Our Three Sons It has been seven years since the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers near the Gush. Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach and Naftali Frenkel were kidnapped and murdered for one great unforgivable infraction.  They were Jews.  I wrote the piece below five years ago and shared it with very few people.  On this occasion I reread the words and with the passage of time I now see that the words were correct then and maybe more correct now, harsh as they are.  Since the writing, we have seen Israel caught up in some very difficult cycles of violence.  Hammas receives arms into Gaza.  Upon rearming, missiles are launched into Israel.  After enough missiles are launched, Israel responds with airstrikes.  With further provocation, a “limited&rdqu...
Over 750 Hamas targets have been hit since the beginning of Operation Guardians of the Walls. IDF air and ground troops attacked in the Gaza Strip Thursday night, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit reported. The Israeli military has struck over 700 Hamas targets since Operation Guardians of the Walls began on Monday, including senior commanders and attack drones launched by the terror group.In the four days since Operation Guardians of the Walls began, an operation which is 95% airstrikes, over 700 Hamas targets have been hit by the Israeli Air Force and 60 operatives including senior commanders, have been killed. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more   Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here ...
* Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: * "I said we would charge a very heavy price from Hamas, we will do it and we will continue to do it with great force.  The last word has not been said and this operation will continue as long as it takes. '* "We give one hundred percent backing to the police, Border Police soldiers and other security forces to restore law and order to the cities of Israel - we will not tolerate anarchy."  "Israeli citizens, we are facing two fronts in the battle.  One front - Gaza.  I said that we would charge a very heavy price from Hamas and the rest of the terrorist organizations, we are doing this and we will continue to do so with great force.  The last word was not said and this operation will continue as long as it take...
United Hatzalah volunteer EMS personnel performed CPR on a woman in her 80 who lost consciousness in her home in Moshav Shtulim located near Ashdod. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Aharon Zano who was one of the first responders at the scene relayed: "According to the woman's family members, the woman slipped and fell while she was running to get to a protective shelter when an air raid siren was going off. The woman suffered a serious head injury and lost consciousness. We performed CPR on the woman in an attempt to resuscitate her, but unfortunately, a par...
Shalom Sivan, My name is Nayot Patchnik. These are difficult days, but I am writing to you from the wedding of my brother, Shraiya Cohen and his bride Sarah. We once lived in Gush Katif, and after the withdrawal in 2005 we moved to Nitzan. Yesterday it became clear that he would not be able to get married in Nitzan because of rockets coming from Gaza. On the spur of the moment, we moved everything to Kibbutz Kfar Etzion. It reminded us of what happened at the Bar Mitzvah of my nephew in Sderot on a Shabbat morning when Kiddush was interrupted by a red alert. Or what happened at the brit of our son nine years ago, also on Shabbat, with guests from all over Israel who were not used to availing themselves of mobile bomb shelters and had to quickly learn how that was done. Join BJL on Whats...
Baltimore, MD - May 12, 2021: Dear Baltimore,  Please join us in solidarity In support of Israel and its defensive efforts against the Hamas terrorists and the 1,000+ rockets that have and continue to be fired into Israel since Monday afternoon. Show UP, bring or make an ISRAEI flag, bring SIGNS, bring your FRIENDS, bring YOURSELF. Participants can also  print signs from here in advance.We will be there with Baltimore Zionist District and StandWithUs.  NOW is our time to SHOW UP!Date: Thursday, May 13th at 5:30 PM (EDT)Location: Stevenson Rd. – 695 Bypass (Sidewalks ONLY)Parking: Chizuk Amuno Congregation (Avoid back areas where covid testing is being held)Covid Restrictions: Participants must wear masks at ALL TIMES. Social distancing should be enforced. #IsraelUnderF...
'We can't form government relying on the United Arab List', says Yamina chief, plans to try to form government with Likud. The Yamina party has ended its attempts to form an alternative government with Yesh Atid and other left-wing parties, committing itself to working towards either a right-wing or unity government with the Likud. Yamina chief Naftali Bennett has resumed talks with the Likud, and in closed-door talks ruled out forming a government which relies on United Arab List (Ra’am) chairman Mansour Abbas. “I’ve taken the change government off of the table,” Bennett said. “A change government, as it had been planned, won’t be able to hold up given the problems in mixed cities. Sending in the army to those cities and carrying out a...
Sirens sound across central Israel and around Ben Gurion Airport as massive barrage of rockets launched from Gaza Strip. A massive barrage of rockets were fired from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip towards central Israel Thursday night, including a large number of rockets launched towards the area surrounding Ben Gurion International Airport. Warning sirens were sounded across southern and central Israel Thursday night, including in cities and towns in the vicinity of Israel’s largest airport, such as Modi’in, Lod, Ramle, Ben Shemen, Mevo Modi’im, Be’er Yaakov, Kfar Daniel and Achisamach. Heavy rocket fire was also directed at Ashdod, Ashkelon, and nearby towns. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, even...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Thursday, 13 May 2021), held an assessment of the situation at the Border Police headquarters in Lod. Participating in the discussion were the Public Security Minister, the Mayor of Lod, the Inspector General of the Israel Police, the commander of the Border Police, the head of the National Security Council, the Acting Director General of the Prime Minister's Office, the Director General of the Public Security Ministry, the Attorney General, the head of the ISA, the Prime Minister's Military Secretary and other senior officials. Prime Minister Netanyahu following the assessment: "We have just finished a command group, as you could call it, with the most senior security officials: The Public Security Minister, the Inspector General of th...
New Jersey public school lauded slain JDL founder and Kach MK while mocking ADL in its tribute to Jewish heritage month. School administrators at a public high school in New Jersey came under fire this week, after the school selected a controversial rabbi and Jewish activist to honor for Jewish heritage month. On Monday, the Monclair High School sent an email daily announcement ‘eblast’ message to students and staff, which, among other things, noted the school’s selection of Rabbi Meir Kahane for Jewish heritage month. Rabbi Kahane, the founder of the Jewish Defense League who later served as a Knesset Member for the rightist Kach party, sparked criticism both in Israel and American Jewish community for his call to transfer Israel’s Arab population out of the c...
IDF preparing for possible ground operation, army official says, as US airlifts military and civilian personnel out of Israel The US has pulled out 120 personnel from Israel, as terrorist rocket attacks on the Jewish state continue, CNN reported Thursday. According to the report, the personnel include both military service members and civilian workers. The personnel departed Israel via a C-17 transport aircraft, flying to the Ramstein air base in Germany. An Israeli military spokesperson said that the IDF is amassing forces on the border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, and that Israeli forces are “preparing themselves for ground operations,” The Independent reported. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, de...
During the incident which occurred on Wednesday night, United Hatzalah volunteer Dr. Muhammad Awad was lightly injured himself while evacuating the Jewish man from a Muslim throng of rioters Tamra - Amid the violence plaguing numerous cities in Israel in the past week, a throng of Muslims attempted to lynch a Jewish man who entered the Muslim city of Tamra in the Galilee. In the incident which occurred on Wednesday night, the Jewish man was being beaten in what appeared to be a lynch until a Muslim doctor, Dr. Muhammad Awad, who volunteers with United Hatzalah, was dispatched to treat the injured person at the scene of violence. Dr. Awad saw that the injured person was a Jewish man and physically intervened putting his own body in between the Jewish man and the Muslims who were hitting h...
Gas shortages linger while Colonial Pipeline restores service in Maryland. Officials urge people not to panic buy.  Spikes in gas prices were reported in Maryland and other areas after a cyberattack prompted a major gas pipeline shutdown. Colonial Pipeline, which runs from New York to Texas and delivers 45 percent of fuel to the East Coast, shut down its main pipeline over the weekend as a precaution after the ransomware attack. It has since been reactivated. Prices at the pump in Maryland have increased 10 cents in the past week, according to the Automobile Association of America. Maryland's gas price average was $2.94 Wednesday, an increase of eight cents since Friday and 10 cents week over week. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for en...
A much-anticipated meeting between Baltimore’s mayor, police commissioner and Maryland’s governor took place Thursday morning. Mayor Brandon Scott, police Commissioner Michael Harrison and Gov. Larry Hogan were set to discuss a recent spike in city violence and possibly start to layout a crime plan for the city. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Scott said the meeting was “very productive.”   “We talked about a lot of great things. We talked about restarting the criminal justice coordinating committee and the state being participants in it.” Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group f...
Four rockets reported fired from southern Lebanon into the Galilee. Multiple rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel Thursday evening, according to Lebanese media outlets. The Lebanon-based The Daily Star cited Lebanese security officials who said that four rockets were launched from southern Lebanon towards Israeli territory Thursday night, apparently in a show of solidarity with terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens A journalist affiliated with the pro-Hezbollah Al-Manar outlet said that three rockets were launched from ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday will ease indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to safely stop wearing masks inside in most places, according to a person briefed on the announcement. The new guidance will still call for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters, but could ease restrictions for reopening workplaces and schools. It will also no longer recommend that fully vaccinated people wear masks outdoors in crowds. The announcement comes as the CDC and the Biden administration have faced pressure to ease restrictions on fully vaccinated people — people who are two weeks past their last required COVID-19 vaccine dose — in part to highlight the be...
Israeli jets attack Hamas arms workshops, other terrorist targets Israeli jets attacked on Thursday two key rocket-making sites used by Hamas, one of them doubling as a military post for the terrorist group's navy, the army said. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Both facilities were located in the central part of the restive coastal enclave. The army also targeted other Hamas arms manufacturing sites across Gaza, the statement added. "The IDF continues to strike terror targets in the Gaza Strip and will continue operating with force if needed," the army warns. Read more of this deve...
NYC mayoral hopeful walks back solidarity with Israel, says his support for Israel was 'overly simplistic'. Former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman excoriated Yang’s reversal. Businessman and New York City mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang walked back his show of solidarity with Israel, following criticism from activists on the progressive Left, including staffers in the Yang campaign. On Monday, Yang tweeted support for Israel after terrorists in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip launched a wave of rocket attacks. “I'm standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists. The people of NYC will always stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere.” Join BJL on Whats...
Defense Minister Gantz calls up 9,000 reservists as Israel contemplates a possible ground invasion of Gaza. Heavy and continuous rocket barrages were launched this evening (Thursday) at communities in the south of the country, including Be'er Sheva, the Bedouin settlements and the Gaza periphery. In response, Defense Minister Benny Gantz authorized the IDF to call up another 9,000 reservists in accordance with the operational needs, after an assessment of the security situation. The reservists are part of combat units and will be called upon to assist in Operation Guardian of the Walls. They will be stationed in the Southern Command as well as in the Central Command and the Northern Command, in place of forces that have been relocated to other missions. A senior diplomat said to...
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