Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

A few days ago, this appeared on Ynet, as well as ion other English-language News sites; Rabbi: Disengage From State.

Excerpts:

“A prominent Jewish messianist has called for religious Jews to disengage from the State of Israel due to the evacuation of Jewish communities in the Gaza Strip last summer.”

“In a new book entitled ‘Between Light and Darkness,’ Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe, a leader of the Chabad Chassidic sect that believes its Chief Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson is the messiah, says religious Jews should view the secular government as an “administrative body, like the British government who controlled Israel before the country’s establishment.” read more

4 Facts About the Current State of Gush Katif Refugees

Likud Legal Advisor Kicked Out of Party for Aiding Rival Kadima

Excerpts:

“In a first ever move, the Likud party on Wednesday morning ostracized a senior official for aiding Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s new rival political party.”

“Likud Secretariat Minister Yisrael Katz, who is running for party leadership, on Wednesday morning informed veteran legal advisor Eitan Haberman he was being kicked out of the movement.”

“Haberman was distanced from the party after it became clear he was advising Sharon’s newly-established party.” read more

IDF Operation Continues in Nablus

Counter-Terrorism Efforts Yield 9 Arrests

PA Security Troops Open Fire at Undercover Counter-Terror Force

Border Police Uninjured in Firebomb Attack

IDF Surrounding Shechem Home

Shooting Attacks Against Soldiers in Jenin

PM Offers Tirosh Place on Kadima Party List

Check out this earlier article “Livnat Sends a Warning to Director-General Tirosh” in this context.

NRP Looking for Sephardi Candidate

Excerpts:

“‘If we want to hold onto Beit El and Ofra, we have to help Sderot and Kiryat Shmona,’ said Orlev, who said that social welfare issues would be one of three central issues showcased in the united list’s campaign. The Sephardi vote is identified with development towns outside the nation’s large cities that suffer from high unemployment and low income.” read more

Senior Hamas Operative Crosses Into Gaza Strip

Excerpts:

“Fadel Zahar is the first high-ranking Hamas official known to return to the Gaza Strip since the border crossing was reopened last Friday. His brother, Mahmoud Zahar, is the top leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.”

“Fadel Zahar was deported from the Gaza Strip in 1991 along with three other top Hamas operatives: Imad Alami, Mustafa Kanu, and Mustafa Liddawi. Since then Zahar has been living in Sudan and Syria, where other Hamas leaders are located.” read more

Sharon’s Party Favors Palestinian State

A MUST READ!! Prediction confirmed: Back on 29 September, 2005, this Blog’s forerunner, “Special Report: From Run-up to Chet: Expulsion in Gush Katif and the Shomron and the ‘Days After'” posted the following Israel National News headline; Sharon: No More Disengagements, Just Road Map with the following editorial caption: “How long do we keep believing Sharon’s Serial Lies?” MB

Our World: Recipe for Social Disintegration, by Caroline Glick

Excerpts:

“In his appearance Sunday before the Knesset’s new anti-corruption investigative committee, State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss announced that he will be publishing his report on the government’s implementation of the withdrawal and expulsion plan from Gaza and northern Samaria in January.”

“At the same time, it is disturbing that Lindenstrauss is apparently not planning to review one of the most alarming aspects of the implementation of the withdrawal and expulsion plan this past summer: the rampant abuse of the civil rights of opponents of the plan by the criminal justice system..” read more

BACKGROUND INFO: Palestinian Possessing Materials for Assembly of Mortar Shell Launcher Arrested in October

Excerpts:

“Mohammed Musa Hassan Haj, 45, resident of the village of Beit Sira, was arrested on October 15, 2005 near Bir Zeit, north of Ramallah, after Israel Police forces found components of a mortar shell launcher during a routine security check of his vehicle.”

“The investigation showed that Haj had purchased the materials for manufacturing the launcher from a number of tradesmen in the Ramallah area, whom Haj stated were not aware of the purpose for which these materials would be used.” read more

Shas Chairman Eli Yishai: Not By Chance That Elections Are After Purim

Excerpt:

“Purim is the joyous day of heightened consciousness commemorating G-d’s rescue of the Jews from a genocidal decree in Persia and His role in bringing about the redemption through the self-sacrifice of true Jewish leaders…”

I had this thought myself. And the designs of Sharon, Peres, Olmert, Peretz and others upon the Jewish people and the Jewish Land of Israel make this thought all the more compelling! MB read more