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Paula R. Stern is CEO of WritePoint Ltd., a leading technical writing company in Israel. Her personal blog, A Soldier's Mother, has been running since 2007. She lives in Maale Adumim with her husband and children, a dog, too many birds, and a desire to write.
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By Paula Stern
Let's be honest - if we wanted to make Gaza AND Lebanon, Iraq AND Iran parking lots, we could have done it long ago. Instead, we have sacrificed more than 800 precious sons of Israel to this horrific war that we didn't start...and the barbarians in the Hague sanction our leaders, our soldiers.
By Paula Stern
May the God of Israel find favor in our new leaders and bless them with wisdom.
By Paula Stern
{Originally posted to the author's blog} Imagine if your grandfather gave you something precious, a legacy from his father. Imagine as well, that before giving it to you, he asked each of your cousins if they wanted it. Almost immediately, each in turn informed your grandfather that they most certainly did not. When your grandfather […]
By Paula Stern
Go to the homes of the murderers of the Fogel family. Of Ori Ansbacher. Ari Fuld. Koby Mandell, and so many others. That's where the animals are, Ms Kotler.
By Paula Stern
Hamas says that our attack on the tunnel was unprovoked. What they mean is - we didn't call them up and tell them that we were going to bomb the tunnel that they were building so that they could attack us
By Paula Stern
The popular blogger's revelatory reflection on her third visit to Germany
By Paula Stern
To the 99% of Haredim who are NOT protesting, I apologize for the insults you have received, for the assumptions made against you. The hatred of those Haredim protesting and rioting does not justify the hatred turned against you.
By Paula Stern
Will the New Year bring peace? If it does, it will be one person at a time
By Paula Stern
I wanted to write about. Rosh Hashana has passed and Yom Kippur is approaching - so much to say...but that will wait because today three men were murdered; their families are in shock right now, funerals are being planned.
By Paula Stern
How do you return to normal on a day that wasn't supposed to be normal at all? Even as I ask the question, I know the answer. Normal is what we Israelis dream of, pray for, work towards.
By Paula Stern
Two Israeli Temple Mount police broke the law…not Bibi’s law, not man’s law, but God’s law/
By Paula Stern
Israel, unlike Jordan and unlike the Palestinians, practices freedom of religion and so we allow...read that again...WE ALLOW all religions...well, except Jews...to pray on the Temple Mount.
By Paula Stern
Wisdom from the Israeli street
By Paula Stern
How is it possible that we are expected not to be insulted by their attempts to kill us, while still be expected to understand their insult at having to walk through a metal detector?
By Paula Stern
Some fun facts and figures for Israel...
By Paula Stern
When it gets to be too much, sometimes, you really have to laugh...
By Paula Stern
Happy birthday, America - and thank you for sharing this day with us. Entebbe was set to be a mass-massacre and instead it was turned into a great victory that will always be remembered.
By Paula Stern
CNN covered the incident in Syria's classic manner. The best they could come up with was "Golan Heights: Israel strikes Syrian military".
By Paula Stern
Like Gal Gadot, Hadas Malka was young, beautiful, strong, dedicated to her country. In the movie, Wonder Woman seems to live forever;. In real life, Wonder Woman was killed by a terrorist
By Paula Stern
How could some lunatic walk up to someone and say - are you a democrat or a republican and then shoot them....what the hell have you done to yourself, America. Is this really what you want?
By Paula Stern
But if a soldier of Israel cannot walk safely in your neighborhood, than neither can I.
By Paula Stern
The only real question you have today in the UK if you are Jewish is whether today is the day to leave.
By Paula Stern
He's so busy hating Israel, he's missing the fact that Muslims kill more Muslims in a single year than Israel has killed in total over more than 70 years.
By Paula Stern
Know the truth. A terrorist died Sunday in Israel and I'm so grateful she died alone. Know too, that the minute she picked up that knife her destiny was sealed.
By Paula Stern
Documents are surfacing that prove beyond question that the powers that be KNEW by 1942 that 2 million Jews had already been murdered and that Hitler was quite simply conducting a "massacre of Jews".
By Paula Stern
In the hours that the Nazis sent our people to the fires, when Mengele was torturing and experimenting, the Allies -and the world-knew and chose not to act.
By Paula Stern
At what point do you wish someone dead? For me, it is when they forsake their humanity and take real and clear steps to take the life of another. I shed no tears for the terrorist "neutralized" today
By Paula Stern
This thing, Daqamseh, that is not human has been released-EARLY. This thing that murdered 7 little girls and then spoke with pride at his accomplishment. At least this thing made his mother proud
By Paula Stern
A potentially enlightening television report about Ma’ale Adumim ends up twisted into an anti-Israel diatribe; it wasn’t the beauty they came to see, it was lies they hoped to spread.
By Paula Stern
Israel has been attacked from 3 fronts in the last week. A rocket landed in the Golan Heights; air raid sirens wailed in Eilat without warning; and Gaza fired a rocket landed on the Ashkelon beach.
By Paula Stern
I am a Jew. I was born a Jew and I will die a Jew. I was also born a woman. Never once in my life have I felt those to collide or contradict and I pity anyone who feels that they do.
By Paula Stern
Senegal sees no issue in taking our aid and then supporting an anti-Israel resolution, one-sided, unfair, completely out of proportion to what Palestinians are doing.
By Paula Stern
"How...how do parents say good bye to their children in the morning as they leave home...and then bury them that night?" How?
By Paula Stern
In today's attack, one soldier is seen running towards the attack, only to stop and turn back. Then dozens of others are seen running away from the truck that rammed into the soldiers.
By Paula Stern
Elor Azarya is a soldier of Israel. 10 months ago we sent him into battle. His friend was stabbed in that battle. Elor raised his gun and shot the terrorist. It wasn't murder. It wasn't even manslaughter.
By Paula Stern
Not only was Elor Azariya slapped in the face, but every soldier with a gun. The message is they must, in the middle of battle, stop and think what some idiot judge will think of their action.
By Paula Stern
The problem with listening to John Kerry is that within minutes you start to get a headache - and that's the best I can say.
By Paula Stern
I continue to read messages blaming me and others like me for the Trump victory because we dared to argue that Hillary Clinton was not an option. But how can I be blamed when I didn't vote for Trump?
By Paula Stern
A guy in the makolet shouts, “But I must go to the front of the line!” He is holding a box of toothbrushes and a lot of toothpaste. WHY?
By Paula Stern
How can you possibly understand the horror of watching your land burn? It is an open wound you don't forget for a moment, a thought that stays in your mind as you go about your day.
By Paula Stern
I'll give up the fires, the stoning attacks and more...thank you for visiting my site, really but I don't need 10,000 people a day to come here...my country needs peace. We need the fires to end.
By Paula Stern
Trump's mandate for the next four years should also mean a renewed examination into the behavior and actions of the media. The camera was always meant to share the picture, not create it.
By Paula Stern
Finally, a story that won't "DRIVE" you crazy and which has a happy ending...
By Paula Stern
Israel has become the greatest of Sukkahs for the Jewish people - it is truly here that we are safe in a way we do not feel anywhere else in the world.
By Paula Stern
What bothers me most at this point, is two things. The first is that America is being manipulated. The second is that, in part, it is crossing red lines to do this.
By Paula Stern
"Where are you?" he asks. "I'm in the office. The car is at Ammunition Hill. Do you need to take it?" There was a brief hesitation. "There was an attack at Ammunition Hill."
By Paula Stern
In my little country today, we were hit by a missile. The siren sounded; the red alert was announced. Children, panicked and frightened, were hurried into bomb shelters
By Paula Stern
The debate was nasty, ugly. Trump called her Secretary Clinton; she called him Donald.
By Paula Stern
Maybe there is reason for optimism: Today Israel has diplomatic relations with over 160 countries, nearly double the number Israel had when Netanyahu served as Israel’s ambassador some 30 years ago.
By Paula Stern
"it's Elul and we need the shofar, especially this morning. Two police, did you hear?" "Yes" I answered sadly. "They should have a complete recovery." "Amen," I said and watched as he blew the shofar.
By Paula Stern
There's a growing tendency in the world to deal with terrorism by denying it. Regardless of who set those bombs in New York, it wasn't an accident-It was terrorism.
By Paula Stern
I considered the question, "Should we pray for Peres?" struggled with it for barely a second, and knew we should be because he's a Jew, because he's a human being.
By Paula Stern
In the last few years, terror attacks in the US and Europe have clearly become more common. I question not the interpretation of the fact, but the almost-desperate need to manipulate and deny it. Why?
By Paula Stern
And then, in horror, as I watched, the second plane hit. I started to cry as the shocked voices could be heard through the television; I started to pray, "Oh God,
By Paula Stern
Those screaming out from below the rubble begging Israelis to come help them, were definitely foreign workers or Palestinians. Do you see any hesitation among the Israeli rescue workers? ZERO
By Paula Stern
Into the commanders' errors, entered a young soldier. What that soldier thought and did CANNOT be judged by those who were not there, who rely on a manipulated video that tells only part of the story
By Paula Stern
For Israelis, the Olympics comes each time with tremendous emotional baggage. We remember the 1972 Munich Olympics when the Israeli squad was taken hostage and subsequently slaughtered by the PLO
By Paula Stern
When it comes to the Jews, Israel's government rarely hesitates to block our access, restrict our rights, humiliate and insult Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount, while it's Arabs instigating trouble
By Paula Stern
Dear Donald, If you want to win this election, you need to convince more Americans to be pro-Trump rather than just anti-Clinton.
By Paula Stern
Twelve years...how could it be twelve years since that fateful, horrible summer when Israel acted unilaterally, stupidly, leaving Gush Katif
By Paula Stern
Congratulations to the Israeli team for acting with dignity and self-respect and not escalating the conflict with the Lebanese and for making us all proud.
By Paula Stern
Time may change, but unfortunately, we are plagued by the same disgusting occurrences,
By Paula Stern
Arranging a holiday in Israel can be very interesting. It seems like the whole country goes on vacation at the same time
By Paula Stern
The hypocrite says that the Palestinian Authority will NOT allow Israel to hold on to the dead bodies of terrorists, presumably those who died in the act of terror and those who caught afterwards.
By Paula Stern
What will it take for the world to be able to say - without lowering their voices - this was the work of Islamic extremism? This was Islamic terror? All Muslims...no. No. NO.
By Paula Stern
Nothing like keeping cool on the army base on Shabbat with some help from some friends
By Paula Stern
I hope Trump wins, because Israel deserves better treatment than it got from Obama or will get from Clinton and Caine, who supported Obama's ongoing attempts to humiliate and insult Israel's leaders.
By Paula Stern
There are days that are roller coasters of emotion here in Israel. The hint of a soldier's death brings terror and pain; When a terrorist attack has been averted, the sun shines a bit brighter,
By Paula Stern
Peace will come when families can drive safely without concern of being shot.
By Paula Stern
Paula Stern responds to Gidon Levy's article in Haaretz, where he criticized the soldiers who shot the terrorist near Ariel.
By Paula Stern
This has never been a life and death struggle for the Palestinians. No one is threatening their lives;
By Paula Stern
"The fact is, I can name no less than five right-wing bloggers who have decided to give TOI a pass rather than put up with any more abuse. "
By Paula Stern
Thursday, they murdered a 13 year old child in her bed; Friday, they murdered a father of ten. Today, we bury him. Tomorrow, we will stand up, in pain, in anger and faith. We will be strong...tomorrow
By Paula Stern
You [God] gave me a present and now I am returning it to You. Take her. She is the flesh of our flesh. Hug her, because I will never again be able to touch her. Make room for her, so she can dance.
By Paula Stern
There are days that the anger chokes you. Well, to the Times of Israel Staff, congratulations. I'm choking. I can only pray Hallel's parents are not reading your paper's reporting of the TERROR attack
By Paula Stern
Our children grow in this land of Israel, strong and proud. We march through the streets of our land, unafraid and yet committed to helping others, seeking peace, treating others with respect.
By Paula Stern
Here in Israel, soldiers are an integral part of our society. The army not only knows this but encourages this. Yes, God protect them, they fight in wars but they protect us in our daily lives.
By Paula Stern
Though it is essential in a democracy to have an active opposition, Herzog has gone too far by attempting to subvert, undermine, weaken the government, and therefore the country itself.
By Paula Stern
A characteristic many don't see at first glance, or fail to recognize at all, is that Israelis are actually very kind people.
By Paula Stern
The funerals continue here, and the stories of who they were and what they were able to accomplish before their lives were cut short will bring you to your knees.
By Paula Stern
Who Am I? I am a Jew whose family was forever changed by the Holocaust; I am an Israeli, forever ready to welcome the world's Jews and more, ready to send our sons to protect our Nation
By Paula Stern
Israel is not perfect, but it is the one place Ive been that actually strives for perfection; Israel is a place where I don't feel out of place--even though I am not Jewish.
By Paula Stern
All over Israel, Israeli flags are flying. The next 24 hours are among the hardest in Israel: Tomorrow night we will celebrate but before we do, we will mourn with all our hearts.
By Paula Stern
Sadiq Khan, London's newly elected Mayor and lawyer to terrorists, might just inspire London's Jews to come home to Israel
By Paula Stern
May our people never again be without the means to protect ourselves and may God, above all else, stand over us and protect us.
By Paula Stern
Tonight, as I sit here, a memorial candle burning nearby, I check the news. Five mortars were fired at Israel today
By Paula Stern
My son Davidi has been drafted - into Givati...Givati is one of the units of ground forces. Givati can be in the most dangerous places.
By Paula Stern
What I feel for the Nazis is timeless, endless and without bounds. It is a hatred so deep, it borders on poison
By Paula Stern
Despite Israel's victory in the 6 Day War, in a move of monumental stupidity, Israel's Moshe Dayan handed over the keys to the Temple Mount to Jordan.
By Paula Stern
There is nothing like Chol Hamoed in Israel...
By Paula Stern
The sound of the explosion is deafening...so too is the silence of the world.
By Paula Stern
Today's bus bombing in Jerusalem was not about the occupation nor supposed economic hardships. It is...it was...it always will be about hatred.
By Paula Stern
Bernie, it sounds great when you tell the cameras you're "proud to be Jewish" but you need to be proud you are a Jew - a noun, Bernie, not an adjective. That's what it is to be a Jew - it is not a description, it is the essence..
By Paula Stern
Manslaughter? For doing the right thing? When his own commanding officer admits the terrorist was NOT neutralized and that he feared the terrorist was armed with a bomb?
By Paula Stern
"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players;" and Israel, and ALL its inhabitants, are its greatest stage and players
By Paula Stern
I don't want to think about going to war. In two out of three of the last wars, you've taken one of my sons and this time, you could take...all of them
By Paula Stern
The Times of Israel, shared the video, its employee went on Facebook and accused, tried, and convicted the 19-year-old soldier...more, she sentenced him to "rot in jail."
By Paula Stern
The soldier did not kill an "innocent" civilian. He killed a person with means and intent to murder soldiers or random innocent Israeli civilians.
