I spoke with my great nephew, Danny Shlomo, last night. Danny lives in Brooklyn and attends a yeshiva high school there. Last year he and his family visited Gush Katif and like most people who visit fell in love with the area and its people. Danny loves animals, especially snakes. So imagine his surprise when […]

This is our last notice for people that are interested in joining us in Washington DC. There are 12 hotel rooms available for the night of May 23 for the price of 87$- all rooms are double occupancy if you want to share and already reserved! There is a bus going to Washington, DC from […]

Yuval Diskin, new head of the Shin Bet, painted a bleak picture of Israel’s security after the expulsion, warning the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of Kassam rockets from Samaria. Yuval Diskin, the new head of Israels clandestine domestic security agency, the Shin Bet (GSS), made his first appearance before the Knesset Foreign Affairs […]

When you imagine an algae or fish farm, a desert is probably not the first image that pops to mind. But the desert in Israel has become a fertile ground for innovative – and profitable – aquaculture industries that are also benefiting health-conscious consumers in North America, Europe and Asia. One such enterprise is located […]

In an appeal to the Supreme Court, Jonathan Pollard, serving a life sentence for spying for Israel, demanded Sunday that Israel recognize him as a Prisoner of Zion, stating that his U.S. jailers cruelly tortured him with electric shocks and blasts of freezing cold water. “We are asking the Supreme Court to review the Israeli […]

I have a confession to make: I’m in love with the Land of Israel. After nearly 18 years living here, through two intifadas, two Gulf Wars, the ups and downs (mostly downs) of Israel’s turbulent economy, and a two-and-a-half-year wave of terror which fills me with dread and heartbreak, my ardor for Israel has not […]

For the second time in a month, policemen arrived yesterday at the home of a prominent disengagement opponent, demanding he coordinate his activities with them. Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe has been in the forefront of Chabad-Lubavitch pro-Land of Israel activities for over 25 years, and is one of the heads of Chabad’s International Task Force […]

‘My Name is Rachel Thaler’ is not the title of a play that is likely to be produced anytime soon in London. Thaler, aged 16, was blown up at a pizzeria in an Israeli shopping mall. She died after an 11-day struggle for life following the February 16, 2002 attack, when a suicide bomber approached […]

Statements made by and the conduct of Israel\u2019s leaders since 1993 create the false impression that Israeli-American ties constitute a one-way relationship. The presumption is that America gives and Israel receives, leading to Israel\u2019s inferior position and the alleged compulsion to follow the State Department dictates. However, Former Secretary of State and NATO forces commander […]

Last year, as you may recall, following Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzma’ut), I wrote an article called _”The Traffic Jam that Saved Eretz Yisrael”_ (http://www.hebron.com/articles/articles3.htm) . Tens and hundreds of thousands of people from around Israel arriving at Gush Katif to show support for a strong, continued Israeli presence in this area never made it, due […]