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by Moshe Burt
Parsha Mikeitz records the whole affair between Yosef and the brothers when they came to Mitzrayim to buy food and were accused by the Viceroy of being spies. We learned how after hearing their story and family history, Yosef demanded that they bring their youngest brother to him and incarcerated Shimon as […]
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Commentary;
Israel has apparently launched a major operation, dubbed “Cast Lead”, against terror in Gaza. President Shimon Peres has announced that “measures will not include invasion” but Defense Minister Ehud Barak notes; “it won’t be easy and it won’t be short.” Over 200 were killed and over 300 wounded in today’s initial […]
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25 Mortar Shells Pound South as IDF Poises for Limited [??#@*??] Gaza Op, by Herb Keinon and Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Popular Resistance Committees Spokesman: Tens of Thousands of Rockets in Gaza - Range Over 40 Kilometers, by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
[Barak Decides:] Gaza Crossings Open Friday
Gaza Crossings Open [Under […]
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by Moshe Burt
On Thursday, this blog commented on a Ynet opinion piece entitled “We Lost Our Killer Instinct.”
The piece dealt with what many have perceived for some time; How Israelis have become more “I”, “me”, individual-oriented and how this orientation change relates to an IDF basically controlled by the Attorney-General and the so-called […]
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Commentary;
It used to be that the spirit, the credo of the IDF was unity, was “follow-me” commanders and command structure, was the collective security of the nation — in all of its regions and sectors. It used to be that the pain felt in the Negev, in Galil, in Jerusalem was felt in Tel […]
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LAF Reportedly Defuses Seven Katyusha Rockets Aimed at Israel
Rocket Explodes Near Ashkelon, No Injuries
Kassam Lands Near Ashkelon Beach
Kiryat Gat Gets Geared for Gaza Attack
Rocket Explodes Near Yad Mordechai, No Injuries
Rocket Attack on Kfar Aza, No Injuries
Kassam Rocket Lands Near Sha’ar Hanegev Kibbutz; None Hurt
Mortar Shells Fired by Terrorists Backfired
Two Mortar Shells Hit Open Area in […]
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Rocket Attacks Continue to Strike Negev [2 Rockets]
Attacks on South Continue as 2 More Kassams Hit West Negev [Over 60 Rockets, Mortars Fired at Ashkelon, Western Negev Thru Wednesday]
Arabs Fire Towards IDF Troops at Nir-Oz
Security Cabinet Decision on Declaring 35 Terrorist Organizations [Step Taken Against Financing of Terrorism]
Five Mortar Shells Fall Near Kibbutz in Eshkol […]
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Commentary;
Readers may wonder why this blog has stuck pretty much to three topics in recent days; Bibi, Likud and Feiglin, Jonathan Pollard and the daily Gaza (and Yehuda, Shomron) war news.
The reason is basically because these three issues most closely focus in on the ongoing political/spiritual (or lack thereof) war between the forces […]
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Security Cabinet Meeting About Rocket Fire [40 Rockets, Mortars Launched Wednesday — What Will Cabinet Do? Probably Nothing!]
Emergency Level Raised [Result of Kassam Bombardment]
Third Wave of Kassam Rockets [Launched Towards Ashkelon]
Second Wave of Kassams [at Ashkelon, Netivot and Sderot; Four Rockets Landed]
Kassam Barrage on Negev [Kassams in Ashkelon Fell in a Factory, House]
Kassam Launched […]
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The White House numbers;
In the US 202-456-1111
In Israel 077-566-4305
Commentary;
President Bush officially leaves office and turns the mantle of the […]