Israel Insider Briefing: 5 Days Before the Planned Expulsion

	August 10, 2005

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But people are disappearing, called up in unprecedent numbers to reserve army duty to carry out the expulsion. Tens of thousands of soldiers and police officers stand ready to destroy 24 Jewish communities, home to 10,000 people. they plan to destroy more than 2800 homes, detonate 28 synagogues, 18 memorials to the fallen, and unearth the graves of the Jewish dead. Against them stand the awakened, realizing perhaps belatedly the insanity of what we are about to do, providing a victory for the most heinous of terrorists and a base for future attacks, expelling thousands of Jewish families as our enemies have done throughout the ages. As I write, tens of thousands throng the Western Wall in prayer, beseeching the G-d of Israel to avert the decree. And tens of thousands more, perhaps hundreds of thousands, are preparing to act to somehow reverse this curse which the current government, elected specifically to prevent flight under fire from Gaza, led by leaders known by all to be corrupt, seeks to impose on us, having refused to hold a general referendum (and having lost a party referendum) or general elections on this most fateful of questions for the nation. I must say that it strikes me that it is the government and the security forces that seems frightened, even in panic, by the outpouring of popular passions by those, especially the young, that are waking up and saying: what in the world is this government doing? whose interests is it serving? and will we stand by while our own forces are used against our people to destroy what they have built over three generations. I urge you to read the reports and opinions, and even the briefs, in today's newsletter. They paint an extraordinary pictures of a nation on the brink of a precipice, one tinged with fear and utter absurdity on one side, but on the other an almost unbelievable outpouring of faith and hope. There is something in the air. Please turn to Israel Insider in the coming days for intensified coverage of the coming crisis in the Jewish nation. With love and hope for the speedy return of the real Israel, Reuven Koret Publisher publisher@israelinsider.com INSIDER QUOTE "Only we in the Knesset are able to stop this evil. Everything that the Knesset has decided, it is also capable of changing." Former Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu 08/10/2005 Articles Sharon accuses Bibi of opportunism; Bibi tells MKs to stop pullout PM Sharon and MK Netanyahu duke it out, with Bibi asking MKs to join the struggle against the pullout, and Sharon questioning the former's motives. "Expulsion Dress Rehearsal" halted due to excessive violence by border cops Parts of the concluding expulsion training exercise for security forces had to be halted due to excessive violence by trainees and inter-force disputes. Poll: Rebel Netanyahu would wrest ruling Likud from Sharon Likud rebel Benjamin Netanyahu would beat Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in primaries for leadership of the ruling party, a poll published Tuesday indicated. Disengagement Diary: Frequent Flyers, Planted Flowers No one knows what's going to happen. Uncertainty envelops us all. One of the most important turning points in Jewish history is just around the bend. RECENT VIEWS Disengagement will bring war By Ted Belman The consequences of having the free flow of arms and terrorists in and out of Gaza and the West Bank are obvious. Yet Sharon is doing just that. Will "dirty work" make us free? By Gail Winston Sharon didn't decide to retreat from Gaza because of left-wing tendencies. He is threatened with damage to Israel if he fails to deliver a "sacrificial lamb." Friends For Life By Rachel Saperstein At the town meeting, the people of Gush Katif began to shout and cry: "We are not packing! We are not going!" They clapped, whistled, shouted and smiled. Why we, as Christians, wear Orange By Stan Goodenough For me, a Christian who knows something of the biblical and contemporary history of the nation of Israel, there are no questions in my mind, no doubts. Briefs Tens of thousands gather at Kotel to protest disengagement Former chief rabbis Avraham Shapira, Mordechai Eliyahu and Shas' Ovadia Yosef joined the protestors at an evening prayer rally at the Western Wall plaza. Expulsion by hovercraft? Israeli security officials say they may use hovercrafts and landing crafts to assist in the evacuation of hundreds of settlers from the Gaza Strip. Dutch student posts online invite to Auschwitz theme party A shocking animation film has been put up on the internet in Holland, advertising a celebration with the theme of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp. Navy memorial vandalized with anti-IDF graffiti Vandals spraypainted 'Nazi,' 'Army of Terror' and 'The Occupation Army' on a memorial to fallen soldiers at the Israel Navy Museum in Haifa. Despite Turkish police report, Israel says Turkey still not safe Israeli experts have dismissed Turkish police reports that the arrest of 10 suspected al-Qaeda terrorists bent on attacking Israeli tourists, lifted the threat. 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