Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

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The IRIS blog did a piece on Monday treating comments of Arab-American Joseph Farah in his World News Daily where he refers to the Obama administration’s so-called “balanced policy” towards Israel as inherently racist, and that it aims for ethnic cleansing of Jews from the historical Jewish homeland.
According to an Israeli daily Haaretz report, […]

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The Jerusalem Post reports that Likud MK Danny Danon is calling for a boycott of the July 4 celebration at US Ambassador James Cunningham’s home and that a number of other Likud members have already approached telling him that they wouldn’t be attending:
The annual reception, held at the ambassador’s Herzliya Pituah residence, was described […]

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by Moshe Burt
In previous years when speaking about Parsha Balak, about Bila’am’s scheme to lure Jewish men to immorality and avodah zora, as well as connecting Pinchas’ action, in killing Zimri and Kosbi in the act of co-habitation before the Assembly, this author referred back to a posuk in Parsha Ki Tisa;
You shall annoint Aaron, […]

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Commentary;
Do we do a factor of 10 as to how many acts of war are going unreported (i.e. military censored) based on the number actually reported? MB
IDF Forces Attacked [by Terrorist Mortar Shells] Near Kissufim
IDF Neutralizes Four Explosives Near Kissufim Fence
Arabs Stone Jewish Car South of Hevron
IDF Still Fighting […]

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by Moshe Burt
The placement in Torah of the Parah Adumah in our Parsha Chukat raises questions as to why it and it’s Halachot are mentioned here in our Parsha; only after Korach’s rebellion and after the continued murmuring of the Am against Moshe Rabbeinu, and after the plague which killed thousands only ending with […]

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Commentary by Moshe Burt
The legendary Jeff Seidel sent around this Parsha HaShevua Korach to Facebook subscribers:
Parshat Korach relates the story of Korach, Datan, Aviram and 250 members of the shevet (tribe) or Reuven challenging Moshe’s choice for Kohen Gadol (high priest). The end result was that the 250 members were burned by a heavenly fire, […]

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The IRIS blog has offered a valuable analysis of prime minister Netanyahu’s Sunday night speech set in contrast with then-MK Netanyahu’s impassioned plea in 2002 to the Likud central committee against a “Palestinian state”, the position of then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. With his speech on Sunday night, Prime Minister Netanyahu has capitulated on […]

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by Moshe Burt
This Parsha HaShevua may seem to the reader a continuation of Parsha Shelach. This is done by intention because it seems very much as if Korach and his attempted power grab is a logical after-affect of the denial of Eetz Yisrael by 10 of the 12 miraglim (spies).
The Sefer “Torah Gems” by […]

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Commentary:
I am dispensing with the 3rd person “this author” on this one. America’s president Barack Hussein Obama has made his Cairo speech. Aside from the questions of what it’s decipherings, implications and deeper meanings and analysis could mean to Israel and to the Jewish world, the question is; What Should Hussein […]

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4 [Islamic] Gunmen Killed as Major Terror Attack Averted at Karni Crossing
Commentary:
This is what ALWAYS HAPPENS when “Goodwill gestures” are undertaken to make life Arab lives easier. MB
Related report: Terror Attempt to Capture Soldiers Thwarted
IDF Arrests Four Terror Suspects in Yesha
Arabs Stone Car Near Hevron, No Injuries
Firebomb Attack [Next to Silwan] Near Ramallah
Rock […]

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