Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

The last line of a recent post by Batya of Shilomusings says it all;

“I’m not going to say that it will be easy, but our job is to wipe that smile off of Olmert’s face and save our country.”

One can only wonder what it is in Israelis’ mindsets which could bring them to vote to entrust the nation’s future to Ehud Olmert and his corrupt band of scoundrels, including Haim Ramon and Tzachi HaNegbi.

Here are a couple of more work-in-process Olmert scandal investigations ( 1, 2) to bolster Batya’s case. read more

Five Years Since Ze’evi Assassination

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There will be a special Knesset session at 4:00pm in memory of Tourism Minister Rechavam Ze’evi on the 5th anniversary of his assassination by PFLP terrorists in Jerusalem’s Hyatt Hotel.

Ze’evi was hit by a number of bullets, with one striking him in the head and a second in the neck. The minister died of his massive wounds at 10:00am. At 10:10am, Hadassah Hospital Deputy Director Dr. Shmuel Shapiro announced that life-saving efforts had failed. read more

18 from Judea and Samaria – Banished from Homes

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Are we witnessing the start of a new string of expulsions and persecutions by the Olmert Regime reminiscent of recent events in Amona, as well as Shalhevet neighborhood and Beit Shapira in Chevron? MB

Thanks to Suzie Dym of Cities of Israel (Matot Arim):

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18 people from various outposts in the Yizhar area have received expulsion orders, during the Holiday period, from the IDF, which order them to vacate their homes and leave the entire area of Judea and Samaria, for a period of 3 months, half a year and in some cases — even an entire year. read more