The 35 Heroes of Gush Etzion from the 1948 War of Independence

The Etzion Bloc was the lifeline to Jerusalem from the South. When ammunition ran dangerously low, and the Etzion bloc was in danger of falling, 35 brave soldiers set out to reinforce the fighters and thereby strengthen the Jewish hold on Jerusalem. This is the legendary story that serves as a symbol of courage during Israel’s battle for independence

Rocks and stones that are meant to kill

Look at what we let our enemies get away with, and how about the cameraman who just stands there and films this. 
Everyone involved should be arrested and then deported or jailed for attempted murder. Enough is enough, rocks have killed dozens of Jews in this country, this is insanity. 
The world needs to see what we're up against.
They should know before speaking who are we dealing with! 

Zehava Weiss of Karmei Tzur recounts the stone throwing attack on Tuesday.

Translated by Yisrael Medad

Elazar Aharoni courtesy of family

Yeshiva Student Brutally Lynched on Mount Hermon
An Ashdod yeshiva student was brutally lynched on Mount Hermon in an attack that began with a nice day on the cable car.

What Happened to Me on Tuesday Last

This past Tuesday, 28 Shvat – February 21, I was returning home to Karmei Tzur from Efrat where I work.

At the Gush Etzion Junction I collect a female hitchhiker who got into a back seat since the front passenger seat was where our infant seat was affixed.  What luck.  While traveling between El-Aroub and Bet-Omar on the ascent I noticed a car approaching from the opposite direction with a damaged front window from a rock that must have previously landed.  I naively presumed that that was the result of an old incident that hadn't yet been fixed.

When I came close to the gas station at Bet-Omar (a location that usually requires a driver's attention due to wrongly parked taxis, bypassing and pulling out into the highway in a careless manner) I observed a man running across the road from right to left.  I first thought that this was a soldier with a rifle and I slowed down to grasp what was happening.  I then noticed dozens of people, old, young and teenagers, congregating on my right.  It then became apparent that the "soldier with a rifle" was actually a photographer with a camera.  He was seeking a better picture angle to snap away at what was about to happen.  On my left were at least two other photographers, waiting for the action.  I should emphasize that I was not the first victim and other cars had already been stoned and so these press photographers were well aware what was happening and was about to happen to me.  None of them, it seems, thought to call for assistance from the police or IDF, none of whom were present. 

The truth about the battle for Netzer

Rabbi Uri z"l giving a lecture in Netzer

Jewish activists with the Women in Green movement have slammed a recent article in the Haaretz newspaper as “full of lies and propaganda.” Members of the group spoke out this week about the real story behind the battle for control of land in Netzer, in Gush Etzion.

Women in Green has been working to plant trees in Netzer for some time, and has successfully cultivated swaths of land despite repeated attacks by local Palestinian Authority Arabs, who often uproot saplings and damage equipment.

Haaretz author Amira Hass wrote a story last week in which she claimed that the land cultivated by Women in Green is owned by Arab landowners. “Every Palestinian landowner has a thick file full of documents attesting that he and his family owned the land many years before Women in Green founder Nadia Matar was born in Antwerp, Belgium,” she declared.

Hass’s statement is blatantly false, say Women in Green organizers. “We do not plant on privately-owned lands,” they said, explaining that they use the most up-to-date maps to ensure that they plant only on state land.