President Katsav Asks for Continued Knesset Probe on Amona …

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Katzav Urges Knesset to Renew Amona Probe

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President Moshe Katzav told students who were injured in the Amona expulsion that he will ask the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to renew its investigation on police brutality during the demolition of Jewish homes at the community in Samaria.

President Katzav met with student representatives of the national Orange Cell group. Also present at the meeting was Moti Yogev, an IDF reserve officer who also was injured during the demonstration. read more

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“Hilltop Outposts”: The Question is; How Are We Preparing for the Regime’s Next Amonas?

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Gov’t Firm on Removing 24 Outposts

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s government plans to stand firm on the commitment then prime minister Ariel Sharon made to the US that Israel would dismantle 24 outposts, a government source told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

It has let the settlers know that there is no room for compromise on these 24 which it considers to have been illegally built, the source said. They include six outposts that are the subject of a Peace Now petition before the High Court of Justice and for which evacuation orders were first signed more than two years ago. read more

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Sunday Night and Monday War News …

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Tel Aviv Within Range of New Iran-Supplied Hezbollah Rocket

Firebombing Near Rachel’s Tomb

Stones Thrown at Israeli Vehicles Near Kalkilya

Palestinian Caught with Knife Near Tulkarm

Major J’lem Suicide Bombing Foiled

IDF Kills Suicide Bomber Near Gaza

IDF Fires on Arab Terrorists Near Gaza Fence

IDF Captures Two Arab Terrorists Near Shechem

Israeli Soldiers Foil Palestinian Bombing

IDF: Terror Groups Pooling Resources

Two Unarmed Palestinian Infiltrators Apprehended

IDF Arrests 13 Palestinian Fugitives in West Bank read more

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Legal Decisionmaker AG Mazuz in Omri’s and Olmert’s Back Pocket on Pre-Election Sharon Permanent Incapacitation Call?

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[With Elections Over] Sharon Given Virtually No Chance of Regaining Consciousness

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[IMRA: “Sharon is given virtually no chance of regaining consciousness” – but Attorney General Mazuz refused to act on this fact before the elections. It would have meant the very real possiblity that Binyamin Netanyahu, as head of the Likud party, would have run in the elections as prime minister and Mr. Olmert and his Kadima party would run as members of the opposition. Olmert would not have enjoyed the daily stream of PM photo-ops and he would have had to deal with a group bickering “Volvo-less” (not ministers) Kadima party colleagues.] read more

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Excerpts: Supreme Court Cheshin’s Early Retirement Interview Re: Alleged Sharon Scandal Cases …

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Text: Supreme Court Judge Cheshin Implies Disengagement Saved PM Sharon from Indictment

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…”For Barak, if the Knesset passes a law by a majority of a hundred to two, he can come and assert that the law is annulled. I think that is not a serious position.”

“Fight corruption with all your strength,” Cheshin urged his colleagues in his farewell speech three months ago. “Do not forsake the war day or night. It is a matter of life and death for us and for the state. Let us oversee them from the outside.” When the Movement for Quality Government petitioned the High Court of Justice, together with others, against Attorney General Menachem Mazuz in the wake of his decision two years ago to close the Greek island case against then-prime minister Ariel Sharon, seven justices sat on the panel. Six of them decided to reject the petitions; Cheshin alone wanted to issue an interim order and have the investigation proceed. read more

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Motsei Shabbos War News …

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Bus Damaged in Rock Attacks

Peretz: Attacks Will Not be Tolerated

Does he have any clue? Or, Does Olmert “know what to do”?

Two Palestinian Infiltrators Arrested at Fence

Rocket Lands in IDF Base in Negev, Doesn’t Explode

Kassam Rocket Slams into Nahal Oz

Border Police Arrest 1,164 Illegal Residents

Terrorists Open Fire at Soldiers North of Shechem

Firebomb Hurled at IDF Base

IAF Jets Attack Palestinian Terror Bases in Lebanon

Army Strikes Lebanon Bases

IDF Arrests Two Unarmed Palestinian Infiltrators read more

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The Car Needs a Front-End ‘Realignment’ …

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While saying over the vort on this week’s Parsha HaShevua, a few thoughts occured to this author which are presented here.

One thought is about Ehud Olmert’s latest term for disengagement = expulsion (convergence, consolidation), ‘realignment.’

It would seem that Olmert looks at Medinat Yisrael as an out-of-alignment auto. Apparently those “crazy believing Jews” with their connection to Eretz Yisrael, have kareemed over too many speed-bumps and thrown the national auto out of alignment. Ergo, the latest name for Olmert’s hope — Expulsion of more Jews shall henceforth be known as “realignment”, until the rocket-scientists come up with still another synonym. read more

MK Gafni, Where’s the Teeth???

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UTJ to Tie Gush Katif Expellees to Coalition Talks

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But does Gimmel really know how to make specific conditions with teeth that will compell prompt government compliance with it’s own Knesset-passed laws regard prompt, no-strings-attached and complete compensation of ALL that is due to ALL of the Gush Katif/Shomron refugees of last summer’s Israeli Government expulsions of Jews from those areas.

Or is all of this a negotiations ploy on Gimmel’s part which will be dropped like a hot potato as soon as all of their own financial requirements are met? With Gimmel, after they joined Sharon’s Expulsion Regime, history shows that one can’t know their [Gimmel’s] true motivations for sure. MB read more

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ZOA Joins in Fierce Criticism Israel’s Arms Transfer to Abbas …

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ZOA & Former Knesset Defense Chairman Criticize Israeli Decision to Transfer Arms to PA Chief Abbas

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The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and Likud MK Yuval Steinitz, the former chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, have criticized the decision of the Israeli government of Ehud Olmert to transfer weaponry and ammunition to the presidential guard of Palestinian Authority (PA) chief, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). According to a report in Israel’s Hebrew daily, Haaretz, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz decided yesterday to approve the transfer to in order to bolster Abbas’ in his conflict with Hamas and other anti-Abbas factions. A similar proposal to transfer arms to Abbas was previously considered but not approved by Peretz’s predecessor, Shaul Mofaz (Haaretz, May 25). read more

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Olmert’s False Personal Imagery …

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Column One: Hitler is Still Dead, by Caroline Glick

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In his speech before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, and during his meetings with administration officials on Monday and Tuesday, Olmert strove to be perceived as the natural and legitimate heir to the image of Israel as an independent, strong and bold young country. In his address before Congress, Olmert said, “Our two great nations share a profound belief in the importance of freedom and a common pioneering spirit deeply rooted in optimism. It was the energetic spirit of our pioneers that enabled our two countries to implement the impossible. To build cities where swamps once existed and to make the desert bloom.” read more

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