Tag: Israel

Israel’s Good News Newletter

Due to a family event and Chanukah celebrations, my next newsletter will be in two weeks time - hopefully on Sunday 12th Dec. The pace of Israel's achievements is speeding up every week. There are...

Weekly Commentary: Hebron – Israel’s National Heritage, Model of Joint Access

Saturday, November 27, 2021 Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 27 November 2021 President Isaac Herzog is slated to light a menorah for the first night of Hanukkah on Sunday at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. This is...

No news without Jews

Despite the fact that Jews make up only 0.2% of the world’s population they manage to feature almost 100% of the time in daily news reports. Likewise, no international news bulletin is complete unless the...

Broken glass and shattered illusions

One would have imagined that the night of 9 November 1938 in Germany would have shattered forever any lingering illusions that one could appease Jew-hate by negotiations and reason. It was on Kristallnacht that any...

Israeli security advocates to bring message of strength to Washington

A group of retired Israeli army generals will travel to Washington next week with a clear message for decision-makers and opinion-shapers: The only formula for peace is a strong Israel. Brig. Gen. (res) Amir Avivi...

My special connection to Mama Rachel

It all started from the time I was a little girl riding the bus back and forth from my hometown Efrat to Jerusalem and back. The days were pre Oslo Accords and the only...

Murderers, Not Freedom Fighters

The name Samuel Milshevsky means nothing to Israelis. He was an ordinary man who immigrated to Israel from Estonia in 2001 and lived alone in a small apartment in Herzliya. In November 2002, a...

An analysis of the names of Gazans killed during Operation Guardian of the Walls...

During Operation Guardian of the Walls, May 10-21, 2021, the Palestinian terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip launched 4,360 rockets at Israeli cities and towns in a systematic attempt to harm as many civilians as possible....

Convicts. Not prisoners

Concerning the JPOST news story of September 9, 2021 "Inmates riot across prisons in Israel as manhunt for escaped prisoners continues" - the objective term that should be used for the six escapees would be "convicts",...

Democratic Senators to Visit Israel This Week

A group of four Democratic U.S. Senators visiting the Mideast are due to arrive in Israel later this week. They would be the first delegation of American lawmakers to visit since Israel’s new governing...