יום שישי, כ״ח תשרי תשפ״זFriday, October 9, 2026
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By Paul Gherkin
To continue meriting the Promised Land, Jews must consider & always improve upon their own behavior.
Though the Talmud doesn't give instructions, Metzitza has always been done B’Peh - by oral suction.
ISIS and Hamas are cut from the same cloth. Obama should listen to Netanyahu.
By Batya Medad
Last night I attended the big festive celebration of ten years of Menachem Begin Heritage Center and Museum. Security was tight, almost like at a foreign airport, because both Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Ruby Rivlin were to be there. And yes, they were and yes they spoke. Officially the evening was a tribute […]
By Beth Perkel
Hamas' tunnels were destroyed as were plans for their unparalleled terror attacks on Rosh Hashana.
By Batya Medad
The Jewish Press stressed the possible ramifications of such a breach of Israeli political protocol
If not scared by God be scared by man; Hopefully ethics will integrate into lives for proper reasons
Smear campaigns by people with agendas other than justice do not faze him; He does what is right.
By Batya Medad
Countries like Turkey, Europe and even the US have proven fertile ground for recruiting terrorists
How many times have you heard anti-semites spew words like Israel are Nazis, or what you are doing to the Arabs is worse that what the Nazis did to the Jews?!...
By Ted Belman
My blog, Israpundit, was hacked, and I had to move to a new domain...
There's much confusion about the definition of Daas Torah; simply put it means the wisdom of Torah.
By Batya Medad
We'll never be able to negotiate a true, lasting peace with the Arabs.Their aim is our destruction.
Now I live in a country where every shop in the food court is kosher! I can have anything I want!
Pashkevil: "Come out today and battle the Zionist Amalek and all the traitors in Nahal Haredi..."
By Batya Medad
Jordan: Only M.E. country with no historical basis and ruled by occupiers placed by European powers.
By JoeSettler
Like the fighter pilot's letter, I wonder if certain units are simply too sensitive to allow certain leftwingers to serve in, and to entrust in their hands the security of our country and our lives.
There is only one thing more tragic than experiencing a terror attack, and that is allowing those who attacked you to do it again!
By JoeSettler
Smuggling Gazans into Europe is cheaper than fighting with Gaza, and then rebuilding all the destruction.
By Joseph Cox
This week's parsha offers a new covenant; a covenant that speaks to national life unlike any other
Why did I feel so uncomfortable around people with special needs? It's not like they're contagious.
By Paul Gherkin
The US government ignores Saudi policies, focusing narrowly on Saudi oil and military cooperation.
Imagine if the Arabs would not have attacked Israel in '48, or any other year...
Rabbi Fink: "There are many ‘true believers who can’t even be in the presence of Orthodox Judaism."
People act not because they think it’s right; they do what they do because it’s what they want to do
During the years of attacks on Gush Katif communities no residents either wished to leave or left.
By Paul Gherkin
Israel far outranks every country in the MENA region in the freedoms of press, speech and assembly.
" the Americans mistakenly led Israel to believe that Hamas accepted an unconditional 72-hour cease-fire "
By JoeSettler
Here are some headlines, you are guaranteed to never see outside of the Purim edition of a website...
By Batya Medad
Not only Israel, but World Jewry owes everything to the holy bravery of the IDF and its soldiers.
"The Obama administration proved once again that it is the best friend of its enemies, and the biggest enemy of its friends."
By Batya Medad
Reuters has an article up claiming that to rebuild Gaza it will cost $7.8 billion. (Reuters) - Rebuilding Gaza will cost $7.8 billion, the Palestinian Authority said on Thursday, in the most comprehensive assessment yet of damage from a seven-week war with Israel during which whole neighborhoods and vital infrastructure were flattened. I just think […]
1st thing that must be done: tear down that wall; 2nd thing: allocate empty classrooms to Charedim.
I love a lot about Jerusalem. I love that even though it's hot, it's a dry heat with breezes. I love that it's a bustling town, but not the metropolis that is Tel Aviv. I love that the air feels Jewish, which is a weird thing to conceptualize, but not if you've been here. But […]
We have the responsibility to ensure the safety of the Jewish people no matter where they live.
By Paul Gherkin
Evolution of the news flow: rapists first described as “Asian,”then “Pakistani,” finally “Muslim.”
By Steven Plaut
"Jewish Voices for Peace," a Hamas lobby created by Jewish anti-Semites.
By JoeSettler
JoeSettler is proud of WaPo's correction on "Palestinian Lands". It's the first step in improving the accuracy of the language of the debate.
The CBD has still stood its ground because there are teachers on staff that knew and did nothing.
In this Catskills summer camp, the custom is “Rocking this place like it’s never been rocked before”
By Steven Plaut
Neo-Nazis claim that Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is in fact a Mossad agent named Elliot Shimon
By Batya Medad
It's time to accept that the world cares more for "Palestinian" fiction than Jewish rights in Israel
No appropriate response by Charedi leaders to terror tactics aimed at Charedim that joined the IDF.
"I knew that being there would allow me to protect other soldiers.”
By JoeSettler
JoeSettler asks what could still possibly be on the negotiating table with the PA after a summer like we just had...
Now everyone has easy access to the culture and all of its vices, both social and intellectual.
By Batya Medad
Connect the dots, please: All of these Muslim Arab terror organizations are connected.
"...while Hamas has been weakened it has not been destroyed..."
By Paul Gherkin
Jewish donors bought and donated the greenhouses to the Palestinians.
By Donny Fuchs
The new “Begin Plan” is an impending nightmare, it rewards the Bedouins for brazen land-grabbing.
By Batya Medad
There is absolutely nothing for Israel's security in this American document.
Is it because of corrupt values and lack of meeting opportunities that we have a shidduch crisis?
Israel is fighting the war that none of the Western world has the ability or courage to fight.
We risk our lives to help those who do what they can to kill to our people .
By Batya Medad
Finish the job! Sayyem et a missima!סיים את המסימה!
While I am no fan of the two-state solution, I think I have a solution for the Gaza strip. Let me make it perfectly clear that in no way do I believe a Palestinian people, nation or Arab State ever existed in the history of the world and certainly was not occupied by Israel. If […]
By JoeSettler
Hamas targeted the Erez Crossing when it knew that Gazans and Israeli Arabs would be there, out in the open...
If you don’t know who’s behind The terror in your mind The answer’s not hard to find, Blame the Jews
If feminism is mentioned at all, it is usually to condemn it as an anti Torah ideal.
"...people making jokes about turning this into a shelter rave, taking #bombshelterselfies..."
Marriage is not just about emotional fidelity but about financial fidelity as well.
So you want to blame Israel? First answer these 5 simple questions, and see if you even have a leg to stand on...
By JoeSettler
Hamas's online Jihadi supporters and groupies are desperately trying to differentiate between their support for Hamas and supporting ISIS.
We all got degrees. We got married. We had families. We worked. We and were Koveih Itim
But the real culprit is William Schabas, who by comparison makes Richard Goldstone look like a saint
"The Jewish board of deputies, who are complicit, will feel the wrath of the People of SA with the age old biblical teaching of an eye for an eye."
I do not understand why Bibi or anyone else (Obama) would ever contemplate accepting any terms by an organization that states loud and clear their goal of Israel's destruction.
The media dumped on the "Lehava" people as extremist - racist and should mind their own business.
By Batya Medad
What is the point of having our own state when it cooperates with those who are against us?
It was the "first family event I missed due to aliyah."
Antisemitism, stupidity, fear, or exaggeration?
During Operation Protective Edge, IDF soldiers were faced with deadly risks in the Gaza Strip. Sixty four soldiers were killed and many more were wounded in combat. This is the story of one IDF commander who put his life in danger to rescue a soldier kidnapped by Hamas. Lt. Eitan, 23, joined the elite unit […]
I am a right wing religious Jewish settler and I HATE seeing pictures of kids in Gaza who are dying or suffering because of this war.
By David Bogner
Professor Aumann: Instead of hitting the opponent... step back and allow the opponent to hit himself
A letter from a survivor who recounts the horrors of the 1929 pogrom in Hebron.
Sgt. O's commander: “We do not fight indiscriminately. We are an army not a terrorist organization.”
There is no contradiction between laughing and crying. You can do both at the same time.
By Batya Medad
The IDF, which was extremely secular, today has a host of fully observant soldiers and officers.
George Galloway is very upset right now...
9 years ago this week, the Israeli government forced 8,000 Jews from their homes and lives in Gaza.
By Shia Altman
Jews do not go quietly to their deaths anymore.That confuses those who wax nostalgic.
By Batya Medad
Israelis in the south invite government officials including Bibi, to move to their neck of the woods
Show me when an Arab Palestine State ever existed and in what year was it occupied by Israel
In a unique operation, IEC transfered 10 generators to hospitals in Gaza.
Rocket Road, Tunnel crunch, Kerry Cherry-pit, Weapons Cashew, Iron Dough, Terror-misu... Add your own...
The discovery of a Hamas “urban warfare” manual by IDF forces reveals Hamas’ callous use of Gazans
Today is a month since I made aliyah! Was it only one month ago that I landed in Ben Gurion, clutching my teudat zehut, excited and apprehensive about what this new chapter would bring? It has been both the longest and quickest month of my life. The beginning saw a whirlwind of activity- setting up […]
By Batya Medad
Israel isn't willing to take over Gaza; it just keeps on doing "maintenance work."
THIS IS THE POST TO READ -- Victory is OURS!
The UN expressed "shock" when their inspectors discovered ancient explosives and primitive Hamas rockets hidden inside the cave.
This model follows the Rambam’s description in Hilchos Beis HaBechirah; set to a scale of 1mm to one cubit.
Here in Israel there are the many who load up their cars with food, and drink and candy and books to deliver them to soldiers and communities in the south.
By JoeSettler
JoeSettler uncovers the ultimate goal of Hamas in this war...
By Batya Medad
Why would Israel want a ceasefire. It would just signify our weakness that we blinked first.
Please, the Yeshiva boys should pray and study more and harder for this endangered young soldier!
Israeli's are a religious people; even secular Jews believe that God is active in this world.
The beauty of a Jew is his relationship to other Jews and his involvement with Medinat Yisrael.
By Donny Fuchs
A ceasefire not only gives Hamas a victory, it will destroy the morale of the IDF and the country.
October 9, 2026 
