The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Eitam: Israel Must Begin to Face the Truth, Transfer the Only Viable Option
Having stated and re-stated his position on transfer, is this principle for Eitam, or perceived and changeable political cheshbon? For context, click here. MB
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Speaking with Army Radio’s Razi Barkai Wednesday morning, MK Effie Eitam (National Union-NRP) was asked to explain his terming of Israeli Arabs a “fifth column” and his call for Israel to encourage the transfer of PA Arabs from Judea and Samaria.
West Bank: Israeli Security Forces Raid 14 Offices, Homes
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“Israeli forces confiscated NIS 5 million as well as 17,000 dinars and various documents. Most of the money-changers located in Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarm and Ramallah were behind the transfer of funds from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hizbullah headquarters located in Syria and Lebanon to the terror cells operating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Most of the money, which came from Iran, was used to fund terror attacks, purchase weaponry, train terror cells and manufacture Kassam rockets.”
Israel Forms Panel To Examine ‘Ill Preparedness’ By David Bedein (The Evening Bulletin)
“‘Olmert pounded on the podium and exhorted his questioner to examine ‘Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon as a model which Israel would apply to Gaza and Samaria.’ Although Hezbollah terrorists had stationed 15,000 missiles and mortars in Lebanon, Olmert proclaimed that ‘they have never, never, never used missiles against Israel on the northern border since Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000.'”
Our World: Israel’s Strategic Rot, By Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“Order of Battle, by Division 91 Commander Brig. Gen. Gal Hirsh: ‘a massive infiltration with a small signature, charge, quick deployment in the commanding territories and the creation of cataclysmic contact with the built-up areas while inducing shock and awe.'”
“Division 91’s operations are being reviewed by none other than Brig.-Gen. Hirsh – who has asked to extend his command.”
Home Front Report Indicates ‘Complete Disorder’
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MK Ami Ayalon, head of the investigation committee into the management of the home front during the war in Lebanon, submitted the committee’s findings to the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday morning.
The report claimed that the government ministries had failed to properly take care of the home front during the war and that “complete disorder” had prevailed.
It also said that no one body had coordinated the home front management, and that even when such a body was set up by the Prime Minister’s Office, no definite goals were set for it.
Peretz Authorizes Destruction of 90 Buildings in Judea & Samaria
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Defense Minister Amir Peretz on Monday night gave authorization to IDF officials to evacuate and destroy 90 buildings throughout Judea and Samaria termed illegal by the Civil Administration. Military officials reported about one-half are Israeli and the remainder Arab.
The defense minister instructed the military to carry out the order using its own timetable that best serves the IDF’s considerations.
It is unclear whether the decision means the destruction of small hilltop communities termed “outposts” by the government.
2 Kassam Rockets Land in West Negev, None Wounded
Kassam Rocket Lands Near Negev Kibbutz
Tel Aviv and Sharon Regions on High Alert For Attacks
Alert Raised in Jerusalem Following Terror Warning
Terrorist Killed in Former Jewish Town of Sa-Nur
IDF Kills Armed Palestinian Fugitive Near Nablus
IDF Arrests 14 Palestinian Fugitives in West Bank
IAF Strikes Gaza Building Covering Tunnel
Each Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, we daven the Unesaneh Tokef as part of the Mussaf tefillah.
The story behind the Unesaneh Tokef tefillah (expressing the seriousness of the day): relates the Gezeira Rah (evil decree) faced by R’ Amnon of Mainz and his Kehilla of forced conversion to Christianity dating back about 1,000 years.
R’ Amnon who, with his Kehilla, faced dread coersion as well as mortal, imminent threat of death, gave the perception of consideration of possible compliance with the demand to convert to Christianity and, as a result, became distraught at even having given the impression that he could betray Hashem.
War Committee to Begin Probe Monday By Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)
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The Winograd Committee, created to probe the war in Lebanon, is expected to start its work on Monday, following a tortuous route, whereby it took almost as long for the government to set up a committee to investigate the war as it did to fight the war itself.
The cabinet on Sunday approved the establishment of the Winograd Governmental Investigative Committee by a vote of 20-2, with Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) abstaining.
The Media Yawns at Renewed Palestinian Rocket Attacks By Michael Freund (Israel National News)
Call it “the news not deemed worthy of reporting”.
Several days ago, Palestinian terrorists in Gaza resumed firing rockets into Israel, and they have been doing so on a daily basis – but you won’t read much about it in the international press.
Indeed, just this morning, three Qassam rockets landed in Israel’s western Negev region. One of them hit the town of Sderot, leaving one person lightly wounded and two others requiring treatment for shock.