Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman approved a plan to build a new housing complex for the Jewish community of Hebron, the first major building project in the city in two decades.
Yaakov Berg, who owns the Psagot Winery with his wife, expresses his hope that “peace with the Emirates will change our relationship with Palestinians.”
You wonder why a Hamas rapist who gets what he deserves is reinvented as an innocent civilian murdered as part of a “genocide,” while Afghan women are transformed into chattels and slaves, and the world remains silent.
Israel has made a serious mistake by shifting civil defense from a defensive tactic to mitigate civilian casualties to a strategy of restraint that is eroding the country’s deterrence and sovereignty.
The U.S. assistance authorizes cooperation with Israel on counter-tunnel and counter-aerial capabilities, and $500 million for developing and procuring the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow weapon systems.
“We need to continue to feed the world; we’re not going to do that through outdated methods. We need to continue to deploy technology and smart practices. Israel has been a leader in that area.”
If we want to create a new liturgy that stands a chance of becoming a lasting, vital contribution to Jewish spiritual life, we will not achieve this by going through the siddur with a red pen.
Over years of conflict with the Palestinian Arabs, Israel was to be blamed for its failure to adhere to its “biblical-moral tradition.” Lately, some promise exists for change.
Hebron is an ancient city making its introduction to Jewish tradition in the Torah, which records Abraham’s purchase of the Tomb of Machpelah as a burial site for his wife, Sarah. Though control of the city exchanged hands over the millenia, Hebron featured an almost continuous Jewish presence until the present day.