Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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Explosive Device Blows Up Near IDF Patrol [Near Kissufim Crossing]; None Wounded
PA Terrorist Stabs 9 Yr Old Boy in Yitzhar
Related report; IDF Takes Guns Away from Two Yitzhar Residents
Excerpt;
“The terrorist had set fire to one house, whose residents had left for the Sabbath, and began to torch a second building when the boy spotted him […]

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Commentary;
Noted Philadelphia Jewish activist Moshe Phillips writes about the erroneous term “East Jerusalem” noting that it is this designated place which is referred to in Torah, in Chumash as Jerusalem, i.e. “If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem…”
Also assembled are a number of related articles and commentaries on Jerusalem and the rush of Israeli governance to […]

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Palestinians Hurl Molotov Cocktail at IDF Vehicle Near Bethlehem; None Hurt
IDF Arrests 9 Palestinian Terror Suspects
IDF Shechem Op Nets Two
100 Arabs Maraud at Yitzhar
IDF Finds 15 Kg. Explosive Charge in Jenin

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IDF Arrests Four Wanted Terrorists [West of Bethlehem, Hevron and in Dura, Southwest of Hevron]
Palestinian Sprays Acid on Face of IDF Soldier at Hawari Checkpoint
IDF Arrests 10 Palestinian Terror Suspects [Seizes Pipe Bomb, Guns Bethlehem’s Dahaisha Refugee Camp]
Giora Eiland: Has Israel Determined Can Retake Golan in Emergency or that War From Hula Valley Acceptable?, by […]

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Rock Attack [on 2 Jewish Buses] Near Hevron, No Injuries
Arab Arms Dealer [From Kalandiya] Nabbed
Jewish Cars Attacked [by Arab Stonings] Near Shechem
Arabs Firebomb, Stone Jewish Cars in Samaria [Between Kfar Saba and the Communities of Kedumim and Ginot-Karnei Shomron]
IDF Arrests 7 Palestinian Terror Suspects in… Night Ops
Arabs Throw Fire Bomb in Samaria [Near Karnei Shomron]

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Arabs Hurl Rocks at Bus in Samaria [Near Hawara, South of Elon Moreh]
Rocks Thrown at Vehicles Near Nablus [Shechem]
Muslims Defile Cave of Patriarchs in Hevron
Excerpt;
“A Kohen, who recites the priestly blessings during the Sabbath morning service, …smelled urine next to the Holy Ark containing Torah scrolls.”
IDF troops arrest 13 Palestinian Fugitives
Arabs Hurl Fire Bomb […]

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By, Moshe Burt
Parsha Ki Teitsei teaches numerous Mitzvot such as; returning lost items to their rightful owners, loaning money to one’s fellow Jew free from interest, what one is permitted to or prohibited from taking from another Jew as loan security, Shatnes (wool and linen together), Tzitzit, and dealing fairly and truthfully with one’s […]

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Commentary;
The Olmert, Kadima, Barak, Livni, Yishai government of weakness, equivocation and partisan convenience has given up the store, the entirety of Israel’s diplomatic and military assets and set back Israel’s credibility to a historic low-point. Their lack of stregnth and principle has netted a minus in all areas, credibility, principle, hasbara and […]

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Soldiers Arrest Wanted Terrorists in Ramallah, Hevron
Israel Allows Transfer of 1,000 Guns, 10,000 Bullets to PA [Any Bets How Long Before Weapons in Terrorist Hands?]
Molotov Cocktails Thrown at Israeli Vehicle Near Kalkiliya

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Commentary;
My Beit Knesset’s learning program has recently featured a 1 hour daily Torah Ulpan for learning conversational Iv’rit in a contect of learning the Rambam’s Hichos Teshuva.
During one of the first classes, we discussed the concept of sincere, honest, heart-felt regret of wrong-doing and the will to change one’s ways. This discussion brought to mind […]