Bridges for Peace
Aids Rocket-Attacked Towns - CEO Rev. Becky Brimmer, Part 2
WAR REPORT
Bridges for Peace
Aids Rocket-Attacked Towns - CEO Rev. Becky Brimmer, Part 1
WAR REPORT
Prof. Gerald
Steinberg - BESA Analyst, Part 2
WAR REPORT
Entertaining Kids
in Sderot - Yehuda Golan, SPNI
TEACHING
Cheryl Hauer
Joseph,
Part 2c
Radio Bulletin:
Financial Crisis Increases Anti-Semitism
Around the world, the financial crisis dominates the news. In my travels this fall, I found this topic to be on everyone’s lips regardless of what country we were in. We watch the stock market numbers and peruse the financial pages of the newspaper on a daily basis. We hear stories of fortunes lost. One of our BFP volunteers, a retired lady, confessed that she has lost her entire stock portfolio. Certainly the financial crisis is impacting the world on many levels. In Israel, Minister of Welfare Isaac Hertzog has said that 150,000 more Israelis are expected to join the ranks of poverty. Certainly poverty, depression, and financial collapse are frightening realities. In the Jewish world, this fear is compounded by the knowledge that, historically, the Jewish people often are targeted in hard times.
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Gaza: 3 Soldiers Killed, 20 Injured in Friendly Fire Incident
Cleared for publication: Three Israel Defense Forces [IDF] soldiers were killed and 24 others were injured, one critically and three seriously on the evening of January 5, in a friendly fire incident in northern Gaza. Among the fatalities were two officers and a soldier. Colonel Avi Peled, commander of the Golani Brigade sustained minor injuries in the incident.
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IDF: Hamas Will Attempt to Increase Rocket Fire
Photo: Isranet
The defense establishment believes that Hamas will increase the rocket fire on Israel as long as Operation Cast Lead is in progress. January 5 saw over 30 rockets fired at Israel. Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces [IDF] said that the ground incursion into Gaza, as the entire operation, is meant to decrease rocket fire, it is unlikely so stop completely.
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Olmert: We Do Not Aim to Topple Hamas
Photo: GPO
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stressed January 5 that the objectives of Operation Cast Lead do not include toppling Hamas's regime in the Gaza Strip. Olmert, who met Monday evening with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, said that "(Israel) did not set out to eliminate Hamas's rule in Gaza, though we can do that too." Sarkozy arrived in Israel earlier Monday morning, in an attempt to see if a ceasefire can be brokered between Israel and Hamas.
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Urgent PA Leadership Crisis Looms
A constitutional leadership crisis is looming over the Palestinian Authority [PA] as January 9—the date that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s [Abu Mazen’s] term officially ends—draws near. Abbas, from the Fatah movement, was elected into office on January 9, 2005 in an election in the West Bank [Judea and Samaria] and the Gaza Strip, a few months after his predecessor Yassir Arafat passed away.
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A Human Reflex During a Time of War
Photo: Isranet
While the international press focuses almost exclusively on the bloody images of Israel's operation against Gaza—the rockets, missiles, and gunfire, humanitarian efforts by Israelis are already underway to help Palestinian civilians. These efforts, which rarely receive a mention in the media, include the regular overseeing and transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza residents—including blood units, medical supplies, and food staples—and the treatment of Gazans in Israeli hospitals.
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Around the world, the financial crisis dominates the news. In my travels this fall, I found this topic to be on everyone’s lips regardless of what country we were in. We watch the stock market numbers and peruse the financial pages of the newspaper on a daily basis. We hear stories of fortunes lost. One of our BFP volunteers, a retired lady, confessed that she has lost her entire stock portfolio. Certainly the financial crisis is impacting the world on many levels. In Israel, Minister of Welfare Isaac Hertzog has said that 150,000 more Israelis are expected to join the ranks of poverty. Certainly poverty, depression, and financial collapse are frightening realities. In the Jewish world, this fear is compounded by the knowledge that, historically, the Jewish people often are targeted in hard times.
Cleared for publication: Three Israel Defense Forces [IDF] soldiers were killed and 24 others were injured, one critically and three seriously on the evening of January 5, in a friendly fire incident in northern Gaza. Among the fatalities were two officers and a soldier. Colonel Avi Peled, commander of the Golani Brigade sustained minor injuries in the incident.
A constitutional leadership crisis is looming over the Palestinian Authority [PA] as January 9—the date that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s [Abu Mazen’s] term officially ends—draws near. Abbas, from the Fatah movement, was elected into office on January 9, 2005 in an election in the West Bank [Judea and Samaria] and the Gaza Strip, a few months after his predecessor Yassir Arafat passed away.
