The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Right On! Restore Joseph’s Tomb, By Michael Freund (Jerusalem Post)
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“The town of Sderot has become the new Joseph’s Tomb, symbolizing our leadership’s lack of will to defend even the most basic of our national values.”
“To break out of the Middle Eastern ‘cycle of violence’ in which we find ourselves, Israel must first break free from its self-imposed ‘cycle of weakness’ and start defending itself like any normal country should.”
IAF Strikes Rocket Launcher in Northern Gaza
Palestinian Arrested with M-16, 20 Bullets
Fatah Operative Injured while Placing Bomb
2 Kassams Land in Sderot; People Reported in Shock
Peretz: I Hope We Don’t Have to Re-Occupy Gaza
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Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday that the military situation in the Gaza Strip was escalating.
“I hope we do don’t reach a situation in which we have to carry out a broad ground operation” in Gaza, Peretz said.
Aaron Lerner of Independent Media Research and Analysis placed this post on his site on Erev Simchat Torah;
[Dr. Aaron Lerner – IMRA: First they burned and destroyed the Jewish facility at Joseph’s Tomb – in gross violation of Oslo and all norms. Then they replaced it with a mosque. And now they complain…]
Jewish Colonisers Storm Mosque in Nablus
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NABLUS, October 12, 2006 (WAFA – PLO news agency) – Jewish colonisers, guarded by Israeli soldiers, stormed Thursday a mosque in the West Bank city of Nablus and performed rituals in it, local sources said.
Column One: Soros Moves on to Israel, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“To rebuild American political support for Israel and to enhance the US-Israel alliance, it is imperative that Israel be capable of understanding the nature of this support. This understanding begins by making distinctions between our many friends and our foes and acting on these distinctions. Not all of our friends are Jews and not all Jews are our friends.”
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s speech at the American Task Force for Palestine’s inaugural dinner in Washington on Wednesday evening was but the latest sign that America’s alliance with Israel is weakening.
Rock Attacks on Hussan Bypass Road
Seven Gunmen Killed in IAF Missile Strikes in Gaza
Fatah Terrorist Killed in Gaza City Air Strike
Two Infiltrators Arrested Near Gaza Security Fence
Islamic Jihad Operative Killed in Kabatiya
Anti-Tank Missiles Smuggled into Gaza
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“A senior army officer said terror groups were arming at an
‘unprecedented’ pace.
Despite intense IDF activity along the security fence in recent days and non-stop air strikes on Gaza weapons depots, terror groups have been importing more than two tons of TNT per month through tunnels burrowed under the Philadelphi corridor along the Egyptian border.”
Weeping Willows No Longer, by Michael Freund (Israel National News)
Commentary;
And the sooner that the Jews internalize this refusal and translate it into a top-to-bottom change in National leadership, including ALL political, bureaucratic, educational and social institutions, the sooner that the fruition of this refusal will be manifested! MB
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Today – Friday – is Hoshana Rabba, the last day of the holiday of Succot and one of the most mysterious days on the Jewish calendar. Mysterious, that is, because so few people seem to grasp its significance or appreciate its ritual.
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