Watch for Olmert to Break All of the Flowery Words and Promises Made in the Knesset Speech …

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Fatah: Hamas Ready to Accept Deal on Ceasefire, Release of Shalit

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Senior Fatah sources in Gaza said on Saturday that Hamas is ready to accept a deal that involves freeing abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, a joint cease-fire and an end to IDF actions in the Gaza Strip.

What is not clear is whether Khaled Meshal, the Hamas leader in Damascus, will sanction the Egyptian-brokered deal.

The initiative, proposed by Egypt and discussed by Palestinian leaders in Gaza in the last few days, consists of freeing Gilad Shalit, a joint cease-fire and the cessation of the IDF’s assassinations in the Gaza Strip and freeing Palestinian prisoners later on. read more

And A Report of Inquiry Will Surely Take Place …

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[Prediction]The war of 2006: Report of the Commission of Inquiry, By Ari Shavit Haaretz Magazine

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As will be recalled, the Barak Commission was established in September 2006, immediately after the retirement of Aharon Barak as president of the Supreme Court and immediately after the scale of the political-security blunder of 2006 became apparent. The commission’s mandate was unlimited. The amount of work the commission had to do was immense. As is known, Aharon Barak’s approach is that everything is investigatable. However, already at this early stage the commission feels the need to present main preliminary findings to the country’s citizens. The members of the commission believe that because the situation on the northern border has not yet stabilized completely, the exposure of the conceptual and organizational flaws that brought us to this state of affairs is essential. read more

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Rocket Barrages on 2 Fronts, Ground Forces in Lebanon, Other War News Motsei Shabbos, Sunday …

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Hizbullah Struck Haifa As Soon as French FM Left

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“Hizbullah terrorists attacked Haifa Sunday morning minutes after the departure from the city of French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy. Haifa residents enjoyed a welcome quiet in the early hours while the French official was present.”

Rocket Attack Kills 2 in Haifa

French and German Officials to Arrive in Israel

Update: 14 Injured in Rocket Explosions

Northern Residents Warned to Stay Off Streets

IDF Hits Hizbullah Weapons Site read more

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Must Reading: Elite Dreamland and The Loss of International Intelligence Credibility …

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Column One: An Acceptable Cease-Fire, By Caroline Glick

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Benn continued, “The moment Hizbullah took control over… south [Lebanon] and armed itself with thousands of Katyushas and other rockets, a stable balance of deterrence was created on both sides of the border.”

On Thursday, Benn wrote a follow-up column excusing his own blindness by noting that “the IDF, the intelligence services and the government, which have at their disposal much better sources of information than mine, thought the same” of Nasrallah in the days before his Iranian bosses ordered him to war. read more

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Why is The Olmert Government Pledging to Release Prisoners for the IDF Hostages??

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Report: Diskin Promised Abbas Prisoner Exchange

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas resumed talks with Hamas over the release of IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit who was abducted from Israel to Gaza some four weeks ago, it was reported on Friday.

The Palestinian London-based Al Hayat al-Jadeeda reported that Shin Bet (Internal Security Agency) committed to Abbas some two weeks ago that if Shalit were to be released, then Israel would release a large number of Palestinian prisoners “without blood on their hands.” read more

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Katyushas Blitz Throughout the North and Other War News …

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Second Barrage of Katyusha Rockets Strikes Haifa

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A second barrage of Katyusha rockets struck the Haifa area on Friday afternoon, less than an hour after the first assault of the day.

One of the rockets landed in Kiryat Yam, while the other two fell in open areas, Channel 10 reported. Initial reports suggested that no one was wounded in the second attack.

5 Rockets Land in Maalot – Haifa Under Attack Again

Rocket Barrage Hits Tiberias

Syrian-Modified Rockets Pounding Haifa

Rockets Land Near Golani Junction read more

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Hypocritical Quote for the Ages from COS Halutz: “Our Moral Strength and Value …”

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COS Dan Halutz said in a letter to soldiers and officers:

“We are being tested at this time. Our moral strength and value will reflect on the state of Israel and its residents and on their ability to continue to stand up to the threat on the front.”

Commentary;

This seemingly high-minded quote was spoken by the Chief of Staff who oversaw, and under whom the IDF served as the vehicle for, the persecution, eviction and expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif and from the Shomron — integral parts of Eretz Yisrael, our divine legacy from Shemayim. MB read more

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Israel’s September 10th Syndrome Exploded: A Must Read …

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The View from Haifa September 10th Syndrome By Steven Plaut

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“All you do all day is threaten that there will be Katyusha rockets landing in Ashkelon. Would you mind telling me why there are no rockets fired from Aqaba to Eilat?” Foreign Minister and Labor MK Shimon Peres, Knesset minutes, September 9, 1993

I could still hear Peres’s words echoing when Katyusha rockets began exploding in Haifa a few days ago, some of them just several blocks from my home. Filled with thousands of lead pellets to maximize the carnage, one of them ended the lives of nine people in a Haifa train depot. read more

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North/South Fronts, Blitz Continues and Other War News …

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Peretz Hints at Ground Operation in Lebanon

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Defense Minister Amir Peretz hinted Thursday that the Israel Defense Forces could launch a ground operation in Lebanon.

“Hezbollah must not think that we would recoil from using all kinds of military measures against it,” Peretz said during a visit to communities in the Katyusha-battered north.

“We have no intention of occupying Lebanon, but we also have no intention of retreating from any military measures needed,” he said. read more

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View of War in the North Up Close …

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Our World: How I Spent My Summer Vacation, By Caroline Glick

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As I drove along the empty, beautiful, mountain road and gazed at the rocket smoke buffeting upwards from Mt. Meron, Safed, and Rosh Pinna below me, commentators on the radio kept asking, “Why is Hizbullah attacking Israel now?” Former generals spoke of the need for Israel to restore our deterrence against Hizbullah.

FOR SIX years, since Ehud Barak surrendered to the demands of the radical, EU-funded Israeli Left and withdrew IDF forces from southern Lebanon in May 2000, Israel stood by and did nothing as Hizbullah built up its massive arsenal of rockets and missiles. The IDF did nothing as Iran effectively set up shop along the border. read more

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