Archive for December, 2008

Tuesday War News: Short-Lived Gaza Cease-Fire Ends with 7 Rocket Bombardment; 3 Terrorists Nabbed in Jenin, Hevron

December 23rd, 2008

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Gaza Terrorists Resume Rocket Fire [4 Kassams] on Negev After Brief Hiatus
Repeating Failure in Gaza [Hamas Doubled Kassam Range, Failed Aim in Gaza: “International Community” to Intervene in Gaza to Protect Israel from Terrorism], by Caroline Glick (The Jerusalem Post)
FM Livni to Meet with Egyptian President Mubarak [“Livni Implies Israel Not […]

Sunday War News 2: 14 Kassams, Mortars and Several in Shock, Diskin: Hamas Can Reach Be’er Sheva, Yavneh, Sniper Fire Near Kissufim; Rock Attacks Near Tekoa, North of Hevron

December 21st, 2008

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Palestinians Fire Kassam Rocket at Western Negev; Several Suffer Shock
ISA Chief: Hamas’ Rocket Range Extends to Be’er Sheva, Yavneh, by Gil Ronen (Israel National News)
Several in Shock as Kassams Continue [14 Kassam Rockets, 1 Mortar Shell]
Arabs [Sniper] Fire at Fence Workers Near Kissufim
2 Rockets Explode in Western Negev, Without Casualties
Rocket Attack […]

Parsha Mikeitz/Shabbos Chanukah 5769: The Miracle Cure of Yosef’s Marriage

December 20th, 2008

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Moshe Burt
In previous years, this author has written about Yosef’s being thrown in a bor (pit) seething with snakes and scorpions — yet emerging unscathed, his being sold and ensuing journey to Mitzrayim and his slavery, his imprisonment and his liberation and ascendency to the position of Viceroy, second only to Pharoh. And this […]

Shabbos War News: Islamic Terror Rockets, Mortars Blister Southern Israel into Motsei Shabbos, Stonings Spread to Highway 5 to Tel Aviv

December 20th, 2008

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Four Rockets on Sderot [Motsei Shabbos; At Least 14 rockets During Shabbos]
[Islamic Stoning] Attacks on Highway 5 [Leading to Tel Aviv]
Fire from Gaza: 11 Rockets, 16 Shells
12 Mortar Shells Pound Israel; Youth Clubhouse Hit [by Mortar Shell] in Strike, None Hurt
2 Kassam Rockets Land South of Ashkelon [Shabbos Afternoon]; None Wounded
[6th] Kassam […]

Friday War News: Sniper Fire Added to Kassams, Mortars from Gaza; 7 Terrorists Nabbed, Rock Attacks in at Least 3 Places

December 19th, 2008

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Third Rocket Attack, Islamic Jihad Responsible [???]
Gaza Terrorists Add Gunfire to Missile Fire
Two Rocket Attacks Near Gaza
Kassams Continue: 2 Rockets Land in Eshkol Region; No Casualties
Two Kassams, Mortar Shell Fired
Kassam Explodes Over Gaza
IDF Troops Arrest Seven Wanted Palestinians [Near Shechem, Kalkilya, Jenin]
IDF soldier, Israeli Woman Lightly Wounded by Stones Hurled [Near Bethlehem, Shechem]
Rock Attack Near […]

Bibi’s Denigration of Democracy in Likud

December 18th, 2008

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Commentary;
Jerusalem Post writer Evelyn Gordon, while not mentioning Moshe Feiglin, Manhigut Yehudit and their specific post-primary travails at Benjamin Netanyahu’s hands in her commentary, takes the Likud Leader to task for not backing the democratic achievement of Likud primary voters, but rather [her word] undermining it.
More precisely, this author will go so far as […]

Thursday War News: Terror Rocket Blitz Continues - Focusing on Ashkelon; 3 Terrorists Nabbed, Bus Stoned Between Gush Etzion and Hevron Near El-Arub

December 18th, 2008

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Kassam Rocket Launch [7th Rocket of Thursday Landed Near Kibbutz Sa’ad]
Palestinians Fire Four Rockets into Israel [Sdot Negev Regional Council, Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council, Ashkelon]; None Wounded
3 Kassams Land in Negev, No Injuries or Damage
10 Cars Damaged as Kassam Rocket Lands Next to Sderot Shopping Parade
Terror from the Skies in Sderot: 3 Wounded in Shopping […]

Bibi’s Travelling Ballot Boxes: Confirmation of Referendum2

December 17th, 2008

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Commentary;
Isn’t there something blatantly and absurdly anti-democratic about travelling ballot boxes being driven around in rented cars, lacking polling place judges, therefore with the ability to tamper with ballots for lack of supervisory oversight and only going to those who Bibi knows support him?
It seems obvious that Netanyahu has […]

Wednesday War News: While Bibi Focused TOTALLY on Taking Down Jewish Leadership, 7 Terror Rockets Pound Negev, 10 Terrorists Nabbed

December 17th, 2008

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Seventh Rocket Hits Eshkol Region
[6] Rocket Attacks in Eshkol Region
Wake-up Call: [Wednesday] Morning Rocket Attacks on Western Negev
Factory Damaged [Tuesday Evening] in Kassam Attack [At Least 10 Kassam Fired]
Kassam Rocket Launch [Landed Near Sderot]
Boy in Shock as 3 Kassams Hit Negev, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
IAF Aircraft Targets Kassam Launcher in Northern […]

President Bush’s Last Chanukah Reception: Nothing About Pollard

December 16th, 2008

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Commentary;
Its Yud Tess Kislev today, Tuesday, the Chabad Chassidic “Rosh Hashana.” Chabad-Lubavitch throughout the world celebrate the day when their first Rebbe, Shneur Zalman of Liadi gained his freedom from prison.
On Monday, President Bush held his final annual pre-Chanukah White House reception. In attendance, having Kashered the White […]