Can Israel’s Self-Hating, Self-Loathing Leaders Read the War Writing on the Wall?

Motsei Shabbos, December 8, 2006;

Security and Defense: Strong Winds of War By Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

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“The Hizbullah protests in Beirut, defense officials warned, have the potential to topple the US-backed government of Prime Minister Fuad Saniora. If that happens, these officials predicted, UNIFIL could be expelled from southern Lebanon and Hizbullah would be able to return to its border outposts, just like before the war.”

“Hizbullah “nature reserves” – camouflaged underground systems of tunnels and bunkers – are still operating in southern Lebanon, despite the beefed-up presence of UNIFIL. These areas are… used as training centers for Hizbullah and storehouses for its weapons caches.” read more

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Tuesday War News…

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Lieberman’s Gov’t Reform NOT Cure for “Chronic Instability”, a Disguise for Ethnic Partition in Galilee…

Column One: What Lieberman Wants, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

“We haven’t the time to think about the growing threats to our country because we are wholly engaged in a vacuous debate about electoral reform.

Lieberman argues that his plan must go through, and that getting it through justifies joining the Olmert government because today Israel’s greatest problem is its governmental instability. This assertion is wrong for two reasons. First, the greatest deficit of Israel’s governing system is not its instability, but its uneven checks and balances between the three arms of government. Second, Israel’s most urgent problem today is not its malfunctioning political system, but its incompetent political leadership.” read more

Friday War News…

Hizbullah Encourages Palestinian Terror

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“Palestinian terror cells operating in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in conjunction with Hizbullah are under orders by the Lebanese-based terror group to escalate their attacks against Israel.”

Israel Protests Russian Missile Sales to Iran

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“Russian-made anti-tank missiles reached Hizbullah guerrillas in Lebanon and were used in the 34-day conflict. The anti-tank missiles proved to be one of Hizbullah’s most effective weapons in face-to-face combat with the IDF, killing many of the 118 soldiers that died in the fighting. Russia sold the weapons to Iran and Syria, known supporters of Hizbullah, who passed them on.” read more

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Tuesday Night, Wednesday War News …

FLASH: 15 Soldiers Killed Wednesday in South Lebanon

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15 IDF soldiers were killed in a series of firefights across the front. In the most serious incident, nine reserve paratroopers were killed, 11 wounded by antitank missiles fired on a house in the village of Debel, in the central sector. Four reservists from an armored brigade were killed in a tank explosion, apparently caused by antitank missiles, in the town of Ayta al-Shaab. An infantryman was killed late Wednesday when he was hit by a mortar in Marjayoun.” read more

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Monday War News…

Israeli Army Says Hizbollah Far from Defeated

40 Troops Battling Hizbullah in Attempt to Destroy Launchers

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“Helicopters dropped off the troops on a hill overlooking Ras al-Biyada, south of Tyre. It is believed that the majority of rocket launchings take place in the region of Tyre.”

Tanzim Commander Apprehended During the Night

Rocket Hits Safed Building; One Injured

14 Hezbollah Fighters Killed in Heavy Exchanges of Fire with IDF Ground Troops

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“One Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed, four others wounded in battles with Hezbollah fighters Monday morning in the south Lebanese village of Bint Jbail. The soldier killed was part of a Paratroopers Brigades force that engaged in gunbattles with Hezbollah in the village. Three of his comrades sustained light wounds.” read more

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Thursday, Friday War News …

Palestinians Open Fire at Troops Near Jenin

Chronology of Rocket Attacks in the North

Rocket Barrage Hits Kiryat Shmona, Safed Areas

IDF Calling on Southern Lebanese Residents to Move North

IAF Attacks Beirut’s Bridges and Bekaa Valley Power Station

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IAF fighter jets attacked at least 15 targets around Beirut on Friday – three bridges linking Beirut with north Lebanon and a bridge linking Beirut to the south.

It was the first time Israel struck a major Christian population center to the north of the Lebanese capital. Four civilians were killed and ten wounded in the strike, according to the Lebanese Red Cross. read more

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Gaza Invasion, Kassam Blitz Intensifies, War on Islamic Terrorism Continues …

Four Wounded as Kassam Rocket Strikes Sderot Home

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Four people were wounded on Sunday morning, 1 moderately and 3 lightly, when a Kassam rocket, launched from the northern Gaza Strip, landed in a house in Sderot.

The four were evacuated to Barzilai Hospital.

A second rocket landed in open territory in the city. No one was wounded and no damage was reported.

Police Update on Kassam Rocket Attacks

Over 20 Rockets Fired Over the Weekend

IDF Artillery Fires on Kassam Launch Sites

Talk of Liberation War From Syria read more

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Overnight War Action …

Rockets Landed Near Caravilla Homes

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“The Kassam rockets that landed south of Ashkelon on Saturday night impacted about 150 meters from the caravilla homes in Kibbutz Carmiya, where evictees from Gaza’s Netzer-Hazani are living.”

Fatah’s al-Aqsa Responsible for Rocket Attacks

Air Force & Navy Target Terrorist Objectives

IAF Strikes Northern Gaza

Israeli Aircraft Fire on Gaza Rocket Lab

IDF Eases Restrictions for Palestinians

IAF helicopter Launches Missile at Building in Gaza City read more

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