Israel and The Sin of Expulsion
The Implications and Consequences of Expulsion for the Jewish People
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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)
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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 interests only matter in the presence of the hard power of military force” is as valid today as when Ben-Gurion conceived it. MB
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 little mitzvot, the small details are the ones epitomized by V’Ahavtah L’re’echa Komocha — caring for your fellow Jew as for yourself.
And so, we find Parsha Eikev placed on the heels of the end of Parsha Vaetchanan’s teachings regarding tefillin and mezuzah.
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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 [Near Bethlehem, Hevron, Ramallah]
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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 Arrest 10 Terrorists in Judea and Samaria
IDF Troops Shoot Palestinian Who Threw Molotov Cocktail [Near Bethlehem]
IDF Shoots Armed Man Who Infiltrated from Syria into the Golan
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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
Ignoring Failure in Gaza, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)
“His [Sharon’s] incapacitation itself made discussing the failure of the withdrawal somehow unseemly…. ‘How dare you add insult to injury’ by noting that his most significant action while in power imperiled the country? …Not only Sharon, but all his supporters in his government, were immunized from criticism and the need to account for their strategic imbecility.”
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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 Mofaz, Barak and Livni in Gil Hoffman’s JPost report;
“Security does not mean just being a military man,” Livni told the Web site. “It’s looking beyond and evaluating a situation while taking into account regional, socioeconomic, and military processes, preparing systems and using good sense and judgment that is not based on familiarity with just one field. It means asking the right questions and finding solutions to problems. That’s what is required in a leader.”
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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