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Bombardment of Israel continues

The daily bombardment of southern Israel continued as more Israeli civilians were injured by randomly-fired mortars. That’s two dead and eleven wounded in the last week and a half. A fire also broke out in the factory that was hit. … Continue reading

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Democratically-elected govt. of PA bombards Israel

The democratically-elected government of the Palestinians fired 18 mortars and four kassam rockets at Israel today, in an attempt to prove that war means peace. That’s right, they’ve threatened that if Israel doesn’t make peace, Hamas will make war on … Continue reading

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Letter from Shalit: Still not proof of life

There’s no telling when the letter was written, at least, not according to anything in the news, but Gilad Shalit’s parents did receive another letter from him. The parents of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, who was taken prisoner by Hamas … Continue reading

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Proof of Shalit’s death?

Funny how Hamas hasn’t managed to fulfill its promises to Jimmy Carter, the mediator extraordinaire who went to Gaza and declared Israel to be the criminals, not Hamas. Captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit has still not written the letter Hamas … Continue reading

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Media hyperventilation watch: IDF heading for Gaza

It looks like the IDF is going to go into Gaza, as has been discussed for months. The 60th birthday celebrations are over, George W. Bush’s visit is done, Olmert has been to the U.S., and Hamas refuses to stop … Continue reading

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Today’s AP media bias, with UN equivalence thrown in

So the post from this morning that I told you to watch the updates on as the day goes by? Here’s the first version, timestamped 9:05: Palestinian girl, Israeli killed in fighting Hamas militants fired a barrage of mortar shells … Continue reading

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Democratically-elected govt. of Palestinians kills another Israeli

The Democratically-elected government of Hamas just killed one, and injured five Israelis in another mortar attack. A 52-year old man was killed Thursday morning when a mortar shell fired from northern Gaza landed in Kibbutz Nir Oz, located within Eshkol … Continue reading

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State Dept. clueless on terrorism

Bad enough the State Department has mandated the banning of jihad, jihadi, and Islamic terrorist. Now they’re trying to tell Israel that isolating Hamas has made it stronger. No, isolating Hamas without hunting down and killing its leadership has made … Continue reading

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The pariah

From the Times of London (h/t Backspin) Some Israelis object to this program. They remember that Saddam Hussein fired Scuds into Israel during first Gulf War and find it offensive that Iraqis now seek their help but had no objection … Continue reading

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War and peace

Now, I am far from an expert on Lebanon, and I’ve been reading Tony Bey and the others who know a lot more than I do, but I have a suspicion that this cannot be at all good: Hizbullah strikes … Continue reading

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Palestians to Hamas: Don’t recognize Israel

You know the conventional wisdom that keeps saying that most Palestinians don’t agree with Hamas, and that they want peace with Israel? Not so much. (Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The majority of people in the Palestinian Territories are against … Continue reading

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Israel’s five major threats

Ha’aretz interviewed director of Military Intelligence Major General Amos Yadlin. Here are his thoughts on the threats Israel faces: According to Yadlin, Israel faces five threats: Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The intelligence picture that Israel has about … Continue reading

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Olmert to release murderers for Shalit?

Now this, I believe. Israel has agreed to release 71 Palestinian prisoners “with blood on their hands” as part of a deal for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, a senior Hamas source told Ynet on Sunday. These prisoners were included … Continue reading

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Olmert to concede to Hamas

Once again, Ehud Olmert is ready to accept Hamas surrender terms. The only difference this time is that he’s trying to force the issue by finally—two years after his capture—demanding the freedom of Gilad Shalit. Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman … Continue reading

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Rocket bombardment continues; Barak says not for much longer

I’ve been reading reports in various Israeli newspapers and other sources about the upcoming Gaza operation. They all seem to have the same background: The IDF will go in, but not in great force. Pinpoint operations to take out the … Continue reading

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