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Moshe But Not Yehoshua?

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Moshe received the Torah, but Yehoshua conquered Eretz Yisrael. Many of us were a bit surprised with the outcome of the Likud primaries. Two of the biggest supporters for Jewish rights on Har HaBayit, Moshe Feiglin and Tsippi Hotovely, received very low spots on the Likud list and it's unlikely that they'll be in the next Knesset. So what happened? The most obvious cause is that they were both victims of a hit list  put out by Bibi and his cronies. This probably had a number of components that included: Voting lists . Bibi's organization promoted lists of "kosher candidates" or pre-filled ballots that did not contain Moshe or Tsippi. These lists are designed to utilize all of your votes so that you only vote for approved candidates.  Phony deals.  Moshe and Tsippi were probably the victims of phony deals. Part of the wheeling and dealing of primaries is that the various "camps" agree to support each others candidates, or for a porti...

KLF: 30 New Honorary Members

The Kitniyot Liberation Front (KLF) would like to announce that honorary membership in the Kitniyot Liberation Front has been awarded to the 30 soldiers of the Duchifat and Netzach Yehuda battalions who refused to expel their Jewish brothers from their homes in the holy city of Hevron. Whether or not these soldiers eat kitniyot during Pesach, their heroic stance has demonstrated that they are firmly committed to "fighting for truth and abandoning shtuth" . Speaking of shtuth, the Likud court has decided that Moshe Feiglin can run in the elections for the head of the party--but they haven't decided whether to expel him from membership. Bibi should stop worry about Feiglin and tell the electorate exactly why he's a better choice than loser # 1 (Smolmert) or loser #2 (Ehud Barach). If he's not--or he's the same--then he should simply stand aside for Feiglin who can at least offer a different vision to the electorate, one that synchs with the Likud's tradition...