The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
Former Shin Bet Chief to Join Kadima
Excerpt:
“Former Shin Bet Chief Avi Dichter is expected to officially announce Tuesday that he is joining Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s party Kadima. Dichter is set to receive one of the security positions in the government should Kadima win the elections.”
West Bank Settlers to Build 25 New Outposts
Excerpts;
“After settler youths set up six illegal outposts throughout the West Bank during the Sukkot holiday, they now plan on erecting 25 more during the Hanukkah, 15 of which will apparently be set up within the next 24 hours …”
“A teenage girl taking part in the outpost building said that ‘We are going up to the outposts because this is the Land of Israel. This is not a battle on someone’s house. This is a battle on homeland territories and on the Land of Israel.’”
Excerpts:
“You can take the Jew out of the ghetto, but apparently, you can’t take the ghetto out of the Jew. This is the sad lesson we have learned repeatedly in the last few months.”
“Thinking about this, I was reminded of Menachem Begin’s account of the re-establishment of the Jewish homeland after 2,000 years in exile: ‘Out of blood and fire and tears and ashes a new specimen of human being was born, a specimen completely unknown to the world for over eighteen hundred years, the Fighting Jew. That Jew, whom the world considered dead and buried never to rise again, has arisen. For he has learned that ‘simple truth’ of life and death, and he will never again go down to the sides of the pit and vanish from off the earth.’”
Steinitz: Egypt is Preparing for Possible War with Israel
Excerpt:
“MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) says that Egypt’s arms build up over the past few years has focused on the possibility of future war with Israel.”
Excerpts;
“In previous elections, Ariel Sharon successfully anesthetized the public. His animosity for Ehud Barak won him the 2001 election, feelings of frustration and hopelessness worked in his favor in 2003, and Sharon – who managed to escape being held accountable, even when he was prime minister – campaigned with no platform whatsoever, and won big.”
“For several weeks it seemed that this time, things would be different. Amir Peretz won the Labor Party premiership, and said he would put social issues at the center of his campaign.”
Likud: Remove Bibi if He Can’t Bring 20 Mandates
Commentary:
Could the March elections be deja vu for Bibi remembering back to May, 1999? Netanyahu has not done himself a favor by alienating huge numbers of Likud voters, supporters of Manhigut Yehudit, by his attempts at Character Assassination and ouster of Moshe Feiglin. If Likud misses the 20 seat threshold and Bibi is canned, who will arise in his place? Shalom? Livnat? Naveh? Or will Manhigut Yehudit be there to pick up the pieces after Shalom and the remaining Rif-Raf ditch the Likud? MB
Border Infiltrator Arrested Along Lebanese Border
Heightened Alert Status Along Northern Border
IDF Officer Lightly Wounded From Molotov Cocktail
IDF Arrests Five Fugitives in West Bank
IAF Drops Flyers Asking Gazans to Stay Indoors
IDF Shoots at Gaza bridge and Al-Aksa Buildings
IDF: Islamic Jihad Has Been Upgrading Their Qassam Rockets – Much More Precise
Netanyahu Outlines Plan for Limited Territorial Concessions
Excerpts:
“‘The time has come for a party to say what Israel will keep and not what we should give away,’ Netanyahu said. ‘There are three different approaches: Keeping all the land, which I think would be a mistake; withdrawing from nearly all the land, which Ehud Barak, Sharon and Amir Peretz support and I think is dangerous; and our policy, which is defensible borders for Israel.’”
“Speaking under a banner with the slogan ‘the Likud is renewing itself,’ on a stage with the 26 remaining Likud MKs, Netanyahu said his ‘defensible borders’ would include the Jordan Valley, the Golan Heights, an undivided Jerusalem, settlement blocs in Judea and Samaria and the hilltops overlooking Ben-Gurion Airport, the Gush Dan region and Route 443. ”
To follow the evolution of this story, take the time to click and read [1], [2], [3], [4] and [5].
Netanyahu: Today the Likud Begins a Path of Renewal
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“Netanyahu said that next week, he intends to bring a proposal to the central committee calling for the banning of those who had been convicted of felonies and who had been sentenced to at least three-months’ detention [2] from any official position in the party.”
“‘I want to stress that by introducing this proposal, our aim is not to resolve issues of ideology. This is done by our party democracy. Its aim is to clean the party of criminal elements,'[2] he stressed.”
Todays news conference regarding Sharon’s condition and his medical record in context with this previous post and the reports that came before it.
Doctors Say Sharon’s Condition Good
Excerpts;
“Prime Minister Ariel Sharon released his medical records a press conference on Monday afternoon.”
“The medical briefing was given behind closed doors, with no cameras or microphones. Four of the prime minister’s doctors were there, including Professor Tamir Ben-Hur, Professor Bolek Goldman (who has served as Sharon’s doctor for 30 years), physician of internal medicine Dr. Shlomo Segev, and cardiology professor Haim Lotan.”