June 1996 – DavidWilder.Org

A True Hero

A True HeroJune 20, 1996Yes, earlier this week, along with many others, I watchedthe swearing-in of the new Knesset, and one day later, ofthe new ministers. It was a long-awaited moment.Finally – finally! They were emotional moments.But, as far as I am concerned, the most excitingpart of the event was not Netanyahu’s acceptance speech,or his taking the oath as prime […]

The Aftermath

The AftermathJune 14, 1996 It has been a very difficult week. Here, the Hebron region, we tend to losepeople in twos. The Lapids, Raphael Yairi and Margolit Shochat, Nachum Hoss andYehuda Partush, and now the Ungers – Yaron and Efrat – HY”D. Yaron and Efrat were not, ironically, the first Hebron Ungers to be murdered.During the 1929 massacre Shlomo and […]

First Fruits

First FruitsJune 13, 1996 The 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 […]

A Legacy

A LegacyJune 10, 1996 This morning at 6:00 am I woke up my 15-year oldson, Elazar, for school. At 6:25 he heard on the radiothat his Bible teacher, Yaron Unger, was killed in aterrorist attack. When Elazar went to sleeplast night, Yaron Unger was still alive. This afternoonhe, together with all his classmates and all of KiryatArba, attended the funeral […]

Interim – Where Do We Go From Here

Hebron-Past, Present and Foreverby David WilderInterim – Where Do We Go From HereJune 7, 1996 We have had all of a week to start getting used to the MaHapach – the fall ofLabor and the rise of Bibi, and the rumor mills are working full time. “Arik isout” … “Redeployment in Hebron, in spite of everything.” There are the bigtwo […]

If I Forget Thee, Hebron…

What will happen if Hebron is abandoned and relinquished to Arafat? How will it affect us here in Israel? The resulting catastrophe will be two-sided. First, there is the security issue. Hebron is well known to be major pillar of Hamas terrorism. Hamas has promised to continue terrorist attacks against Israelis and Jews throughout the world. They were responsible for […]