10th of Tevet, Remember

thanks Boris for the cartoon

Today is the 10th of Tevet, and we're supposed to remember.

Today is the 10th of Teveth, the day when Nebuchadnezzar - the king of Babylon - began his siege on Jerusalem, that culminated in the destruction of the First Holy Temple and the exile of our people. This is one of the four public fast days.

Our politicians here in Israel refuse to remember.

photo credit Qassam lands in Negev kibbutz, damaging house; no one injured
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave the Israel Defense Forces permission on Wednesday to attack rocket-launching cells in the Gaza Strip as long as they are identified shortly before the launching, but the Prime Minister's Office said the Israeli commitment to the cease-fire in Gaza still stands. His decision to authorize only pinpoint operations while generally upholding a policy of restraint raised ire among senior IDF officers Thursday who argued that that the only effective way to curb rocket attacks was to send forces into the northern Gaza Strip.

and

Hagai Huberman: Deep IDF operations thwart terror - not separation fence
Let us repeat and say what has already been noted innumerable times in the
past: the separation fence is by its nature a political fence. It is meant
to set the future border between Israel and the Palestinian state, more or
less on the Green Line, with minor changes and adjustments. It has no
security significance. Its contribution to thwarting attacks is marginal,
if at all. The IDF succeeds in thwarting attacks only thanks to its
intensive activity deep in the territory of Judea and Samaria - within
Nablus, within Jenin, within Hebron - in each and every place without
limitation."

Israel is in danger.