Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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The Daily Double: 2 Rockets Explode in Western Negev [Sha’ar HaNegev Region Near Sderot], by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
IAF Strikes Hit 7 Philadelphi [Terror Smuggling] Tunnels
Hamas Promises to Keep Smuggling in Arms, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
Iran Test Runs 1st Nuclear Power Plant [in Bushehr]
4 Rockets Found in Southern […]

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Commentary:
No news from Gaza: Good news, or censors hard at work?? MB
Diplomats: Syria Has Put Missile Facility on Bombed Nuke Site
Abbas’s Security Forces Release 42 Hamas Detainees
22-year-old Palestinian Man with Knife Arrested [Stabbing Attack Thwarted] North of Jerusalem
Israeli Bus Pelted by Stones Near Nablus [Shechem]; Nobody Wounded
Arabs Throw Rocks at Car Near Hevron
IDF […]

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Kassam Rocket Hits Sha’ar Hanegev Region
Kassam Fired at Sderot
Kassam Hits Sderot Area; IAF Fires at Car in Gaza Strip, by Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Related reports:
Terrorists Fire at Troops [Shot Two Mortar Shells] Near Gaza
Air Force Fires on Terrorists’ Car [After Terrorists Attempted Placing Bomb Near Border in […]

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Commentary:
Will a new government dare to do the right thing: finish the job of Operation Cast Lead, finish-off Hamas and liberate Gilad Shalit without freeing terrorists? MB
Rocket Fired at Sderot
Kassam Hits Sha’ar Hanegev [Mortar Shells Fired at Kissufim Again in PM]; None Hurt, by Yaakov Lappin (Jerusalem […]

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Commentary:
This Jerusalem Post Evelyn Gordon commentary on Israel’s February national election and its lessons was too good to pass up.
While not mentioning Moshe Feiglin, Ratzon, etc. by name, Gordon deals with the post-primary demotions and their impact on the election vote for Likud, and thus the election result. […]

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IAF Strikes Three Arms Smuggling Tunnels Under Philadelphi Corridor [Response to Rocket Attacks]
Hamas Attacks Eshkol Region with Two Kassam Rockets
Related reports:
Israel Radio Doesn’t Mention that 2 Kassam Rockets Hit Eshkol [Nor Do MSM Front Page URLs], by Dr. Aaron Lerner (IMRA)
2 Rockets Launched Toward Israel
Excerpt:
“Earlier a rocket exploded […]

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Gaza Terrorists Fire Rocket Attack at Negev Kibbutz [in Sha’ar HaNegev Region], Again, by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
IAF Strikes 2 Gaza Targets…, by Shmulik Hadad (Ynet)
Related report:IDF Attacks Hamas Position, Tunnels
The IDF hit a Hamas outpost and seven smuggling tunnels on Tuesday night. The strikes took place […]

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Slow Day! Wonder Why…
Firebomb Attack Next to Beit Omer [on the Gush-Etzion Highway]
Rock Attack Next to Yatta [South of Hevron]
Arabs Stone Cars in Samaria
IDF Troops Arrest Palestinian Suspect in Bethlehem

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Caroline Glick provides an analysis, either self-perceived or perceived by Bibi as to the factors and dilemmas that Netanyahu faces in forming a government following last Tuesday’s national elections.
As one reads her complete commentary, or the excerpted commentary here, it becomes obvious that Glick is, as Bibi is, totally preoccupied and fixated on what the […]

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Hamas Ups the Stakes, Attacks Near Kibbutz Yavneh [Friday Rocket Attack Northeast of Ashkelon and Ashdod], by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israel National News)
Excerpt;
“Terrorists also fired two Kassam rockets and a mortar shell on Gaza belt communities during the Sabbath.”
Olmert: No Shalit, No Open Crossings, by Ronnie Sofer
Erekat: Demand for Shalit is […]