Who are the Israelis?

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BS"D​

Operation 'Breaking Dawn' - Miriam Peretz welcomes grandchild as IDF kills operative who killed her son ​

Miriam Peretz, the iconic public figure and educator who lost her two sons while they were serving in the IDF, found out that Khaled Mansour, the senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander killed by the IDF, was responsible for the operation that led to the killing of her son Eliraz in 2010.

The IDF announced the elimination of Khaled Mansour, who was a senior member of the Islamic Jihad and the commander of the southern region of Gaza on behalf of the organization on Saturday. Over the years, he was involved in a series of attacks against Israel.

Mansour was eliminated on the day Perez welcomed her grandson to the world, and just a day after the birthday of Eliraz, who would have been 44-years-old this year.

"There is peace in the heart when you know that you will not be harmed by him again. I see Eliraz's children before my eyes, I want them to know that the man who killed their father and caused so much destruction is gone. We have reached closure with the villain, there is no greater correction," the Israel Prize laureate told Army Radio.

Miriam Peretz welcomes grandchild as IDF kills operative who killed son

Khaled Mansour was eliminated on the day Peretz welcomed her grandson to the world, and just a day after the birthday of Eliraz, who would have been 44-years-old.

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IDF Demolishes Home of 2 Terrorists Who Murdered 3 Israelis in Elad

The demolitions were carried out after the petitions of the terrorists’ families to the High Court were rejected.

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Sderot Mayor: Heavy blows to Islamic Jihad and Hamas will bring peace

Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi tells INN: The first lesson is that you can eliminate terrorists, and next time we should hit them immediately without waiting.

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School for Prophets - First Semester | Voice Exercise

"Mother we are praying for You here at the Temple Mount"​

The Fast of Tammuz on the Temple Mount and the Daily Minyan

Exiting the Temple Mount in joy and tremble...

Supreme Court Regains Sanity Sparing Thousands of Jewish Settlers from Uprooting

What worked for Mitzpe Kramim should work for an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 other Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria.

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David Ben Araza - 'Eynay Yordah Mayim

"For these I weep, my eyes flow with water,
Far from me Menahem who returns my spirit"

- The Eichah Scroll (1,16)
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GoStork launches Fertility Clinic Marketplace to help with pregnancy

Israeli start-up, GoStark, has developed a fertility clinic marketplace platform to help those who want to get pregnant.

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Will the Temple be built this year?​

Arabs fear mass ascending of Jews to the Temple Mount
on the fast of the 9th of Av.




"At the evening saying laments.
At the morning ascending to build."

Will the Temple be built this year?

We mourn and fast, pray and beseech Hashem for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple. But what will happen?

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Thousands of Jews Ascend Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av​

Despite the ongoing operation against Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and the hundreds of rockets launched at Israel, including Jerusalem, more than a thousand Jews have already gone up to the Temple Mount on Sunday morning, as Jews commemorate Tisha B’Av with fasting and lamentations. Many more are still waiting on line for their turn.

Among those that went up were MK Itamar Ben-Gvir and Ben Shapiro.

Update: By day’s end The Temple Mount Administration recorded a total of 2,041 Jews who visited the Temple Mount on Sunday, an impressive 20% increase over last year’s 1,679 visits to the Temple Mount, according to a TPS report. According to Tom Nisani of Har Babayit Beyadeinu, 2200 Jews ascended.




Hamas previously threatened to attack if Jews went up on Tisha B’Av.
Then prided themselves in the Islamic Jihad rockets launched towards Jerusalem.

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Ben Shapiro moved by crowd ascending Temple Mount

Ben Shapiro recalls words of Prophet Jeremiah on the Jews' return upon seeing Jewish masses ascend Temple Mount on Tisha B'Av.

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Thousands of Jews Ascend Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av

Hamas previously threatened to attack if Jews went up on Tisha B'Av.

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Itay David - Bamidbar (In The Desert)

In a big desert walking towards the horizon
He doesn't see the end, yet feels in the heartbeat
He wants to breathe to run towards the freedom
He only wants a place for a journey into the soul

And he won't stop galloping even during rain
As long as he breathes even in heat he isn't stopped
Because he has a dream and a set plan, lot in imagination
And the rest is improvised, and till the evening he takes the top
And tomorrow he returns and opens another notebook, for he has a dream...

And hours already passed and he doesn't stop
He doesn't come to try, he already tried enough
He's the furthest from here and closest to another place
It's a sentence that told him to walk faster than the clock
But he's so calm because somehow nothing ever frightens

Everyone knows he has a dream...

Daniel Zandani - Shma'a Koly (Hear My Voice)

Written by Rav Hai Gaon

 

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Narkis - "I believe the new Temple will be built, and imagine myself singing there"​

On the occasion of her 41st birthday, which fell a day before Tisha B'Av, the singer Narkis congratulated herself, thanked her loved ones and imagined the coming days of the Messiah

The singer Narkis celebrated her 41st birthday yesterday, a day before Tisha B'av. In her opinion it is no coincidence because she believes that the Temple will be rebuilt and she will sing there. In the post that the singer published on the occasion of her birthday, she referred to the special day and congratulated herself on the occasion of her birthday.




"Together we will bring a new message to the world"

"It is only suitable for me to be born the day before Tisha B'av (Hebrew birthday)," Narkis began, "because after the pain and difficulty, I am a great believer in miracles, I believe that a new temple will be built and I imagine myself singing there (trusting in Messiah to sort out all the technical matters). I believe there is no age for dreams and really everything is already with you and only you will decide when the world needs to hear about you and really get to know you...".

For her birthday, Narkis thanked G-d, her family, her friends and acquaintances: "Thank you to the Creator of the world who does not give up on me even when I resent him every two days or so. Thank you to my family, the parents and sisters who embrace me through the ups and downs, thank you to my friends who go crazy with me and contain me." Narkis also thanked her mentor: "My confidant and the fulfillment of my dreams. For seven years we have been deliberately digging through pain (crazy) to bring out sparks into the world."

Narkis also thanked the little girl that she is: "And thank you to the little girl who lives inside me who really doesn't care that I'm 41 today (what nonsense isn't it?!!!) and she doesn't care about reality, she dreams big and I flow with her about everything." At the end, the singer thanked the audience, "Together we will bring a new message to the world,
what happens with us is truly magnificent."

נרקיס רוצה לשיר בבית המקדש: "סומכת על המשיח שיסדר את כל העניינים הטכניים" - כיפה

הזמרת המצליחה שנולדה בתאריך ח' באב, חוגגת יום הולדת, ומודה להשם ולקהל: "מה שקורה איתנו בהופעות זה באמת קסם" | אחרי תשעה באב צפויה נרקיס לפרסם לוח הופעות חדש, ובקרוב יגיע שיר נוסף

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IDF Warriors Series: Episode 7 – Ready For the Final Push?​

What does it take to become a combat soldier in the Israeli army?
Join four Israeli soldiers on their long quest to be all they can be.
Previously: Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

They’ve worked so hard to get the purple beret, but now that it’s just a stone’s throw away, comes the realization that it might not be enough. Will the doctors and commanders allow Benda to stay? Will Eviatar manage to conquer the obstacle course? With only days away from the march to the purple beret, tensions are running high.

IDF Warriors Series: Episode 7 - Ready For the Final Push?

They've worked so hard to get the purple beret, but now that it’s just a stone’s throw away, will it be enough?

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Survived Auschwitz, fought in the Negev - the brave female Palmah fighter has passed away

Last evening, Esther Greenberg Z"l, who was born in Hungary and was sent to the extermination camp with her family at the age of 15, was laid to rest last night. "Her picture with the Sudrah became a poster for the Palmah," said her friend who wrote a book about her life.

Esther Greenberg, the Palmach fighter who survived Auschwitz, passed away this weekend at the age of 93 and was buried last night (Sunday) in Kibbutz Dorot, where she moved after the Holocaust and where she lived her entire life. Greenberg left behind three sons, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Greenberg was born in Hungary in 1929, and was the only one from a family that survived the Auschwitz extermination camp, to which she was sent in 1944. She made 'Aliyah to Israel with the youth immigration and arrived at Kibbutz Dorot with a nucleus of Holocaust survivors from the Czech Republic and Germany.

Dr. Nira Tesler, who nine years ago wrote the book "On the Steps of the Villa - Conversations with Esther", about Greenberg's life, knew her for 50 years. "She has a life story that I would define as a holocaust and resurrection," said Tesler. "She went through a life path that is completely parallel to the path of Jews in Europe from the time of the Holocaust until today. The only child of an educated Zionist family, whose life was destroyed in 1944. The Nazis came to her hometown, a Nazi officer entered their home and violently took over her room. The entire community was sent to a brick warehouse And from there they started sending to extermination camps."

At the age of 17, Greenberg enlisted in the Palmach as a combat medic, and fought with the 9th Battalion in the Negev Brigade in the battles to defend the water line in the Negev. "She was the poster girl of the Palmach," said Tesler. "Her picture with the Sudrah on her neck, sitting in a jeep, became a mythological picture that marked the brave women fighters of the Palmach and the IDF.

Every Independence Day her picture appears. She was an icon of courage and beauty." "Esther stood out very much with her exotic beauty," added Ya'el Prozhan, former secretary of the kibbutz. "She worked as a cook and would prepare excellent Hungarian food for us." After years in the kibbutz kitchen, Greenberg decided to retrain at the age of 45 and became a teacher at the regional school of the Negev Gate Council. For years, even after retirement, Greenberg continued to work at the collective plant.

"Mother was a solid rock of a Holocaust survivor. A symbol of diligence and involvement," her son, Itamar Greenberg, eulogized her. "She married in 1951 my father who was a sabar, and became a widow 25 years ago and since then has continued to live alone.

Greenberg said that his mother had gradually weakened in recent years. "Once she overturned with the mobility scooter, once she tripped in the kibbutz, and all the difficult events were while under fire. We even held the funeral under the sounds of gunfire and a alerts from Gaza, but even though she lived in the Gaza envelope, she never thought of leaving" he said.

"She rarely talked about the Holocaust period and the fighting in the Palmach," added the son. "She lost her entire family in the Holocaust and made 'Aliyah to Israel as a young and orphaned girl, managed to raise a glorious family in Israel, and she was proud of that.

"Family was very important to her", he continued, "the grandchildren were very attached to her and it was pleasant to be with her. She baked excellent cakes, when you enter her house the first thing that surrounds you is the smell of the cakes she baked..."

שרדה את אושוויץ, נלחמה בנגב: הלכה לעולמה לוחמת הפלמ"ח האמיצה

אמש הובאה למנוחות אסתר גרינברג, שנולדה בהונגריה ובגיל 15 נשלחה למחנה ההשמדה עם משפחתה. "תמונתה עם כאפייה הפכה לפוסטר של הפלמ"ח", סיפרה חברתה שכתבה ספר על חייה

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Shay and Bar Tzabary - Me'alay Dmamah (Silence Above Me)

Above me silence, blue-lit of light
Light of a star shining white
The meaning of a secret
Untouched for eternity
Towards my home's window
The wind stormed

Let me come and go
Only play love

Reach out Your hand my brother
This is the hour of dawn
Moment of pleasure without
A spare word, in my dreams
Your character appears
Moment of calmness
Poured before me

- by Ahuvah 'Ozery
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Bnayah Braby - Me'alay Dmamah

Written by Ahuvah 'Ozery Z"L

 

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Temple Mount News | 1st in line at the entrance

Protesting the lack of sacrifice offerings and the continued destruction • Waiting for the opening of the Temple Mount at 7 o'clock in the morning • Everyone is invited to join

What happened to my heart? | Why did the tears burst uncontrollably?

The tears in my father's synagogue during the time of mourning • Precisely after I started going up to the Temple Mount every week, the tears did not come during the time of mourning • When I went up to the Temple Mount, they broke out in a big way

• From a post by Asahel Mordechai

"And shall answer the hearts of parents to their children, and the hearts of children to their parents..." (Malachi 3,24)

Bar Mizvah at the Temple Mount• El'ad Yanir ascends for the first time with his father Rabbi Zvi Yanir and his family • El'ad spoke of those who ascend, and the Temple as the unifying glue of the Nation of Israel • Connection between the situation of the nation and the situation of the Temple




Women For The Temple

Crying, excitement, joy, pain, sorrow, expansion of the heart,
thanksgiving, merit, part, longing, prayer at the Temple Mount

×ר ×××ת ××ש×ת - ×××, ×תר×ש×ת, ש×××, ×××, צער, ×ר××ת ×××, ×××××, ×××ת, ××ק, ×××××, תפ××× ××ר ×××ת

הרגשות גואים בעליה להר הבית • בפוסט מרגש מתארת מירי גולדיס את מקצת הרגשות שחוותה בהר הבית בעליה החודשית של נשים למען המקדש

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'The next star' 2022 | Itay Levy - When You Are Sad

When You are sad I also suddenly loose the desire
To be happier when there's a stone in Your heart
That Your serenity has entered

Before Your sadness I lay recumbent
Hurting and concerned,
My heart sends You condolences
When You are sad, when You are sad

For in the strongest army of the world - I shall fight for You

 

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Pres. Herzog receives credentials of three new ambassadors​

Israeli President Isaac Herzog received the credentials of the new ambassadors
on Tuesday, upon the assumption of their diplomatic duties in Israel.

The incoming ambassadors were welcomed by the IDF Band playing their respective national anthems and an IDF honor guard, after which they presented their letters of credence to the President in the Great Hall of the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. The President held an audience with each ambassador, after which the ambassadors signed the guest book. At the end of each ceremony, the Israeli national anthem was played.

The first ambassador to present his letter of credence was the Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, H.E. Ly Duc Trung, who has previously served as Vietnam's deputy ambassador to Spain and as a deputy director-general in the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Vietnamese ambassador arrived wearing cerulean-colored national dress, which was especially designed for Tuesday’s ceremony.

The President and the Vietnamese ambassador discussed their nations’ histories, as Israel and Vietnam prepare to mark 30 years of diplomatic relations. The President expressed his desire to expand Israeli-Vietnamese collaboration in the fields of trade, agriculture, innovation, and more.

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Pres. Herzog receives credentials of three new ambassadors

President Isaac Herzog receives the credentials of the new ambassadors of Germany, Vietnam, and Nepal.

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What is the real reason that Mosheh Rabbenu did not enter the Land of Israel? | Rabbi Oury Cherki

I want to tell You, I've met several years ago, a rabbi from abroad, and an important community. I asked him, 'do You encourage Your community to immigrate to the land, to do 'Aliyah?'. He says, 'look ahmmm…yes, yes 'Aliyah is important, but it has to be accompanied with a spiritual 'Aliyah'.

Angered me – what does it mean a spiritual 'Aliyah? The 'Aliyah is a spiritual 'Aliyah! And this we see in action, we see the fruits, we see the nation of Israel change, how the nation of Israel grows in glory, how the nation of Israel can also say 'wow!'…well it's..

I want to tell You several things about the Weekly Torah Portion. Don't worry it won't go beyond 2 hours, but really it's going to be much shorter. We all know this, the 'Shlah' portion is the portion of the 'Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael. And we're meeting resistance to the 'Aliyah, there're people who don't want, and not small people, the greatest in Torah, the greatest in Torah in scale of the days of Mosheh Rabbenu, oppose entering the land. This is a very strange thing, and really the classic Jewish literature dealt a lot with the question – what was the cause of this resistance?

And to say the truth – it doesn't matter. What is important is not why they resisted, rather what was the answer given to their arguments. We see in Torah, two speeches attempting to answer the words of those spies, the leaders of Israel who resisted entering the land.

The one in our portion – Calev Ben Yefuneh answers to the words of the spies. And where is Mosheh? Isn't in the portion; In the 'Devarim' portion, Mosheh Rabbenu repeats the story, and he's telling about his response, and regarding the response of Calev, he doesn't speak.

Very strange, then what really happened? Who responded to their words? Did Mosheh respond, or Calev respond? I assume they both responded. Then why are the words of Calev in one portion, and the words of Mosheh in a different portion?

So that we don't compare them!
Meaning, so that we don't do what I'm going to do now.

And the story, now ask, then why nevertheless I allow myself to do what Torah didn't want us to do? Because I've learned, a conclusion I've reached from looking into Rashi – that there's a difference between the first reading in Torah, and the second reading.

For example, the end of 'Noah' portion, Torah says – "and Terah died in Haran", Terah the father of Avraham, "and Terah died in Haran. And said HaShem to Avraham "Go forth…".

What do I understand from a shallow reading – Teah died, and then Avraham made 'Aliyah to the land. But Rashi says, if You pay attention, You see according to the number of years, that Terah was alive when Avraham made 'Aliyah to the land.

Then why did Torah tell about the death of Terah beforehand? Rashi says, so that it won't be evident to all, that left his father and made 'Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael.

So what does Rashi do? He destroys the intent of Torah, Torah wanted to hide it, and Rashi reveals! However probably Rashi wants to teach us a very important thing, there's Your first reading in Torah – the first time You meet Avraham Avinu, You're not to know he left his father, because You'll have a bad opinion, and the first impression will remain. But after You reveal who's Avraham Avinu, what great character, what his 'Aliyah to the land did, then You're willing to forgive that he left his father.

Therefore I learn, that when we read in Torah, there're two readings. So, in the first reading we see, there's no comparison between Calev and Mosheh. Now as I pass to the second stage, I want to compare the words of Calev to the words of Mosheh.

Calev, when he sees the nation of Israel afraid of the war, war is a frightening thing, a painful thing, what does Calev do – gives a motivation speech. "Let us by all means go up, and we shall gain possession of it, for we shall surely overcome it! If HaShem wants us and gave us the dwellers of this land. Their shadow has departed from them!". HaShm is with us, don't be afraid. What does he say? He says – not to be afraid. Folks cheer up – we can.

What does Mosheh say in the portion 'Devarim'?

Mosheh when he hearing the nation is afraid of the war, tells them 'don't worry, HaShem will fight for you', will do you miracles. I know Him for years, I know the Holy Be Blessed can do miracles, will do you miracles. So you have nothing to be afraid about the war.

Exactly the opposite of the discourse of Calev! Calev says that in the land of Israel you behave naturally. Mosheh thinks he is still in the desert!

In the desert there's a place for miracles, in the land of Israel it's without miracles – You have to work Yourself.

What is the response? In the portion of 'Devarim' it's written - "Not one of those involved, this evil generation, shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers". Meaning HaShem says they will not enter the land. "None except Calev Ben Yefuneh; he shall see it!" What is Calev doing here, we didn't even hear about him? Rather this is to say, Your discourse Mosheh, is not acceptable, what Calev said accepted.

There Mosheh adds another shocking sentence – if there're sensitive people, please go out now. He says – "Because of you HaShem was incensed with me too, saying: You shall not enter it either. Yehoshu'a Bin Nun, who attends you, he shall enter it. Imbue him with strength, for he shall allot it to Israel".

So what do I understand? That Torah, here Moshesh revealed the true reason for which Mosheh Rabbenu didn't enter the land – because he wanted a miraculous history, HaShem does for you the work. In the land of Israel HaShem doesn't do the work for you, you do the work for HaShem.

And this is what Dvorah said, it's necessary to come to the help of HaShem, not in the help of HaShem, to the help of HaShem. Now this is a very interesting thing, what do we learn from this? We learn that in Eretz Yisrael, it's not only necessary to make an effort, but something even greater – that our efforts bear fruit, our efforts succeed setting motion to history.

First archaeological dig begins at site believed to be Joshua's tomb

Khirbet Tibnah is located on a hill in the southwest of the Samaria region, east of Shoham near Halamish. The site was populated from the Bronze Age until the beginning of the Ottoman period.

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Over 25,000 'Olim in 'Immigrants Come Home' operation arrived in Israel​

Aliyah Success

“With great pride, I’m happy to announce that we’ve passed the 25,000 threshold of immigrants in this operation. This proves that the State of Israel is a warm and safe home for all Jews in distress. We continue to make great government efforts to absorb the new immigrants in the best possible way.”

According to the ministry, “since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, a broad national and governmental effort to rescue and absorb new immigrants from Ukraine and neighboring countries, has led to thousands of new immigrants choosing to come to Israel.”

Over 25,000 olim in 'Immigrants Come Home' operation arrived in Israel

"Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, there has been a broad national and governmental effort to rescue and absorb new immigrants," said the Aliyah and Integration Ministry.

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'Aliyah News - No'am Leibman | Tzur Israel - Phase Two

 

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Israeli tourism is on the way back to pre-pandemic highs

Despite the pandemic delivering the haymaker of the century, the tourism industry in Israel is getting back on its feet/

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Lebanese cleric demands state stop calling Lebanese citizens in Israel 'agents'​

Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi expressed outrage at the treatment of Maronite clerics and demanded that the Lebanese government meet the church's demands during a sermon Sunday, after Maronite Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land Moussa El-Hage was reportedly detained recently while carrying money and aid from Lebanese people living in Israel to their relatives in Lebanon.

The archbishop regularly travels between Lebanon and Israel under special arrangements made for Christian clergy, but this was the first time he had been detained in the process. Lebanese media reports indicated he was carrying money and medicine from Israel.

Justice Fadi Akiki, who is in charge of the file, told the Lebanese newspaper Annahar that the archbishop was carrying about $460,000, adding that the funds came from people residing in Israel, "the majority of whom work in the interest of the enemy."

The judge stressed that the money is subject to Lebanese laws concerning everything that enters Lebanon from Israel. "I respect the church, but there is a law that is the boycott of Israel and it is my duty as a judge to implement it," said Akiki.

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Lebanese cleric demands state stop calling citizens in Israel 'agents'

The statement comes after an archbishop was detained while traveling between Lebanon and Israel.

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Over 25,000 olim in 'Immigrants Come Home' operation arrived in Israel

Aliyah Success

“With great pride, I’m happy to announce that we’ve passed the 25,000 thresholds of immigrants in this operation. This proves that the State of Israel is a warm and safe home for all Jews in distress. We continue to make great government efforts to absorb the new immigrants in the best possible way.”

According to the ministry, “since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, a broad national and governmental effort to rescue and absorb new immigrants from Ukraine and neighboring countries, has led to thousands of new immigrants choosing to come to Israel.”

Over 25,000 olim in 'Immigrants Come Home' operation arrived in Israel

"Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, there has been a broad national and governmental effort to rescue and absorb new immigrants," said the Aliyah and Integration Ministry.

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Ethiopian immigrant goes from shepherd to one of world's top head surgeons​

Dr. Mero Getta is living proof that the sky is the limit when you follow your dreams.
The once illiterate young boy is now specializing in head and neck cancer surgery
at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada.

The Israeli doctor was chosen to become one of the few medical professionals from all over the world that specialize in surgical removal of cancerous tumors in the head and neck area as well as the base of the skull.

One Jewish Chicago family took Getta under its wing in 2005 and played a significant role in his success story, having funded him through medical school at Ben Gurion University through the IMPACT scholarship, on behalf of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF).
"The scholarship's contribution to my success was crucial," said Getta, who graduated at the top of his class. "It allowed me to invest most of my time in my studies and minimize work hours."

Dr. Getta was born in Gondar, Ethiopia in 1983 to a family of 13. He tended to the family's livestock and did not go to school until he was 8 years old.
"We lived in a small and distant village," he said. "And my family, like all the other families in the village, earned a living through animal herding. I didn't go to school until I was 8. I only started my studies after we made Aliyah.

My main focus as a shepherd was to make sure no animal escaped. It was a great responsibility. It taught me to take responsibility at a young age and worry all the time. I think that's what built me. These are very important lessons."

In 1991, Getta and his family immigrated to Israel as part of Operation Solomon. "We had a deep internal religious belief that we would be rescued and taken to Israel," he said.
The family settled in Be'er Sheva, and the Ethiopian adolescent graduated from high school with a major in physics and mathematics. He served in the IDF as a combat officer in the Golani Brigade, where he commanded platoons of soldiers and participated in fierce battles during the Second Lebanon War.

His dreams to become a doctor were sparked by his father, who was a traditional healer in their village in Ethiopia. "I was used to seeing people come to our home to ask for remedies and healings," he explains.

"Our village was far from the city, and not all of us had the option of getting to see a doctor in the city, so people would come to us for first aid. There, in my opinion, I started to put together the decision to be a doctor. I always believed that it is the best profession in the world, a profession that has a lot of meaning, and grants life to people."

The generous donor that granted Getta a scholarship was Lin Goodman, whose husband was a doctor who passed away from cancer himself.

"She wanted to donate to someone who intended to study medicine," said Dr. Getta. "I met with her after I received the scholarship, and we keep in touch to this day."

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Ethiopian immigrant goes from shepherd to one of world's top head surgeons

After making Aliyah, Mero Getta pursued his dream to become a doctor, inspired by his father's role as the village healer; 'My dream is very simple: Heal people and be a good doctor, and simultaneously, be a good dad and husband'

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Bar Tzabary - Live Session 3.0

 

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#WomenPower - Agnipath | India and Israel

UAE based Journalist on India, UAE, and Israel Relations​

Dr. Qamar Cheema is an Islamabad-based strategic and political analyst.

Anand Ranganathan Says Kashmiri Hindus Are Jews But Unfortunately India Isn't Israel | English News​

 

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Vietnam seeks India-Israel Barak-8 air defense system amid Chinese belligerence

Vietnam is beefing up defenses amid China's irrational moves in the Indo-Pacific. Vietnam is eyeing the impressive Barak-8 air defense system in a $500 million deal. Barak-8 been joint developed by India's DRDO & Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD). in 2017, India & Israel signed a $1.6BN contract...

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