Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

Grassroots Movement to Have Anita Tucker Placed on National Union/NRP Knesset List

Why not Manhigut Yehudit? Why not Hazit? MB

Photos of IDF Uprooting Gush Katif Graves Now Available on Internet

Gov’t Approves Permanent Housing for Evacuees

Don’t believe this headline for a second!! One of this blog’s contacts among the Gush Katif refugees sent the following email today;

Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 19:38:29 +0200
Subject: Guess again

For all those who read that Sharon was now going to “make things easier” for us evacuees…guess again. read more

Mofaz Campaign Expected to Gain Momentum

Mofaz and his 50 Senior Officers and Generals — Mean fighting machine (?), each with their own promotional agenda to make meteoric moves up through the ranks! MB

Ha’aretz News Flash: 09:43 Sheetrit on future pardon for Barghouti: Never say never

Sharon Said Planning to Push for ‘Presidential’ System of Gov’t

Excerpts:

“Ariel Sharon, if re-elected to a third term, may press for a change in Israel’s system of government to a ‘presidential system,’ in which the prime minister would be elected directly, and members of Knesset would be elected according to regions of the country.” read more

Jenin Man Nabbed for Funding Bombers’ Families

Hamas Terrorist Apprehended in the Ramallah Area

Terrorists Wound Jerusalem Youth

Hizbullah Terror Efforts Inside and Outside Israel

Katsav: Elections Are True Referendum on Israel’s Borders

Excerpts:

“Likud members have launched an initiative to try to persuade President Moshe Katsav to lead it in the upcoming March general elections, Channel two reported on Saturday night.”

“Earlier on Saturday, Katsav said that the forthcoming March elections will be the true referendum on Israel’s political path and future borders.”

“‘This time, it is the true referendum,’ Katsav said in an interview to Israel Radio. ‘We must reach a decision in the debate that has been going on for 38 years since the Six-Day War.’” read more

I Have the Right to Be Unforgiving

This opinion article is a response to an earlier opinion article posted to the Israel National News website. The earlier article is linked from within this response. MB

Police Officer to Stand Trial for Beating Protestor

Enough is Enough: Kfar Darom Quits Hi-Rise Option

Excerpts:

“The 58 families of the former Jewish Gaza community of Kfar Darom, for instance, have been told time and again that their move to a high-rise building in Ashkelon was just a matter of time, and that they could expect to move within a short time. In fact, after several delays and postponements, some families actually began moving their belongings this week into what they thought would be their home for the coming 2-3 years.” read more

V’Shavu Banim l’Gvulam

Excerpts:

“Dr. Max Nordau, one of the founders of the World Zionist Organization, was named at birth Meir-Simcha. However, he was known as Max, a children’s doctor in Paris. The following story was told by Avraham Shmuel Yehuda, a Jerusalem Orientalist professor, in his book, ‘Ezer HaRav,; describing how Nordau became interested in Zionism. ”

“On the second night of First Zionist Congress in Basel, Nordau spoke in German, giving a long speech. He mentioned several times, as a motto, three words from Jeremiah, in Hebrew, ‘v’Shavu Banim l’Gvulam,’ ‘Our Children Have Returned to their Borders.’ When asked by a young representative at the congress how he found this verse, and especially in Hebrew, for this did not fit Nordau’s educational background, Nordau replied: ‘I know these words from the person to whom I am obliged all my Judaism and Zionism. A person whose name I don’t even know. A person who was, in essence, only a little boy of eight or ten.’” read more

Sabbath Terror Recap

No Injuries in Firebomb Attack

Katsav: Politicians, Tell the Truth

Excerpts:

“In a veiled attack on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday, President Moshe Katsav complained about politicians who did not make ‘the right statements’ detailing their true objectives, and pledged that he would use the four months until election day to press voters to demand that party leaders clearly disclose their intentions.”

“‘Asking for clear answers on [controversial] issues must become part of the national agenda,’ Katsav said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post. This was not done in the past, he said, with the electorate subsequently accusing the prime minister of deviating from his stated platform. ‘The public didn’t ask the right questions in the past, and the political leaders didn’t make the right statements.’” read more

A Sad Chapter For Israeli Justice

Sadly evenhanded at a time when “Evenhandedness in defense of JEWS, The Land of Israel and a JEWISH sovereignty is no virtue!” MB

Homeless in the Homeland

Excerpts:

“The government’s decision to work with evacuees as individuals rather than as communities has been widely criticized by several Israeli non-governmental organizations, including the Israel Legal Forum, the social service agency Lema’an Achai, and Jewish Family Services, Israel. According to a report compiled by Arlene Kushner for the Israel Resource News Agency, The Disengagement Authority, SELA, insisted on negotiating compensation only with individual families and refused requests from leaders of Gush Katif communities to allow the Israel Legal Forum to negotiate on their behalf as communities.” read more