Internal Israeli Problems diverting Government from External Ones!
June 26, 2007
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Shoring up Abbas, being alert to Hamas suicide bombings, disagreeing with Secretary Rice’s Plan, and seeing rockets from Gaza land in Sderot and the Gaza border area crossing are causing the Israeli government to spread their attention thin. These are far from being the government’s only problems, with the overall problem being that every time one thing seems to be straightened out, two more pop up to replace it. Israel’s greatest problem is growing immorality within its own society, which is the major problem in all societies.
Greed and covetousness among the elected officials stems out of immorality in government, as it does in all the governments of this world.
Isaiah 5:20-23 – Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! [21] Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
[22] Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: [23] Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Begin Selected Excerpts from Jerusalem Center Daily Alert
Israelis, Arabs Meeting to Shore Up Abbas
Aluf Benn, Barak Ravid and Yoav Stern
Prime Minister Olmert will announce a series of steps to bolster PA Chairman Abbas at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit Monday with Egyptian President Mubarak and Jordan’s King Abdullah. Israel will undertake the following to bolster Abbas: Release PA customs duties and VAT funds collected by Israel while ensuring that none of the money is given to militant groups.
Continue humanitarian assistance to Gaza and open the Kerem Shalom crossing to the passage of people and cargo. Reissue VIP cards to Palestinians. Allow the transfer of armored cars to Fatah forces in the West Bank.
Renew security cooperation in the West Bank. Resume the work of the combined security committee – Israel, Egypt, PA, U.S. – particularly in efforts to curtail arms smuggling to Gaza from Sinai.
(Haaretz)
Shin Bet Chief: Hamas Planning Terror Attack
Ronny Sofer
Hamas plans a suicide attack inside Israel, Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin warned the Israeli cabinet on Sunday. Hamas would not settle for conquering Gaza, but also planned to take over the West Bank and the PLO, he said. Diskin said Hamas “is examining the option of carrying out a suicide attack in order to prevent (Abbas’) strengthening.” “Fatah is dismantled and divided in the West Bank, and its strength is in Hamas’ weakness. It has no leadership; there is no one person running things,” he added.
Diskin said last week’s rocket attack on Kiryat Shmona was a result of clashes between the Lebanese military and the Fatah al-Islam terror group operating from the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon. “Following these events, they tried to take that conflict out on Israel.
The conflict is with Fatah al-Islam, which is a global Jihad organization. As far as we are concerned, this is the entrance of al-Qaeda into the Arab world,” Diskin said. (Ynet News)
Olmert Shelves Rice’s Shelf Agreement
Aluf Benn
During his visit to the U.S. last week, Prime Minister Olmert rejected a proposal by Secretary of State Rice that Israel negotiate a permanent settlement with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Rice supports talks on a “shelf agreement” that would outline a permanent settlement but not be implemented immediately because of Abbas’ weak standing. In Rice’s view, merely reaching such an agreement in principle would provide the Palestinians with a “political horizon” and hope.
But Olmert is strongly opposed to the idea. He fears a situation in which Israel approves the agreement, but Abbas fails to sell it
to the Palestinian public and then Israel might be pressured to make further concessions.
Olmert agreed several months ago to launch talks with Abbas over “a political horizon,” on condition that these not deal with the three core issues – Jerusalem, permanent borders, and refugees – but only with the nature of the future Palestinian state, its systems of government and law, and security arrangements for the territories. (Ha’aretz)
Three Injured in Palestinian Rocket Attack
Shmulik Hadad
Three Israelis were injured when a Kassam rocket launched by Palestinians in Gaza landed in the backyard of a Sderot home Sunday morning. The rocket caused damage to the home, which was also hit by a rocket in May. (Ynet News)
Palestinians Shell Israeli Border Area near Gaza Crossing
Palestinian terrorists fired 11 mortars towards Israel Sunday afternoon, hitting an area near the Karni crossing.
(Jerusalem Post)
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