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Monday, July 28, 2008

In 5 years we"ll ask how this happened

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This was Olmert's comment in response to the report from GSS Head Yuval Diskin about the the weaponry that Hamas is smuggling in. There ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

The beginning of the end of the Kollel system in Israel?

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According to Mishpacha, 2000 Avreichim may lose their places in Kollel and the 5 biggest Kollels have suffered a 50% drop in donations. The ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Olmert's birthday wish to "Moish" Talansky

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Ynet has a video that Olmert sent to Talansky for his 70th birthday. מויש, אני אוהב אותך, אתה בן-אדם כיפי. תמיד מועיל להיות חבר שלך, אני מק...
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Kadima splitting?

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Globes is reporting that Tzippi Livni is thinking about forming a new party to run in the next elections. The reason for this is that Livni...
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Friday, July 18, 2008

Olmerts attorneys making another mistake

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So far they have tried to blacken Talansky's image, calling him a liar and a money launderer and a criminal. While this might be a good ...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

The NY Times on Samir Kuntar - Raid went "horribly" wrong

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The New York Times writes the following about the child killer Samir Kuntar: Perhaps Israel's most reviled prisoner, Samir Kuntar, ...
Monday, July 14, 2008

It looks like the government will fall over Avishai Braverman

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Absolutely amazing. The government didn't fall after the disaster (war) in Lebanon, the 2 Winograd reports and Olmerts 6 investigations ...
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Where does ישמעאל fit into the ד' מלכיות?

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בלעם at the end of the parsha, discussed according to many, the Messianic era. The Ramban understands that he was talking about the ד' ...
Sunday, July 13, 2008

Olmert: Peace with Palestinians is closer then ever - Who does he think is fooling?

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This is the headline in Haaretz online today. How dumb does he think the people are? Gilad Shalit is still in captivity, Hamas is violating...
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Olmert's latest problem - double reimbursement for travel

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It seems that Olmert would travel abroad (18 times a year while Industry and Trade Minister) and then bill 2 or more charitable organization...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Tzippi Livni and Resolution 1701 - disconnected from reality

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Tzippi Livni was the architect of UN Resolution 1701 which has completely and utterly failed (see Security Council resolution 1701 has compl...

Security Council resolution 1701 has completely failed

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Officials: 1701 on verge of collapse United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, passed to stop the Second Lebanon War, is on the verge...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

What airline should you fly on?

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According to the ועד לעניני תחבורה the main criteria is whether or not the flight has movies shown. They split up the airlines into 3 groups...
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The dollar is still worth 4 shekels according to the Gedolim

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The dollar hasn't been anywhere near the 4 shekel mark in a very long time but Areivim is still insisting on pricing in dollars at 4 she...
Thursday, July 03, 2008

Winograd commission member - PM should have been removed from office

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Yechezkel Dror, one of the members of the Winograd commission that investigated the Second Lebanon War had very harsh criticism for the poli...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Buy segulos online

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You can now buy segulos online. The Israel Catalog offers: Kabbalah Amulet for Health Kabbalah Amulet for Health Item Number: 12501 List ...
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

How many strings of תכלת?

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Recently I have seen in a number of places people recommending to wear 1 string of techeles like the Rambam. Regarding the number of strings...
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Another Hasidic succession battle - Vishnitz

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The Viznitzer Rebbe has 2 sons, Yisrael and Menachem Mendel. About 20 years ago the older son Yisrael was removed from his position, the pre...
Monday, June 30, 2008

Amir Peretz plans his return to head the Labor Party

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Peretz to challenge Barak in primary You couldn't make this up, this is so completely and utterly absurd. Here is a guy who was elected ...
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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Israel should reject the deal with Hezbullah

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As much as I feel for the families this deal cannot be accepted. For probably the first and last time in my life I agree with Yossi Beilin ...
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