Why NOT to Vote for National Union/Mafdal [Among Other Things] …

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MK Eitam Congratulates IDF Chief-of-Staff on Chief Rabbi Appointment

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MK Effi Eitam (National Union – NRP) has congratulated IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.Gen. Dan Halutz on his selection of Avichai Ronsky, head of the yeshiva in the Samarian community of Itamar, as the next Chief Rabbi of the IDF.

Eitam said, “Ronsky was a commander in the IDF and knows first hand the challenges the army faces in the battlefield.”

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Ronsky, 54, a resident of Itamar, is the author of three books of responsa on halachic issues pertinent to the religious soldier. He has a lenient halachic position regarding allowing the desecration of the Shabbat for military needs. This position, which has been criticized by other rabbis, may make him more attractive to IDF commanders who want a minimum of religious restrictions on their soldiers. read more

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Corrupt Sharon/Olmert Regime Even Snookers the Uprooters …

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Gov’t Workers Promised Awards For Taking Part in Expulsion Still Waiting

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Defense Ministry workers who were promised vacations and pay hikes in return for their voluntary participation in the expulsion of Jews from Gaza and northern Samaria last summer now complain that those commitments have gone unfulfilled.

Workers originally received emails promising awards for those who volunteered to man the perimeter and participate on other indirect support during the implementation of the Disengagement. Many volunteered and after the last community was destroyed, a large party was held for all the volunteers, who expressed willingness to take part in such operations in the future in exchange for similar promises. read more

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Sunday and Overnight War News …

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Two Arabs Arrested Near Shechem with Homemade Weapons

IDF Aerial Attack Against Terrorists in Northern Gaza Strip

Rachel’s Tomb Attacked With Pipe Bomb

Kalandiya to Become Sole W. Bank-Israel Crossing

Soldiers Come Under Fire Near Jenin; None Wounded

IDF Attacks Open Rocket Launching Fields in Gaza

Palestinian Offered NIS 1,000 to Stab Jews in TA

Palestinian With Dagger Apprehended in Tel Aviv

IDF Troops Detain Palestinian Youth Carrying Knife

Shin Bet Arrests Two Islamic Jihad Terrorists

Three Kassams Launched From Gaza, None Wounded read more

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This Blog’s Election Endorsement …

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This author has been going through a deep internal battle and deliberation as to who to vote for on Tuesday.

This internal battle has been regarding commitment to Likud via Moshe Feiglin vs first, the National Union, but more powerfully in recent days, between voting for Likud or voting Hazit.

Even given my deep level of commitment to Moshe and to Manhigut Yehudit and the Torah way which they stand for, and on account of what I am perceiving (B’Ezrat Hashem correctly) as an extremely well organized campaign where some 63,000 plus have verbally or in writing committed to Baruch and that Hazit “will have observers at all of the Kalpiot (voting stations) to make sure ballots are not thrown out “, I have just called the Hazit number and have committed my vote to Baruch Marzel. read more

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UTJ Hints: Will Join Kadima Government = Approval of Uprooting More Jews; Rav Eliyahu: Vote for Kadima Forbidden …

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Olmert: Only Pro-Uprooting Parties in My Government

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In an attempt to win votes back, Kadima’s prime ministerial candidate, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, announced last night that any party that refuses to accept the concept of “inward-turning” – the name he has given his plan to carry out further unilateral withdrawals – will not be invited to join the government he expects to form. Olmert thus hopes to play on the desires of Shas and Yisrael Beiteinu voters, and, to a lesser extent, those of the hareidi-religious United Judaism Party (UTJ), to see their parties in the government. read more

And, Is Shas Any Better??

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Electionscape: Shas is Kadima’s Must-Have Party

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Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s latest pronouncement, made in an interview to a haredi newspaper over the weekend, that “whoever votes Kadima [forward in English] goes backwards to hell” can easily be explained away as yet another in a long series of ridiculous quotes from the sage’s wisdom.

What is interesting is that Yosef’s words seemed to contradict those of Shas Chairman MK Eli Yishai, who has been telling reporters over the last few days that the problem with a Kadima government was Ehud Olmert’s new pullback plan. read more

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Overnight War News …

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Shin Bet Arrests Two Islamic Jihad Terrorists

Border Police Round Up 680 Illegals Over the Weekend

Dying to Please Dumb America?] Despite Terror Warnings, Israel to Open Karni Crossing

Armed Arab Arrested at Samaria Checkpoint

Al-Aqsa Gunman Shot & Wounded by Soldiers

Kassam Rockets Fired Towards Western Negev

Three Kassams Launched From Gaza, None Wounded

IDF troops Wound Armed Palestinian Near Jenin

Gunfire Directed into Psagot

IDF, Police Prepare After 70 Terror Warnings

Palestinian Killed in Central Gaza read more

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A Matched Set: Disturbing Analysis of Olmert’s Retreat Plan …

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Ha’aretz English Edition Fails to Run Shavit’s 2nd Article Against Retreat Plan, by Dr. Aaron Lerner

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Ari Shavit’s March 14 article, “Olmert’s arrogance”, (repeated below), is probably the most eloquent – and disturbing – attack by any Israeli against Acting PM Olmert’s retreat plan.

So when Shavit’s column in the Friday 24 March Hebrew edition of Haaretz carried a follow-up debate between Shavit and Haim Ramon, it was only natural to expect the folks in charge of the English edition to dutifully translate and publish the article – even if
it provided strong ammunition against their own support for retreat to the ’67 lines. read more

“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?

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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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