Archive for September, 2006

Olmert’s World: And the National Leadership Alternatives to It…

September 30th, 2006

Column One: The World According to Olmert, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“Israel’s alternative leadership - Binyamin Netanyahu, Moshe Ya’alon, Shaul Mofaz, Yuval Steinitz, Natan Sharansky, Uzi Landau and others - is clear. These politicians are capable of dealing with the many challenges that have only multiplied as a result of the Olmert government’s incompetence. […]

Shabbos War News…

September 30th, 2006

9 Suspected of Attempted Weapons Smuggling
IAF Kills 2 Al-Aqsa Operatives in Gaza
IDF Soldiers Attacked With Explosives in Shechem
IAF Attacks Rocket Launcher in North Gaza
Qassam Rocket Lands Near Sderot; No Injuries
Qassam Directly Hits House in Sderot; One Lightly Injured
Two Injured in Kassam Attack on Sderot
Two Infiltrators Arrested at Egyptian […]

Bibi Endorses Olmert/Abbas Meeting with Shalit Still in PA/Hamas Terrorist Hands…

September 29th, 2006

Bibi Encourages Olmert to Meet Abbas, by Gil Hoffman (Jerusalem Post)

Commentary;
For those of you who thought that Bibi was any different, smarter, better in self-image or better for the Jews, this should pretty well nail that coffin shut. MB
Excerpts;
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert received a surprising endorsement on Thursday […]

How Sincere was IDF Chief Rabbi Weiss’s Retirement Speech?

September 29th, 2006

Outgoing IDF Chief Rabbi: No New Disengagement
Full Text;
Outgoing IDF Chief Rabbi Brig.-Gen. Israel Weis said that there will never be another disengagement, Radio Kol Hai broadcast on Thursday.
During a farewell party at the College for Civil Administration in Glilot, the rabbi said that “our future existence depends on the eternal pledge to never […]

Friday War News…

September 29th, 2006

Car Bomb in Rishon L’Tzion
Full Item;
“Police report that a car bomb did explode near or in front of 98 Herzl Street in Rishon L’Tzion. A senior police commander reports that the blast was terror related; stating it appears the one fatality is the terrorist. At least two people are in moderate condition […]

Atonement: But, “We Have Learned Nothing” and Keep Repeating the Same Strategic Failures…

September 28th, 2006

For the Sin of False Oaths, By Israel Harel (Haaretz)
Excerpts;
The War of Independence had an objective and was given a name, and the name suited it. The people who planned the Kadesh (Sinai) Campaign and Operation Peace for the Galilee, had, for better or for worse, set strategic […]

Philanthropist Steps into Void Left By Regime’s Deliberate Failure to Compensate Gush Katif Refugee Families …

September 28th, 2006

US Philanthropist Covers Grocery Debts of Gush Katif Expellees
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Full Text;
An anonymous American Jewish couple has covered the debts of hundreds of Gush Katif expellees, arranging to pay their outstanding grocery bills in a Nitzan mini-market belonging to Yossi Avitan.
Avitan reports the average family had a bill of […]

PM: I Hope to Meet Abbas in Coming Days; Olmert Regime Credibility Not Worth a Plug Nickel…

September 28th, 2006

PM: I Hope to Meet Abbas in Coming Days

Excerpts;
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in comments broadcast Thursday that he hopes to meet Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in the coming days.
Asked in an interview with Israel Radio when a summit with Abbas was likely, Olmert said: “I hope in the […]

Does Massive Terrorist Weapons Smuggling into Gaza Surprise You?

September 28th, 2006

Terrorists Smuggling Anti-Tank & Anti-Aircraft Rockets into Gaza
Commentary;
Does this report come as a surprise to anyone with common sense and logic? Why don’t Olmert and Peretz get it then[rhetorical]? And if Diskin and Halutz feel soo strongly about it, what are THEY doing about it?? Aren’t […]

Thursday War News…

September 28th, 2006

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Kassam Rocket Lands Near Sderot; None Wounded
Rocks Thrown at Israeli Vehicle Near Tekoa
IDF Arrests Tanzim Fugitive in Jericho
Report: IDF Clashes With French UNIFIL Troops
Jerusalem Court: Give Islamic Jihad Money to Terror Victims
Illegals Apprehended Inside Green Line Israel
Police Investigating Destruction of Trees in Hevron Hills
Border Police Nab 823 Illegal Palestinian Workers
IAF […]