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Israeli military suspends battalion involved in assaulting, detaining CNN crew in West Bank By  Tal Shalev, Jeremy Diamond Tel Aviv —  The Israeli military’s top general suspended all operational activities of a reserve battalion involved in the detention and assault of a CNN team in the West Bank last week, the Israeli military said Monday. The reserve battalion, which is comprised of hundreds of reservists who served in the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda battalion, will be immediately withdrawn from the West Bank and reassigned to training until further notice, an Israeli military official said. The sweeping disciplinary action by Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, the Israeli military chief of staff, appears to be unprecedented in speed and scope, coming about 48 hours after CNN’s report about the incident first aired. It also appeared to reflect growing concerns inside the Israeli security establishment about spiraling Israeli settler violence in the West Bank. The suspension follows an i...

Some war with your tea?

 Today's headlines. Another day of war in Israel. Does that look like geulah to you?

Beit Shemesh vs. Oak Park

 Here's what you get for $1.5 million in Beit Shemesh: That's an apartment so there's no yard. The building appears to be twenty years old Here's what you get in Oak Park, MI where by the way there is no draft, no bombs dropping on your head, and where there are decent jobs and nearby hospitals. Brand new home:

MRI? Sort of

Here's more of what it's like here. I had to wait three months to get an MRI. That included traveling an hour to Jerusalem to see the doctor who prescribed it. So I go to the MRI and in the middle of it, air raid sirens go off, while I'm in the machine! That's the wonderful place to live according to a certain aliyah pushing rabbi who lives in comfort in New York. 

Geulah?

Remember when they told you the state was the beginning of geulah?

A Day in the Life

  Are you getting the picture? If not, I'll tell you about my day. I received a notice that the post office has a registered letter for me. The notice said that the letter would be returned two weeks after the date on the notice which was more than two weeks ago. I figured I still better try to pick it up. The designated post office was not the one near my home but on the other side of the city. I traveled by bus for thirty minutes and waited for my turn. However, impending bomb alerts went off and the manager kicked us out of the office and told us to go to the bomb shelter. We listened to explosions in the sky and returned to the office where I waited for another twenty minutes when another alert came in. Outside I went where an Iranian bomb exploded a few hundred yards away and nearly knocked me over. Next came sirens, and soldiers, and police and ambulances and mayhem. I went back to the post office, but they closed it for the day as the power was out. Turns out the bomb fell n...

It’s a salesman, not a rabbi

  Notice that he only talks about the view. He doesn't show you the tiny apartments. He doesn't talk about prices. They show cranes to give you the impression that geulah has come and that everyone is buying as if there are cranes all over Israel when just a few spots have them. His voice conveys excitement. He uses phrases like "dreams come true." Because he wears a yarmulka and has a long beard you trust him. But you are trusting a huckster. The whole thing is wild exaggeration. Even the view isn't great. Mostly it's a view of apartments, but they keep the camera moving so you can't determine that.  How much are these apartments in Lev Katamon, 1.5 KM from the East Jerusalem Arab area? More than 1.2 million dollars. Sponsored results הבית שלך בלב קטמון ירושלים | יצירת אמנות בלב ירושלים lev-katamon.csg.co.il https://lev-katamon.csg.co.il דירות 4-5 חדרים ופנטהאוזים בפרויקט לב קטמון החל מ-3,850,000 ₪ למידע ותיאום פגישה לחצו! לב קטמון מציעה חווית מגורים ייחו...