The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
PMO Refutes [State Comptroller’s] Report on Disengagement
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Refuting charges in the state comptroller’s report on disengagement released in March, Prime Minister’s Office Director-General Ra’anan Dinur on Tuesday defended the government’s activities on behalf of Gaza evacuees.
The report alleged that the Prime Minister’s Office and a number of ministries mishandled the absorption of the 1,700 families pulled out of Gaza and four communities in northern Samaria last August.
‘Global Jihad Operating in Jerusalem’
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Shin Bet Head Yuval Diskin told the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tuesday that there are initial signs of global jihad operations in Nablus and Jerusalem, and that the international terror network is also active in Sinai and Jordan.
“We have intercepted plans to carry out terror attacks, and arrested people who have been involved in this, but encountered no concrete,
operative plans,” he said. According to Diskin, there is a constant flow of the al-Qaeda organization from Iraq to Jordan, but he failed to specify whether he was referring to arms, information, or manpower.
“If We Need to Cut Electricity, Cut Off Gaza First”
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Referring to yesterday’s power outages, MK Eliyahu Gabbai of the NRP stated earlier today: “If we urgently need to cut off the electricity, we should cut off Gaza first and plunge Shechem and Jenin into darkness. Israeli citizens and the country’s economy should not be harmed by a lack of electricity while the enemies of the state enjoy a steady electricity supply.”
Mr. Gabbai added, “The electricity supply in Sderot will be cut off, putting the red dawn early warning system in jeopardy, while in Gaza everyone continues to burn their electric lights while firing their missiles.”
State Comptroller Investigating Suspicions of Bribes to Olmert
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Olmert allegedly paid for his Jerusalem luxury apartment less than half than what another apartment in the same building cost, per meter. He is also accused of accepting pens worth thousands.
Investigative reporter Yoav Yitzchak, who edits the Hebrew news site NewsFirstClass, has once again come out with evidence of possible bribe-taking and wrongful use of influence on the part of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Soldier Seeks Compensation for Disengagement Trauma
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A soldier has filed a claim for compensation against the Defense Ministry due to trauma suffered as a result of being part of the disengagement from Gaza last year. According to Ynet News, the unidentified soldier wrote to the Defense Ministry claiming “Currently I am suffering from flashbacks, nightmares, panic, depressions, and I’m being treated daily at an institute.”
The soldier was released from the army a number of months ago.
IDF Fires Artillery Shells at the Source of Kassams
Hamas Operatives Working on Adding Toxic Chemicals to Bombs
Woman in Sderot Lightly Hurt as 4 Qassam Rockets Strike Negev
Kassam Rocket Hits Army Base East of Gaza
Two Mortar Shells Land Near Gaza Fence; No Wounded
IDF Artillery Pounding Kassam Launch Sites
Kassam Lands in W. Negev; None Wounded
Israel May Supply Lists of Hamas Members’ Names
Kassam Rocket Strikes Sderot Home; One Lightly Wounded
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Our Parsha speaks about the reasons for the separate section delineated by the inverted “nuns” — “When the Aron (the Ark) would journey, Moshe said, ‘Arise Hashem, and let your foes be scattered, let those who hate you flee from before you.’ And when it rested, he would say, ‘Reside tranquilly, O, Hashem, among the myriad thousands of Israel.'” (Sefer Bamidbar, Perek 10, posukim 35-36)
How to Win the Battle for the Land of Israel
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The Judea, Samaria and Gaza (Yesha) Council heads who failed in the struggle for Gush Katif must not be allowed to continue in their positions. It’s unconscionable that people who have been proven incompetent will be allowed to bring about a second tragedy.
People who are not willing to pay a personal price to defend the Land of Israel do not deserve to represent us. In truth, people who receive their salaries from the government cannot be expected to fight against it. Only those who were willing to sit in jail to protect the Land of Israel deserve to lead the struggle.
Gov’t Has Built Homes for Less Than Half of Expulsion Victims
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The government has built only 803 new housing units for citizens expelled from their homes in the Gaza and northern Samaria regions last summer, according to Housing Ministry figures. More than 900 families have been forced into temporary housing.
Most of the new housing units were built on relatively small plots of land, of about 90 square meters compared to the 150 square meters most of the families enjoyed before the government demolished their communities.
Provision for Raising Old Age Pensions Absent from Budget Bill
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Labor party representatives on the Knesset Finance Committee were astonished to learn that a provision for raising old age pensions was excluded from the state budget bill.
According to its coalition agreement with the Kadima party, the government was supposed to allocate NIS 330 million to raise old age pensions.
A government official said that in the case of old age pensions, the Knesset would need to pass separate legislation.