The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Palestinian Gunman Killed by IAF Missile
IDF hits Islamic Jihad Warehouse in Northern Gaza
IDF Artillery Firing Shells Into Southern Gaza
Fatah Terrorist Apprehended South of Shechem
PA: Hamas Terrorist Killed, Others Injured in Gaza Operation
IDF Fires Artillery at Gaza Rockets
IDF Targets Hamas Cell in the Northern Gaza Strip
Kassam Lands in Sderot; Early Warning System Fails
PA Arabs: Terrorists Attempted to Fire Rocket into Israel from Samaria
Modi’in Illit Neighborhood Challenged
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The High Court of Justice is due on to hold a hearing on Sunday concerning two petitions challenging the legality of the procedure in which a Jewish company took possession of 900 dunams of land in the West Bank and the construction of apartment buildings for Jewish settlers on the site.
According to the first petition, filed by Peace Now, several construction companies are building housing in a new neighborhood of Modi’in Illit called Matityahu East without legal building permits and on the basis of a planning scheme not approved by the planning authorities.
Rocket Lands Near Tomb of Baba Sali
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“A Kassam rocket landed in the southern city of Netivot, near the Tomb of Baba Sali. No injuries are being reported.”
Prepare for the Coming of the Kassam, By Moshe Leshem: Jun 28, ’05 / 21 Sivan 5765
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Uprooting 8,000 Jews from the Katif region and the destruction of flourishing towns will not only not bring about peace or calm, it will bring 44 towns into range of the Kassam rockets. Hundreds of millions will be invested in protection. As if it were a consolation, industry leaders come and offer “a bright and colorful roof that passed a test for Kassam rocket and mortar shell strikes.” (Yediot Aharonot, May 5, 2005) Note the emphasis on “bright and colorful”, which covers in a layer of sugar the bitter pill of the chilling security situation created by Ariel Sharon’s government. The color and brightness serve a similar purpose as the word “disengagement”, which is a much more pleasant term than “uprooting and expulsion”.
Column One: How Olmert Justifies Failure, By Caroline Glick
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s secret visit to Sderot Tuesday morning was met with snorts of disgusted laughter…. The message he sends is clear: Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza last summer was a national security disaster – and he knows it.
Olmert said he hid his plan to visit Sderot because he didn’t want to give the Palestinian Authority a special reason to launch rockets against the city. That statement, like the government’s decision to retake the destroyed communities of Dugit, Elei Sinai and Nisanit in a bid to halt the Palestinian rocket offensive, is a clear admission that the IDF is incapable of defending southern Israel from outside the Gaza Strip.
Four Wounded as Kassam Rocket Strikes Sderot Home
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Four people were wounded on Sunday morning, 1 moderately and 3 lightly, when a Kassam rocket, launched from the northern Gaza Strip, landed in a house in Sderot.
The four were evacuated to Barzilai Hospital.
A second rocket landed in open territory in the city. No one was wounded and no damage was reported.
Police Update on Kassam Rocket Attacks
Over 20 Rockets Fired Over the Weekend
A Tactical Move to Thwart Kassams, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
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There is no connection between the current Gaza incursion and the disengagement from Gaza.
Last summer, the nation decided to leave Gaza. At that time, it is important to remember, the IDF was only in Gaza to protect Israeli citizens.
Today’s incursion into Gaza was necessitated by reality. We couldn’t fail to react after a soldier had been captured and Kassams had been fired at Ashkelon.
The operation in northern Gaza does not endanger Gilad Shalit. Those who hold him know that, if anything should happen to him, Israel will find them and put them on trial.
Likud Divided Over Palestinian State
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Likud MK Dan Naveh is expected to face stiff opposition to his proposal for the Likud to endorse the formation of a Palestinian state when he convenes the leadership of the Likud’s ideological bureau on Sunday at the party’s Tel Aviv headquarters.
Naveh, who chairs the bureau, believes that the move is necessary to attract voters who left the Likud for Kadima in the last election and to rebuild the Likud as a center-right party. He hopes that even Likud MKs who left the party for Kadima would return if the proposal passes.
“The Likud has to face the reality whether we like it or not,” Naveh said. The proposal also includes a clause banning the Likud from merging with other parties on the Right.
11 Months Later, IDF Re-enters Former Jewish Towns in Gaza
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The IDF’s Golani Brigade entered northern Gaza after 2 AM, and continues to advance. Some of the units have already reached their destinations, such as in El Atatra, just south of Dugit, from where Kassams were fired at Ashkelon, a crowded built up area. Over the past few days, the forces have penetrated only as deep as 600-1000 meters into Gaza, but they have now already gone as far as 5-6 kilometers.
For context, click on this meaningful commentary by Barak of IRIS.
Hamas Sources Confirm Report on Possible Deal on Gilad Shalit
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Hamas would agree to release the abducted Israeli soldier, Corporal Gilad Shalit, and to stop firing Qassam rockets at Israel in exchange for the release of all female Palestinian prisoners and about 30 prisoners who have been in Israeli jails for more than 20 years, sources within the organization said Thursday.
Also Thursday, father of the abducted soldier called on Israel to free Palestinian security prisoners jailed in Israel in exchange for the release of his son.
Efforts Continue to Prevent Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem
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Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar this week came out strongly against the International Gay Pride Parade, scheduled to take place in Jerusalem next month. Rabbi Amar joined a growing list of prominent religious leaders, Jewish, Catholic and Muslim, who came out against the parade.
Rabbi Amar stated the Torah prohibits homosexuality and in the past, “such people hid their life style,” lamenting the fact that today, “there is no shame”. Rabbi Amar called the planned event an “abomination,” stating it is an affront to “all decent people.”