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FREEMAN CENTER BROADCAST- February 25,  2010 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest." Isaiah 62. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FREEMAN CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES P.O. Box 35661 * Houston, Texas 77235-5661 Phone or Fax: 713-723-6016 * E-mail: bernards@sbcglobal.net OUR WEB SITE (URL): http://www.freeman.org THE MACCABEAN ONLINE: URL:http://www.freeman.org/online.htm Freeman Center Blog http://www.freeman.org/serendipity/ ============= ==================== They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. - Plato "The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see." -- Ayn Rand ##########  Ignorance Is Weakness - Know The Truth Self-Inflicted Ignorance Is Suicide The Freeman Center Is A Defense Against Ignorance =============== To Make a tax deductible contribution to the Freeman Center's important educational work, mail check to address above or go to our website www.freeman.org to pay by credit card or paypal. We need your help to continue our Zionist work. ================================ THERE IS NO MAGIC CURE FOR CONFLICT ISRAELIS MUST BE PREPARED FOR A CONTINUOUS BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL WE CAN NOT RESIGN FROM THIS STRUGGLE WE CAN NOT DEPEND ON ANY OTHER NATION THIS IS OUR BATTLE - AND WE MUST FIGHT IT ALONE WE WILL WIN BECAUSE OF OUR MIGHT AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THE ALMIGHTY WILL BE BY OUR SIDE ))))))))))((((((((((     Arnon Ben-Dror - IDF Spokesperson's Office 24 February 2010 , 19:40 http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/News/today/10/02/2402.htm On Wednesday (Feb. 24), the Armored Corps Chief Officer, Brig. Gen. Agai Yehezkel, spoke at the graduation ceremony of the Armored Corps basic combat training and the Tank Commanders' Course. "We have recently witnessed the GOLDSTONE REPORT We have recently witnessed the , which questions the ethicality and morality of the IDF. I find it important to emphasize that we, the commanders, are not confused by the report. We are not embarrassed," said Brig. Gen. Yehezkel, and stressed, "We do not have a problem facing criticism, when it is topical. You - the graduates, your parents and you families - will be the unequivocal reply to this report. Those graduates testify more than anything to the education on ethics, the sense of volunteering and morality." Brig. Gen. Yehezkel also spoke about the security situation in the North of Israel. "A wind of tension is blowing again in the North of the country. Despite the fact that the challenge might be more difficult than during Operation Cast Lead, we are prepared for it." He also informed the audience that the Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, recently concluded the investigations of the Armored Corps' actions during Operation Cast Lead, and stated that the operation achieved its objectives and implemented the lessons learned during the Second Lebanon War. "The State of Israel finds itself in sharp tension between the reality of a developed and advanced country that tries to maintain normality, and the continuous need to struggle for its existence, since its establishment. The IDF is the guarantee for its safety and it is a strong and powerful army that can face all challenges," Brig. Gen. Yehezkel emphasized, and praised the Amored Corps' advanced and precise techniques during Operation Cast Lead, saying that they constituted a significant part of the operations. Brig. Gen. Yehezkel thanked the graduates and their families, and added a prayer for the safe return of the Armored Corps soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been in Palestinian captivity since June 2006.