יום רביעי, ט״ז תמוז תשפ״וWednesday, July 1, 2026
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A hospital. A real hospital. A hospital dedicated to only one thing - healing people - any people, all people. And today, Iran bombed that hospital.
Your orange buildings don't move me. I know you mean well, so I've held my peace but I'm chocking with each one I see.
The land will hold you close and your memories will be forever blessed. We are so sorry...
So today, the rain is perfect. It matches our tears and washes our fears gently. Today is a day to remember that all is in the hands of God...no, not to be angry with Him. He did not murder our hostages. He is bringing them home and He will punish those who hurt His children. There is the justice.
I've thought about this - more times than I would like to admit.
It's time to make this the final war.
Never mind. We will continue to fight for the world you don't deserve because you may not have meant the words "never again" but we did, we do, we will.
It is important to understand that many who question October 7 are mentally challenged and mathematically rated as needing to be placed back in first grade.
We are close to finding out the fate of Kfir and Ariel Bibas. It is more than our hearts can handle. What are the chances that they are alive and if the are, please God, how will they ever learn to live in the light again, to trust again?
Please don't put my star, my menorah on your tree. You are not honoring my tradition that way, you are blurring the importance and the modesty of what we are about.
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.
But the BIG attack hasn't come. Iran is slowly backing away after realizing how hard Israel plans to hit back...Hezbollah is losing commanders regularly.
Maybe the truth is in that coffee and maybe it's time to stop the lies. We, those people the world calls "settlers" are not filled with hate.
As Gaza lies in ruins, so too will Lebanon very soon.
It boggles the mind and so instead of Joe Biden, I remember Menachem Begin's response...we are not trembling Jews. We are the lions of Judea.
Today, I cried and felt broken and old for hours and hours until friends started reaching out, telling me the same advice I have given them in the past. Breathe. Just breathe. Pray for Israel. Pray for our soldiers. That is what we ask of you.
I thought of Kfir who was born free in our land, and still hatred has taken him from us. I thought of the lies told by the South Africans in the International Court of Justice and I thought of the lies told in Jedwabne.
I once loved the clouds... yet now, I don't know.
As hard as it was to have my sons serve Israel, I am infinitely proud that they have, that they do...Somehow, a few years ago, I felt I should stop this blog because I was no longer a soldier's mother 24/7. Now I realize that I am, that I will be, for years to come.
How ugly the world has become
Today, I cry for an America that has forgotten the lessons of 9/11 by supporting a terrorist regime
This war that is beginning has perhaps been foretold from the start of time. And I tell you with great sadness that the Jewish people are under attack and there are two main components and one main reason...
We’re here in our land. We too are watching. Ultimately, it is our skies, our land, and our job to defend. Thank you for coming and as is our tradition, we escort you above our home, through it, over it, and finally out of it.
The cat in the hat has left our fair shore, And here we are left, abandoned and poor.
Today in Europe, Jews were NOT invited to a commemoration of Kristallnacht in a small Swedish town
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.
How dare those who live on distant shores offer to sacrifice Jerusalem for us. It is MY son on the front line defending this land, defending Jerusalem from the north, as my city defends it from the east. They have no right and more, they do much wrong.
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.
The people of Israel don't "take a knee" -other than to God...not to our flag, our national anthem. Not to a king, a president, a concept. Take a knee? I'd rather America take heart. Have faith, America and be strong. You are a land of justice and freedom and you have so much to be proud of.
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
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
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
"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.
Our heroes will fight to stop the fires and they'll take the time to rescue the Torah scrolls that contain our faith, our dedication, the promise God made to us to give us this land.
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
June 26, 2026 
