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Jewish history throughout the ages has proven incontrovertibly that Zionism, the assertion of Jewish rights and control over the Land of Israel and the affirmation of Jewish national identity, is the solution to most of the problems that have beset the Jews since the time of Abraham. In the Land of Israel, as a nation of free men and women willing and able to assert and defend ourselves, the Jewish people flourish on every level. Disturbingly, with each passing day it becomes more and more obvious that the Olmert government does not believe that Zionism is important. To the contrary,...

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has no intention of halting Israel's aerial offensive against Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip despite calls by President Mahmoud Abbas for a ceasefire, Olmert aides said Thursday. "Israel will continue to operate against Hamas' terror. They will not control the situation, we will control the situation. We still haven't exhausted most of the targets that have been approved by the security cabinet," one aide added. Israel will step up attacks against Hamas over the next ten days for fear that world powers meeting at the G8 summit in Berlin next week will press it...

Jordan's king: Israel has shown itself to be weak By Ynetnews December 26, 2006 Bookmark to del.icio.usDigg This Story Jordan's King Abdullah said during an interview with Tokyo-based newspaper The Daily Yomiuri that "The (Lebanon) war last summer showed that Israel is not as strong as we had previously thought, and, justifiably or not, the perception in the Middle East is that Israel lost." Abdullah, who is currently visiting Japan, added that, "More and more countries in the region will now believe that the only way to get Israel to listen is through force and not negotiations. Israel will have...

Dec. 9, 2006 15:34 | Updated Dec. 9, 2006 19:32 Olmert not ruling out attack on Iran By YAAKOV KATZ AND JPOST STAFF Olmert is seen during a meeting with Gush Katif evacuees in the Negev. Olmert offered wide-ranging peace concessions to Palestinians on Monday if they turned away from violence. Photo: AP Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in an interview scheduled for publication on Sunday, told Germany's Der Spiegel magazine that he could not rule out the possibility of a military attack against Iran, and called for the international community to step up action against Teheran. Olmert called Iranian President...

Defense Minister Orders Destruction of Jewish Homes 23:11 Sep 19, '06 / 26 Elul 5766 by Ezra HaLevi Though put on hold with the outbreak of fighting in Gaza and Lebanon, the Olmert administration's plan to destroy Jewish hilltop communities is being put back on the table. Defense Minister Amir Peretz issued a directive Monday night authorizing IDF officials to destroy 90 homes and structures in Judea and Samaria termed illegal or unauthorized by the Civil Administration. The locations of the structures were not released to the public, but Peretz’s associates claim that not only Jewish communities would come under...

There is the possibility that some of the Likud renegades in Kadima, rueing the day on which they decided to throw in their lot with that ill-starred political creation, will return to the ranks of the Likud. And that some of the Labor rejects, now eating humble pie, will be mercifully accepted into the ranks of Labor. And that a politically reshuffled Knesset will bring down the Olmert government and vote confidence in a new prime minister and his government. Or else, perish the thought, new elections. This political uncertainty is painful to contemplate at a time when Israel faces...

The IDF (Israel Defense Force) reserve soldiers are beginning to march against the government, specifically, against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz, and all others who have failed the people of Israel. No doubt, if the law allowed, IDF soldiers currently in uniform would join them as eyewitnesses to the colossal failures of the government and the top military commanders. This does not, however, stop the people from joining our patriotic reservists in their march to demand a change to clean government, and from a military high command that is so politicized...

Whatever way you analyze UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and the cease-fire that might have broken out at 8 a.m. Monday morning, and even if you accept the government's claims that it's good for Israel, there is no way that it can be good for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. This was the war that was going to establish him as a bona fide leader. During the first few weeks, his popularity ratings soared sky-high as the public expressed its trust in the government's decision to go after Hizbullah. There was a great deal of disappointment and skepticism regarding the IDF's...