Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
2 IDF Soldiers Lightly Wounded at Dugit Ruins in Gush Katif
Over the Holiday: 5 Rockets, 2 IAF Strikes
IAF Bombs Money-Changing Offices that Funded Hamas
Related report: IDF Targets Businesses Transferring Funds to Terror Organizations
Two Kassams Fired Near Ashkelon and Sderot
Three Terror Rockets Hit Southern Israel
Arabs Shoot, Throw Bombs at IDF; Six Arrested
Think Again: The Sages and Winograd, by Jonathan Rosenblum (Jerusalem Post)
Commentary;
With Chag Shavuot coming tonight, Jonathan Rosenblum’s column adds a spiritual dimension to our current national crises.
There was a time in recent history, in Israel’s previous wars, where the IDF had the capacity to plan ahead, to plan not only the battle at hand, but to see the implications of the battle at hand and to plan two or three steps ahead and yet to improvise — or in NFL terminology; to “audible at the line of scrimmage.”
3 Kassams Hit West Negev; No Casualties Reported
Israel Braces for Rockets on Ashkelon and Beersheba
Sneh: There are No Quick and Easy Solutions
Excerpt;
“Sneh stated, ‘We are fighting this war with our heads, not our hearts, and we are doing all that needs to be done, everything in their proper proportions.’”We’ll Attack Israel from West Bank
With Shavuot always being during the week of Shabbos Parsha Naso, there are various common threads between Shabbos Parsha Naso Chag HaShavuos. One such thread is the importance of caring for the Ger Tzeddik.
Near the beginning of Parsha Naso, Hashem speaks to Moshe telling him to speak to the B’nai Yisrael as follows; “… A man or woman who commits any of man’s sins, by committing treachery toward Hashem.” (Sefer Bamidbar, Perek 5, posuk 6) Rav Zelig Pliskin, in his sefer “Growth Through Torah,” attributes to Sforno comments to the effect that “… this refers to one who steals from a convert to Judaism.”
Kassam Rockets Land in Sderot Commercial Center
Kassam Lands in West Negev; No Casualties or Damage
Greenhouses Damaged by Rocket Attack in West Negev
Al-Aksa Rerror Suspect Arrested in Nablus
Palestinians: Two Killed in IAF Strike in Jebalya
IAF Guns Down Four Jihad Operatives
3 Kassam Rockets Hit West Negev; No Casualties
Related story: More IAF Air Strikes in Gaza, More Kassam Attacks on Sderot
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The Sefer Torah Recyling Network, headed by Moshe Burt of Bet Shemesh, has been zocheh to place another Sefer Torah, this time in Yishuv Adura in Har Hevron.
For context on Me’ir Sheetrit, click here.
Excerpts;
At the weekly Cabinet meeting, Housing and Construction Minister Meir Sheetrit denounced an offer by Russian-born Israeli business tycoon Arcadi Gaydamak to provide fortification for 1,300 housing units in Sderot, calling the idea “ridiculous.”
Minister Sheetrit had equally disparaging words for complaints by residents of the rocket-battered city who have accused the government of neglecting to repair, upgrade and increase the number of bomb shelters in the western Negev town.
3 Kassam Rockets Land in West Negev; None Wounded
Rocket Destroys Kibbutz Restaurant
Cabinet Gives IDF Green Light to Target Hamas Politicians
5 Kassams Strike Sderot, Surrounding Area; 1 Hurt
125 Kassams Launched Since Tuesday
Peretz Declares State of Emergency in Gaza Periphery
Excerpt;
“Practically, the declaration means that Peretz has transferred civilian authority power to the IDF’s Home Front Command, which can shut down factories and workplaces, and order medical clinics as well as other facilities to remain open.”
Column One: The Master Politician and Us, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“Olmert, the major league politician, sits securely on his perch while Olmert, the little league leader, is plunging us into a new war, which like the last one, he is incapable of winning.”
Excerpts;
The primary reason that the Israeli media are ignoring the rapidly gathering mushroom cloud is because Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is a master politician.
Two weeks after the Winograd Committee’s interim report found Olmert responsible for Israel’s defeat at the hands of Iran’s army in Lebanon last summer, almost no one seems to remember there was a report. Olmert has removed his incompetence from the pubic agenda.
Israel Considers Giving Fatah Military Support, Commentary by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Excerpt;
“‘Sometimes the army needs to show determination, to put pressure on extremists, to put pressure on these terrorists, in order for the
Palestinians to understand this is not something that is tolerable, that this is something that also affects their life,’ said Tzipi Livni, the Israeli foreign minister.”
Dr. Lerner’s Commentary;
“How about instead: ‘since others are not stopping those attacking Israel, our army has to stop them. The IDF isn’t trying to kill Palestinians for PR – its trying to kill people who are actively engaged in trying to murder Israelis.’”