Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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Two Kassam Rockets Fired [From Northern Gaza] Toward Israel; No Injuries or Damage
3 Kassams, 2 Mortar Shells Fired From Northern Gaza Strip
Gaza Crossings to Remain Closed Thursday
IDF Vehicles Enter Gaza in ‘Routine Operation’
Mortar Shell South of Kisufim
IDF Troops Arrest Syrian Infiltrator in Northern Golan
IDF Arrest 21 Wanted Terrorists [in Shechem, Kalkilya, Tulkarm and Ramallah]
31 […]

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Two Late-Night [Rocket] Attacks on Sderot
Terrorists Used Calm to Upgrade Launch Capabilities [17 Rockets Fired in Past 24 Hours]
Over 10 Kassams Fired at South on Monday
3 Kassams Hit West Negev; None Hurt
MI Chief [Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin]: Probability of War Between Israel, Enemies in 2009 is Low [Cut and Save!]
IDF Troops Arrest 32 […]

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Commentary;
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled on Sunday, rejecting the overwhelming body of conclusive evidence that Beit HaShalom (Peace House) was legally and legitimately purchased by Jews, stating that the decision “allows them [the State] to do so” – to evict the more than 20 families who live there.
In the process, the regime and its […]

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Palestinians Fire Volley of [7] Kassams at Eshkol Region
30 Trucks Bearing Food and Medicine to be Transferred to Gaza
One Kassam Hits Between Houses on Kibbutz
Kassams Launched Toward Western Negev
Kassam Falls in Sderot
Israeli Lightly Hurt as Kassam Hits Yard of Sderot Home
IDF Troops Arrest 14 Palestinians
IDF Arrests [Tanzim] Terrorist Suspected of Making Explosive Belts in Nablus […]

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4 Reported Dead in Gaza Air Strike After Two Rockets Hit West Negev [on Sunday AM], by Mark Weiss (Jerusalem Post)
Two Kassam Rockets Land South of Sderot; None Wounded
Mortar Lands in Eshkol Regional Council; No Injuries Reported
Kassam Fire From Gaza on Western Negev Continues [Friday Overnight]
Update: Five Rockets Hit Ashkelon Area
Related report; […]

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by Moshe Burt
There are two intriguing commentaries, each relating to a different posuk of Parsha Chaye Sarah, regarding the dialogue leading up to Avraham Aveinu’s acquisition of the Ma’arat HaMachpela for 400 shekels of silver from Efron the Hittite.
The first of the two posukim is spoken by Avraham and says, in part;
“I […]

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1 Injured in Kassam Attack [on Sderot]
Terrorists, IAF Exchange Blows in Gaza Area [IAF Hits Rocket Launchers]
Gaza Terrorists Fire Kassam Rocket Toward Israel; None Hurt
Almost 1,000 Tunnels From Egypt to Gaza - Multiple Entrances Allow for Ineffective Egyptian [Photo Op] Tunnel Closing, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
Six Wanted Terrorists Arrested […]

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Commentary;
I’m going to speak in the 1st person here.
Aside from the dirty tricks and “stinking manuevers” which marked the campaigns of 2 of the 3 Mayoralty candidates in Beit Shemesh; what irks me is that there seems a definite connection, like links in a chain, between the winning candidate, the parties who backed him, the […]

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Rocket Fired From Gaza Strip Towards Ashkelon
High Terror Alert; Gaza Crossings Remain Closed, by Maayana Miskin (Israel National News)

IDF Closes Kerem Shalom Crossing Getting Intel of Planned Terror Attack
Rocket Barrage on Western Negev Continues [Thursday AM]
4 Kassam Rockets Fired at Western Negev Overnight [Landing Near Sderot and Open Fields in Shaar Hanegev, Sdot […]

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Two More Mortars Hit Nahal Oz [Near Fuel Terminal]
Gaza Fires Four Mortars at Nahal Oz
IDF Troops Gun Down Four Terrorists Near Gaza Border [Near Kissufim Crossing] By Yaakov Lappin (Jerusalem Post)
Related report; Dead Arab Gunmen Had Kalashnikovs
Arabs Riot Near Jerusalem [Northeast of Ma’aleh HaChamisha]
IDF, Shin Bet Nab Senior PFLP […]