It is my practice, always, to begin a posting with news of a terror attack – when one occurs – before dealing with other matters. And sadly, painfully, I must do so again here: On Friday night, Vyacheslav Golev was working as a security guard at the entrance to the …
Read More »From Israel: “Tolerating What Is Intolerable!!”
The final day of Pesach is over, as is Shabbat, and – grateful for a brief hiatus that brought me a modicum of temporary peace – I return now to write about the situation in Israel, which simply must not be permitted to continue as it has been going. ~~~ …
Read More »Ascending from slavery: Why I fight for the Temple Mount.
My heart sunk when I woke up Friday morning to the news of riots on the Temple Mount. Flipping through an endless barrage of cell phone videos flooding the many WhatsApp and Telegram news groups I subscribe to, scrolling through reports on social media from those who witnessed the destruction …
Read More »From Israel: “Forcefully Countering the Outrage!!
The outrage is very real, and very serious. Its focus is Har Habayit (the Temple Mount). Credit: Wikimedia commons Palestinian Arabs today claim that Har Habayit is theirs: Theirs to the exclusion of any other claim. But the facts attest to origins of the Mount that are irrefutably Jewish. As …
Read More »Hell hath no fury like a leftist constrained
“Haaretz” has a nervous breakdown over the removal of the Hamas flag. Sometimes seemingly insignificant events open up a world of understanding to the true state of things. This is the story of one of those events and its aftermath. Recently, the art department at Sapir College in Sderot, the …
Read More »From Israel: Miracles and Standing Strong!!
Last Friday night, Jews across the world were participating in the Pesach Seder. And so I begin by extending wishes for a Pesach Kasher v’Sameach to all who are observing. Every year I share a link to a video of Vehi shamda, which is found in the Haggadah: That which …
Read More »It is our duty to be provocative
Not exercising control in situations has larger implications than the matter at hand. Seen as weakness, it can be exploited. Op-ed. Increasingly, we are warned by various leaders or influencers that we Israelis need to restrain ourselves, that we are doing things that will be seen to be provocative. And …
Read More »From Israel: An Affliction in the Land!!
There is no question about the fact that we will prevail over the current scourge of terrorism. We are here to stay. Our country Israel, will remain, and remain proudly and resolutely Jewish. Credit: My Jewish Learning But scourge is a good word for what we are dealing with. And …
Read More »From Israel: “No Respite from the Horror!!”
The horror is, of course, a terror attack: This one was of particularly serious dimensions (not to imply that there are terror attacks not of serious dimensions). This report is not as complete as I would have hoped, as information is still lacking and much confusion remains. Yet I want …
Read More »From Israel: The Chutzpah and the Stupidity!!
The chutzpah (gall, insolence) belongs to many of the Arabs inside of Israel and beyond. The stupidity can be attributed to those of our purported leaders who condone or tolerate that chutzpah. What prompts this description (in this instance) is what happened in recent days with regard to the Damascus …
Read More »From Israel: Listen Up: No Quick Fix!!
Friday was April Fools’ Day. Two days later, I think it is still appropriate to ask who is being fooled. I would say anyone who believes that a quick fix is possible for overcoming the Muslim Arab terrorist violence in Israel. Please! Read this to the end and share as …
Read More »From Israel: Obscenities!!
We here in Israel have been dealing with a number of obscenities of late – including, from my perspective, the deceitful, destructive stance of the US right now. But much of this will wait for my next posting. What I have in mind at present is the abomination of taking …
Read More »From Israel: Frenetic and Fragile!!
The international scene is unstable: changes – many vastly unsettling –- are taking place with lightning speed. And a good number of those world events have significant import for Israel. The debate as to whether Israel can afford (from a security perspective) to provide additional assistance to Ukraine, via defensive …
Read More »The real agenda behind criticizing the Israeli aid response to Ukraine
Focus on Jewish Refugees and Humanitarianism are the same thing. It is because Israel is a Jewish State that it goes the extra mile. Op-ed. The pictures are horrific; the details are shocking. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted worldwide revulsion and a justified desire to do something, anything, …
Read More »Second Israeli-Arab terror attack in a week
Last week 4 innocent Israelis were killed, brutally butchered by a knife-wielding Israeli Bedouin terrorist. No, not a Palestinian, an Israeli-ID holding Bedouin. In his rampage he killed Laura Yitzhak, Rabbi Moshe Kravitzky, Doris Yahbas, and Menahem Yehezkel. Between them they left 10 orphans and fathomless depths of grief and …
Read More »From Israel: Sad, Scary, and Spurious!!
First matters first. And so I begin with news of a major terror attack that took place in Be’ersheva, in the Negev, yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. It is the worst attack that Israel has endured in some time. Four people, two women and two men, are dead. Two women were wounded; …
Read More »After Ukraine crisis, Israel as a Jewish state likely to be attacked – Opinion
The Ukraine crisis has been an opportunity for anti-Zionists and antisemites to reinvigorate their demonization of Israel. It is impossible for any feeling human not to be revolted, disgusted and horrified by the pictures and stories coming from Ukraine. Wholly apart from all the political motivations and machinations, the impact …
Read More »From Israel: “The Head Spins and the Heart Aches”
Regarding the Ukraine crisis, of course. As eager as I am to address other issues, I feel the need to focus first on news related to Ukraine – much of which impinges upon Israel, and Jews. In many respects, we are deeply connected to these on-going events. ~~~ Natan Sharansky …
Read More »From Israel: “With Heads High, Prayers on Our Lips!!”
Please! Share this posting as broadly as you can. This past week, Natan Sharansky spoke at Sheva Brachot (a celebratory dinner in the week following a wedding). And this is what he said: “When I was growing up in Ukraine, in Donetsk, there were many nations and nationalities. There were …
Read More »INTO THE FRAY: Law enforcement in Israel – Something to worry about.
Legal proceedings are being carried out with scant regard for the law. In some cases, the law is blatantly disregarded; in others, factual evidence is ignored; in yet others, infractions are invented to fabricate charges. All cases have been approved by the courts. Confidence in Israel’s justice system, once so …
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