“Operating”: According to Shaul Mofaz …

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Text: Mofaz Defines “Operating” so IDF Can Also Retreat from West Bank, by Dr. Aaron Lerner

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Question: Will the army remain in the evacuated area?

Mofaz: We will continue operating in the area under every possible situation. We are still operating in Gaza, though not on the ground. We need to reserve the right to operate in all senses of the word. Judea and Samaria is different from Gaza. We pulled the Army out of Gaza, since it was one dense urban area, and staying there would have been difficult. Judea and Samaria is different. But to tell you that once we leave we will return to every place – I don’t know. read more

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The Old, Bogus “Protocols”; Would Bibi’s Secular Hasbara Better Reverse Bogus Anti-Semitic Myths?

Column One: The Jewish Threat, by Caroline Glick

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On the eve of Israel’s elections, Israelis should be deeply concerned about the state of our relations with the United States.

Last week the London Review of Books published a long article under the heading “The Israel Lobby.” The article was authored by two prominent American international relations and political science professors: Stephen Walt, the academic dean at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and John Mearsheimer from the University of Chicago. read more

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War News Over Shabbos, Motsei Shabbos …

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Voters: Thinking Logically Vs. “Disengagement” …

Weekly Commentary: Thinking Through Retreat, by Aaron Lerner Date: 23 March 2006

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What happens if Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert succeeds next week in getting enough votes to put together a stable “retreat coalition”?

According to Olmert, once Israel determines that the absence of a Palestinian partner renders the Roadmap irrelevant (a determination that can be made in 60 seconds) his team would negotiate and implement an Israeli retreat from most of the West Bank.

These talks would take place both within Israeli society and with various foreign countries out of an interest in imbuing the retreat line international recognition. read more

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Olmert Regime: Yet Again; Deception, Lies, Smoke and Mirrors to Gush Katif Refugees …

Another Blow to Gush Katif Expellees

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Some 60 families – still in Jerusalem hotels after their eviction from Gush Katif 7 months ago – are to be thrown out in three weeks, even though their future living arrangements are not guaranteed.

We were all set to receive the keys to our new caravillas in Ein Tzurim,” said David Banjo, formerly of N’vei Dekalim, “when all of a sudden, we saw that the contracts they placed before us were different than the ones we had seen a week before. In addition to all the uncertainty and instability we have been living with for seven months, now we have to face deception by a government body. It is simply too much.” read more

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The Sharon/Olmert Regime’s Distorted Sense of “Fairness” …

Court Urges Substitute Evacuee Housing

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The High Court on Thursday urged the government to provide substitute housing for 21 former Gaza Strip families who abandoned their mobile homes in Kibbutz Karmiya after they were shelled by terrorists. The state, however, insisted it could not help because it would be unfair to other residents of the Gaza Strip periphery.

The court was hearing the families’ request for an interim injunction obliging the state to pay for their housing until a permanent solution for their safety was found. read more

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Olmert: You’ve Got an Arrogant, Hard-Hearted Answer for Anyone Who Comes to Oppose YOU; Shteinitz Supported ‘Disengagement’ …

Shteinitz Launches Scathing Attack Against Olmert

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Likud MK Dr. Yuval Shteinitz on Thursday night stated if Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his Kadima Party win the election, there will be joy in Ramallah and Iran.

Shteinitz, the chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, in a closed TV session with fellow Likud members stated, “If Olmert wins, they will celebrate in the streets of Ramallah and there will be joy in Tehran,” explaining the election victory will result in the creation of a “Hamas state in the heart of Israel.” read more

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Opportunistic Olmert’s Financial, Real Estate Fortune: [Publicly] Unreported?

(Translation) How Ehud Olmert Became A Millionaire2, Aryeh Avneri, Investigative Journalist, NFC.CO.IL

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By Israeli standards, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is considered to be a millionaire, even though he never publicly reported the extent of his financial and real estate assets.

He will probably take care to do so from now on, in ongoing reporting to the State Comptroller, to draw away from himself the flames of public criticism that burn around him.

The law requires government ministers who hold assets and bank accounts abroad to include them in their reports; their declarations have the standing of a deposition under oath. read more

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