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The thief was caught when he returned to steal more weapons.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Border Police forces were waiting to ambush terrorists throwing rocks and Molotov Cocktails at Rachel’s Tomb.
Israel will do its "utmost so that Jews will be able to go everywhere safely, especially to the Tomb of the Patriarchs," Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Cabinet Sunday. Tens of thousands of Jews visit the site, known, in Hebrew as Ma'arat HaMachpelah, for Slichot prayers between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. It is […]
Terrorists are on the warpath as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan gets underway.
Three young boys have been injured by a vehicle in Gush Etzion in what is suspected as a terrorist hit-and-attack.
Yesterday we showed you what Rachel's Tomb used to look like. Unfortunately, the Oslo Accords and "Peace" changed all that. Nowadays Rachel's Tomb is Fortress Rachel, in order to protect Jewish visitors from Arab terrorists. The original building is not gone. The fortress was built over and around it. Just a reminder of what […]
The great work by israeldailypicture.com has made this rare collection of Rachel's Tomb photos available to the general public. Tonight is the Yartzheit of Rachel Imeinu, the Matriarch Rachel.
At just after 11:00 pm on Monday evening, a pipe-bomb was again thrown into the Rachel's Tomb compound at the edge of Bethlehem, near Jerusalem. This pipe-bomb, thrown over the security wall, landed in the upper parking lot, exploded, and wounded a 25 year old man. The injured man was treated and then evacuated by […]
Palestinian Authority Arabs attacks Israeli soldiers and civilians Monday night with two Molotov cocktail attacks on an IDF post neat Bethlehem and Rachel’s Tomb (Kever Rachel), injuring one person. Attacking Jews has been increasing popular among Arabs in Judea the past several weeks and follows a bit of incitement by U.S. Secretary of State John […]
President Shimon Peres delivered a Christian New Year’s message enthusiastically proclaiming that Israel “will continue to guarantee access to holy sites for all” in the wake of recent “price tag” attacks on Christian sites. “There is no place for violence in our society, even more so when it targets people or places of faith,” he […]
Jews visit Rachel’s Tomb Tuesday to pray that she cries for them. Today, the anniversary of her death, the Palestinian Authority has failed to turn it into a Muslim holy site. Chalk up one for the truth.
Since early Friday afternoon, Arabs have been violently rioting throughout Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem.
The sixteenth century Arab historian Mujir Al Din wrote that Rachel’s Tomb was a Jewish holy place.
The area around Rachel's Tomb has been fortified, cement barriers erected to protect those wishing to pray beside her grave.
If Obama calls Jews settlers, what would he call Arab attackers? Indians? Unlike “settlers,” he won’t be firebombed, stabbed, shot at or run over by Arab drivers without licenses.
Coming to Kever Rachel one cannot help but recall the traditional domed structure that once stood as a humble memorial to the greatest of women. Unfortunately a fortress like edifice of towering large concrete slabs has now replaced that familiar picture. It was here, at this holy site, that I first met Evelyn Haies, an American mother, grandmother, and globetrotter.
By dvora
From rallying Rachel's children to reclaim their identity and holy roots, to purchasing and delivering a Sefer Torah to the empty un-walled streets in front of Rachel's Tomb, to petitioning to have regular scheduled trips of Egged buses eight times daily, Rachel's Children Reclamation Foundation now finds itself in a dilemma: whether to be silent like Rachel or cry like Rachel.
June 26, 2026 
