Southern Levant

These genetic results are a critical step toward understanding the long-disputed origins of the Philistines, the research underscored.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Bearing Witness to Bravery

By Moshe Herman

Yishai plays recordings from the month-and-a-half he and his wife, Malka, spent broadcasting from Gush Katif during the 2005 disengagement. The Fleishers provided their priceless, on-the-scene perspective of one of the most dramatic moments in Israeli history, as they observed the communities’ valiant refusal to leave their homes — even as their towns were cut off from food and supplies — while being intimidated by the Israeli government.