{"id":1199,"date":"2006-05-09T12:02:07","date_gmt":"2006-05-09T10:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2006\/05\/09\/ojt-for-amir\/"},"modified":"2006-05-09T12:04:20","modified_gmt":"2006-05-09T10:04:20","slug":"ojt-for-amir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2006\/05\/09\/ojt-for-amir\/","title":{"rendered":"OJT for Amir &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/article.php3?id=6215\"><strong>The Indefensible Defense Minister<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/AmirPeretz4Defense.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpts;<\/p>\n<p>These passages from a Jewish Telegraphic Agency story carried by Philadelphia&#8217;s Jewish Exponent lay out much of what even the most able defense minister is up against: &#8220;How to deal with Palestinian terrorism under a radical, Hamas-led Palestinian Authority that refuses to condemn attacks; how to prepare for the challenge posed by Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, which is led by a regime that talks about wiping Israel off the map; how to accelerate completion of Israel&#8217;s West Bank security fence, delayed in part by bureaucratic bottlenecks in the Defense Ministry itself; and how to facilitate a major West Bank evacuation with minimal friction between the army and evacuated settlers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not too much pressure, eh?<\/p>\n<p>In Friday&#8217;s New York Post article, Uri Dan conceded that both Olmert and Peretz lack experience in national security matters. However, Dan stressed that <em>armed forces commander Dan Halutz &#8220;will play the major role in matters like Iran&#8217;s nuclear weapons program.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/DanHalutzCOSTestifies.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Except to note that elected political leaders must set policy, Dan does not make clear where this will leave Peretz. Will he be a mere figurehead or will he be participating in decisions on subjects of which he has little knowledge?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Continue reading<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/article.php3?id=6215\"><strong>The Indefensible Defense Minister<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indefensible Defense Minister Excerpts; These passages from a Jewish Telegraphic Agency story carried by Philadelphia&#8217;s Jewish Exponent lay out much of what even the most able defense minister is up against: &#8220;How to deal with Palestinian terrorism under a radical, Hamas-led Palestinian Authority that refuses to condemn attacks; how to prepare for the challenge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}