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The Muqata: Evacuate Gilo
As you all probably know, someone is putting up stuff on Obama's teleprompter that is making Him look like a complete ignoramus - not that He could be expected to know anything about Gilo - particularly if He only hears about it from the same group of peo...
Dateline: 2009-11-19 4:45pm PT (138 words)
 
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The Muqata: Why did G-d "relent" to Isaac and Rivka's prayers?
Jameel was kind enough to invite me to his blog to post weekly Divrei Torah. Please let me know what you think!You'll find we've already written a Dvar Torah that explains a Pasuk in Toldos, located hereThis Dvar Torah blew me away. When it was clear that...
Dateline: 2009-11-19 12:00pm PT (544 words)
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The Muqata: Gintel Inside
There is an interesting development in the Intel story.Haaretz is reporting that a proposed solution has been reached by Intel and was presented to UTJ MK Uri Maklev, who presented it to Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin.The multi-part proposal is that the Inte...
Dateline: 2009-11-17 9:45pm PT (231 words)
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The Muqata: Dual-Use Technology (or Oil for Food)
Iran isn't the only group having their dual use technologies under tight scrutiny, or facing sanctions connected to compliance with an Oil for Food program.Like the Iranians, Chareidim in Israel face similar problems.As you know Chanukah is approaching ra...
Dateline: 2009-11-16 10:45pm PT (297 words)
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The Muqata: Israel's first political assassination attempt.
Long before Yigal Amir was even born, Israel's first political assassination attempt took place Friday, June 20, 1952.The target: Israel's Transportation Minister, MK David Zvi Pinkas. Pinkas was one of the leaders of the religious Zionist Mizrahi mo...
Dateline: 2009-11-16 5:30am PT (571 words)
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The Muqata: Intel, Jerusalem, and Shabbat Riots
Intel Corporation.Synonymous with "success", this superpower of a high tech company was at the forefront of bringing "hi-tech" to Israel, and was a crucial factor for the success of Israel's at attracting serious technology ventures.What does this have to...
Dateline: 2009-11-15 5:00am PT (1602 words)
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The Muqata: Deadly Rulings
The Arab former owners of Beit Hashalom in Hebron want to take their case to a Palestinian Court to prove they didn't sell it to da Jews. Of course if they lose the case in a PA court the sentence they face is death.Their claim is that as Israelis, it is ...
Dateline: 2009-11-15 12:00am PT (114 words)
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The Muqata: Just in time for Shabbat
In a strident reversal of his own previous ruling, (where R' Elyashiv clearly ruled that Shabbat Elevators are absolutely forbidden, both going up and down), R' Elyashiv is reportedly going to change his ruling and permit the use of Shabbat elevators (at ...
Dateline: 2009-11-13 3:15am PT (106 words)
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The Muqata: Persil Gell Detergent: Banned and Forbidden!
This Mea-Shearim-style public notice "Pashkevil" screams the dangers and horrors of using "Persil Gell" (not to be confused with Agel) laundry detergent...how dare we switch to this new-fangled "gell" detergent, when our mothers and grandmothers used only...
Dateline: 2009-11-12 2:30am PT (73 words)
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The Muqata: Israeli Mannerisms
Found this great tidbit over at "Recessioning In Jerusalem"Blogger Elaz attended the 2009 Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, and personally heard the following story from previous UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair.Of note is a story he related abou...
Dateline: 2009-11-11 6:45am PT (163 words)
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The Muqata: A Muqata History Post: 27 years since the Tyre (Zur) Disaster
Today, November 11, 2009 marks 27 years since the "First" Tyre/Zur Disaster -- a massive suicide bombing of IDF forces in Lebanon.An Islamic Jihad terrorist detonated a car bomb against the IDF Command Center in Tyre/Zur, South Lebanon, killing 75 IDF sol...
Dateline: 2009-11-11 4:15am PT (177 words)
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The Muqata: Restitution from Arab Countries: Who Gains?
Israeli political specialist Benny Mercury (Ben Caspit) has decided that that a recent Shas promoted and preliminarily-approved legislation, stating that any future political agreement that addresses compensation or relocation for "Palestinian refugees" m...
Dateline: 2009-11-11 4:15am PT (289 words)
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The Muqata: Director: Award Winning Israeli films are "mediocre or worse"
In a crushing interview with Haaretz, noted Israeli Director Dover Kosashvili trashes this past year's euphoria in the Israeli movie industry, calling films that won awards "mediocre or worse.""They're celebrating like this is genuine success," but "it's ...
Dateline: 2009-11-11 1:45am PT (487 words)
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The Muqata: Massive Jerusalem Archeological Dig Planned
Wow. A7 reported (and provided the above amazing picture): Israel is planning a major archaeological dig under the Western Wall (Kotel) plaza, opposite the Temple Mount, officials announced Thursday. The excavations will create an archaeological park dir...
Dateline: 2009-11-10 10:00am PT (370 words)
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The Muqata: US demands answers about illegal student's deportation
While this is apparently big news in the US, hardly anyone knows about this issue in Israel.CNN reported last week that 21 year old Gazan college student, Berlanty Azzam, was apprehended at an IDF checkpoint between Ramallah and Bethlehem.She said she was...
Dateline: 2009-11-10 7:30am PT (642 words)
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