by, Moshe Burt
Our Parsha speaks about the reasons for the separate section delineated by the inverted “nuns” — “When the Aron (the Ark) would journey, Moshe said, ‘Arise Hashem, and let your foes be scattered, let those who hate you flee from before you.’ And when it rested, he would say, ‘Reside tranquilly, O, […]
What Winograd Missed, by Yehuda Poch (Israel National News)
Related Commentaries:
The ‘Then Maybe They Will’ Doctrine, by Prof. Steven Plaut
(Israel National News)
Column One: Statecraft in the Absence of Statesmen, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
Commentary (MB)
Yehuda Poch writes about former IDF Chief of Staff Amnon Lipkin Shahak’s recent radio […]
Column One: Statecraft in the Absence of Statesmen, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“Olmert is demonstrating that he is incapable of responsibly advancing Israel’s interests. Indeed, his willingness to engage in surrender talks with Damascus shows that he doesn’t even understand what Israel’s national interests are.”
Excerpts;
It is doubtful that opening negotiations […]
Kassam Hits House as IAF Planes Attack in Deir-el-Balah
IAF Shoots at Rocket Launching Squad
Two Terror Rockets Hit Sderot, Man Lightly Hurt
2 Jerusalem Terrorists [of IDF Security Post in Armon Hanatziv Neighborhood on Saturday Nite] Were Israeli Citizens
Rock Attacks on Israeli Vehicle in Samaria
Sderot Resident Seriously Wounded in Kassam Attack
Rockets Fired into West Negev; None Wounded […]
Unofficial Team [Including Pollster] Advised PM on Final Operation of Lebanon War, by Aluf Benn (Haaretz) via (IMRA)
Full Text;
Hours before deciding to launch a major ground operation in Lebanon last August 11, shortly before the end of the Second Lebanon War, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert consulted four people who hold no official government […]
‘Kassaming’ Coexistence, By Evelyn Gordon (Jerusalem Post)
“The document [The Haifa Declaration] essentially proposes two Palestinian national homelands (the Palestinian state and the binational or Palestinian-majority ‘Israel’) and no Jewish one.”
Commentary;
In the final paragraph, Evelyn Gordon states;
Israeli Arab leaders, and their Jewish and European donors, should understand one thing: Israel’s Jewish majority will […]
Israel to Let Presidential Guard Train [Battalion Size Formations] Near West Bank City of Jericho IMRA
[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: The Hebrew version of the item reads “the
Presidential Guard does not operate in battalion size formations rather in
smaller formations” rather than the English version ‘”unable”. ]
Excerpts;
“Israel agreed to extensive training of […]
Gaza: IAF Air Strike Hits Hamas Training Center
IDF Strikes Hamas Post in Khan Younis
Palestinian Arrested in Possession of Explosives
2 Kassams Land Near Sderot, No Injuries
3 Kassam Rockets Land in Western Negev; No Injuries Reported
Kassam Rocket Hits Kibbutz, No Injuries
Friday Morning Kassams Burn Wheat Field
55 Illegal Entrants Arrested in Bnei Brak
Palestinians Open Fire […]
Israel To Sign $4 Billion Deal to Buy PA Gas
Related report:
FM Livni’s Office: Israel Wants to Conclude $4 Billion Purchase of Gaza Gas ASAP
Commentary:
This blog wrote about the Consequences of lack of a thorough, thought-through military plan. The same holds true for foreign, economic and enegy policy, i.e. negotiating with and ceding parts […]
Molotov Cocktail Attacks in Hevron, Judea
Molotov Cocktail Attack in Shomron
Soldiers Arrest Terrorists in Shechem
Two Kassams Fired into Sderot; None Wounded
Kassam Rocket Strikes Western Negev; No Wounded
Report: IDF Targets Hamas Building in Gaza City
Kassam Fired at Sderot; None Wounded, Cars Damaged
2 Kassams, 1 Explodes Near Sderot Mayor’s Home
Two Kassam Rockets Land Near Sderot; […]