Overnight War News …
IDF Kills One, Arrest 6 Fugitives in West Bank
Troops Kill Wanted Palestinian in Arrest Raid Near Hebron
Al-Aksa Detonates Car Bomb Near Gaza-Egypt Border
Air Force Attacked 8 Approach Roads in N. Gaza
Rocket Lands Near Sderot Gas Station
IDF Isn’t Restricting Rafah Entries
Excerpts:
“Israel has not flagged any of the 45,000 Palestinians who have crossed through the Rafah terminal since it opened five weeks ago, the commander of the European monitors revealed Tuesday.”
“‘The IDF has not requested to stop anyone,’ Maj.-Gen. Pietro Pistolese said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post.”
Suddenly; The Graft, Bribery, Corruption Factor Rears it’s Head Again as the Huge “X” Factor in the Upcoming Elections …
All of those power-hungry wannabees who scurried to Kadima after Sharon bolted Likud may just be in for a big surprise. Mofaz, HaNegbi, Livni, Olmert, etc. may just be left out in the cold, without power, without a party, without any influence and it will serve them all right — mida keneged mida. They ran after a crime-family in their hunger for more power, influence, perhaps riches.
Let’s see if Justice agencies in Israel stop propping up an old, overweight scoundrel. Look for a lot of intrigue over the next few weeks, including regarding Sharon’s heart surgery on Thursday. MB
During Sharon’s Thursday Surgery, Olmert Will Stand in for “3 Hours” …
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PM to Have Full Anesthetic During Heart Procedure
Excerpts;
“Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will have a full anesthetic when he undergoes a cardiac procedure on Thursday at Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem, officials at the hospital said Tuesday.”
“During the procedure, Sharon’s authority will be assumed by Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a period of three hours.”
Feiglin Receives Favorable Ruling from Likud Election Chairman; Bows Out as Promised …
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Likud Judge Rules: No Dishonor in Feiglin’s Conviction
Excerpt;
“The chairman of the Central Likud Elections Committee Judge Tzvi Cohen ruled Tuesday that Moshe Feiglin’s conviction in the early 90s cannot be considered ‘dishonorable’ or categorized as constituting ‘moral turpitude.‘”
Consequence of Gush Katif Expulsion and Israeli Surrender at Rafah: Gaza Arab Charged With Attempted Attack on Dimona Reactor …
Palestinian (sic) Militant Charged With Plan to Attack Dimona Reactor
Excerpts;
“The Be’er Sheva District Court on Monday charged a member of a breakaway band of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade with planning a string of ‘strategic’ attacks in Israel, including simultaneous suicide bombings in various cities, as well as an attack on the nuclear reactor in Dimona.”
“Ramzi Salah, a 22-year-old resident of the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, was arrested in December after he was caught carrying an explosives belt near Kibbutz Nir Am, on the Gaza Border. According to the charges, Salah had infiltrated Israel with the intention to carry out a suicide attack.”
Tuesday War News and Knesset Hearings on Kassam Threat …
Kassam Rockets Continue to Pound Sderot & W. Negev
Kassam Rocket Lands in Sderot Area
IDF: Gaza Operation is No Real Solution for Qassam Threat
Al-Qaeda Establishing Cell in Samaria
“Blue Skies” Not For Sderot; More Kassams Hit
IDF Chief of Staff: Security Zone Designed to Protect Ashkelon Power Plant, Not Sderot
MKs to Chief of Staff: Sderot Was Abandoned
Excerpts;
“Operation ‘Blue Skies’ is not providing a solution to the Qassam fire directed at Sderot, as it is aimed predominantly at defending Ashkelon, due to the close proximity of sensitive strategic facilities to the city, IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz said Tuesday during a Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting.”
Who’s Joining Kadima and Who’s Not …
Kadima Gains Six New Premier Recruits, 12 More on the Way
Two weeks ago, this blog scooped everyone else announcing 3 new recruits to Kadima. We can now reveal some the 12 new recruits mentioned above;





SELA Sham and Incompetence in Nitzan
Careful What You Wish For -By Rachel and Moshe Saperstein, Neve Dekalim / Jerusalem Gold Hotel
Excerpts:
“We drove down to Nitzan this morning as I had some Operation Dignity business to attend to. We visited the house we have been assigned, but which we cannot yet enter because some document or other has yet to find its way into our file. Walking around the house we talked with neighbors already living there. Rather, we listened to them as they enlightened us about one problem after another in the physical structure of the caravillas.”
Regime Hands Out Expulsion Order in Chevron Marketplace, Expels SaNur Activists, Clears Chevron Hills Area Outpost
Below is a sequence of reports on events which took place today in Chevron;
Excerpt:
“Exclusive sources have informed Arutz-7 that expulsion orders are about to be handed out by security forces to Jews living in the Shalhevet neighborhood of Hevron.”
Chevron Communty Spokesman’s Statement:
Hevron: This Government Continuing What Arab Rioters Started in 1929
Excerpt:
“Hevron spokesman Noam Arnon said: ‘It is not surprising that this government is capable of continuing the scheme of the 1929 rioters to expel Jews from the Jewish-owned land of Hevron’s Jewish quarter, where Jewish blood flowed.'”