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Beit Ezra in HebronDecember 17, 2012 Following the Six-Day War in 1967, past residents of the Old City in Jerusalem who had been expelled during the War of Independence in 1948 asked for, and were granted a meeting with then Defense Minister Moshe Dayan. They requested permission to return to their homes and property in the Old City, confiscated and occupied by […]

Red Ribbons and Khaki Green UniformsThursday Dec 13, 2012 Yesterday morning I awoke to a cute headline in the nrg-maariv news site. It read “Hebron Arabs: If Israeli Soldiers Return – We’ll Beat Them Up Again.” Last week an IDF patrol in Hebron, just past a checkpoint dividing two parts of the city, spotted a uniformed ‘palestinian policeman’ in an area […]

Get out the candles!Dec. 4, 2012  The cards seem to be falling, almost as planned. Our Arab neighbors asked the international anti-Israel organization, otherwise known as the United Nations, for recognition in their efforts to delete Israel from the world map. They approached the number one warrior, General Assembly, who consulted with his Defense cabinet, the Security council, which vetoed […]

Thank you, Moshe FeiglinTuesday Nov 27, 2012 Exactly four years ago, a few days prior to the Likud primaries, I posted a blog called: The Time is Now! – Moshe Feiglin & Manhigut Yehudit, I wrote:    “…It is quite clear: should Netanyahu be again elected Prime Minister with a parve Likud list, he will continue in the footsteps of one of […]

Anachronisms|Monday Nov 26, 2012 A few months ago I posted photos taken in the Casba, here in Hebron, of big red stenciled letters on the walls, “Welcome to palestine.” This morning we woke up to find the same thing painted onto storefronts between Ma’arat HaMachpela – the Tomb of the Patriarchs, and the Avaham Avinu neighborhood. Also written was ‘no […]

Jeremiah Prophesized Iron Dome DefenseMonday Nov 19, 2012 Friday night, Sabbath eve. I was sitting with my son-in-law at the Tapuach community synagogue, in the Shomron, north Samaria. We were just about to begin the beautiful Shabbat service, when suddenly, sirens started whining and blasting. The sound wasn’t really strange to me. I hear it, not first-hand in Beer Sheva, […]

Shabbat Chaye Sarah in Hebron: A real happening! Monday Nov 12, 2012 When I invite people to Hebron for Shabbat, I sometimes hear the response, “I’ve been – I was for Shabbat Chaye Sarah.” But in fact, Shabbat Chaye Sarah in Hebron isn’t a normal Shabbat. It’s an experience. Yesterday, according to conservative estimates, over 20,000 people visited this holy […]

Abraham’s LegacyFriday Nov 09, 2012  A few years ago, following one of his last visits to Me’arat Hamachpela, the Cave of the Patriarchs, as Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu entered his car, the other door opened and two people literally pushed their way into the vehicle, one civilian, the other in uniform. The civilian, a senior employee at the holy site, said, […]

Jewish self hateThursday Oct 25, 2012 My job has all sorts of interesting facets to it. As spokesman I get to meet many different people. Yesterday, for example, I toured with a group from Sri Lanka. A couple of days earlier, with businessmen from Taiwan, and last week, a group of Koreans spent a few hours with me. These groups […]

Send Meridor to the Visitor’s GalleryFriday Oct 19, 2012  There is a long-running discussion among Torah scholars as to a most significant topic. Is it a positive commandment to settle Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel? On the face of it, two of the greatest Torah scholars ever to walk the earth, seem to disagree. The Rambam, Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, […]