Archive for November, 2006

Ehud, Read Our Lips: Co-existence and Islam Are Not Compatible

November 30th, 2006

Commentary;
Recently, Arlene Peck, wrote an opinion article which appeared on the Israel National News website and this author deems it an urgent and important to digest and internalize, not merely in Chutz L’Aretz, but in Israel as well.
Peck writes;
Symposiums such as that of the America’s Truth Forum do so much to educate […]

Thursday War News

November 30th, 2006

Israeli Stabbed Near Hebron
PA Arabs Attack IDF Soldiers Near Jenin, No Injuries
Report: IDF Kills [Firebomb Throwing] Palestinian, Wounds 2 by Nablus
Dozens Gather Outside Olmert’s Office to Protest [Ongoing, Unreported] Qassam Fire
Palestinian With 3 Pipe Bombs Arrested Near Nablus
No Injuries in Bomb Attack [at Kever Rachel]
Navy Stops Boat Illegally Positioned Near […]

Hamas/Hezbollah Terrorist Infrastructures in Gaza, Lebanon

November 29th, 2006

More to Gaza Threat Than Just Rockets, Warns IDF
Commentary;
This author would like to believe the report’s opening premise which says that the Gaza ceasefire; “is being viewed with skepticism by Israeli government and military officials, who doubt the Palestinian Arabs’ willingness to keep to the truce for very long.”
The report goes on to say;
The Gaza-based […]

Wednesday War News — The Censor Hard at Work??

November 29th, 2006

Olmert Disappointed With Ceasefire
Excerpt;
“While rocket attacks have reduced sharply in number, Kassams have been launched from northern Gaza on each day since the ceasefire began on Sunday morning at 6 a.m.”
Commentary;
Presumably, due to the time that this article was posted by INN, 12:12 Nov 29, ‘06, the phrase “Kassams have been launched from northern […]

MK Steinitz: Olmert Sde Boker Speech Ultimate Burial of Israeli Determination…

November 28th, 2006

Ben-Gurion grimmacing in pain, turning over in his grave?

The Prime Minister Hands Victory to Hamas, by MK Yuval Steinitz (Jerusalem Post)
For context, click here.
“The failure against Hamas in the South is an exact replication of the failure against Hizbullah in the North. In both cases, the IDF tried to […]

Ehud Olmert Decides to Let Sderot Fall…

November 28th, 2006

Our World: An Orphan’s Appeal, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
For context on this story, click here.
“I love Sderot very much, and I won’t leave it because I love the State of Israel. If I leave Sderot, if all of Sderot were evacuated, then the country would fall apart. […]

Tuesday War News…

November 28th, 2006

Asking Again: WHAT CEASE-FIRE?
Feiglin Quotes Churchill on Olmert

Excerpt;
“‘Remember the words of Winston Churchill just before World War 2,’ Feiglin said. ‘You accepted shame to avoid war - now you have both.’”
Olmert ‘Disappointed’ by Rocket Fire
Commentary;
Ehud Olmert has nothing to say except; “we are a […]

Parsha Vayeitzei 5767: Distinguishing Good from Evil, Compassion from Cruelty…

November 27th, 2006

Parsha Vayeitzei 5767: Distinguishing Good from Evil, Compassion from Cruelty
by Moshe Burt
In last week’s Parsha Toldos, we learned about Rivka, who rose above an evil environment while internalizing it’s insights and was thus well positioned to urge Yaakov to claim the Bracha, and about Yaakov, the “Ish Tam”. We learn that Yaakov was “totally […]

Boiling a Frog, or Lobster [or The Jewish State]

November 27th, 2006

Boiling the Frog, by Yehuda Ben Meir (Haaretz)
This opinion article was seen on the Haaretz website on Sunday. In an unusual occurance, this author overlooked picking up the url. And today, while Ehud Olmert pleads with the “PA(sic)” for talks after the “ceasefire” and promises […]

Background on Cease-Fire: Olmert, Peretz Buying Additional Time to Squander…

November 27th, 2006

Background: In Absence of Continuous Rocket Fire, “Three Monkey Mode” Should Work for PM Olmert, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)

Full Text;
In the absence of continuous rocket fire, it should be fairly easy for Prime Minister Olmert’s team to adopt the “three monkey mode” (hear no evil, see no evil, […]