Most Clicked This Week
- 6 European countries join forces to do business with Iran (and throw Israel under the bus)
- "President Joe Biden's Iran policy was conceived and is being implemented by the same people who negotiated the JCPOA under Obama, who argued in favor of empowering Iran"
- "Israel-US dialogue is necessary about Iran’s nuclear program, since a good agreement with Iran is a clear Israeli interest. But Israel must be prepared with a military option against Iran, as a last resort"
- "Military, defense minister believe a credible threat of an Israeli attack on Tehran’s nuclear facilities is only way US will be able to negotiate better deal with Islamic Republic"
- EVENT Israel Bonds Chicago with The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
- Heard in Jerusalem: "Hasbara" has become something resembling a dirty word
- "Those experiences gave Thomas the fortitude to do something truly courageous: risk her friendships, face her misconceptions, and change her mind"
- EVENT 2nd Annual Kosher Chicago BBQ Festival Competition to benefit Maot Chitim
Tag Archives: Gush Etzion
“Ultra-nationalist Itamar Ben-Gvir, the national security minister who’s been in charge of policing since 2022, is known for his hardline attitude towards the Palestinian Arabs and instinct to excuse Jewish misdeeds”
MELANIE PHILLIPS BLOG The muddled morass of “settler violence” November 21, 2025 …The truth is that reports of “settler violence” are overwhelmingly exaggerated and distorted. A report published in the summer by Regavim, the Israeli organisation that monitors Judea and … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Ben-Gvir, Gush Etzion, Palestinians, West Bank
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“Senior Washington official says Trump White House concerned that ‘Greater Jerusalem’ law could undermine planned peace talks”
ARUTZ SHEVA Senior US official: Trump concerned about Greater Jerusalem bill by David Rosenberg October 29, 2017 The Trump administration is concerned that a proposal to annex 19 towns in Judea and Samaria to Jerusalem would derail planned Middle East … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Gush Etzion, Jerusalem
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Since metal detector decision, Netanyahu has come out in favor of “annexing Gush Etzion and Ma’aleh Adumim to Jerusalem” and death penalty for Solomon family murderer
JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu Discussed Settlement Exchange Plan With US by Herb Keinon July 27, 2017 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed with Washington in recent weeks the idea of redrawing the borders in any future agreement with the Palestinians, incorporating the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Gush Etzion, Ma’aleh Adumim
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80,000 spectators (and 20 million ESPN home viewers) of Monday Night Football hold moment of silence for 18 year-old American Ezra Schwartz murdered last week. But “Israel”not referenced — he was studying “abroad”
JNS New England Patriots hold moment of silence for Ezra Schwartz November 23, 2015 The National Football League’s New England Patriots held a moment of silence before the start of their Monday Night Football game in honor of Ezra Schwartz, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Ezra Schwartz, Gush Etzion, New England Patriots, Robert Kraft
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It begins as a conversation with an Israeli security guard, then Arab woman reaches into her purse to produce the knife [VIDEO]
ALGEMEINER Israeli Guard Recounts Thwarting Stabbing Attack on His Birthday: ‘I Got My Life as a Gift’ by Ruthie Blum November 8, 2015 The Israeli security guard who was wounded in a stabbing attack in Beitar Illit and then neutralized his … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Beitar Ilit, Gush Etzion, Palestinian Authority, Samaria, stabbing, terror, terrorists, Yishai Kreitenberger
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Journalist Josh Hasten surrounded by Arab mob with rocks: “Today was my turn”
ALGEMEINER American-Israeli Journalist Recounts Near-Lynching by Palestinian Mob En Route to Jerusalem by Ruthie Blum October 7, 2015 “Today was my turn,” said a resident of Elazar in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, referring to his brush with Palestinian … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Elazar, Gush Etzion, Josh Hasten, Palestinian, Palestinian terrorism, Voice of Israel, West Bank
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Don’t be rattled by the condemnations
ISRAEL HAYOM by Dror Eydar September 2, 2014 It has become a common and tedious ritual: the international condemnation and the outcry of the Left. There is nothing to get excited about here. The Jews began the process, which could … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged dunams, Great Britain, Gush Etzion, Judea, Samaria, West Bank
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Israel appropriates massive tract of West Bank land
HAARETZ by Chaim Levinson August 31, 2014 The appropriation of 3,799 dunams (988 acres) of West Bank land between the Etzion settlement bloc and Jerusalem was announced on Sunday by the Israel Defense Forces’ Civil Administration. The appropriation was decided … Continue reading
The Kidnapping of Three Israeli Teens. How should Jews respond to crisis?
AISH.COM by Sara Yoheved Rigler June 15, 2014 We did not find out about the kidnapping on the Internet. Early Friday afternoon, my husband was praying the afternoon prayer in an ancient synagogue in our neighborhood, the Old City of … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar, Gush Etzion, Hamas, ISIS, Kidnapping, Naftali Frankel
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