“Don’t worry Ma. See, my arm is fine!” He knew his arm wasn’t fine. She knew it too. They both knew there was no way he was staying home. Not after the videos he had seen, not after the emergency message he received, the message all policemen in the area received, the message they thought … More Last one out turns off the darkness
Emily Damari is a giant. A rock star. A Maccabee. Today (at least one of) Israel’s newspapers featured the image Emily posted on her Instagram account, which she titled: I’m back 🤟🏽 In the photo, she’s sitting on a couch outside her destroyed home in Kfar Azza. The contrast between Emily, alive and victorious, outside … More Emily Damari: “I’m back 🤟🏽”
Please note: This article was written on July 9th, 2024, and published in the 21st edition of Perspectives Magazine which was released on September 23, 2024. Since the article was written we were notified of the deaths of some of the hostages mentioned in this article. As of publication, 107 hostages remain in Gaza. Do you believe your … More Family of Hostages
The Middle East is full of surprises. Yesterday I heard Israel’s morality vindicated by the strangest source… “Israel holds her soldiers so dearly beloved that she released 1000 prisoners to get back one hostage, Gilad Shalit. We are seven. Please help us.” This came as a clinching statement in a plea for help, made … More Egyptian hostages plead to be treated like Israel treated Gilad Shalit
On October 18th Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held hostage by Hamas for 5 years and 4 months was released. This is a country obsessed with numbers – sometimes that’s all you can hold on to… Each day, on the evening news, Israel counted the days of Shalit’s captivity 1,941. 1,027 is the number of … More Gilad Shalit comes home
Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story 