chag Succot (8 days in Chutz L’Aretz with the final Day referred to as Shemini Atzeret) as the day when, after all of the Tefillot and Teshuva, after all of the Simchat Beit HaShoevot, after we daven for sufficient rain to raise our crops and to provide sufficient drinking water and after we daven for the 7O nations, Hashem asks his people, his most-favored nation to remain one more day, just we and HaKadosh Borchu — a private visitation.
Yes, Heads Must Roll, By Moshe Negbi (Haaretz)
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It is not only the reserve soldiers who have difficulty considering the Winograd committee to be a reliable substitute for a state commission of inquiry. The judges sitting on the High Court of Justice have also showed their displeasure with the situation in which a person who is to be investigated appoints his own investigators. Justice Ayala Procaccia expressed doubts about whether a committee of inquiry could examine “so large a failure of the mechanism, such a colossal event,” when the central object under investigation is the government that appointed the committee.
Report: Al Aksa Member Wounded in IAF Strike in Gaza
Report: LAF [Lebanese Armed Forces] Seizes Hizbullah Weapons
Palestinians Shoot at Soldiers in Gaza; No Wounded
Pipe Bomb Attack Thwarted Near Jenin Checkpoint
Report: IDF Forces Kill Palestinian in Gaza Strip
Gaza: Anti-Tank Missiles Fired at IDF; No Wounded
IDF Arrests 12 Palestinian Fugitives in West Bank
IDF shoots Two Palestinian Fugitives in West Bank
Two Palestinians Wounded [lay an explosive device near the security fence] by IDF Fire in North Gaza
Sources: AG Told PM State Commission Most Suitable, By Aluf Benn (Haaretz)
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Attorney General Menachem Mazuz informed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that appointing a state commission of inquiry is the appropriate way to investigate the Lebanon war, government sources said Sunday.
The legal options were presented to Olmert in the Mazuz letter, which ran to three pages. The options included a state commission of inquiry or a clarification committee, both in accordance with the law on inquiry committees; a government review panel, in accordance with the law on government powers; a committee appointed by the defense minister, in accordance with the law on military jurisdiction; and a request that the state comptroller prepare a report.