One of the Israeli Big 12 [Richest Families in Israel] Gets Still Wealthier …

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Warren Buffett to Buy 80% of Israeli Company Iscar

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Warren Buffett, the legendary Omaha, Nebraska, investor, announced on Friday that he would purchase 80% of the Israeli company Iscar. The company’s current owners, the famous Wertheimer family, will receive some $4 billion for the deal.

The deal is the largest ever purchase of an Israeli company and makes the Wertheimer family the single wealthiest family in Israel.

Buffett: All 2,000 Iscar Employees Will Keep Jobs

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Warren Buffett, the legendary investor from Omaha, Nebraska, who purchased 80 percent of the Israeli company Iscar for some $4 billion, has decided not to make any changes in the corporation or its management, and vowed that none of the 2,000 Israelis working for Iscar in Israel would lose their jobs. read more

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Updates on Situation at Beit Shapira, Chevron …

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Police Postpone Hebron Eviction Until Sunday

Court: IDF Has Until Monday to Remove Settlers From Hebron Home

Court OKs Hebron Buildng Eviction

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The High Court of Justice yesterday gave the police and the army the green light to evacuate three Jewish families from a building adjacent to the Avraham Avinu complex in downtown Hebron on Friday at 11 a.m.

Sitting on a cot in the upstairs room of the large three-story buiding, Tzipora Schlissel said she was praying for a miracle. read more

Sgt. Hananel Dayan Stripped of Award and Discharged from IDF: Apparently, Not Shaking Commander’s Hand = Disloyalty, Disobediance …

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Soldier Who Snubbed Halutz Stripped of Award and Discharged

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Staff Sergeant Hananel (Meged) Dayan received the award during an Independence Day ceremony on Wednesday and was tried Thursday. He first appeared before his IDF Regiment Commander, who said he understood Dayan’s actions but that according to military regulations he must stand trial before the Brigade Commander.

The Brigade Commander ruled that Dayan be stripped of the award for outstanding service, including the revoking of a $1,500 cash prize. He also ruled that Dayan, who is a tank driver, is no longer eligible to be either a commander or a combat soldier. read more

The Kid and the Unguarded, Unregulated “Cookie Jar” …

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[Sharon Tradition Continues] Dov Weissglas to be Bezeq Chairman

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Placing Dov Weissglas as Chairman of Bezeq is like leaving a kid in room with an unguarded cookie jar.

First, consider Aaron Lerner of IMRA’s take on the appointment;

“The fine tradition of maintaining and promoting the government-big money relationship that made the Sharon administration so effective (thanks in no small part to Attorney General Mazuz’s policy that the enforcement of law would not be allowed to interfere with anyone involved in retreat) continues.” read more

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What’s in A Name, A Label?? Olmert’s Latest label for Expulsions of Jews …

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From ‘Convergence’ to ‘Consolidation’

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Now that the adjectives “acting” and “interim” have officially been removed from Ehud Olmert’s prime ministerial title, get ready for another significant semantic change: Olmert’s “convergence plan” is on the verge of morphing into the “consolidation plan.”

Government sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Thursday that there were discussions afoot to change the English translation of the name of Olmert’s plan to unilaterally withdraw from much of the West Bank and beef up a few large settlement blocks contiguous to the Green Line, called hitkansut in Hebrew, to something that makes more sense in English than “convergence.” read more

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Parsha Achrai Mos/Kedoshim 5766: Your Fellow Jew, as Yourself, Revisited …

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ParshaAchraiMos/Kedoshim 5766: Your Fellow Jew, as Yourself, Revisited
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by Moshe Burt

One of the main themes underlying Parsha Kedoshim is the loving care with which each Jew is to treat his Jewish brother. Indeed, we see that the first posuk of our Parsha conveys that spirit, “Hashem spoke to Moshe saying, “Speak to the entire assembly of B’nai Yisrael and say to them: You shall be holy, for holy am I, Hashem, your G’d.” (Sefer Vayikra, Perek 19, posuk 1) Our Parsha then goes on to enumerate the Asseret HaDivrot, the Ten Commandments in depth. read more

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