Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

Final Vote: Knesset Votes to Disperse 84:0

In First of 4 votes, Knesset Okays Dissolution

Line score 84-10 in preliminary vote, as Knesset races to beat Presidential dispersal which would enable Sharon to re-shuffle cabinet. MB

Likud Begins Purging Party Members Loyal to PM Sharon

Likud Wants Restraining Orders Against PM, Cohorts

Excerpt:

“‘The democratic process and reason do not permit the Likud to allow people with interests against the Likud in its proximity. The Likud will protect itself and its identity,’ said Katz.” read more

Multi-Pronged Hizbullah Attack on Northern Israel Wounds Eleven

Thanks to Barak of IRIS for a great analysis of todays fighting in the north! Ehud Barak’s withdrawal “with tail between legs” created an explosion waiting to happen. And Sharon’s expulsions of Jews from Gush Katif and Shomron are the match that ignited Hisbullah. MB

11 Shelling Attack Victims Remain Hospitalized

Navy Moved to High Alert

EU Meets With Hizbullah, Israel Objects

As if such a meeting should come as any surprise!! MB read more

As always, David Bedein’s Israel Resource Review and Toby Klein Greenwald have produced a point-by-point disproof of the “United Jewish Communities” Report on the Sharon Government and Bassi’s Committee assertions regarding the “disengagement.

UJC (UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITIES) Brochure on Situation of the Evacuees

Response to the UJC Brochure Concerning Evacuees

As stated in an earlier headline, a lot of questions need to asked regarding Omri Sharon’s role in the “National Responsibility” party, in the aftermath of his recent conviction regarding illegal political contributions.

This is discussed at length in a previous entry.

Another issue which needs to be aired clearly is the possible role played by Arik Sharon in the appointment in 1985 to Likud’s Security committee of admitted CIA spy Angie Kielcynski, (aka Yosef Barak) and what role Sharon might have played, along with Kielcynski, in Pollard’s arrest, trial and continued incarceration. read more

Editorial Comments:

Are Arik Sharon and his supporters preparing to do precisely what he has accused supporters of Manhigut Yehudit of doing?

Let’s go back in time, between 8 months and a year ago, when new registrants to Likud under the banner of Manhigut Yehudit were being accused of hijacking the party, voting for the movement in primaries and against Likud in the elections and were thus subjected to harrassment and compulsory interviews before having their party memberships in Likud approved. read more

PM Shocks Political Arena

Hanegbi to Temporarily Replace Sharon as Head of Likud

Knesset to Vote at 4:00 P.M. on Resolution to Dissolve

Shas Removes No-Confidence Motion; Paves Way to Dissolve Knesset

Sharon Destroys Another of His Works: The Likud

Excerpt:

“MK Omri Sharon, the Prime Minister’s son who pleaded guilty last week to violating campaign funding laws on behalf of his father’s primaries victory in a previous election, has not resigned from the Knesset as a result – and MK Aryeh Eldad thinks he knows why: ‘This way, he can be possibly the 14th MK to join his father’s new party – and if in fact the new party gets that many MKs, that is more than a third of the Likud. According to election laws, if one-third of a party breaks away, it receives one-third of the parent party’s campaign funding and broadcast time – and in the case of the Likud, of course, this adds up to a lot. That’s apparently why Omri Sharon didn’t resign – to keep the millions for his father’s new party.‘” read more