Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

Report: IDF Performs Security Checks in South Lebanon

Excerpt;
“IDF soldiers arrived in three jeeps and a tank, stationing themselves on a main road where they stopped cars and checked the drivers…. and had performed a similar operation on Tuesday.”

Palestinians Throw Stones at Bus in Hebron

IDF Arrests Al-Aksa Fugitive Near Ramallah

Troops Allowed to Shoot Hizbullah Stone-Throwers

Excerpts;
“The chief of staff told cabinet ministers that according to the IDF directive, troops were permitted to fire in the air and then at the legs of those hurling stones in their direction.” read more

The Real Reason that the IDF was Unprepared By Shmuel Katz (Jerusalem Post)

“But perhaps the worst blow to Israel’s security was the notion that giving the Arabs chunks of territory – and that unilaterally – would be a large step forward on the way to peace. That notion was exemplified by the abandonment of the Gaza Strip. This prospect was at once embraced by our media, which preached the defeatists’ slogan of ‘Land for Peace.’

As if to prove the provenance of peace, Ariel Sharon invited Egypt – in a careless breach of its peace treaty with Israel – to send troops into Sinai and thence to the border with Gaza, the so-called Philadelphi corridor.” read more

DM Peretz: PA Continues Attacks, Hizbullah Continues Arming, by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (Israel National News)

Commentary;

Amir Peretz, easily THE most incompetent minister of defense in Israel’s modern history. If his handling of the war left any doubt of this fact, the excerpts below should more than squelch any doubts.
Read what Barak of IRIS has to say about our OJT defense minister and what his illiteracy has wrought. MB

“MK Esterina Tratman suggested that Israel destroy PA infrastructure and ‘cut off all oxygen so that they cry ‘Mercy.’ Why should they have electricity if Shalit has not been returned? Where is our strength? Where is our logic?’ she asked.” read more

Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Israeli Car by Ramallah [Near Kfar Hizma, South of Ramallah]

Excerpt;
“No one was hurt, and the car was undamaged. IDF forces were sweeping the area.”

Israeli Lightly Wounded by Rocks in Hebron

Tunnels Uncovered Along Gaza’s Border with Egypt

Excerpts;

Since Israel pulled out of Gaza last summer, turning over control of the border to Egypt and the Palestinians, cross-border smuggling of weapons and explosives has increased considerably, the IDF says.” read more