Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

A Time to Reach Out

Jonathan Rosenblum wrote this article mere days after the Expulsion began. The words seem still relevant for the Callous Indifference of the Israeli Gov’t and segments of Israel’s population regarding the Gush Katif and Shomron Refugees 3 plus Months Later. MB

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“In the long span of Jewish history, the uprooting of 8,500 Jews from Gaza will not rank as one of the worst tragedies, though it was unique in that those doing the uprooting were themselves Jews. This was not 1492 and the expulsion from Spain or the Holocaust. And the attempts by some in the settler community to appropriate symbols of those earlier tragedies – yellow Jewish stars, concentration camp uniforms – and by implication, and sometimes explicitly, to cast the soldiers executing the evacuation orders in the role of Hitler’s S.S. troops, only infuriated secular Israelis.” read more

3 Arrests Made During the Night

PA Residents Apprehended by Police in the Galilee Region

Rightists Around World Upset at Landau

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“Landau explained that he decided to quit because he had no chance of winning and because Netanyahu offered him a series of commitments that reassured him that he would be loyal to right-wing ideology if elected prime minister. Netanyahu and Landau, who studied together at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present their 17-point agreement in a press conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.”

“In the deal, Netanyahu promised never to withdraw unilaterally from settlements, to bring any major decision to a Likud faction vote or a national referendum and to appoint Landau to head a ministerial committee that would help Gush Katif evacuees. Netanyahu would not commit to keeping the Likud out of a government led by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, but Landau said he believed Netanyahu would keep the Likud in the opposition if it loses the March 28 election.” read more

PM Aides: Orders for Attack Came From Syria

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“Jerusalem points finger at Damascus for providing safe haven for Islamic Jihad terror activities, group responsible for Monday’s Netanya bombing; U.S. State Department calls on Assad to close down group’s Damascus headquarters.”

NSC Urges Israelis to Evacuate Sinai Immediately

Islamic Jihad Goes Underground

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“Islamic Jihad terrorists have gone underground and are operating in small cells which makes it difficult to arrest them, security officials said Tuesday morning.” read more

Pollard Endorses Moshe Feiglin

No Deal Between NRP and NU

New ZOA Poll: 67% Of Israelis Oppose Additional Unilateral Withdrawals

Police Want to Know Why Didn’t They Fire?

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“One of the officers, a female, told reporters she feared that if she fired, she would strike innocent bystanders. The two also explained they feared perhaps the suspected bomber was just a hearing impaired person who did not hear instructions to halt.”

“A senior police commander explainined police fear the drawing of their weapons and firing because before they take such action, they first consider the ramifications and the police investigations unit which will scrutinize their actions, pointing to several cases in which persons who fired their weapons faced criminal charges.” read more

Once Evacuated, IDF to Fire on Built-up Gaza Areas

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“In the wake of the suicide bombing in Netanya on Monday, and the constant barrage of Qassam rockets on communities in the south of the country, Israel has decided to adopt a harsher response to the rocket fire.”

“Israeli artillery fire against the Qassam launchers that had been aimed, for the most part, only at open areas will now be directed also at built-up areas from where the rockets are being fired.”

“Ahead of the artillery fire at the built-up areas, the Israel Defense Forces will employ loudspeakers to ask the Palestinian residents to clear the area.” read more

Katz Expected to Drop Out of Likud Race

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“MK Yisrael Katz, head of the Likud Secretariat, is expected to drop out of the party leadership race as he continues to lag in the polls.”

“While Katz released statements on Monday that he has no intention of stepping down, persons close to him feel he will have no alternative considering the lack of support for his candidacy.”

Another phoney crony bites the dust? MB

Ezra: Crack Down on Israeli Accomplices

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“Calling Israelis who assist Palestinians in entering Israel ‘despicable villains,’ Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra lashed out at the phenomenon and called for more severe punishments for such accomplices.”

“Ezra spoke hours after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mall in Netanya, killing five people…”

“‘There is a serious problem that cars with yellow [Israeli] license plates transport Palestinians and as a result assist terrorists in crossing into Israel,’ Ezra said. ‘These accomplices are despicable villains and this phenomenon needs to be completely uprooted.’” read more

Background: Why Netanya?, by David Bedein

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“At the end of November 2000, I spoke at a retirement home in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya, to discuss the PLO demand that all Arabs who have wallowed in UN refugee camps for the past 50 years have the ‘right to return’ to villages that they left in 1948.”

“I showed them the map of a “future Palestinian State” which the PLO Orient House headquarters provides in Jerusalem, which marks the 531 Arab villages that are slated for return, all of which had been overrun in 1948.” read more