Archive for April, 2008

“15 Kadima MKs Oppose Golan Withdrawal,” No Unequivocal Opposition

April 30th, 2008

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Commentary;
One surmises a lot of hot air being blown in the Kadima party. Is there even one Kadima MK willing to bolt the party over the proposition of a Golan Withdrawal? They seem as equally lame a bunch as Shas and their opening position of leaving the government over Jerusalem talks. […]

Wednesday War News: Tuesday War News: Gaza Rocket Bombardment Intensifies, 2 Near-Misses By Sderot Schools, Security Cabinet Opposes Hudna With Hamas; Arab Nabbed in Weapons Trading, IDF Shuts Hevron Hamas Office, 20 Terrorists Nabbed, Car Stoned Near Kalkilya

April 30th, 2008

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General Closure of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day: IDF Spokesperson
Rocket Attacks [4 Rockets] Set off Blaze near Sderot
3 Kassam Rockets Strike Western Negev; One Lands Near Sderot School
Seven More Kassams Wednesday Morning, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
Negev Roulette: Miracle Saves Students […]

Why Reveal IDF Probes Before Findings Are In?

April 29th, 2008

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Commentary;
Are we to conjure up, again and again, the above picture (taken during the Lebanon conflict shortly after Israel was accused of an alleged atrocity at Qana, found subsequently to have been staged) whenever Islamic civilians are found in the line of fire, deliberately placing themselves in the line of fire to shield […]

Tuesday War News: Gaza Rocket Bombardment Continues, Smuggling Tunnels Found, Hamas Gunmen Steal Fuel for Themselves; Syria Was Close to Nukes; 21 Terrorists Nabbed, Weapons Cache in Bethlehem, Islamic Molotov Attacks in Yesha

April 29th, 2008

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Rocket Fired From Gaza Lands South of Ashkelon; None Wounded
Kassam Attack South of Ashkelon
Ten Kassam Rockets Fired at Western Negev, Home Hit
Barak: Hamas Responsible for Gaza Situation
IDF Intelligence Chief Warns of Independence Day Attack
Mortar Shell Hits Roof of [Western Negev] Clinic
Negev Roulette: Kassam Rocket Attacks on Negev
Sderot Residents Take Protest to the Streets; […]

Monday War News: Rockets, Mortars From Gaza Bombard South, IDF Attacks Terror House, Civilians Killed as Gunmen’s ammunition Explodes; 3 PA Prisoners Escape, 3 Terrorists Nabbed, Gunfire, Molotovs Tossed in Yesha

April 28th, 2008

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2 Mortar Shells Land Near Erez Crossing; No Injuries
Kassam Lands Next to School in Sderot
IDF Troops Operating in Gaza Come Under Fire; 1 Soldier Lightly Hurt
3 Kassam Rockets Fired at Israel; No Injuries Reported
Two Kassam Rockets Fired at Ashkelon Area; No Wounded
Mortar Shell Lands Within Shaar Hanegev Regional Council; No Injuries Reported
Palestinians: Five […]

Parsha Kedoshim 5768: The Jewish Nation - Unity or Protexia?

April 27th, 2008

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By Moshe Burt
Parsha Kedoshim is, what baseball fans often refer to as the
“twilight” parsha of the normal Achrai Mos/Kedoshim doubleheader Parshas which are read in the Pesach, post-Pesach period.
One of the main themes underlying Parsha Kedoshim is the loving care
with which each Jew is to treat his Jewish brother. Indeed, we see that […]

Shabbos, Sunday War News: Grad-Type Katyusha Hitting Ashkelon, Kassams, Mortars Launched From Gaza, Seven Gaza Terrorists Hit in Battle With IDF, Attempted Infiltration North of Kissufim; 7 Terrorists Nabbed Near Bethlehem, Hevron, Infiltration Attempt Near Elkana, Rock Attacks, Moslems Hack Bank of Israel Website

April 27th, 2008

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Katyusha [Grad] Damages Ashkelon Garage [Friday; Grad Rocket Landed in Ashkelon Cemetery]
Kassam Attack [Two Rockets Fired], None Injured
Kassam Fired From Gaza Lands in Sdot Negev Area; No Casualties
Gaza: Three Terrorists in Critical Condition [Seven Islamics Injured]
IDF Troops Nab Two Terrorist Infiltrators [Who Entered North of Kissufim] From Gaza Strip
Related report; Soldiers Find […]

Regime’s Blind Drive To Secular Ghetto Devoid of Jewishness

April 25th, 2008

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Commentary:
This is a tough piece to write. But then, the headlines both during the weeks before Pesach and during Chol HaMoed are tough to come to grips with.
In rapid -fire succession; the “supreme court rulings” permitting hametz to be sold, as long as not in the public domain, i.e. in restaurants and granting […]

Friday War News: Rockets Fired at Ashkelon, 30 Terrorists Nabbed in Gaza, Hamas: “Truce” or Hudna; Terrorists Kill Two Israeli Armed Guards, Israel Frees 10 Al Aqsa Gunmen, 2 Molotov Cocktails Tossed in Jerusalem’s Abu Tor

April 25th, 2008

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4 Rockets Fired at Ashkelon; One Lands Near Strategic Facility
Related report; Kassam Rocket [One of Four Launched at Ashkelon Industrial Area] Explodes Near Strategic Site
30 Palestinians Arrested in Gaza Operation; No IDF Casualties Reported
Hamas: We’ll Stop Rocket Fire But Not Arms Smuggling [After All, Isn’t This What Hudna is?; Ceasefire to Build Up […]

Thursday War News: IAF Strikes Gaza Terror Cell, IDF Defuses Rocket Launcher; Stones, Firebombs in Old City, Kalkilya, Shechem; 12 Terrorists Nabbed, 3 Arab Thieves Nabbed in Jerusalem

April 24th, 2008

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IDF Shoots Armed Arabs in Gaza
Two Air Force Strikes Kill One Terrorist, Wound Three
Air Strikes Kill Terrorists, Checkpoints Decrease Attacks, by Ezra HaLevi (Israel National News)
IDF Defuses Gaza Rocket Launcher
IDF Arrests 12 Palestinian Fugitives
Arabs Throw Fire Bombs, Damage Car in Samaria [Nerar Kalkilya]
Three Arab Thieves Nabbed in Jerusalem
3 Palestinians […]