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Egyptian-Belgian journalist Khaled Diab  interviews David WilderTuesday May 22, 2012 Late last year I received an email from one Khaled Diab, an Egyptian-Belgian journalist, who asked to visit Hebron. We after several telephone conversations and a few postponements, we finally met, on Wednesday, December 14, 2011. We sat and spoke at length; not so much as discussion, rather as an […]

Snub the Hague!Monday May 14, 2012 This time of the year is jam-packed with holidays. Beginning with Passover, leading into Independence Day, then Jerusalem Day, and finishing twenty-four hours later, with Hebron Liberation Day. On Passover, the Jewish people were born. The exodus from Egypt, as slaves transformed into a free people, is the root of our faith, as a […]

Buying a cave in Hebron: The other side of the storyMonday Apr 23, 2012 In memory of Beit HaShalom, Beit HaMachpela, Beit Shapira, and (hopefully not) Beit Zachariya. He heard footsteps approaching the tent. He started calling to his wife, to request she prepare a meal for the guests. But then stopped short. His beloved Sarah was gone. Only last […]

Demanding annulment of the death warrant and pending execution of Muhammad Abu ShahalaSunday Apr 15, 2012  Sunday, April 15, 2012 An open letter to: Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moonSecretary of State of the United States , Mrs. Hillary ClintonUS Ambassador to Israel, Mr. Daniel ShapiroPresident of the European Council of the EU, Mr. Herman Van RompuyDirector […]

Pharaoh Bibi will fizzle and fail: The expulsion from Beit HaMachpela Wednesday Apr 04, 2012   I had just wrapped up a pleasant visit with my good friend Jack from the US.  As he pulled away the beeper beeped, with something of a blood-chilling message:  ‘Police have broken into Beit HaMachpela and are expelling its residents.’  Over the past few […]

The Beit HaMachpela expulsion orders: Hypocrisy at its worstMonday Apr 02, 2012 A little while ago leaders of Beit HaMachpela received notification from high official sources within the Civil Administration that, following extensive examination of the sales documents, it is clear that the  purchase of Beit HaMachpela is 100% legal.   Simultaneously,  they received an eviction order from the Civil […]

Curing the Migron MigraineMonday Mar 26, 2012 Late yesterday, seeing the court decision about Migron, I don’t remember if choice words passed my lips, but they certainly entered my mind. But  the judgment wasn’t  overly surprising given the judges’ comments during oral arguments. Additionally, any other verdict by these three justices would have been shocking. After all, what could one […]

Bamba’s Baby’s BequestSunday Mar 18, 2012 The Olympics are in sight. This summer the international sports events will catch headlines internationally.  Individual nations prepare for the illustrious sporting phenomena in various stages. The people involved are not the only factor taken into consideration. After all, they represent their country, their homeland. Their heritage. So it was that Israel chose the […]

The Palmer family: A child’s painMonday Mar 12, 2012 Seventeen years ago, I seem to recall walking around outside in Kiryat Arba, when news of a terror attack started making the rounds. A bus had been shot at, not too far away, at the ‘Glass junction’ on the way to Hebron. I jumped in a car going in that direction […]

Germanely GermanMonday Mar 05, 2012 First, I must make a short addendum to yesterday’s article, an important point which I forgot to mention. That article dealt with the roofing over Ma’arat HaMachpela. The missing element is that the issue of the roof is not one of money or design. The only problem, I repeat, the only problem, is the issuance of the appropriate […]