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Commentary;
Take note of the dearth of war news since Friday. Only 8 or 10 mortars from Gaza over the last 3 days? No Kassams, no stonings in Yesha? No arm caches seized? A bit much to believe. MB
Palestinians Fire Two Mortar Shells at Western Negev; No Wounded, Damage
IDF […]
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IAF Strikes Terrorist Cell Near Israel-Gaza Border Fence
Six Mortars Fired at Israel Over the Weekend
Gaza Belt Farmers: Gov’t Giving Hamas Metal for Kassams
721 Illegal Arab Workers Caught [Across Israel] on the Weekend
Palestinians Detonate Explosive Near IDF Troops in Jenin; No Wounded
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By Moshe Burt
Observing the political governmental scene in Israel today, this author’s memories harken back to the mid-1980s in Philadelphia, in the years just prior to becoming Ba’al Teshuva.
The conservative synagogue attended for Rosh Hoshana and Yom Kippur had a practice of bringing in a young JTS guest Rabbi to help and assist the synagogue’s […]
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IMRA’s Dr. Aaron Lerner asks; “Why should analysts straightjacket themselves by refusing to even consider an ongoing occupation as an option?”
Ask this question a slightly different way; Why not re-take and re-settle Jews in Gaza? Ask further, was Sderot and the rest of the Negev under a constant level of bombardment when Jews […]
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Israel Still Seeks Truce After 50 Projectiles [Mortar Shells, Kassam and Katyusha rockets] Pound Negev, by Yaakov Katz and Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)
IDF: We Prevented Major Gaza Border Terror Attack
Excerpt;
Gaza militants were planning to use the heavy barrage as a diversion in order to carry out a massive attack at the […]
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Mortar Shells, Rockets Fired at Western Negev
IDF Denies Gaza “Strike”; Terrorist’s Home Explodes [Explosion Was a “Work Accident”]
IDF Forces Kill 2 Terrorists [Carrying Kalashnikov Assault Rifles and Placing Bomb Next to Security Barrier], by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
IDF Forces Kill Palestinian Gunman Near Border Fence With Gaza
Rock Throwing Near Maale Levona
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Commentary;
There are a few recent themes which stick out like sore thumbs and which beg comment.
There is the piece by Stewart Weiss, a director of a Jewish Outreach Center in Ra’anana, applying to today the virtues of Civil Disobediance, which date back to anti-slavery abolitionist Henry David Thoreau of 1840s and 1850s America.
Weiss cites […]
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Three [Gaza] Terrorists Eliminated in Two IDF Strikes
Security Cabinet Communique: Reapproves its 5 March Decision [Holding Off on Gaza Action], by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Rock Attack in Judea [Near Bethlehem]; Two Lightly Hurt
IDF Troops Arrest Palestinian in Possession of Knife in Kalkilya Area
Israeli Cars Damaged When Pelted With Stones in Ramallah […]
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IDF Strikes Terrorists, Sufa Crossing Closed
Security Cabinet Rules Out Gaza Operation for Time Being, by Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)
Related report; IDF General in Reserves:’Do-Nothing Approach Will Destroy Hamas, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
Excerpt;
General Yoram Yair: “Our problem is that we don’t have a long-term policy…”
IDF Tank Fire […]
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Additional Mortars from Gaza [on Targets in the Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council]
Kassam Lands in Negev [in Open Spaces in Sdot Negev Regional Council]; No Injuries Reported
Palestinians: IDF Air Strike Kills Three Hamas Operatives [After 18 Mortar Shells Fired]
Excerpt;
“Shortly after noontime, at least 18 mortar shells fired by Palestinian gunmen… landed in open areas throughout the […]