July 2001 – DavidWilder.Org

The “B” Factor

The “B” Factor July 20, 2001 Last night it finally happened. Someone took aim, pulled the trigger, and hit seven Arabs in a car, about 15 miles west of Hebron. Three were killed and four others seriously wounded. The Israeli news media had the crime half solved immediately. On Kol Yisrael news and on the Ma’ariv newspaper web site, […]

“We Can Live With It”

“We Can Live With It” July 20, 2001 Last night it finally happened. Someone took aim, pulled the trigger, and hit seven Arabs in a car, about 15 miles west of Hebron. Three were killed and four others seriously wounded. The Israeli news media had the crime half solved immediately. On Kol Yisrael news and on the Ma’ariv newspaper web […]

Stop the Show

Stop the ShowJuly 16, 2001 A few minutes before five o’clock this afternoon, three explosions rocked the car of Hebron residents Noam and Elisheva Federman. The vehicle was parked next to the Kiryat Arba Medical Center, and was empty at the time of the blast. Elisheva and her children were visiting the doctor at the time. Fortunately, no was near […]

Lover of the Land – Haim Mageni z”l

Lover of the Land – Haim Mageni z”l By David Wilder The Jewish Community of Hebron Shalom. I’d like to dedicate tonight’s talk to a very special person, a man taken from us so suddenly exactly one month ago. Haim Mageni first came to Israel in 1964, from Brooklyn, New York. There, he participated in the local Bnei Akiva youth […]

To be a free people in our land

To be a free people in our land July 9, 2001Picture this:You’re driving home from a long day at work. Twenty minutes from home the traffic jam starts. Eventually, reaching the beginning of the line, you are waved into a huge parking lot. After finding a spot to park, you walk to the next line. Finally it’s your turn, and you […]

The Silence of the Guilty

The Silence of the GuiltyJuly 1, 2001On June 26th, writing in Ha’aretz newspaper, Ari Shavit writes, and I quotethe first paragraph of his article,“It will be difficult to forget this silence. For several months now, onalmost a daily basis, Israeli citizens who live beyond the Green Line arebeing murdered by the historic allies of the Israeli peace movement, yetthat movement […]