Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

Katsav Backs Method [The Judges Selection Committee] of Picking Judges

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“President Moshe Katsav on Tuesday defended the judicial system and said he was against making changes in the Judges Selection Committee.”

“The Judges Selection Committee is headed by the justice minister and includes one more cabinet minister, two MKs, two members of the Israel Bar and three justices of the Supreme Court. Critics of the committee claim that it gives too much power to the Supreme Court and does not reflect the ideological and sociological composition of the general ” read more

Torah Learning [Wednesday Night] Dedicated in Memory of Terror Victim Couple

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

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“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.” read more

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 read more

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PM to Have Full Anesthetic During Heart Procedure

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“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.”

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Likud Judge Rules: No Dishonor in Feiglin’s Conviction

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“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.‘”

Feiglin Formally Removed Himself From Knesset Primaries

Palestinian (sic) Militant Charged With Plan to Attack Dimona Reactor

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“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.” read more

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

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“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.” read more

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;

Careful What You Wish For -By Rachel and Moshe Saperstein, Neve Dekalim / Jerusalem Gold Hotel

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“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.” read more