Archive for February, 2009

Likud Paying Huge Price in Lost Votes for Bibi’s Demotion of Feiglin

February 5th, 2009

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Commentary:
The Jerusalem Post’s Gil Hoffman reports Binyamin Netanyahu has apparently engaged Avigdor Lieberman and Yisrael Beiteinu in a battle to regain votes for his Likud party as polls indicate that the gap between Likud and Kadima is narrowing while Yisrael Beiteinu’s popularity is mounting. Hoffman notes that;
According to a Ma’agar Mohot […]

Comments On the 4 Major Party Leaders

February 5th, 2009

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Commentary:
We’ll begin with the totally absurd first.
It appears as if the election position of Ehud Barak and his Labor party has become sooo dire that he has completely given up on wooing centerist voters in favor of bringing Meretz voters back. Otherwise, why else would he offer such an outrageously absurd idea as a […]

Out-of-Court Settlement Turns Tables on IDF Manpower Chief General Elazar Stern

February 4th, 2009

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Commentary:
In May, 2008, IDF Sgt. Hananel Dayan found himself expelled from the IDF for his failure to shake the hand of then Chief of Staff Dan Halutz during a ceremony honoring 120 outstanding IDF soldiers, of which Dayan was one. Dayan opted-out of shaking Halutz’s hand as his (Dayan’s) family […]

Wednesday War News: Another Day, Another Attack on South, Terrorists Get New Rocket; Five Katyusha Rockets Found on Israel, Lebanon Border; Rocks, Molotovs Thrown at Soldiers, Border Guard Unit, 6 Terrorists Nabbed

February 4th, 2009

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Hamas Terrorists in Gaza Fire Mortar Shell at West Negev [Eshkol Region]; No Casualties
[Any Surprise??] UN: Hamas Raided Warehouse in Gaza, Seized Blankets, Food [Meant for Gaza Civilians]
Gaza Terrorists Get New Rocket [Sijil Model Not Previously Used in Gaza]
Five Katyusha Rockets [and Launch Pad] Found [by UN Peace-Keeping Forces] on Border Between Israel, Lebanon, by […]

Tuesday War News: Ceasefire Violation Grad Attack on Ashkelon and Israel’s Response… and More

February 4th, 2009

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Mortar Shell Fired at Israel [Tuesday Evening at Around 7:15 PM]
Commentary On Grad Attack:
At just past 7 AM on Tuesday, Gaza terrorists launched a Grad rocket which landed between buildings in a residential neighborhood in central Ashkelon smashing into the rear of a vacated bus. It was the first Rocket to hit Ashkelon since […]

Sunday War News: Hamas Fires 4 Kassams in Latest Ceasefire Violation

February 1st, 2009

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Kassam Lands Between Two Kindergartens in Eshkol Region [1 of 4 Hitting South Sunday AM, 4th Cease-fire Violation]
Excerpts;
Gaza terrorists breached the cease-fire once again early Sunday morning, firing four Kassam rockets, one of which landed between two kindergartens in the Eshkol region.
Another two rockets hit open areas nearby and a fourth hit the Sdot Negev […]

Parsha Beshalach 5769: Moshe’s Paradigm for Being As One With Our Brother’s Suffering

February 1st, 2009

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by Moshe Burt
Near the end of our Parsha, we read “And the hands of Moshe were heavy and they took a rock and placed it under him and he sat on it.” (Sefer Sh’mos, Perek 17, posuk 12)
Rabbi Pliskin in Growth Through Torah cites a Rashi which states;
That Moshe did not sit on a comfortable […]