US Antisemitism Must Be Checked

7 Dec 2022: Representatives from the Jewish Community are in meetings this week with the White House.

“When you allow antisemitism to go unchecked, it’s never just the Jews who are at risk [although] they are always first,” said Ted Deutch, CEO of AJC, quoted in the article.

Jerusalem Post, 7 Dec 2022 pg 2.

 

Jerusalem Post, 7 Dec 2022 pg 2.

Rosh haAyin resident attacked by terrorist, UN calls it ‘a scuffle’

5 Dec 2022 Israel Now report: The terrorist tried and failed to open the car door to attack the man pictured (below, left) and his wife.  Then the terrorist found a rock and smashed the rear passenger window.  At that point the driver (pictured) drew his weapon and fired.  The terrorist fled, and stabbed a nearby soldier in the face.  When other soldiers approached he resisted arrest for awhile before being fatally shot.

 

Victim interviewed by Channel 11, 5 Dec 2022. The terrorist attacked him while he and his wife were driving their car Friday night.
Jerusalem Post, 5 Dec 2022 pg 9.

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Israel Now update 30 Nov 2022

30 Nov 2022, Samaria: Following after last week’s bus station bombing that left two dead and dozens injured, yesterday we have a car ramming attack carried out by an Arab with Israeli citizenship, wife, kids, and job at a supermarket. Will the Palestinian Authority financially reward his family for this?

Jerusalem Post, 30 Nov 2022, pg 1.
Israeli Jewish Mafia is still in operation:
Jerusalem Post, 30 Nov 2022, pg 6.
The ongoing “Operation Break the Wave” is now six months long. It began in March 2022 after Arabs killed 20 Jewish Israelis.
Jerusalem Post, 29 Nov 2022, pg 1.

 

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Double Bombing in Jerusalem

24 Nov 2022, Samaria:  Happy Thanksgiving to friends from the USA.
Today and tomorrow I have Oratorio rehearsals in Jerusalem.

Yesterday two bombs were remote detonated on two buses in Jerusalem, a half hour apart. A third bomb was prevented by security. Last I knew it was 19 injured, 1 dead:  16 year old Aryeh Ahechopek, a Canadian-Israeli yeshiva boy. Bombs were packed with nails and screws dipped in poison to increase carnage.I’m riding the buses in Jerusalem today for one rehearsal tonight, another on Friday morning.

Thanksgiving Day, Jerusalem Post 24 Nov 2022, pg 1.

Weed, War, & WhatsApp

26 Oct 2022, Israel: Government considers steps regarding scams, con artists, and spam messages which push Israelis to buy weed.

Security: Israeli Defense Force (IDF) moves forward overnight in Operation Break the Wave.

Tech: With so many Israelis that use one single app for most personal, business, and security communication, that leaves a single point of failure that wreaked havoc for one hour yesterday.

 

Truth defeats lies

“One basic truth can be used as a foundation for a mountain of lies, and if we dig down deep enough in the mountain of lies, and bring out that truth, to set it on top of the mountain of lies; the entire mountain of lies will crumble under the weight of that one truth, and there is nothing more devastating to a structure of lies than the revelation of the truth upon which the structure of lies was built, because the shock waves of the revelation of the truth reverberate, and continue to reverberate throughout the Earth for generations to follow, awakening even those people who had no desire to be awakened to the truth.” – Delamer Duverus

Delamer Duverus quote.

Soldier injured in Samaria

Oct 3, 2022, Samaria:  The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is stretched to the limit during this Fall Festival season of 2022.   20 minutes uphill from here in Samaria, Nablus is a Roman-era name (in Greek) for Shechem, an ancient Hebrew town.  This is the location where Joseph’s bones are buried; yes, that Joseph, Pharaoh’s right-hand man in Egypt.

Jerusalem Post, 3 Oct 2022 pg 1.

 

On 2 October 2022 in Shechem, Israeli Jews had a peaceful rally.  They came under fire from Arab non-Israelis from the area. The overall council head of Samaria, Yossi Dagan, was photographed crouching behind an automobile for cover, pistol drawn, defending children.  This was a peaceful rally with many children present – Arabs opened fire for no reason other than their hurt feelings that Jews simply exist in Samaria.

 

References:

IDF can’t keep up West Bank operation due to logistics shortage

2 Oct 2022 The IDF cannot continue a long-term military operation in the West Bank due to logistical support deficiencies, State Comptroller Matanyahu …

 

Soldier lightly injured in Palestinian fire at settler rally by Nablus

2 Oct 2022 Other soldiers immediately returned fire and are in pursuit of the shooters. The rally had been held to protest a shooting incident in the …

 

 

Dangerous Fall Holiday Season

11 Oct 2022: It’s the season of the Fall Feasts of the seventh Biblical month (the first month being the month where Passover lands, in the spring).  The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has been working overtime, calling up reserves for weeks, to counteract the Arabs’ stepped-up efforts to cause panic and mayhem among the Jewish population.

An 18-year old girl, Sgt. Noa Lazar, was killed in an antisemitic attack.  Thus, the IDF’s “Operation Break the Wave” continues work in order to break the wave of violence and antisemitism.

Jerusalem Post, 11 Oct 2022 pg 1.

 

Manhunt continues for Jerusalem shooter who killed IDF soldier

17 hours ago Security forces are said to have identified the suspect, and believe that he might be hiding out somewhere in Shuafat.

https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-719342

 

Sgt. Noa Lazar, 18, killed just shy of birthday – ‘You were a treasure’

Sgt. Noa Lazar was originally from the northern community of Bat Hefer. She was a fighter in the IDF’s Military Police Erez battalion.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-719235

 

Related:

Operation Break the Wave: Ten arrested across West Bank overnight

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-719367

Remembering Sgt Liel Gideoni (1994-2014)

30 Sept 2022, Samaria:  You probably know that I go out prayer walking around the village every day.

This morning, I saw a bumper sticker that stood out to me.  What a smile!

This guy is special, and deeply missed by his family. Liel was just 20 years old at the time.

The morning of Aug 1, 2014, around 7 or 9:30 AM, terrorists from Gaza suddenly emerged from a terror tunnel dug by Hamas, with materials financed by Iran.  It was an ambush against the Israeli soldiers, less than 72 hours after the US and the UN had brokered a cease-fire.

 

An example of bumper stickers in Israel. This one is a memory of the late Sgt Liel Gideoni, from Jerusalem, who served in the Givati Brigade of the IDF; Gidoni was killed on Aug 1, 2014 in an ambush in southern Gaza shortly after the “cease fire” was announced.

With English letters, Liel’s surname is sometimes spelled with or without the “e.”

Liel Gideoni was posthumously promoted to Sergeant.

https://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/Hamas-says-missing-IDF-soldier-may-have-died-during-ambush-in-southern-Gaza-369783