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Haveil Havalim #153 Is Up! 2008-02-10 03:45:00 4 of the Twelfth Month 5768Check out this week's edition of the world's leading Jewish and Israeli Blog Carnival, Haveil Havalim at I'll Call Baila!I'm hosting next week's edition, so please send me your best posts!Use the blog carnival submission form. It's makes it a lot easier for the host. ...

Remember This? More YeSh"A Council Shenanigans 2008-02-02 15:51:00 Mossa'ei Shabbath Qodesh Parshath Mishpatim 5768Remember this? This broadcast of Channel 10 News catches Sha'ul Goldstein, Head of the Gush Etzion Council, and thus member of the YeSh"A Council, during the Expulsion from Azza, staging his expulsion from the Sefardi syngogue in Neve Deqalim. He denies it, of course. Fast forward to 1:30. You be the judge. The video is in Hebrew without subtitles. If you cannot understand Hebrew, see what you can get out of the video anyway. ...

Yo"Sh's New [Sham] Local Radio Station 2008-02-02 11:28:00 Mossa'ei Shabbath Qodesh Parshath Mishpatim 5768Last week, "Radiosh" was granted the tender of the recently created (read: "legalized") local broadcasts for Yehudah and Shomron (Judea & Samaria). The name is a contraction of "radio" and "yosh," which itself is an abbreviation for Yehudah weShomron. Finally, we are seeing the "A" (Azza) removed from YeSh"A. Although I am not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing.Interestingly enough Radiosh was the only candidate.As you would imagine, much of Left is up in arms.Gush Shalom spokesman Adam Keller said that Radiosh violated the specifically non-political character of state-licensed commercial radio."This station will broadcast messages in favor of settlement, and that's a radical departure from the state policy for regional radio stations. If licenses are being given by the state to the extreme Right for the creation of political radio stations, then the Left should get a license, too." (JPost)Um,...Hello?! The Left should g ...

Haveil Havalim #150 Is Up! 2008-01-20 13:24:00 13 of the Eleventh Month 5768Check out this week's edition of the world's leading Jewish and Israeli Blog Carnival, Haveil Havalim at Soccer Dad!It is the last edition he is hosting as the carnival owner. He is passing it onto.... ...

A Likely Story 2008-01-15 05:33:00 8 of the Eleventh Month 5768Here is the latest on the activities of the YeSh"A Council, which should really change it's name to Ye"Sh already. The "A" stands for Azza (Arabs call Gaza). I sincerely doubt the Ye"Sh Council is doing anything in particular at the present time to encourage settlement there. We all know how they "helped" prevent the 5765 (2005) expulsion of Jews from there: K'far Maimon and Mr. Goldstein's "stage performance" among other "helpful" activities.My comments are interpursed amongst Hillel Fendel's clear and concise story on Arutz 7 (Israel National News).Yesha Council Denies Outpost-Dismantling Reportby Hillel Fendel, 7 Shevat 5768/January 14, 2008 5:40 PM(IsraelNN.com) Danny Dayan, head of the Yesha Council of Jewish Communities in Judea/Samaria, denies reports that an agreement has been reached regarding the peaceful dismantling of Jewish outposts.A Monday report in Haaretz quoted sources close to Defense Minister Ehud Barak as saying that an agreement ...

What Did I Tell You About The YeSh"A Council? 2008-01-14 04:49:00 7 of the Eleventh Month 5768Barak, Yesha Leaders Agree to Destroy Jewish Towns7 Shevat 5768 / January 14, 2008 10:44 AM(IsraelNN.com) Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Yesha leaders have reportedly reached an agreement for the non-violent eviction of hundreds of residents from their homes in 26 Jewish communities throughout Judea and Samaria.According to the report in the Hebrew-language Haaretz daily, Barak has agreed to approve building and infrastructure permits frozen by the government in response to US pressure to drive Jews out of Yesha, as compensation for the non-violent abandonment of certain Jewish towns. In addition, victims of the eviction would be permitted to move to other Jewish communities in the area. Sources in Barak's office said the Yesha Council "knows" that the Supreme Court deal is expected to order IDF soldiers to tear down the communities, and that the deal is intended to prevent violence between residents and eviction forces. How many more "deals" can the gove ...

Haveil Havalim #149 Is Up! 2008-01-13 04:11:00 6 of the Eleventh Month 5768The 149th edition of the Haveil Havalim Blog Carnival is up at Life In Israel. The host, Rafi G., calls it the "Vengeance Upon The Nations" Edition, and he's done a great job! ...

Bush's Jerusalem Legacy 2008-01-12 13:53:00 Mossa'ei Shabbath Parshath Bo 5768Of course, I picked Thurs. to visit a friend in the German Colony (You know, that annoying Leftist neighborhood, I can't stand, where everyone, including the waiter who obviously just had a very nasty fight his hair clippers, wants to speak English to you automatically, without even determining whether you can speak Hebrew or not.). Needless to say, I am almost never there. What can I say? He offered to buy me coffee. I ain't got no job; ain't go no money. So, I went,...to see my friend, not just for the free coffee.Coming back from the German Colony, because of the traffic, roadblocks, and detours, it took me almost an hour to get to French Hill on the #4 Bus. The trip should only take 25 min. at most. Several of my fellow passengers were chattering away about Bush's visit causing all this traffic, oh yeah, and to force us to give away much of Israel, too. The #4 Bus by the way, connects mostly only liberal and secular neighborhoods, like ...

Bush Doesn't Get It, But Does Rice? 2008-01-12 13:15:00 Mossa'ei Shabbath Parshath Bo 5768Debbie Schlussel cleared up some of my questions about what kind of coverage the protests against President Bush's visit received in the U. S. There wasn't much. There was some about the Arabs in Azza protesting, but nothing significant about the Jews who were protesting. I wonder just how much the President was allowed to see and to hear regarding our displeasure of his plans for us. My guess is that it was very hush-hush. I never can tell with this president. Is he seriously mislead by his "people?" Or is he given all of the facts first, and then mislead regarding the proper strategy to take. Is other words, is he just misled by the UN and Council on Foreign Relations allies like Condaleeza Rice and her State Department? Or is he in on it? Does Condaleeza Rice think that you can actually relate to [non-Western] Arabs as fellow Westerners? Or is she purposely leading the President down the path of no return? Is this only a temporary al ...

Bush Welcome Posters 2008-01-09 07:26:00 2 of the Eleventh Month 5768I am really surprised this poster did not make the U. S. news. At least I could not find it. The left wing media do not like President Bush, but they like so-called right-wing Israelis (Read: "Proud Jews") much less.One would think that "fair and balanced" Fox News, the only major American news source even remotely fair to Israel, would report on the protests welcoming U. S. President Bush's arrival to Israel, where he is to serve as honorary auctioneer. He and his assistant auctioneer, Condaleeza Rice, will be auctioning off our [the Jewish] Homeland, promised to us by the Almighty, even though it is not for him nor for anyone to relinquish, especially to terrorist Ishmaelites. In all fairness to Fox, I do not have a television. It is likely that they have reported on the protests. I have yet to see it on its website, which sometimes takes a while to be updated.(Produced and distributed by the National Jewish Front)Even the left-wing YNET News, the on ...

Haveil Havalim #147 Is Up! 2007-12-30 16:49:00 22 of the Tenth Month 5768Check out this week's edition of the world's leading Jewish and Israeli Blog Carnival, Haveil Havalim at Soccer Dad! ...

Christian Support: I'll Take Some 2007-12-27 05:49:00 18 of the Tenth Month 5768I received an e-mail from a Christian supporter of Israel. Many of my fellow bloggers have received similar e-mails, and have responded in kind. This is nothing new. The e-mail received does not contain any new suggestions, either, but there is no harm in presenting them here as a reminder. The latter half of the e-mail includes a great deal of standard Christian criticism of Islam, and warnings of its threat to Christians and Jews. Various Christian texts are interspersed here. Thus I have excluded it here.Here is the e-mail, followed by the response I chose to send, and some additional comments.The E-Mail:Dear Israel, I love you, but U let everyone kick U in the ass, when U should be kicken' ass.I have spent sleepless nights of several months, researching and I have a long list of suggestions.Warning ……..this does require 10 minutes of your timeASAP……Please share this with Pro-Bible Jews of David.Please, feel free to use this material on webs ...

Haveil Havalim Edition #146 Is Up 2007-12-24 07:38:00 15 of the Tenth Month 5768Haveil Havalim Edition #146 is up on the blog of this carnival's creator, Soccer Dad.Please check out this week's edition of the world's leading Jewish and Israeli Blog Carnival!It's your free, one-stop Jewish and Israeli Blog store! ...

Not Just Another Gush Katif Video 2007-12-20 18:18:00 Erev Shabbath Qodesh Parshath Wayehi 5768Lately there has been a video going around of the 5765/2005 Jewish Expulsion From Azza. I received the link from How To Measure The Years who received it from Batya who received it from Tamar Yonah. Like I said, it's been going around.I believe all of the several videos connected to Azza, the expulsion, and to the on-going plight of the expel lees are important. I would like to share one video with you which I found to be particularly poignant and personal, as it documents the history of the Tashnady Family, from the beginning to the end of their residency in Neve Deqalim in Azza. Actually, it is more of a montage to music, than a video. I obtained this video from a one of the sons of the family, Moshe, who was then a college student at the religious, science school Machon Lev. It was produced by his brother Pniel. I had the opportunity to meet the Tasnady brothers right after the Expulsion. At the time, I was working at an Internet Caf ...

Kosher Cooking Carnival #25 Is Up! 2007-12-19 18:17:00 11 of the Tenth Month 5768Kosher Cooking Carnival #25 is up on Batya's Me-Ander Blog.It's the "Great Green One." ...