Ariel Sharon -- fearless warrior leaves complicated political legacy

(Sharon’s stroke never gave him the opportunity to react to the devastating results of his decision but one thing is clear: The warrior-politician would have taken responsibility for his actions.)

You compromise G-d's position like King Saul and G-d doesn't give you that chance rabbi

Dov Wolpe, chairman of the Our Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael Shelanu) movement, commented on Sunday evening on the death of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "Sharon will be remembered in Israel's history as the one who caused a Hamas takeover of Gaza and for rockets to be fired on central Israel,” he said. “He is the only leader who enlisted the Israel Defense Forces for his political needs and who destroyed the faith of soldiers in the righteousness of their war against the enemy. He is the man who will be remembered in our history as the one who destroyed the lives of thousands of families whom he expelled from their homes, removed dozens of dead from their graves and caused the burning of synagogues and yeshivot.”

Hashemite Jerusalem if YOU BELIEVE IT and THEY SAY SO

The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Waqf and Religious Affairs is carrying out the work at Jordan's request, the Israeli newspaper Maariv reported.

Maariv said the Jerusalem Municipality was not informed of the plans for the building, which is located in occupied East Jerusalem.

According to Maariv, the deserted building is used by prostitutes and drug users.

Jordan is renovating King Hussein's unfinished palace in Jerusalem. The Israeli government is in a de facto manner releasing its sovereignty over 'east' Jerusalem. You can say otherwise, but that is the reality on the ground. The Jews will not have their borders respected if they do not respect their own borders.

...Maan reports that the Kingdom of Jordan is behind a land grab in so called East Jerusalem. The King has apparently decided to complete his father's palace... Tel el-Ful, has a long and rich history going back to biblical times when it was the location of King Saul's palace, known as Givat Shaul (which is not the same as the Jewish neighborhood in northwest Jerusalem currently known as Givat Shaul). Tel el-Ful's location and height have made it a strategic site for 3,000 years.

What Mondoweiss has to say about Purim

This is from a post, not a comment:

In short, the Jews faced real danger, but they managed to survive, and then they lashed out in an orgy of vengeful violence at people they considered enemies, even though, on the evidence, the victims had nothing to do with the original threat. Sound familiar?

Not in the way you think, darling.

via judeopundit.blogspot.com

image via The Punishment of Haman by Michelangelo at artinthepicture.com

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

 - Samuel Chapter 15

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the head of Hadasah in 1948 is Julian Schnabel's MOM!?!? that has got to be a sign of something? feminist Purim is a lie, not the real Purim that says to kill your enemies.

The Purim Prequel

1 Samuel 15:1-3

There is another side of Purim that is rarely talked about... and that is that Haman is a descendent of Agag, King of Amalek who could of been destroyed if King Saul weren't such a woosie liberal. Also it is of interest that Haman's descendants became pious righteous Rabbis in Persia.

http://www.njop.org/html/PurimHanging.html

Amalek versus the Kingdom of Israel:
Samuel I, Chapter 15
Not long after the unified Kingdom of Israel was formed under the reign of King Saul, the king, at the direction of the prophet Samuel, gathered his troops to fulfill the Biblical commandment to wipe out Amalek. King Saul was a mighty warrior and was victorious over Amalek, virtually destroying the nation. But, "he took Agag, the king of Amalek alive...and Saul and the people had pity on Agag the king of Amalek," and on the Amalekite flocks and cattle (Samuel I 15:8-9).By having mercy on Agag, Saul went against the specific directive of G-d, who was, needless to say, less than pleased.The prophet Samuel rose early the very next morning, came to Saul and informed him that G-d was angered by his taking Amalekite sheep and cattle for spoils and for not fulfilling the commandment to utterly destroy Amalek. After a brief and futile denial by Saul, the king admitted his transgression and Samuel ordered Agag brought to him. The prophet proceeded to kill the king of Amalek and concluded the matter. The damage, however, was already done. In that one night, our sages teach us, Agag had relations with a maidservant (or his wife) who later, gave birth to a son. Thus, over a thousand years later the Jews were faced with mortal danger from Haman the Agagite.It is interesting to note that just as Haman is a direct descendant of Agag, both Mordechai and Esther are descendants of Saul.

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interesting... some say all of Haman's children were hanged.... ....but: descendants of Haman learnt the Torah in Benai Berak; descendants of Sisera taught children in Jerusalem; descendants of Sennacherib gave public expositions of the Torah. http://www.comeandhear.com/gittin/gittin_57.html