Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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Beersheba Theaters, Movie Cinemas Halt Performances [Through January 6] Due to Rocket Fire
IDF: Rocket that Hit Beersheba School Made in China, by Yael Barnovsky (Ynet)
30 Treated for Shock in Beersheba Hospital Wednesday
Cabinet Rejects French Proposal to Hold 48-Hour Cease Fire
Diskin: Hamas Dealt a ‘Serious Blow’ [Cowardly Hamas Senior Operatives Hiding Out Amongst Civilians […]

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Hamas Steps up Bombardment of Beersheba; Empty School Hit, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Katyushas Blast Be’er Sheva; Warning System Fails, by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israel National News)
Schools Closed in Be’er Sheva
Rockets Fall in Ashdod, Sderot, Ashkelon [and Sha’ar Hanegev area]
Grad Rocket Hits Route 6; No Wounded
[48 Hour […]

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Commentary;
It is disturbing, to say the least, to behold responses in certain Israeli Chareidi circles to this question.
One such response received today was this; “The big Rabbonim have not told us to do anything.” In other words, Pidyon Sh’vu’im is out the window unless these Rabbonim invoke it to the flocks? […]

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Commentary;
It may be that the much decorated defense minister Ehud Barak is a wily, cunning military character who may well have more tricks up his sleeve for operation Cast Lead, including a ground offensive which takes Hamas by surprise.
But, excuse the cynicism, the fact remains that over the last 3 1/2 years, Israel’s governance has […]

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Four Kassams [2 Landed Near Sderot, 1 Near Kibbutz in Shaar Hanegev Region, 1 Inside Gaza] Launched by Gaza Terrorists
Man Lightly Wounded as Kassam Slams into Sderot House [5 Kassams Hit Sderot]
10 Dead in Gaza Strikes [Targeting Gaza City, Khan Yunis] After 3 Israelis Killed in South, by Yaakov Katz […]

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Commentary;
As the Israel Air Force continues blasting away on day 3 of ‘Cast Lead’, Kassam and mortar hits on Ashkelon, Ashdod and the Negev mount up as do Jewish casualties. Are we witnessing a replay of Lebanon 2006? Defense Minister Ehud Barak is quoted as stating that this is […]

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Commentary;
No, this is not a mis-posting meant for a sports blog. 7 years before 2008’s glorious Philadelphia Phillies World Series championship, a future Hall of Fame pitcher and one of baseball’s finest 3rd basemen (at the time) both talked back to team management telling them that they were not serious about […]

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Commentary;
Before rushing to click on MSM BBC coverage of Israel’s ‘Cast Lead’ Gaza operations, check out the real, unslanted perspective behind Israel’s current Gaza operations by viewing this YouTube video. MB

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Artillery Batteries Deployed Along Border with Gaza Strip, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
IDF Targets Rafah Tunnels [40 Smuggling Tunnels Destroyed in Less Than Four Minutes], by Roee Nahmias (Ynet)
Cabinet Approves Call-Up of Reservists, by Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)
[Thousands] Gaza Palestinians Cross Egyptian Border […]

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[3] Rockets Land Near Ashdod in Farthest-Reaching Gaza Attack [More Than 40 km North of Gaza]
11 Rockets Fired at Israel Since Sunday Morning; None Injured
IAF Strikes Gaza City Government Offices
2 Killed by IDF in Beit Hanoun
2 Rockets Land in Ashkelon; No Injuries Reported
5 Rockets Land in Ashkelon; Warning Siren Sounds in Ashdod, Gan Yavneh
Barak Instructs […]