Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

Olmert Lays Down Condition for Talks with PA

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, speaking at a press conference with French President Jacques Chirac, said Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) must recognize Israel before negotiations can start.

He added that the PA also must end all terror and fulfill obligations of previous agreements. The PA and Israel announced an agreement in February 2005 at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit but it quickly fell apart. The PA was to receive control of five major urban centers on condition it end incitement and terror. Suicide bombers from the first city where the PA took control carried out a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv shortly after the accord. read more

Analysis: Bad Timing for the IDF’s PR Battle

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Sometimes in life it is all a question of timing and on Tuesday it didn’t work right for the IDF. Just hours before the military planned to exonerate itself as a result of the investigation into the explosion that killed seven Palestinians on a Gaza beach on Friday, two Palestinian children were killed alongside six other innocent civilians. This time the responsibility fell directly on Israel’s shoulders.

Commentary;

This is a Perfect Example of how Israel’s MSM Places higher Value on lives of “Palestinian(sic)” civilians, as “the brave freedom fighters” exploit them, hiding among them for cover; rather than on the lives of Jewish civilians living in the south who are subjected to the daily Kassam and shelling blitz. read more

Olmert Approves Strategy of Arming Abbas to Fight Hamas

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Olmert’s decision effectively positions Israel on the side of Fatah in its conflict with the Hamas, the Islamic terrorist organization which governs the Palestinian Authority. That conflict over control of the PA has brought the two groups to the brink of civil war.

Fatah’s new weapons will be supplied by Egypt and Jordan and shipped to Fatah forces, including Abbas’s presidential guard, via Israel.

An aide to Olmert quoted by Reuters said, “He approved the delivery of a certain amount of weaponry to Abu Mazen’s (Abbas’s) presidential guard in order to bolster him so he can fulfil his obligations.” The aide did not specify which obligations the weapons would help Abbas fulfill. read more

Qassam Lands Near Strategic Facility

Kassam Lands in Western Negev

Kassam Rocket Fired at Jewish Community

Peretz: One Day of Quiet Proves Terrorists Got the Message

Peretz: Hamas Halted Qassams Due to Threat of IDF Operation

Really?? Just wait until tonight or tommorrow!

Gaza Violence: One Dead, Senior Fatah Guard Wounded

IDF Arrests 13 Tanzim, Jihad Terrorists

IDF Kills Al Aqsa Terrorist in Jenin

IDF Nabs 13 Fugitives in West Bank

TA Police Arrest 51 Illegal Aliens from West Bank

Enemy Forces Fire Kassam Rocket Towards Negev Kibbutz read more

Parsha Shelach 5766: Qualities of a Real Jewish Leader — Revisited
by Moshe Burt

Prior to the Miraglim setting out on their mission to Eretz Yisrael, Moshe Rabbeinu prayed for Hoshea, that he should gain the strength, conviction and principle to stand against the false testimony of the other spies and to eventually lead B’nei Yisrael. Moshe blessed him before the mission and changed his name to Yehoshua which conveys the above attributes.

This prayer and blessing of Moshe Rabbeinu to Yehoshua begs the definition of the qualities which make a Real Jewish Leader. read more