Archive for February, 2007

Motsei Shabbos and Sunday War News

February 25th, 2007

Pipe Bomb Hurled at IDF in Hebron; None Wounded
Rock Attack on Israeli Vehicle Near Hebron
IDF Raids Nablus [Shechem], Clashes with Gunmen
Excerpt;
“Troops placed about 50,000 people under curfew in the center of Nablus and closed the main entrance to the city.”
Related Reports:
Nablus [Shechem]: IDF Arrests Terror Suspect, [Nabs Tanzim Fugitive] Finds Two Bomb Labs
Explosives Factory […]

Islamic Libel and the Regime’s Self-Demeaning Responses: “Nothing New Under the Sun”

February 25th, 2007

Rude Awakening, by Sarah Honig
(Jerusalem Post)

Commentary;
For related context regarding “Pallywood”, “Hezbollywood,” the libelous Islamic flaming of religious conflict and the Regime’s disgraceful Jewish self-hating responses, click here.
Also, check out a few of the more recent Islamic libels here, here and here. […]

Shabbos War News

February 24th, 2007

Israeli Car Damaged by Rocks Near Kalandia
Palestinian Armed Groups Launch a Torrent of Projectiles at Israeli Towns
IDF Arrests Four Palestinian Fugitives
Palestinians Shoot at IDF Troops in Nablus [Shechem]
IDF Troops Close Down Shechem Bomb Shop
Related Report:
IDF Finds Eighth Bomb Lab in Nablus [Shechem]
Excerpt;
“Troops have discovered eight ‘terror labs’ in the city since the beginning of […]

Most Incompetent DM in Israel’s History Incapable of Winning a War, Set for “Easy Prey” — the Jews

February 23rd, 2007

Commentary;
Defense Minister Amir Peretz, for whom it would make no difference whether or not his binoculars are capped when he looks through them, is incapable of leading national defense in a time of war, so he looks for easy prey to bully; the Jews of Yehuda and the Shomron.
But in preparing for a possible, imminent […]

And The Turks Didn’t Know Their Airspace Used for Iran Contraband? Olmert, Give Us a Break!!

February 23rd, 2007

Commentary;
What about Olmert’s vaunted “Turkish objectivity” regarding the construction site at Mughrabi Gate now? For context, click here and here. MB
“Olmert Showed Turks Proof Iran Used Their Airspace”
Full Text;
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reportedly exposed “sensitive intelligence information” before the Turkish government which shows that Iranian arms supplied […]

Gimmel’s Chance for a Partial Atonement Regarding Gush Katif?

February 23rd, 2007

Gafni to Consider No Confidence Vote
Full Text;
MK Moshe Gafni of United Torah Judaism said Thursday that he would consider bringing a vote of no confidence in the government due to the government’s treatment of the Jews who were expelled from Gush Katif. Gafni’s decision came during a visit to Nitzan with MK Uri Ariel (NU-NRP). […]

Friday War News

February 23rd, 2007

Police Thwart Bombing Attack in Jerusalem Bank
Egyptians Discover Explosives Near Gaza Border
IDF Troops Find Pipe Bomb Near Security Fence
Kassam Rocket Lands in Western Negev
Police to Limit Age of Muslim Worshippers at Friday Prayers in Temple Mount
2 Palestinian Fugitives Arrested Near Bethlehehem
Arabs Stone Busload of Pro-Israel Germans
Two Firebombs Hurled at Israeli Bus […]

Bibi on the Former Gush Katif Residents: Talks Like a Savior, But Voted for Expulsion

February 22nd, 2007

Neglecting the Gaza Evacuees, by Binyamin Netanyahu (Jerusalem Post)
Full Text;
More than a year has passed since the communities in Gush Katif and northern Gaza were uprooted. Over 1,000 families went from being evacuees to refugees in their own country. Very little has changed since then.
Despite the government’s assurances and the establishment […]

Kever Yosef: The Visible Lessons for All Who Would See and Learn

February 22nd, 2007

The Lessons of Joseph’s Tomb, by Arlene Kushner (Israel National News)
For related reports, click here.
“The memory of what was done to Joseph’s Tomb is especially bitter in the face of current fallacious and deliberately inflammatory Islamic claims that we are threatening their holy sites by re-building a bridge to the Mughrabi Gate on […]

Olmert Regime and the Rule of Law: Two Must Reads [With a Few Thousand Grains of Salt Re: Motivations of the Writers]

February 22nd, 2007

Paz-Pines: Olmert Weakening Rule of Law, by Gil Hoffman (Jerusalem Post]
Excerpts;
Labor leadership candidate Ophir Paz-Pines launched his campaign on Wednesday by accusing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of being corrupt, Defense Minister Amir Peretz of causing damage and his party of being “addicted to power.”
“Olmert saying that he had no agenda was one […]