The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Ambulance Damaged in Rock-Throwing Attack
PA Resident Arrests at the Hawara Checkpoint
Soldiers Uninjured in Bomb Attack
Unarmed Infiltrators Apprehended
Soldiers Targeted in Friday Afternoon Shooting Attack Near Shechem
IDF Patrol Attacked With Rocks in Samaria
Kassam Rocket Hits Ashkelon Industrial Park
2 Kassams Fired at Israel, 1 Hits Industrial Zone
Kassam Rockets Strike City of Ashkelon
Weekly Commentary: Thinking Through Retreat, by Aaron Lerner Date: 23 March 2006
Excerpts;
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.
Another Blow to Gush Katif Expellees
Excerpts;
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.”
Court Urges Substitute Evacuee Housing
Excerpts;
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.
Shteinitz Launches Scathing Attack Against Olmert
For context on MK Shteinitz, click here.
Full Text;
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.”
Excerpts; 
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.
For Context on the two reports below; click here.
Fears Grow Over New Dubai Revolt
US Official: Dubai Co. Would Have Made Ports Safer
Commentary;
Who’s Zoomin’ Whom? C’mon, give me a break! The answer seems obvious. Why hand over American Assets (Ports, Weapons technology, etc.) over to avowed enemy hands? MB
The Case for Likud, by Evelyn Gordon
Netanyahu: Only the Likud Can Stop Olmert’s Withdrawal
Landau Concerned Over [Olmert’s] Plans to Hand Over Old City
Olmert: Only Pro-Uprooting Parties in My Government
Kadima Fears Low Voter Turnout
The Right Could Win it All. Here’s How …
NU-NRP: Students Don’t Buy the Kadima Bluff
It’s Time to Think Big and Take Power in Israel
Marzel: 57,000 Voters Commit to Hazit – Enough for Knesset Threshold
With thanks to and permission of Ellen Horowitz.
Until a week ago, every time I spotted flocks of migratory birds from my kitchen window in the Golan Heights, I would grab the binoculars and rush the kids outside to watch a spectacular site. Nowadays, when I spot the flocks, I yell “duck”, grab the kids, and race into the house for cover.
That I have 10 chickens running around my backyard adds to my anxiety. I’ve come to like my chickens. If you recall, two years ago Purim, I expressed a different type of chicken anxiety in “One Tough Chicken.” And so every morning, I arise and look out of my window to see if they’re all still alive and well. It gives new meaning to the expression, counting your chickens before they…croak (G-d forbid).
