Archive for February, 2008

Shabbos War News: At Least 6 Kassams for Day, Work Accident in Home of Islamic Jihad Man; 2 Beit El Residents Injured in Clash With Pa Arabs, 2 Attempted Terror Attacks Foiled

February 17th, 2008

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Two Kassams Land in Open Areas in Western Negev; None Wounded
Kassam Rocket Lands in Eshkol Regional Council; None Wounded
3 Kassam Rockets Fired at Sderot
Gaza: [Work Accident?] 6 Killed, 40 Wounded in Explosion in Islamic Jihad Man’s Home
2 [Beit El Residents] Lightly Hurt in Clashes With Palestinians
Two Attempted Attacks in Yesha [In Hevron, Kever Yosef]

Repeated Shas Threats to Leave Government: Disdainfully Laughable

February 15th, 2008

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Commentary;
Repeated threats to leave the coalition become redundant and laughable when it becomes obvious that the party making threats is not serious. Further, the threats become empty and disdainful and maybe Olmert has the right to show a smirking countenance when the threats are repeatedly posed but not acted upon.
Related report;
Ahmed Qurei, Head of […]

Good News for Former Shirat HaYam Families

February 15th, 2008

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Commentary;
Having read the news report below, this author placed a call to friends, formerly of Shirat Hayam, who are among the 7 families now living in the community of Maskiot. They and the other families have been there for a month, are happy and hope that the government will not move against them. […]

Friday War News: Kassam Bombardment Continuous, IDF, Arabs Trade Fire With Buildings Destroyed Near Erez; 3 Terrorists Nabbed near Ramallah, IDF Closes Tulkarem, Yosef’s Tomb Set Ablaze Again

February 15th, 2008

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Kassam Lands in Open Negev Field; None Wounded
Three Kassam Rockets Strike Open Areas in West Negev; None Wounded
Arabs Fire on IDF in Gaza
Rocket Attack [Targeting Negev Kibbutzim], No Injuries
IDF Destroys Buildings Near Erez
Rocket Attack [Two Rockets], No Injuries
Arabs Throw Fire Bomb at Car in Samaria
IDF Weighing Down On Tulkarem
IDF Arrests 3 Palestinian Suspects Near […]

Olmert, Livni, Ramon Dividing Jerusalem, Disdainful of Shas

February 14th, 2008

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Commentary;
The body of evidence that the Olmert, Livni, Ramon troika is dividing Jerusalem at this very moment; as we speak, as we write, continues to grow. And take note that the Jerusalem Post, for some reason, has completely edited out of it’s earlier report these words below spoken by Jerusalem Councilman Nir Barkat in […]

Thursday War News: Kassams, Mortars Resume After Rains; World Alert of Israeli Delegations After Terrorist Offed; Iran Processing Gas for Nukes; 13 Terrorists Nabbed, Arab Gun Stash Found Near Hevron

February 14th, 2008

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Three Kassam Rockets Strike Open Areas in West Negev; None Wounded
Kassam Rocket Strikes Beach Near Ashkelon; No Wounded Reported
Two Kassam Rockets Strike Open Fields in Sderot Area
2 Kassams Land Near Negev College; No Injuries
Rocket Attacks Resume; No Injuries
Kassam Launched From Gaza Strip Into Israel; No Casualties
Kassam Rocket Launched From the Gaza Hits Negev; No Casualties
Kassam […]

Case for Shas Quitting Government More Compelling Daily

February 13th, 2008

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Commentary;
Proofs for this compelling case abound and increase daily. Could it be that in light of this preponderance of proof, that R’Ovadia would still NOT mandate that Shas quit? MB
PA Official: Jerusalem Talks Taking Place ‘On and Under Table’, by Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)
“Abdel Qader said the negotiations […]

Are Israeli Masses Finally Waking Up and Acting?

February 13th, 2008

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Commentary;
Municipal services strikes, road blockages, making the comfortable Israelis of Tel Aviv feel the pain of the southern communities besieged daily by dozens of Kassams and mortars and the northern communities who have been declassified of their special status as a conflict zone, negating their tax and budget benefits.
From the successive regimes who foisted […]

Wednesday War News: Heavy Rains Checking Terror, or Olmert Censors at Work?

February 13th, 2008

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IDF Arrests 14 Wanted Palestinians Near Bethlehem
Teenage PA Terrorist Stabs IDF Soldier Near Jenin, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
IDF Troops Arrest 56 Palestinians During [Yesha] Operations
Senior Hezbollah Military Leader [No. 2] Imad Mugniyah Killed Damascus Blast
Excerpt;
“Mugniyah believed to be the mastermind behind attacks against Jewish centers in Buenos Aires and […]

With “Democracy” Like This, Who Needs Dictatorship?

February 12th, 2008

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Commentary;
Israel has evolved from elective government to government by, of and for the unelected elite — those who control the flow of money and those who inculcate into the fertive minds of the masses — in state-run schools, the universities and in print and electronic MSM.
This blog has repeated made use of the […]