{"id":3452,"date":"2008-04-02T12:57:42","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T10:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/02\/dropping-checkpoints-putting-store-keys-in-hands-of-thieves\/"},"modified":"2008-04-02T13:15:45","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T11:15:45","slug":"dropping-checkpoints-putting-store-keys-in-hands-of-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/02\/dropping-checkpoints-putting-store-keys-in-hands-of-thieves\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropping Checkpoints: Putting &#8220;Store Keys&#8221; in Hands of Thieves??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>.<br \/>\n<strong>Commentary;<\/p>\n<p>Defense Minister Ehud Barak has lifted several Yesha checkpoints and is considering handing control of the Gaza crossings to Pa\/Hamas Arabs.  He states that Israel is taking &#8220;calculated&#8221; risks.  <\/p>\n<p>Once again, the<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/index.php?s=protexia+class\"><strong>protexia-class  elitist Olmert, Barak, Livni regime<\/strong><\/a> <strong>plays Russian Roulette with Jewish lives &#8212; as numerous Jewish victims who have lost loved ones to PA terror say;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/servlet\/Satellite?cid=1206632388560&#038;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull\"><strong> &#8220;the next terror attack &#8216;a matter of time.'&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>  <strong>MB<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imra.org.il\/\"><strong>IMRA&#8217;s Dr. Aaron Lerner explains why;<\/strong><\/a>   <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imra.org.il\/story.php3?id=38774\"><strong>Israel Calculated How Many Israelis May Die Because Checkpoints Dropped to Please Rice, by Dr. Aaron Lerner<\/strong><\/a>     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imra.org.il\/\"> (IMRA) <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Text;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>From a military perspective, the checkpoints are a crucial tool in the war against terror, with troops catching Palestinians on a daily basis trying to cross them carrying weapons or explosives.<\/p>\n<p>Officials close to Barak admitted on Monday that the lifting of the roadblock was accompanied by a number of security risks. But, they said, the risks were &#8220;calculated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[Dr. Aaron Lerner &#8211; IMRA: The term &#8220;calculated risk&#8221; has been featured in reports of the Oslo experiment from the very first day, but it should hardly provide comfort.<\/p>\n<p>Just because the risk has been &#8220;calculated&#8221; doesn&#8217;t mean it is acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>One can calculate the risk of jumping head first from the tenth floor of a building. But that doesn&#8217;t mean it is a good idea.]<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><strong><em>Related reports;<\/em><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/\/servlet\/Satellite?cid=1206632379541&#038;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull\"><strong>Analysis: Taking Calculated Risks for Abbas, by Yaakov Katz<\/strong><\/a>   (Jerusalem Post)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imra.org.il\/story.php3?id=38780\"><strong>Withdrawing Israeli Security Precautions Recipe for Bloodshed, by Dr. Aaron Lerner<\/strong> <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imra.org.il\/\"> (IMRA)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/servlet\/Satellite?cid=1206632388576&#038;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull\"><strong>IDF: Don&#8217;t Let PA Control Gaza Crossings, by Yaakov Katz<\/strong><\/a>   (Jerusalem Post)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/servlet\/Satellite?cid=1206632349845&#038;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull\"><strong>Security and Defense: On the defensive?   by Yaakov Katz<\/strong> <\/a>  (Jerusalem Post)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-3526725,00.html\"><strong>MK Lieberman: Israel Won&#8217;t See Peace Even in 50 Years<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. Commentary; Defense Minister Ehud Barak has lifted several Yesha checkpoints and is considering handing control of the Gaza crossings to Pa\/Hamas Arabs. He states that Israel is taking &#8220;calculated&#8221; risks. Once again, the protexia-class elitist Olmert, Barak, Livni regime plays Russian Roulette with Jewish lives &#8212; as numerous Jewish victims who have lost loved [&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-3452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452","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=3452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sefer-torah.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}