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Palestinian sources report of an IAF raid near southern Gaza town of Khan Younis. Fatalities believes to be Hamas operatives
Associated Press
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An Israeli air strike killed five Hamas members early Saturday, prompting threats by Gaza militants to fire longer-range rockets at Israeli border towns.
Eight people were wounded, including one critically, in the strike near the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis, close to the border with Israel, said Moaiya Hassanain of Gaza's Health Ministry.
Hamas said the dead were members of its military wing, while many of the injured belonged to the Popular Resistance Committees, a smaller militant group allied with Hamas. Hamas said the men were on a night patrol east of Khan Younis.
The army said it carried out the strike after identifying armed men near its border with Gaza.
Israel carries out regular military operations in Gaza, targeting militants launching near-daily rocket barrages into Israel.
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Abu Mujahed said his group had plans to fire longer-range rockets at Israel. "The real barrage of rockets has not yet begun," he said, adding that "22 kilometers is not the ceiling."
Abu Mujahed, a spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees said his brother was one of those killed in the air strike. "This is a tax we pay for (creating) a homeland," he said of his loss.
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Libnanews – 27 novembre – Une fusillade durant 30 min a opposé cet après midi sympathisants de la coalition majoritaire désignés comme étant les Brigades de Tripoli et un groupe islamique nommé « Mouvement Islamique de l’Unification », soutenu selon des sources non officielles comme étant soutenus par l’Iran et la Syrie, dans le quartier d’Abou Samra à Tripoli au Nord Liban.
par Daniel Pipes
28 novembre 2007, version provisoire
Étonnement, la combinaison entre les bases faussées de la rencontre d’Annapolis et la mollesse du premier ministre israélien Ehud Olmert («la paix est affaire de concession») a généré quelque chose d’utile. En effet, rompant avec ses prédécesseurs, Olmert a exigé avec vigueur que ses partenaires de négociation palestiniens acceptent l’existence permanente d’Israël en tant qu’État juif, suscitant ainsi une réaction révélatrice.
Olmert annonça le 11 novembre que si les Palestiniens ne reconnaissaient pas Israël comme «un État juif», les discussions d’Annapolis seraient stoppées. «Je n’ai pas l’intention de transiger d’une quelconque manière sur la question de l’État juif. Cela constituera une condition à notre reconnaissance d’un État palestinien.»
Il confirma cette position le lendemain, qualifiant la «reconnaissance d’Israël comme un État pour le peuple juif» de «point de départ à toutes les négociations. Nous n’entamerons aucun débat avec qui que ce soit sur le fait qu’Israël est un État pour le peuple juif.» Il releva aussi que les dirigeants palestiniens doivent «avoir la volonté de faire la paix avec Israël en tant qu’État Juif».
La mise en exergue de ce point a l’avantage d’attirer l’attention sur la question centrale du conflit israélo-arabe – le sionisme, le mouvement nationaliste juif, un aspect généralement ignoré dans le brouhaha des négociations. De fait, quasiment depuis la naissance de l’État, les pourparlers se sont concentrés sur la complexité de questions secondaires telles que les frontières, la disposition des troupes, le contrôle de l’armement et des armes, les lieux sacrés, les ressources naturelles, les droits d’établissement, la représentation diplomatique et les relations étrangères.
Les dirigeants palestiniens ont répliqué rapidement et sans équivoque à l’exigence d’Olmert:
Salam Fayad, le «premier ministre» de l’Autorité palestinienne: «Israël peut se définir comme il lui plaît, mais les Palestiniens ne le reconnaîtront pas comme État juif.»
La généralisation d’Erekat est à la fois curieuse et révélatrice. Non seulement 56 États et l’OLP appartiennent à l’Organisation de la conférence islamique, mais la plupart d’entre eux, y compris l’OLP, font de la charia (la loi islamique) leur principale ou unique source de législation. L’Arabie Saoudite exige même que tous ses sujets soient musulmans.
En outre, le lien entre la religion et la nation n’est de loin pas l’apanage des pays musulmans. Comme le relève Jeff Jacoby, du Boston Globe, la loi argentine «charge le gouvernement de soutenir la foi catholique romaine. La reine Elizabeth II est le Gouverneur suprême de l’Église d’Angleterre. Dans le royaume himalayen du Bhoutan, la constitution proclame que le Bouddhisme est l’‹héritage spirituel› de la nation. La deuxième partie de la constitution grecque déclare que ‹la religion dominante en Grèce est celle de l’Église orthodoxe orientale du Christ›.»
Pourquoi, donc, ce faux refus de principe de reconnaître Israël comme un État juif? Peut-être parce que l’OLP nourrit toujours l’intention d’éliminer Israël en tant qu’État juif, justement.
Je dis bien «éliminer» et non détruire. Oui, jusqu’à présent, l’antisionisme a essentiellement revêtu une forme militaire, du «jetez les Juifs à la mer» de Gamal Abdel Nasser à l’«Israël doit être rayé de la carte» de Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mais la puissance des Forces de défense israéliennes a poussé l’antisionisme vers une démarche plus subtile, qui consiste à accepter un État israélien puis à en démanteler le caractère juif. Les antisionistes envisagent plusieurs moyens d’y parvenir:
Démographie. Les Palestiniens pourraient submerger la population juive d’Israël, un objectif signalé par leur exigence d’un «droit au retour» et par leur «guerre des ventres».
Politique. Les citoyens arabes d’Israël rejettent toujours davantage la nature juive du pays et exigent qu’il devienne un État binational.
Terreur. Les quelque 100 attentats palestiniens hebdomadaires perpétrés entre septembre 2000 et septembre 2005 visaient à susciter le déclin économique, l’émigration et l’apaisement.
Isolation. Toutes ces résolutions des Nations Unies, ces condamnations dans la presse et ces attaques sur les campus sont destinées à miner l’esprit sioniste.
La reconnaissance par les Arabes de la nature juive d’Israël doit revêtir une priorité diplomatique maximale. Les négociations devraient être stoppées et gelées jusqu’à que les Palestiniens acceptent formellement le sionisme puis mettent un terme à toutes leurs stratégies visant à éliminer Israël. D’ici là, il n’y a rien à discuter.
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| Bande de Gaza: deux terroristes palestiniens tués par Tsahal | |
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| Deux terroristes palestiniens ont été tués dimanche par l'armée israélienne au cours d'une incursion dans le centre de la bande de Gaza, a-t-on appris de sources médicales. L'un des tués appartenait au Jihad islamique et le second était membre des Comités de résistance populaires. Selon un porte-parole militaire, les soldats ont repéré deux hommes équipés de ceintures de munitions, dont l'un était armé et les ont tués alors qu'ils se dirigeaient vers eux. Les forces israéliennes opéraient alors aux abords du camp de réfugiés de Mghazi, rapportent des témoins. Source: Edicom.ch |
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To see this online, click here NGO Monitor submission to the Winograd Commission
The Winograd Commission (officially "הוועדה לבדיק ארועי המערכה בלבנון 2006") was appointed by the Israeli government to investigate and draw lessons from the 2006 Second Lebanon War. It is chaired by retired judge Eliyahu Winograd, and its members include Law Professor Ruth Gavison, Political Science Professor Yehezkel Dror, and IDF Reserve Generals Menachem Einan and Chaim Nadel. The Commission has been reviewing evidence since September 18, 2006, on April 30, 2007 it released its preliminary findings and its final report is expected in early 2008. Among other issues, it is expected to consider the question of whether Israel committed human rights violations during the conflict. NGO Monitor's submission to the Commission analyses the reporting of human rights NGOs during the 2006 Lebanon War, and discusses these groups' exploitation of human rights rhetoric and international law to promote a politicized anti-Israel agenda. Major NGOs claiming to promote human rights, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW), published numerous reports primarily condemning Israeli military actions in the war. The claims were often based on "evidence" provided by Lebanese eyewitnesses, whose credibility and links to Hezbollah were not investigated; and they declared that Israel had violated human rights using double standards and selective or misleading claims. Accompanied by strong public relations campaigns, NGO claims were repeated by the media and politicians, with little critical scrutiny. NGO Monitor presents extensive evidence of NGO distortions in the 2006 Lebanon War (further documentation of NGO bias can be found at www.ngo-monitor.org) and suggests that the Committee
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By Aaron Klein
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
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Olmert's approval to ship 25 armored vehicles to Fatah forces was strongly contested by the Israel Defense Forces and Israel's Shin Bet Security Services out of fear Hamas would seize the equipment.
"We thank Olmert for this gift to the American tool (Abbas), because it is only a matter of time before the Islamic resistance (Hamas) will come to the West Bank just as we took Gaza," said Abu Abdullah, considered one of the most important operational members of Hamas' so-called military wing. "Of course we will obtain the armored vehicles."
Muhammad Abdel-El, the spokesman of the Hamas-allied Popular Resistance Committees terror group told WND, "Abbas and the Zionists didn't learn from the lessons of Gaza. The West transferred weapons and equipment in a conspiracy against Hamas in Gaza; we warned we would take control, and this happened. We say the same thing this time. These new transfers to Abbas will be obtained by us."
Olmert today approved the armed vehicle shipment as a gesture to Abbas ahead of next week's U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian summit in Annapolis at which Israel is largely expected to outline a Palestinian state in most of the West Bank.
The armored vehicles will be sent by Russia as part of a deal made between Abbas and Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2003. Israel, which controls the West Bank borders, did not facilitate the transfer four years ago, but Olmert green-lighted the vehicle delivery after Abbas earlier this month reportedly petitioned Russia to send the machinery.
Aside from the armored vehicles, Olmert also approved a shipment of 1,000 rifles and 2 million rounds of ammunition for Abbas' forces, particularly Fatah's Force 17 presidential guards and the Preventative Security Services, which serve as police units in the West Bank.
Many members of Fatah's declared military wing, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, openly serve in the Fatah security forces. The Brigades is responsible for scores of suicide bombings, deadly shootings and rocket attacks.
Israel's army and security services strongly objected to the transfer of the armored vehicles both out of fear Hamas would seize the vehicles and because the machinery could provide cover to Al Aqsa gunmen who carry out attacks, according to senior IDF sources.
Knesset members today slammed Olmert's decision to allow the armored vehicles.
Benjamin Netanyahu, chairman of the opposition Likud party called on parties in Olmert's coalition government to "leave this reckless and failed government."
National Union leader Arieh Eldad said, "The prime minister will be personally responsible for each Jew that will be harmed, and he will be put on trial for crimes against the Jewish people."
Hamas' vows to take over the armored vehicle transfers comes amid warnings from its leaders that the terror group is prepared to seize the West Bank if Olmert hands the strategic territory to Abbas.
"Israel thinks Fatah in the West Bank is there to serve it, but we will take over the West Bank the way we took over Gaza," stated Hamas' leader in Gaza, Mahmoud al-Zahar, at a major rally in the Gaza Strip earlier this month.
Al-Zahar, who served as foreign minister in the deposed Hamas-led Palestinian government, became the most senior Hamas leader to state in recent weeks the terror group plans to seize the West Bank just as it took complete control of the Gaza Strip this past June, taking over all U.S.-backed Fatah security installations and reportedly seizing control of large stockpiles of weaponry transferred to Abbas over the years.
Al-Zahar's statements follow a WND report last week quoting senior Israeli and Palestinian security officials stating Hamas is setting the stage for a takeover of the West Bank, which borders Jerusalem and is within rocket range of Tel Aviv and Israel's international airport.
Israeli and Palestinian security officials told WND they have specific information Hamas is quietly setting the stages for an imminent West Bank takeover attempt. The officials said that among other things, Hamas has been acquiring weaponry in the West Bank and has set up a sophisticated system of communication between cells for a seizure attempt.
In what is considered the most threatening Hamas move, according to the officials, the terror group is thought to have heavily infiltrated all major Fatah forces in the West Bank and has been attempting to buy off Fatah militia members, many times successfully.
According to Palestinian sources, Hamas has, among other things, recruited important members of Fatah's Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. The terror group particularly has targeted those who were against a deal this past summer in which Olmert extended amnesty to Brigades members as a gesture to Abbas.
The issue of Hamas infiltration of Fatah was thought to have been the Achilles heel that led to the terror group's takeover last summer of the entire Gaza Strip, including dozens of major, U.S.-backed Fatah security compounds there. Hamas' seizure is thought to be a partial consequence of Israel evacuating Gaza in 2005.
Hamas' infiltration of Fatah was so extensive, according to top Palestinian intelligence sources speaking to WND, it included the chiefs of several prominent Fatah security forces, including Yussef Issa, director of the Preventative Security Services, the main Fatah police force. Issa regularly coordinated security with the U.S. and Israel.
WND first reported Hamas' infiltration of Fatah in April, quoting a high-ranking Palestinian intelligence official.
A senior Abbas aide, Nabil Amr, admitted Fatah security forces are in a "state of infiltration" by Hamas.
Israel’s army chief confirms Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah responsible for murder of an Israeli man on West Bank, reports 24 roadblocks dismantled
November 20, 2007, 9:03 PM (GMT+02:00)
Ido Zoldan, 29, of Shavei Shomron, was killed at the wheel of his car in a drive-by shooting in N. West Bank Monday night, Nov. 19, claimed by Fatah-Al Aqsa Brigades.At his briefing Tuesday to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee,
Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi confirmed Fatah were the perpetrators. The attack took place hours after Abbas met with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and assured him his organization could and would combat Palestinian terror. Israeli military and security forces have been placed on high alert for Palestinian terrorist attacks sparked by the forthcoming Middle East conference at Annapolis.
In Gaza, an IDF Golani unit spotted three armed Palestinians using a ladder to climb over the border fence for an attack on the Netiv Ha’asara village to the north. They lobbed grenades at the unit which stopped them; two terrorists were killed and the third escaped. Further south, two Palestinian gunmen managed to cross the border near Khan Younes, were heading for a night attack in Kibbutz Nirim when they were intercepted and shot dead by Israeli troops.
Monday, Palestinians from Gaza fired 4 Qassam missiles, 20 mortar rounds from Gaza at Israeli targets, including southern Ashkelon.
DEBKAfile’s military sources reported earlier that Hamas has begun using its new, extended range weapons, which bring large Israeli towns within range. Hamas and Jihad Islami leaders have threatened to escalate their attacks on Israeli civilian locations with the approach of the Middle East conference at Annapolis, Maryland. The two terrorist groups have been joined by the radical Palestinian Fronts in setting up a joint command on the West Bank called “Guardians of the Walls” for expanding their missile and other terrorist operations against central Israel. Fatah's al Aqsa Brigades are proactive in all Palestinian terrorist incidents on the West Bank and Gaza Strip alike, despite the partial immunity from pursuit Abbas persuaded Olmert to extend its gunmen some weeks ago.
Also Monday, the Israeli cabinet approved the release of 421 Palestinians, most of them Fatah members jailed for terrorist attacks, as a goodwill gesture for the Palestinian leader Abbas. Chief of staff Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi objected.
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A tous nos chers lecteurs.
Ne vous est-il jamais venu à l'esprit d'en savoir un peu plus sur le titre de ce blog ?
Puisque nous nous sommes aujourd'hui habillés de bleu, il conviendrait de rentrer plus a fond dans l'explication du mot lessakel.
En fait Lessakel n'est que la façon française de dire le mot léhasskil.
L'hébreu est une langue qui fonctionne en déclinant des racines.
Racines, bilitères, trilitères et quadrilitères.
La majorité d'entre elle sont trilitères.
Aussi Si Gad a souhaité appeler son site Lessakel, c'est parce qu'il souhaitait rendre hommage à l'intelligence.
Celle qui nous est demandée chaque jour.
La racine de l'intelligence est sé'hel שכל qui signifie l'intelligence pure.
De cette racine découlent plusieurs mots
Sé'hel > intelligence, esprit, raison, bon sens, prudence, mais aussi croiser
Léhasskil > Etre intelligent, cultivé, déjouer les pièges
Sé'hli > intelligent, mental, spirituel
Léhistakel > agir prudemment, être retenu et raisonnable, chercher à comprendre
Si'hloute > appréhension et compréhension
Haskala > Instruction, culture, éducation
Lessa'hlen > rationaliser, intellectualiser
Heschkel > moralité
Si'htanout > rationalisme
Si'hloul > Amélioration, perfectionnement
Gageons que ce site puisse nous apporter quelques lumières.
Aschkel pour Lessakel.
Les négociations engagées par le gouvernement israélien nous interessent et nous préoccupent au plus haut point .
