Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

First Group of Gush Katif Expellees Receive Plots to Build New Homes

Full Text;

The first group of former residents of Gush Katif have received plots of land to begin building permanent homes.

The group consists of 21 families of the destroyed communities of Elei Sinai and Nisanit which were located in the northern Gaza Strip.

The plots are located in the community of Bat Hadar, near the city of Ashkelon.

Commentary;

This blog prefaces this report with “if true” because we know how easy it is for the regime to deny, to go back on their solemn committments, etc. This author takes the approach; “I’ll believe it when I see it”, I’ll believe it when friends from the former Gush Katif invite me for a Shabbos to their new, permanent homes. Only then will this blog publish as fact. MB read more

Halutz Orders Snap Retirement of ‘Rebellious General’, Hanan Greenberg (Ynet)

Commentary;

As reported yesterday on this blog, it seems that General Ron-Tal is the first senior officer to do the right thing — to have spoken out against the expulsion, against the military’s failures in Lebanon, to have called for Halutz’s resignation and to have preemptively resigned prior to being discharged. Ron-Tal loses various retirement funds, benefits and perks which, under threat of loss, serves to keep other senior officers “in line.” read more