After more than a year in the protest tent in Jerusalem, the Shalit family on Wednesday evening returned to their home in Mitzpe Hila, in order to prepare for their son’s return after five years in Hamas captivity. Noam Shalit, Gilad’s father, refused to speak with reporters, and only said: “We are happy to come…
BY JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— Have you ever seen a pogrom? Sarah Carr has. “The Coptic Hospital tried its best to deal with the sudden influx of casualties,” wrote Carr, a Cairo-based journalist and blogger, in her firsthand account of Sunday’s deadly attack on Christian protesters by the Egyptian military. “Its floors were sticky with blood…
BY RON BEN-YISHAI, YNET— The military impasse, the stands taken by the Shin Bet and the Mossad, Hamas elasticizing its stance, the Arab Spring and the Palestinian bid in the UN – all of these contributed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to present the cabinet with the current Shalit deal, which would bring about…
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH AND REUTERS— Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal hailed a deal with Israel to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schalit a “national achievement” for Palestinians. Meshaal said in a televised statement that 450 prisoners would be released within a week, with the rest being freed in two…
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— On Sunday night, Egyptian Copts staged what was supposed to be a peaceful vigil at Egypt’s state television headquarters in Cairo. The 1,000 Christians represented the ancient Christian community of some 8 million whose presence in Egypt predates the establishment of Islam by several centuries. They gathered in Cairo to protest…
Gilad Shalit is now twenty-five years old. The last line in the video says: “Don’t let this be the last picture in the album.” Below is a prayer for the safe return of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. It was composed by Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Shlomo Amar. Psalm readings: Psalm 70, 13, 142, and…
Join us on a journey through one of the most beautiful, and diverse areas in Israel. See how history has come full circle in the hills of modern Samaria!
BY AP– Several hundred Christians pelted police with rocks outside a Cairo hospital Monday in fresh clashes the day after 24 people died in riots that grew out of a Christian protest against a church attack. Sunday’s sectarian violence was the worst in Egypt since the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February. Egyptian Prime…
BY YAEL ZOLDEN, AISH— When the air cooled and the leaves turned, we moved into our sukkah. It was a tiny canvas hut, six feet square with nothing to recommend it. No window, no running water, no heater, no proper door to keep the bugs away. It was a terrible inconvenience really, running back and…
