COS Dan Halutz: “There is No Reason Why My Kids Should Serve in the Army if Others Don’t Serve” = Secular Entitled to Evade Service because Chareidim Learn in Yeshiva?

Halutz: Why Should My Kids Serve if Others Won’t?

Halutz Opposes Court Ruling on Tal Law

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Hours after the High Court of Justice upheld the Tal Law IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz slammed the decision, claiming that the burden of serving in the IDF needed to be shared by the entire nation.

“There is no reason why my kids should serve in the army if others don’t serve,” Halutz said at a conference in Beersheba. “It would be fair if it [the burden] was shared by everyone… if they won’t serve in the army then they should do national service or volunteer in their communities.” read more

Police Back Off for Left: Dual Standards of Law Enforcement/”Justice”; One for Peace Now, vs Right?

Police Permit Peace Now Buses to Continue Towards Maon

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Police a short time ago have permitted two buses carrying left-wing Peace Now activists to head towards Maon in the Hevron Hills.

Earlier on Friday morning, police stopped the buses at Gush Etzion Junction, north of Hevron, explaining they do not intend to permit the buses to make their way to Maon where the activists wish to protest the Jewish presence.

After being detained at Gush Junction for a period of time, the buses were permitted to continue on their way. read more

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Olmert Regime: “Convergence”, “Consolidation” At All Costs, Raison D’etre for Their Entire Existence, Nothing Else Matters …

Israel Deliberately Understating Palestinian WB Rocket Threat?

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Analysts say publicity about missiles could damage PM Olmert’s withdrawal plan. National Religious Party MK Effie Eitam: ‘Any West Bank withdrawal will be followed by rockets fired at major Israeli cities.’

According to some intelligence officials, Israel has been deliberately
minimizing the threat of rocket attacks by Palestinian terror groups in the West Bank, parts of which are within rocket firing range of Jerusalem and other major Israeli cities. read more

Overnight War News and Commentary …

Commentary;

Readers of this blog have undoubtedly taken notice of each day’s lengthy list of war news headline links. They may seem to be monotonous, duplication, redundancies, etc.

However each of these events is unique unto itself, yet part of the whole, and affects human beings, our Jewish brethren both here in Israel and throughout the world. More often than not, both in Israel and throughout the world, MSM omits them, both individually and collectively, from the public consciousness both in terms of the impact of the individual event as well as the cumulative effect of the quantity of daily war events. And friends, this is a War, and should be fought as War, and not as a game for personal enrichment, power, aggrandisement as well as an excuse and vehicle for hatred of, bias against and persecution of religious Jews as the current succession of regimes, Rabin, Peres, Netanyahu, Barak, Sharon, Sharon 2 dealt with matters, and how Olmert appears content to handle matters. MB read more

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The High Court Does Something Good, for a Change …

Court Allows Completion of Fence in Shavei Shomron Area

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The High Court of Justice today authorized the completion of the separation barrier protecting the area of the Samaria community of Shavei Shomron. The court affirmed that the completion of the fence is an imperative security need, in light of Shavei Shomron’s exposure to Palestinian Authority infiltrators following Israel’s August withdrawal from northern Samaria.

The High Court rejected the arguments put forth in the petition against the fence by representatives of the Arab villages near the Jewish town. The village representatives claimed that continuation of the fence construction will cause irreversible damage to their residents’ olive groves. read more

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High Court, Regime Once Again Abrogate Their Sworn Responsibility to the People They Lead … Other Gush Katif Expellee News …

Court: Kassam Attacks No Basis for Relocating Expulsion Victims

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The Supreme Court Wednesday rejected an appeal from expulsion victims who demanded that the government provide them with housing that is free form Kassam rocket attacks. The justice said the government is obligated to provide compensation and housing, without taking responsibility for locating the former Gaza area residents in areas free from Kassam rocket attacks.

However, Justice Aharon Barak added that although the government does not have a legal obligation to relocate the victims, it should consider options other than the area of Karmiya, which has been besieged by the same rockets which beleaguered the residents before their expulsion from the Gaza region. “We have not ignored the dire state of the petitioners,” said Justice Barak. read more

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Overnight and Wednesday War News …

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Parsha Emor 5766: The Kohen; The Paradigm for Jewish Unity …

Parsha Emor 5766: The Kohen; The Paradigm for Jewish Unity

By Moshe Burt

The positioning in Torah of our Parsha Emor, following last week’s Parsha Kedoshim gives rise to thought and contemplation.

Kedoshim teaches “…You shall be holy, for holy am I, Hashem, your G’d.” (Sefer Vayikra, Perek 19, posuk 1) And we learn that the epitome of this holiness is the principle taught by Rabbi Hillel to the convert, on one foot, says “V’ohavtoh L’reiachoh Komochoh” — “… you shall love your fellow as yourself…” (Sefer Vayikra, Perek 19, posuk 18) The Halachot subsequently taught in Parsha Kedoshim are all built upon the emulation of Hashem. read more

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