Archive for January, 2009

Israel’s Homefront: How Beit Shemesh is Helping Fellow Jews From South Israel

January 12th, 2009

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Ten days ago, Lema’an Achai’s David Morris sent an email around with this catchy title:
“Dad, What’s a Killer-meter?”
Six Days ago, David wrote this piece which has appeared on Shilomusings and a number of other blogs;
Today I met with Ariel Yered. He’s nine years old this week. He was sitting in a class of […]

Keep Calling White House for Jonathan Pollard

January 12th, 2009

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IMRA’s Dr. Aaron Lerner reports this change in tactics on behalf of Jonathan Pollard;
Tactic: CALL White House Main Switchboard 202-456-1414 for Jonathan Pollard
J4JPnews - January 12, 2009
After being swamped with calls last week, and even after hiring a pack of new operators to handle the volume, the White House phone lines were still overwhelmed at […]

Is Olmert Setting Up Israel for Imposed Ceasefire?

January 11th, 2009

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Commentary:
Is the Olmert, Livni, Barak troika setting up Israel for a premature acceptance of a ceasefire short of achieving the goals of Operation Cast Lead?
Among those goals were understood to be destruction of Hamas’ terrorist capabilities, setting in place a fool-proof mechanism to prevent weapons smuggling and to prevent rebuilding of a terrorist capability as […]

Toe-to-Toe With Palestinian (sic): Fox News Commentator Unmasks Islamic Myths

January 11th, 2009

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Commentary (UPDATE):
We now know the name of the Fox News commentator: Greg Jarrett.
Jarrett’s bio can be found by clicking here.
Hats off and Kol HaKavod! If only Jews, and the Israeli government had the same strength of principles and convictions as this righteous individual. MB

Saturday War News: Operation Cast Lead — Day 15 — IAF Hits 60 Targets, Gaza Rocket Chief Hit, Killed, IAF Warns Gazans of Ground Escalation, 20 Rockets Hit South; Arabs Torch Israeli Factory in Jordan Valley

January 11th, 2009

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IDF Blasts Hamas Positions on War’s 15th Day
Excerpts;
Ground troops aided Israel Air Force planes in identifying the location of several rocket launching squads and terror cells planting roadside bombs.
The IAF attacked over 60 targets throughout the day, including: Two rocket launching squads near Jabaliya, shortly after they fired towards the Ashdod region; ten launching points, […]

Parsha Shemos 5769: The Evolution of Jewish Enslavement — Then and Now(?)

January 11th, 2009

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By Moshe Burt
To sufficiently comprehend the evolution of the enslavement of B’nai Yisrael in Mitzriyim, it would seem that one needs to comprehend the closed nature of the two preceding Parshiyot; the concluding posuk of Vayigash;
“And Yisrael dwelt in the land of Mitzriyim in the land of Goshen, and they acquired property in it and… […]

Friday War News: Operation Cast Lead — Day 14 — Israel Continues Operations Against Hamas Terror Despite UN Vote; Attempted Terror Attack in Rechovot, 5 Gazans Nabbed in Ramallah for Terrorism, Arabs Stone Bus Near Shechem

January 9th, 2009

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3 Grads Hit Ashdod Despite [Daily] 3-Hr Truce
Security Cabinet Votes to Continue Operation Cast Lead [Will Israel Escalate Ground War and Wipe Out Hamas?], by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
Excerpt;
Olmert cites Israel’s “right to defend the security of its citizens.”
UN Passes Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution [US Abstains in […]

Thursday War News: Operation Cast Lead — Day 13 — 6 Katyushas Launched on North as Gaza War, “Diplomacy” Continue; Bus Attacked by Molotov Cocktail, 1 Injured in Attempted Terror Attack on Gas Station

January 8th, 2009

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Commentary;
This blog asked a few days ago if the Israeli government will squander the IDF’s Gaza War achievements. Events on the diplomatic front continued to show strong indications that Israel’s Troika of Olmert, Livni and Barak are close to doing just that, wasting the degradation of Hamas’ capabilities, the lives of the 9 fatalities […]

Tuesday War News: Operation Cast Lead — Day 11 — IAF Hits Home of Hamas Rocket Chief as Tuesday Rocket Count Hits 20, 2 Apparent Friendly Fire Incidents Kill 4, Injure Others, Olmert Says No to EU Ceasefire Attempt With Wary Eye to North; 16 PA Terrorists Nabbed, Rocks at Vehicles and 7 Molotovs at Soldiers

January 6th, 2009

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Tuesday Rocket Total Hits 20
Grad Rocket Strikes Open Area in Beersheba; No Wounded Reported
3 Kassam Rockets Hit Sderot; None Hurt
IAF Hits Home of Hamas Rocket Chief [IDF: Terror Chief, Iman Siam, in House in Jabalya at Time of Strike, 10 Hamas and Islamic Jihad Gunmen Killed in Other Battles], by Yaakov Katz […]

Monday War News: Operation Cast Lead — Day 10 — Will Israeli Government Squander Possible IDF Achievements?

January 5th, 2009

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Commentary;
IMRA’s Dr. Aaron Lerner notes that the current regime, the Olmert, Livni, Barak Troika are aiming to emulate, in Gaza, the Lebanon cease-fire model which columnist Caroline Glick recently described.
Dr. Lerner cites Roni Sofer’s report; Israel Examining International Treaty to Isolate Hamas which follows up his (Sofer’s) report of Sunday, noted on this blog, where […]