Monthly Archives: July 2005
Our Efforts to Free our Daughter, Chaya
We would like to update you on our work in this struggle.
We realize many of you may not have the time to read this entire email, so we will summarize it first and then...
A Letter to My Seventeen Year Old Daughter at Auschwitz
Dear Leora,
As I write this letter to you today, you and your schoolmates visit the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkanau in Poland.
At this moment, you view the remains of the crematoria, the ovens, the...
Some US Congressional leaders worry that Gaza pullout amounts to appeasement
Nobody in the Republican-controlled Congress wants to be seen as opposing the wishes of both Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Bush administration. But quietly, the unilateral Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip...
Does Corruption Drive Israeli ‘Disengagement’?
July 30th, 2005
In the last few weeks we have explored some possible motives behind the government of Israel's insanely self-destructive decision to expel the Jewish population of Gaza and part of Samaria, and to...
We Can’t Promise Zero Gunfire During Withdrawal
The scenario that has the security establishment most concerned is of disengagement under fire, but, judging by the statements made recently by Palestinian Authority officials, it seems unlikely that they will be able to...
PA to Buy Weapons from Egypt
Israel has allowed the Palestinian Authority to buy ammunition for the Kalashnikov assault rifles in its possession, said Palestinian sources in Gaza yesterday.
These sources said: "our ammunition has run out and we're going to...
Knesset Orders Investigation of PM Appointee to Coordinate Disengagement Policies
On Thursday, July 28th, 2005, MK Uri Ariel's office informed the press that the Knesset has formally delegated the Israel State Comptroller to launch a formal investigation into the allegations that Eival Giladi, appointed...
An Award for Terror
Exit from Gaza will backfire
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice traveled to Israel last week to salvage Israel's planned pullout from Gaza. The pullout is threatened by violence from Palestinian Islamists and threats from...
Roundups of Jews
Our community phone message system is in operation most of the day. Notices of prayer meetings, protest gatherings, organized meetings between soldiers and settlers, births, deaths, controlled explosions, take cover’ because of Arab bombardment,...
Former military intel chief slams Sharon’s plan
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to evacuate Jewish communities from Gaza and parts of the West Bank is a "disastrous" military move and a major victory for terrorism, Israel's former intelligence research chief...