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Blood LibelNovember 12, 1996The last few days have brought forth very interestingnews articles concerning Hebron. 1. There was a television report disclosing plans bytwo Jewish women in Hebron to immolate themselves toprevent the Israeli army from abandoning Hebron. 2. It was also revealed that a Hebron `extremist’might attempt to assassinate either PM Netanyahu orDefense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai. 3. Hebron’s Jewish […]

Hebron-Past, Present and Forever by David WilderImpending Disaster?October 30, 1996 Yesterday, tens of thousands of Israelis poured intoa storm-struck Jerusalem to protest the plannedabandonment of Hebron. In New York, a group of concernedJews chanted in front of the Israeli consulate, “Don’tabandon Hebron.” This morning a personal representativeof President Clinton visited Hebron to learn, first-hand,about Hebron. And the negotiations continue. Two […]

Sitting DucksOctober 25, 1996 A couple of days ago an Arab, identified as a”palestinian from Hebron” was interviewed on Kol Yisraelradio. He told Yoni ben Menachem that Hebron’s Arabs arehoarding weapons and are `preparing a surprise’ forHebron’s Jewish population. The interview waspublicized in the Israeli press, including an article inthe Jerusalem Post. Reaction to this explicit threat tokill Jews in […]

Will the Real Bibi Please STAND UPOctober 16 1996Jews have, relentlessly, bent over backwards, andsometimes even stood on their heads, to appease worldopinion. Even the iron-willed David Ben Gurion saluted toEisenhower’s orders following the Sinai War in 1957.However, over the years, the demands have increased, thepressure has multiplied, and Israel has, unfortunately,complied. Perhaps the greatest error the State of Israelever […]

GesturesSeptember 27, 1996David Makovsky’s headline article in today’s JerusalemPost is titled: US WANTS ISRAEL TO MAKE A GESTURE TODEFUSE TENSION. The first paragraph states: “Secretaryof State Warren Christopher has asked Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu to take “concrete steps,” after thepremier meets meeting with Palestinian leader YassirArafat, that would end the fighting AND LEAD TO THERENEWAL OF NEGOTIATIONS ON HEBRON AS SOON […]

Heshbon Nefesh Erev Yom Kippur 5757 September 22, 1996Heshbon Nefesh, in Hebrew, means, a personal reflection,an accounting – a kind of `soul-searching.’ In theory, aperson should do a `heshbon nefesh’ daily, but more thanever before Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. A heshbon nefesh, however, is not only a personalaffair. It must also be a national undertaking. Thepast year has […]

Hebron Tomorrow: After the Flood Erev Rosh HaShana 5757September 8, 1996Mission Impossible made possible – against all odds,reason and seeming logic – the impossible became reality.The “Mahapach” – the toppling of a government espousingabandonment, seeking a “piece plan,” the Mahapach becamereality with the rise of Benyamin Netanyahu to theoffice of Prime Minister and the Israeli `nationalistic’parties as a majority in […]

Hebron-Past, Present and Foreverby David WilderMy friend Moshe and Abed from HebronAugust 30, 1996On Wednesday evening I was, with hundreds of others, celebrating the marriage of Yaffa Bleicher, daughter of Yeshivat Shavei Hebron’s Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Moshe Bleicher. The chuppa took place in front of Ma’arat HaMachpela. The courtyard was filled with, in my estimation, well over one thousand people. […]

Some Good News – But Where Is It LeadingAugust 9, 1996 This morning I received some very good news. My friend David Shirel, long-timeresident of Tel Rumedia, who has been confined to his neighborhood for the last9 months by an administrative order, will be free as of midnight tonight. Hispresent administrative order expires today and yesterday he was informed that […]

A reaction to the column in the Jerusalem Post, July 2, 1996Natshe’s Nerve by Yosef Goellby David WilderThe Jewish Community of HebronGoell’s NerveYosef Goell, in his column `Natshe’s nerve’ (July 2)makes several major inexcusable errors.1. Goell writes of `worship of stones, holy edifices’etc. and calls this a `throwback to ancient idolworship.’ On this point he is correct. However, hiscomparison of […]