Israeli Gov’t Lacks Dignity, Self-Respect: Freeing Frozen Tax Funds = More Money to Buy More Weapons and Pay More Terrorists to Kill More Jews

PM May Free Frozen Tax Funds to Abbas, by Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert may accede to a request by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at their meeting in Jericho on Thursday to release some of the PA tax revenues that Israel froze after Hamas took power last year, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

“We’ll see what they ask for,” a senior government official said when asked whether Israel would release some of the estimated $700 million in Palestinian tax and tariff revenues it has been withholding since Hamas formed its first government in March 2006. read more

Sunday War News; Kassams, Rocks and Knives

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Police Brutality: Israel-Style

Policemen Convicted of Assaulting Detained Jewish Protester (6/2/2007 Israeljustice.com)

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“‘Because of this [the trial] I was fired.’ [Police Officer] Naim said. ‘Do I owe you something,’ [Judge] Efrati responded. ‘I was a [police] investigations officer for 15 years and I was at demonstrations.'”

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Two police officers have been convicted of severely beating a handcuffed Jewish teenager who had protested the government’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank. read more

Shabbos War News

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Power-Abusive Israeli Bureaucrats Empowered With Life and Death Decisions

‘State Says My Son Not Terror Victim’

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The 11th victim of Kassam rocket fire died of wounds he received last week, Israel Radio revealed Thursday morning.

Thirteen-year-old Chai Shalom suffered from cerebral palsy, and was deaf, mute, and confined to a wheel-chair. He was hospitalized after a rocket landed next to a bus transporting him and three other disabled children.

According to the report, all four children were wounded by the force of the blast. The driver of the bus fainted and Shalom’s caretaker alerted his father. read more

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WHY Mustn’t “pal’s (sic)” Basic Supplies be Harmed??

‘Palestinians’ Basic Supplies Mustn’t Be Harmed’

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“There are three things of theirs (the Palestinians) we must not harm: Electricity, Water and Bread,” National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said Friday regarding Israel’s policies in the Gaza Strip.

In an interview with Israel Radio, Ben-Eliezer added that while he was opposed to collective punishment, pinpoint air strikes and attacks on terror cells must continue.”

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Olmert Contemplates Talking “Peace” With a Syrian Sword at Throat

PM Olmert Exploring Third Party Talks with Damascus, by Aluf Benn (Haaretz)

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Source: Olmert Mulls Talks with Syria

And of course Hamas follows the Syrian lead — they too try holding a sword to the neck…

Hamas: Kassams Won’t Stop Without Reciprocation

“Olmert was persuaded to reexamine the Syrian option mainly by the numerous warnings that Syria’s army was gaining strength and the danger of an eruption of hostilities in the North.”

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is exploring the possibility of resuming peace talks with Syria through a third party. read more

“Schedule Changes” = Small Turn-Out

Olmert Cancels Speech After Small Turn-Out


The perils of being the most despised, the most hated and unpopular PM in Israel’s modern history

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert cancelled his participation in the Local Government Committee on Thursday after only 10 people arrived to hear him speak, Israel Radio reported.

Regional authority leaders said that his departure was probably due to the minimal turn-out. The Prime Minister’s Office denied the accusations, saying that Olmert had left because of schedule changes. read more

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