The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Kidnapped American Teacher Released Unharmed in Nablus
Excerpt;
“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)
Excerpts;
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.
Olmert To Christians: Hizbullah Won’t Dare Fire At Israel
Commentary;
Olmert’s efforts to spin victory from total mismanagement never cease.
And with his self-appointed investigation committee, anticipate the papering over of mismanagement as part of a massive coverup of the magnitude of what occurred in July and August.
Further, what does it prove to say “they will be shot at immediately?” Will they IDF go in and go after the shooters? Probably not, lest they international feathers and confront UNIFIL. As always, Ehud, your threats and boasts are empty, absurd and laughable! MB
A Community Sings, by Rachel Saperstein (Israel National News)
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The leader of a religious community must be its rabbi, and so it was in Gush Katif. Rabbi Yigal Kamineztky was our leader. As we lived in fear through years of Arab bombardment, as we worked to rescind the edict of our expulsion, as we sat hopeless in our tiny hotel rooms, as we pick up the threads of our life here in this refugee camp, we had a constant: the voice and courage of our rabbi. To retain our faith in the Almighty, to hold on to our community, we needed the heart, the voice, the spirit of our rabbi. As it was, so it is today.
Soldiers Uninjured in Attempted Knife Attack at a Checkpoint
No Injuries in Kassam Rocket Attack
IDF Shoots Palestinian Attacker Outside Nablus
IDF Kills Palestinian Operative in Northern Gaza
IAF Kills Terrorist, Wounds Three Others
IAF Targets Weapons Storage Structure in Khan Yunis
800 kg. Marijuana Discovered During IDF Sweep
Five Palestinian Fugitives Arrested in West Bank
IAF Destroys House of Terror Operative in Gaza
Lieberman Tells ‘Post’: Gaps Narrowing with Kadima, By Gil Hoffman (Jerusalem Post)
Cmmentary;
For context on why Lieberman’s spin is just not true, read “Olmert: Realignment Plan Not Dead, Just Frozen — Blog Prediction Fulfilled…”
And who said that Olmert and Kadima have dropped “the issue of unauthorized outposts?” For context on why this premise is just not so, read “Jews Prepare: More Amona’s On the Way?”
Lieberman knows the fallacy of his 2 statements as well as anyone else. Are we looking at another power-hungry serial liar? MB
No Explanations, Just Excuses (Haaretz Editorial)
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The High Court of Justice has asked the state to justify why no state commission of inquiry was appointed to examine the second Lebanon war, and why the less appropriate government review panel was chosen. But the state will not be able to justify it convincingly at the next hearing either, because only excuses can be made for the state’s behavior, not explanations.
Not a single good reason has been offered for preferring a government review panel, leaving only the obvious reason. A government review panel is more convenient for the government, both because the reviewers were appointed by the prime minister himself and because the government is not obligated to accept its recommendations or even to publicize them.