Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

Peres Challenges Sharon’s One-Man Rule

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“Peres, speaking on the Israeli television program Meet the Press, said he would have chosen candidates differently and that it was not necessary for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to decide alone who will represent the Kadima party. Every other party holds primaries or designates its central committee to nominate candidates.”

“Peres’s aides later denied that he asked the Prime Minister to place him in the top 10 list of candidates. Peres refused to tell the television program which candidates have been nominated, but Channel Two television reported that Peres is in the first 10 on the list.” read more

This Statement from Moshe Feiglin’s News Conference listed in Ynet Updates;

Feiglin: I Will Quit Likud Race After My Name is Cleared

“Moshe Feiglin announced at a press conference he will quit the Likud primaries to select the party’s Knesset list immediately after his name his cleared.”

“Feiglin noted his ‘Jewish Leadership’ faction would vote in favor of the proposed amendment to bar members convicted of disgraceful criminal offences from the Likud list. (Ilan Marciano)” read more

Sharon to Undergo Cardiac Catheterization on Thursday

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Pendulum Starts Back: Leading Haaretz Columnist: Retreat was Based on False Assumptions, More Retreats Would be Mistake

IAF Hits Kassam Unit Preparing to Launch

IDF Forces Nab Islamic Jihad Member Near Jenin

Kassam Rocket Attack Launched [from] Samaria

Qassam Fired From West Bank

Katyusha Rockets Neutralized in S. Lebanon

MK Yatom: The Disengagement Led to Increased Terrorism

Beit Haggai [Chevron Hills] Residents to Protest Deteriorating Security

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Feiglin Set to Drop Out of Likud Race

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“Moshe Feiglin is set to hold a press conference Sunday where he’s expected to announce he is dropping out of the Likud primaries race.”

“Feiglin associates told Ynet the decision was taken after senior Likud figures told them recent changes in the party’s charter were meant to remove criminals, rather than Feiglin, from the Likud.”

“His associates said Friday that the press conference is aimed at ‘finally closing this chapter and coming down to terms with all those who exploited his power in the past and have recently tried to harm him.‘” read more

Weekly Commentary: Former Shin Bet Chief Avi Dichter Squanders His Integrity for Shot at Being a Minister?

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“Yes. Shin Bet Chief Avi Dichter knew full well that one has to consider considerably more than a few months of ‘numbers’ in order to get an indication if the retreat policy is panning out.”

“But politician Avi Dichter apparently has more important things to concern himself with than the truth. Things like not offending the man who will decide Dichter’s placement in the Kadima list or what cabinet post Dichter will get if Kadima’s performance at the ballot box comes close to its performance in the recent polls.” read more

Palestinians Fire at IDF Near Karni Crossing

IDF Arrests 6 Fugitives, Including Jihad Members

IDF Soldier Lightly Wounded in Face in Jenin Clash

Border Police Arrest Armed Arabs Near Maale Adumim

IDF Operating on Many Fronts Against Terror and Rocket Attacks

Soldiers Uninjured in Shooting Attack

10 Terrorists Arrested in Tulkarem District

Violence Directed at IDF Troops in Hevron Area on Friday

IDF Evacuates Three Illegal Outposts in West Bank

Previous reports cite 25 new outposts being built during Chanukah. This momentum must continue so as to keep police and army busy; fighting Arabs while dismantling a few outposts only to find a slew of them built in wake of those dismantled. Classic Revava — keep them chasing around, not know which fires to put out first. MB

Much Speculation Surrounding Kadima List

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“The list for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Kadima Party remains a mystery at this time, the subject of much speculation.”

Other Kadima News;

Sheetrit: More Concessions to be Expected

Commentary;

Kadima’s winning the election is highly problematic, regardless of what the polls say, owing both to the history of breakaway parties and the large number of divisive political loose cannon explosions waiting to happen. And by election day, the Jewish Nation may just be, to lift a line from Ehud Olmert, “too tired of giving up …” MB read more