Archive for August, 2008

Sunday War News: Kassam Rocket Hits Eshkol Region; Lebanese: Hezbollah Violating 1701; Cabinet Approves Release of 200 Terrorists as Terrorist Re-Arrested for Shooting at IDF

August 17th, 2008

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Kassam Rocket Lands in Eshkol Region; None Wounded
Lebanese Monitoring Group: Hezbollah is Violating 1701, By Brenda Gazzar (Jerusalem Post)
Cabinet Approves Release of 200 PA Terrorists [As Goodwill Toward Abbas]
‘Pardoned’ Terrorist Re-Arrested for Shooting at IDF, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)

Israel, the US and Russia’s War on Georgia

August 17th, 2008

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Commentary;
Caroline Glick dispels the dangerous, outrageous myth promulgated and inculcated by successive Israeli governments unto the governed that Western or UN forces “will unburden the country of the need to protect itself.” Those of us, however, who pay close attention to history recognize Israel’s founding doctrine that “international legitimacy, peace treaties, alliances and common […]

Parsha Eikev 5768: Meriting Eretz Yisrael

August 17th, 2008

by Moshe Burt
Parsha Eikev is equated in terms of one’s being attentive to the little Mitzvot; the details, the Mitzvot that one tends to overlook, to ignore, to tread one’s heels on in the mad dash, but without which the Jewish people would lack the merit which sets us apart from common man. The […]

Friday War News: Another Gaza Mortar Fired at Israel, Terrorists Boast ‘Nasser-4′ Rocket Says Can Reach Ashdod; 11 Terrorists Nabbed

August 15th, 2008

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Terrorists Fire Mortar at Gaza Belt Kibbutz
PRC Unveils New ‘Nasser-4′ Rocket it Says Can Reach Ashdod
Excerpt;
“The organization claimed that the rocket was far more lethal than the current ‘Nasser-3′ model. The group said that it would launch the new rockets at Israel if Israel attempted to reoccupy Gaza.”
IDF Troops Arrest 11 Palestinian Terror Suspects […]

Thursday War News: Barak Distances From Gaza Invasion as Mortar Shell Fired at Israel, as Terrorists Build 16-Mile Range Rockets; 3 Shechem Arabs Nabbed With M-16, Tanzim Chief Nabbed, Israeli Woman Injured in Firebombing, Armed Man Shot Infiltrating in Golan From Syria

August 14th, 2008

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Barak Continues To Back Off from Gaza Invasion
Palestinians Fire Mortar Shell at Israel; No Casualties or Damage
Terrorists Building 16-Mile Range Rockets During Ceasefire, by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israel National News)
Soldiers Arrest Three Shechem Area Arabs for M-16
Tanzim Chief Arrested in Shechem
Israeli Woman Injured in [Arab Terrorist] Firebombing near Efrat
Soldiers […]

Israeli Political Protexia: Ignoring Failure in Gaza

August 13th, 2008

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Commentary;
Below is Caroline Glick’s scathing indictment of Israel’s current governance, from Ehud Olmert, to Tzipi Livni, to Ehud Barak and beyond. This commentary is essentially echoed and bolstered by Evelyn Gordon whose commentary is found below under Related reports. MB […]

Wednesday War News: Young Arab Terrorist Nabbed With Pipe Bombs, Arab Stone Throwers Injure Police Officer, 2 Terrorists Nabbed

August 13th, 2008

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Arab Teenage Terrorist Caught with Pipe Bombs [Near Shechem]
Border Police Officer Wounded by Palestinian Stone Throwers
IDF troops Arrest Two Palestinian [Terrorist] Fugitives

Barak, Mofaz vs Livni: Welcome to the WWF, Israel-Style

August 12th, 2008

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Commentary;
This author is no fan of either Ehud Barak or Shaul “One Foot Out the Door” Mofaz. But Mofaz is totally right regarding Livni, the Mossad House-sitter. She’s a lightweight contesting for a job way over her head and way over her intellectual and moral capability to perform.
Consider these comments by […]

Tuesday War News: IDF Tracker Arrested on Charges of Aiding Israel-Egypt Border Smugglers, 16 Terrorists Nabbed — 13 in Shechem, Rock Attack Near Ramallah

August 12th, 2008

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IDF Tracker Arrested for Allegedly Aiding Smugglers [on the Israel-Egypt Border]
IDF Arrests 13 Terrorists in Shechem Area
IDF Forces Arrest 16 Palestinians
Rock Attack Near Ramallah

Recent War News: Barak Backs Off of, Discounts Gaza Op Despite More “Truce” Violations, IDF Nabs 4 Attempting Infiltration From Gaza, 200 Shelters for Gaza Border Towns; IDF Nabs 8 Terrorists

August 11th, 2008

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Palestinians Fire Kassam at Sderot
Kassam Rocket Lands in Sha’ar Hanegev Region; No Casualties or Damage
Barak: Gaza Op Won’t Stop Terror Attacks
Related report; Ignoring Failure in Gaza, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
IDF Arrests 4 Palestinians Attempting to Infiltrate Gaza Border
Sderot, Gaza Belt Receive 200 Shelters, More To Come
IDF Arrests Eight Wanted Terrorists