PM SHARON/ISRAELI CABINET COMMUNIQUE: "In accordance with the Disengagement Plan Implementation Law, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and I will sign an order determining 15 August 2005 as the evacuation day." We are approximately one week before evacuation day and it is now time to consider the circumstances in order to decide if they are of sufficient weight to affect the evacuation. I know that the security forces - the IDF and the Israel Police - are thoroughly prepared for the evacuation regarding both the possibility of an upsurge in Palestinian terrorism and the evacuation itself.  The Disengagement Authority and the various Government ministries have made thorough preparations regarding the civilian aspects of the evacuation; there is a solution for every resident. The civilian and security establishments are ready for the evacuation and this will be part of our decision today...Read the full article in Internet format

Palestinian Factions See the Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza is an Outcome of the  Intifada. GAZA, (IPC+Agencies), [Official PA website]. The national and Islamic factions stressed that Sharon's unilateral plan is the product of the Palestinian uprising (Intifada), resistance and the steadfastness of the Palestinian people. The Palestinian factions deemed his misleading plan, which he is vaunting,  as a means to reinstate the occupation, prop up the settlement activities and the apartheid wall in the West Bank and judiazing Jerusalem...Read the full article.   In Internet format.

Dr. Aaron Lerner: "Do the Americans, who praise Abbas, know this? "When the land gets  free of occupation forces, holding arms should be ended", Abbas said. Abbas: Israeli Withdrawal Should not Be Linked to any other Issue.  GAZA, (WAFA-PLO news agency)- President Mahmoud Abbas stressed on Tuesday that the Israeli withdrawal should not be linked to any other issue. In a speech before Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in Gaza, the President pointed out that US President George Bush had affirmed, in last June, on the linkage of the fate of the West Bank with that of Gaza Strip, and the Israeli withdrawal is going to be to September 28 positions as a transitional stage, refusing in the same time any changes of 1949 borders, not to say 1967 borders, unless there is an agreement between the two sides...Read the full article.    In Internet format.

Israel Decides to Keep Gaza Sealed off after Pullout.
PNA: Israel Will Remain 'the Occupying Power' after Withdrawal 09/09/2005.

Photo: Shaul Mofaz: " Israel is not prepared to trust the Palestinians to handle security and commerce by themselves.. no possibility of foreign inspectors replacing Israeli guards."

Palestine Media Center - PMC [Official PA website]. Vindicating Palestinian fears of transforming the Gaza Strip into the world's largest prison, Israel on Monday ruled out giving the Palestinians their own gate to the world, insisting at the last minute Monday it will control traffic in and out of Gaza after Israeli settlers and soldiers leave, as the PNA confirmed that Israel's unilateral withdrawal "will not change the legal status" of the "evacuated" areas and the Jewish state "will remain an occupying power."

Photo: Wolfensohn supports EU willingness to deploy foreign inspectors.

Just a week before the pullout begins, Israel's Security Cabinet met Monday to consider how to deal with the crossing point at Rafah between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Rather than endorse a plan for international inspectors to handle customs and security, the Israelis insisted on moving the crossing to the point where Gaza, Egypt and Israel meet - and on retaining Israeli control. Israel also threatened to cancel the customs union with the Gaza Strip if the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Egypt refuse to build a new border terminal near "Kerem Shalom" to replace the existing one in Rafah, the security cabinet decided Monday, Haaretz reported on Tuesday...Read the full article.   In Internet format.

MK UZI LANDAU TO ANNOUNCE CANDIDACY TO HEAD LIKUD. (IsraelNN.com).

Photo:  Uzi Landau  will announce his candidacy to head the Likud party.

 MK Uzi Landau has called a press conference for this morning in Tel Aviv in which he will announce his candidacy to head the Likud party. Landau clarified yesterday that former Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's resignation from the Cabinet has no effect on his decision to compete for the position. Dr. Landau, called "head of the rebels" against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of loyalty to the Likud's founding principles, has consistently voted
against the expulsion from Gush Katif and the Northern Shomron. Landau's record also shows consistent action on behalf of Jonathan Pollard, serving a life sentence in the United States for passing classified information to Israel. -30-
 

Settlement of Nissanit becomes a virtual ghost town ahead of Gaza withdrawal

NISSANIT, Gaza Strip- One of Israel's largest Gaza Strip settlements was a virtual ghost town Thursday. With less than a week before the Israeli pullout begins, most residents have cleared out of Nissanit, leaving rows of abandoned homes and lawns littered with discarded furniture and garbage. Israeli officials urged the thousands of settlers who remain to follow suit and leave their homes before soldiers come to remove them.

Photo: Palestinians hold Fatah-movement flags and olive trees during a planting ceremony in Rafah, Gaza Strip, near the fence of the Israeli settlement of Rafah Yam Thursday as part of the celebrations ahead of Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza...Read the full article.    In Internet format.

Lebanese resistance Announces Continuity of Struggle. (SANA-Syrian News Agency). Lebanese national resistance stressed in a statement that the resistance will continue until realizing total liberation of the Lebanese occupied lands. "No honest Lebanese wants to talk about an amnesty for the Zionists' agents," the statement said, pointing out that "those who talked about such amnesty have committed the high treason". On the other hand, Speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabeeh Berri discussed with Secretary General of the Syrian-Lebanese Higher Council Nasri Khouri ways of enhancing the Syrian-Lebanese relations. Both sides reviewed during a joint meeting what had the higher council done regarding joint agreements signed between the two countries.

Thousands rally against Gaza plan.

Tens of thousands of Israelis are staging a rally in Tel Aviv in protest at plans to pull out of Gaza, six days before the withdrawal is due to begin. Demonstrators clad in the symbolic orange colour of the protest movement filled Rabin Square, where successive speakers denounced the evacuation. Opponents of the plan have stepped up their protests in recent days, vowing to sabotage the withdrawal operation.

Jewish settlers are due to be removed from Gaza and part of the West Bank. Sea of orange: Protesters waving flags and banners streamed into the square in what is likely to be the last such mass show of resolve against the plan before the withdrawal gets under way. The square was transformed into a sea of orange, as demonstrators waved coloured balloons, flags and banners. Giant posters proclaimed "Gush Katif, I swear fidelity" and "Samaria, I swear fidelity" - references to a doomed settlement bloc and the biblical Hebrew name for the northern West Bank. The plaza is the place where former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was shot dead in 1995 by a right-wing Jewish gunman opposed to the peace accords with the Palestinians. The demonstration comes a day after tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews held a mass prayer gathering at the Western Wall in Jerusalem - Judaism's holiest site - against the impending pull-out. The withdrawal of settlers from the Gaza Strip is due to get under way on Wednesday, with a further withdrawal from four settlements in the West Bank soon afterwards.

Dr. Aaron Lerner: Israel Radio political commentator Channan Crystal insisted on skipping the next question when the results were broadcast this morning]

In the vote this week in the cabinet four ministers joined with Netanyahu to  vote against disengagement.  Should each of them resign from the government? [General population]
Livnat: Resign 47% Stay 37% Other 16%
Naveh: Resign 43% Stay 37% Other 20%
Katz: Resign 44% Stay 35% Other 21%
Hanegbi: Resign 45% Stay 36% Other 19%

In light of the inspection of the list of Labor Party members, should the party have a new registration? Total: No 14% Yes 63% Other 23%

Do you support the disengagement plan? Support 52% Oppose 35% Other 13%

Did the protests of the disengagement opponents cause you to change your  position on disengagement? No 92% Yes and other answers 8%.

Ezra tells Yesha it must accept law after call to reach Kissufim crossing. Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra told the Yesha Council of settlers on Thursday, that it is not the sovereign power in Israel, and added that while he values the Yesha leaders, they must know their place. The public security minister is calling on them to accept the law, because if everyone acts as they see fit, the state would deteriorate. The minister countered the Yesha Council call to confront soldiers and police, and to reach the Kissufim crossing to Gush Katif in any way possible. Source: Reka.

Syrian shouts out of Turkish court window he planned to attack Israelis. A suspected Syrian Al-Qaida terrorist appeared before a Turkish court on Thursday to face charges . He shouted to journalists from a courthouse window that he was planning to attack Israeli cruise ships docking on Turkey's Meditterranean coast. Speaking Turkish with an Arabic accent, the man shouted, "I have no regrets. I was going to attack Israeli ships. If they come, my friends will attack them." Officials then pulled the man back and closed the window.

PA asks Israel to allow prisoners to vote in Palestinian election. The Palestinian Authority has asked Israel to allow teams from the Palestinian Central Elections Committee to enter security prisons so that Palestinian prisoners can take part in upcoming elections. Minister on Prisoner Affairs, Sufyan Abu-Zeiyde, is asking for permission to bring polling stations into the jails under the supervision of international observers. IBA

Soldier caught with fragmentation grenades in backpack. At the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem, security guards found two fragmentation grenades in a soldier's backpack. The soldier maintains that he took the grenades with the authorization of his commanders. The soldier was handed over to military police, which has launched an investigation.

Volunteers help farmers dismantle Katif hothouses. Hundreds of volunteers, many of them from religious kibbutzim and high school yeshivas, are helping Gush Katif farmers to dismantle hothouses. The kibbutz movement has been organizing the volunteer campaign with funding from the Prime Minister's Office. The IDF has released soldiers who live in Gush Katif so that they can help their families. IBA

Sgt. Taysir Hayb sentenced to 8 years in the death of British national Tom Hurndall. Today, the IDF Southern district military court sentenced Sergeant Taysir Hayb to eight years in prison and an additional two years suspended sentence after being convicted of manslaughter following the death of British national Tom Hurndall. The soldier was found guilty of five additional counts, including two counts of obstruction of justice, and one count of submission of false information, solicitation to submit false information, and conduct unbecoming a soldier. On April 11, 2003, Hurndall, an activist of the International Solidarity Movement, was wounded by a shot fired by the soldier, Sergeant Taysir Hayb, along the Israeli-Egyptian border near Rafah. On June 27th, 2005 the military court found that the soldier fired a single shot, intentionally, at a point near Hurdall's head, in complete contravention of the rules of engagement. Hurndall was wounded as a result of the shot fired, and died of his wounds several months later, on January 13th 2004. The court found that the defendant fabricated a series of events in an attempt to cover up his actions and absolve himself of responsibility for the shooting and its consequences. Immediately after the incident he reported a made-up incident, concealed the truth during the field investigation conducted by the battalion and brigade commander, and tried to solicit another soldier to support his false rendition of events. The court found the soldier's action to be very severe, and in contravention of the values of the IDF, foremost among them the sanctity of life. The judges said in the sentencing: "We have taken many aspects into consideration, both in favor of the defendant and against him, but foremost among them is the sanctity of life and that is what will guide us with regard to the punishment. The court must send a clear message that, despite the period of murderous terror attacks in Israel, and although the soldiers (stationed along the border in the area of Rafah) may find themselves the most dangerous area of combat, serving with determination in a position that may endanger their lives, IDF soldiers must use their weapons and exert their potentially lethal force only when such an extent is required for the completion of their mission and never beyond that.  They must take every measure within their power to prevent any harm to human life, person or dignity.  The military prosecution will further study this sentencing and will consider filing an appeal in accordance. The IDF condemns the actions of the soldier, which are completely in contravention of IDF ethical values. The IDF express its sorrow over the death of Tom Hurndall, and extends its condolences to the family.

By Dr. Aaron Lerner .  Telephone poll carried out by New Wave of a sample of Likud members for  Channel 2 as reported by Maariv on 10 August. www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART/969/011.html Who will you vote for as head of the Likud Party? Netanyahu 42% Sharon 27% Undecided 15.6% Won't vote 10.8% The survey also found that 64% believe that the Gaza Strip will turn into a terror state after the disengagement.

MUSLIMS ARE TRAINED, CONDITIONED AND TAUGHT FROM CHILDHOOD TO HATE THE JEWS!

Syrian MP Muhammad Habash: Modern Jews Are Partly Responsible  for the Killing of the Prophets by Their Forefathers

Photo: MP Muhammad Habash accused the Jews of killing the prophets.

Syrian MP Muhammad Habash discussing how modern Jews are partly responsible for the killing of the prophets. This discussion aired on Al-Deera TV on August 4, 2005. In another clip, Habash talks about how the Jews polluted Al-Madina with their filth during the time of Muhammad, and Muhammad's ecological cleanup project; this interview aired on Syrian TV on July 29, 2005....Read the full article.   In Internet format.

 

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