Hebron-Past, Present and Foreverby David WilderYizhak, Shimon, Yossi and Shula offer condolences June 29, 1995 Dear Mrs. Kafisha, The Israeli cabinet, meeting in special session, offers its deepest condolences on the tragic death of your son Tier this morning. He was undoubtedly another victim, a sacrifice of the peace process. It is too bad he couldn’t have held out a […]
Read moreSpecial ReportJune 16, 1995 This morning, several minutes after 10:00AM, 19 year-old AvrahamAriel, a Jerusalem resident living in Hebron for the last half ayear, was stabbed while walking from Beit Hadassah towards theAvraham Avinu neighborhood in Hebron. He was stabbed in the chestand wounded seriously. After managing to reach soldiers, Waldmancollapsed. He received life-saving first-aid on the spot and wasrushed […]
Read moreWhat s it all about…Yitzhak?June 8, 1995 Rabin and Peres are still at it, promising changes in IDFdeployment throughout Yehuda and Shomron in the very nearfuture. The target date of July 1, supposedly signalingagreement of the next phase of the Oslo piece accords isaround the corner, three weeks away. Where does Hebron stand in this massive confusion? IfJerusalem s status […]
Read moreFirst FruitsJune 2, 1995The holiday of Shavouth honors the anniversary of the giving of the Torah to Am Yisrael. However, inthe Torah, this holiday is not referred to as such; rather, it is referred to as the holiday of the first fruits. Thousands of years ago Jews living in Eretz Yisrael would parade to Jerusalem, celebrating the renewedgrowth of the […]
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