Comptroller´s Report Scathes Disengagement Executors
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Now it’s official: “The State and its institutions failed in their treatment of the expelled citizens of Gush Katif,” according to the State Comptroller’s just-released detailed report.
State Comptroller and former Judge Micha Lindenstrauss concluded that the Sela (Aid for the Expellees) Administration, the […]
Olmert: Appeasement Recipe for Shoah
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In his speech, Olmert described the “innocent Jew,” armed only with his heritage, angering the Nazis because of Jewish moral values.
“The lesson of World War II is that appeasement, concessions, and weakness are a recipe for a holocaust,” he said. “As a Jew, I always carry in my […]
Postmortem: Israel’s 2006 Elections, by Yedidya Atlas
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This postmortem analysis is an after-the-campaign report to all those who were involved in implementing a national campaign to prevent a leftist victory in the Israeli 2006 elections, with all its ramifications.
Results
Approximately two months prior to the elections, it became clear to concerned people on the ideological right that […]
Coalition Deal Leads to Labor ‘Crisis’
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Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz may have characterized his meeting on Monday with Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as “good” but his somber stroll through the Knesset Monday told a different story of what awaits him in the party ranks.
Labor MKs confirmed that there was […]
Former Def.Min. Moshe Arens: “Northern Gaza Must be Recaptured”
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“I fear that the government is refraining from sending IDF troops into Gaza to stop the Kassam rockets because it doesn’t want to admit its mistake in withdrawing from Gaza in the first place.”
Six Wounded in Nablus Clashes
Armed Arab Woman Detained in Bethlehem
Israeli Lightly Wounded by […]
Harassment of Gush Katif Evictees Continues
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Elazri said that he has received a portion of his government-promised compensation payments, “but it’s not anything near what we were promised. I need something to do! Our monthly expenses are very high, including buying totally new furniture and kitchen equipment, and yet I spend my days […]
Tomb of Jewish Talmudic Sage Ransacked In Arab Village
Olmert: We Know What to Do …
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The tomb of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel is located in the Israeli Arab village of Kafr Kana, near the Golani Junction.
In recent weeks the iron bars at the entrance to the structure – which sits atop the cave the prominent […]
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In the world of Kadima, there are no valid promises, no honesty, no integrity. Even their prospective labor coalition partners seem to agree on this point. MB
Kadima, Labor Poised to Sign Agreement
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In the early hours of Monday morning, the Labor Party announced that it had come to an agreement with […]
Kadima Expects to Present Gov’t by Early Next Week
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A senior Kadima official said he expects Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to present his new government by early next week.
Kadima had actually hoped to finish coalition negotiations by the middle of this week.
The official said all the coalition agreements would be presented to the Knesset […]
Shalom Working to Oust Netanyahu
Shalom: “People have left the Likud because the Likud left the people, I believe I can bring them back”
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Sylvan Shalom was an abject failure as Finance Minister and left the Foreign Ministry in total disarray. People left Likud because it’s values are equivocal. There is […]