Monday May 14, 2012
This time of the year is jam-packed with holidays. Beginning with Passover, leading into Independence Day, then Jerusalem Day, and finishing twenty-four hours later, with Hebron Liberation Day.
On Passover, the Jewish people were born. The exodus from Egypt, as slaves transformed into a free people, is the root of our faith, as a nation. The Ten Commandments do not being saying “I am the L-rd thy G-d, who created heavens and...
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Monday Apr 23, 2012
In memory of Beit HaShalom, Beit HaMachpela, Beit Shapira, and (hopefully not) Beit Zachariya.
He heard footsteps approaching the tent. He started calling to his wife, to request she prepare a meal for the guests. But then stopped short. His beloved Sarah was gone. Only last week he’d buried her.
He opened the door and was startled to see about a dozen police, in uniform, crowding around the entrance. But then, looking at them...
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Sunday Apr 15, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012
An open letter to:
Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary of State of the United States , Mrs. Hillary Clinton
US Ambassador to Israel, Mr. Daniel Shapiro
President of the European Council of the EU, Mr. Herman Van Rompuy
Director General of the International Red Cross, Mr. Yves Daccord
President of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres
Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Binyamin Netanyahu
To...
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Wednesday Apr 04, 2012
I had just wrapped up a pleasant visit with my good friend Jack from the US. As he pulled away the beeper beeped, with something of a blood-chilling message: ‘Police have broken into Beit HaMachpela and are expelling its residents.’
Over the past few days, a number of important politicians had visited Beit HaMachpela, including Ministers Yuli Edelstein, Yisrael Katz, Moshe Kachlon, Deputy...
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Monday Apr 02, 2012
A little while ago leaders of Beit HaMachpela received notification from high official sources within the Civil Administration that, following extensive examination of the sales documents, it is clear that the purchase of Beit HaMachpela is 100% legal.
Simultaneously, they received an eviction order from the Civil Administration, that being the extended arm of the Defense Minister in Hebron, ordering that the building...
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