Yom Shnee
Monday
1 Tishrei 5783
September 26 2022
Chag Sameach! Happy Holiday!! Shana Tovah!!!
Shana Tovah Metucha! (Have a sweet Rosh Hashana!). Be sure to eat your apples, honey, and pomegranate.
It’s Rosh Hashana! OneIsrael hopes that 5783 will be a year of happiness and prosperity for you dear readers. But most of all, we wish you and your family a year of good health!
Speaking of apples, honey, and pomegranate!
The First Babies of the Year Born Last Night
Avital Elbaz with her baby and attending nurse.
And born at the same time:
Enbar Brosilovsky with her baby and family.
Congratulations to the parents of these newest Israelis!
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The News on the Israeli Street
Palestinian terror . . .
All of Israel is on highest alert with the beginning of the high holy days.
Yesterday we reported on how a Palestinian terrorist placed an IED at the gas station at the entrance to Kedumim. Fortunately, the bomb did not explode. Today we have documentation:
Yesterday, a small group of nearby residents protected by IDF soldiers went to the gas station and blocked all Arabs from entering to get gas:
Kolakevod to these demonstrators.
We always remember the bitter with the sweet . . .
A poignant moment.
The casualty officer of the 460th IDF Brigade, Captain Moore Trooper (seated right), giving a Rosh Hashana gift and citation to Amalia and Avraham Partok whose 18-year-old son Yosef Nachman Partok was killed by a Palestinian missile during Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza in 2012. Amalia manages a mikveh and Avraham is a scribe.
May Josef’s memory always be for a blessing.
TODAY’S BLOG
10 Things We Want To See In Israel In 5783
1. A new conservative government. Our hope is that the election on November 1 will result in the leaders of the current government being swept out of office. We would especially like to see Itamar Ben Gvir lead the “right” back into power.
2. A declaration of Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. The 500,000 brave Israelis living in these areas deserve nothing less.
3. An IDF General Command that supports our soldiers. We are “sick” of seeing our soldiers thrown under the bus. Open fire regulations should be relaxed, and the Military Prosecutor’s Office should be eliminated.
4. A judiciary that places a supreme value on protecting lives and not coddling terrorists. How many times do we have to see judges release terrorists only to have them kill Israelis shortly thereafter?
5. Recognition of the PLO terror organization for what it is. The warm embrace of PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas by Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz has been nauseating to behold. Why do we continue to prop up a group that incites Palestinians to murder us and carries out terror attacks against us?
6. A continued resurgence of Jewish presence on the Temple Mount. It is good to see how more Jews are now going to our Har HaBeit–but this number needs to astronomically increase. There should be no more kowtowing to the Islamic Wakf or the Jordanian government.
7. A more serious attempt to deal with with Israeli-Arabs. The Bedouins have effectively taken over the Negev, and PLO flags now wave in Israeli-Arab cities such as Umm Al-Fahm and Sakhnin.
8. A major reduction in the cost of living. Almost everything in Israel is outrageously expensive. Young couples are now leaving the country because they cannot afford to raise a family here.
9. Sanity on the roads. We have often written about how dangerous it is to drive on Israel’s streets and highways.
10. The return of swagger. The years since 1967 have seen Israel and Israelis continually being put on the defensive. We need to care less about what international “humanitarians” think, and more about being proud of who we are. We don’t have to explain what we do to survive to those who want to delegitimize us.
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.