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Hostile nations have surrounded Israel ever since 1948. Military scientists have coined a term to describe the condition in which nations or armies find themselves surrounded:...
Amid reports of reinforcements being sent to the northern border, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Company Leader Roy Rizel, 31, who oversees three platoons in the Golani...
With the proliferation of jewellery featuring Jewish symbols, Hebrew slogans, and the words “Bring Them Home” in reference to the hostages, it’s clear that fashion accessories...
To understand the security situation and strategic issues on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, one must understand three preliminary issues that frame this potential conflict: The...
JTA – Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip in two separate incidents on Monday, 22 January, marking the deadliest day for Israel since...
Lieutenant Yaron Chitiz, 23, had the best weekend of his life when he surprised his mother, girlfriend, and friends on the Shabbos before he was shot...
Freed South African-born hostage Aviva Siegel wakes every day tormented by thoughts of her husband of 40 years who is still incarcerated in Gaza. The past...
Unsurprisingly, Israel has come in for a hammering at the strategic level of its war against Hamas. Previous articles alluded to the inevitability of a negative...
“Death has ascended our windows and entered our homes. It has taken children from our roads and youth from our streets.” (Jeremiah, chapter 9) Last week,...
Back in 2004, I recall watching an interview with a young woman at a protest against the war the United States and its allies were waging...
JTA – For Jews who weren’t directly ensnared in the violence and terror of 7 October, the days that followed were characterised by rapidly changing numbers....
Israel doesn’t exist because of the Holocaust, but the Holocaust wouldn’t have happened had Israel existed. Her existence ensures Jews, both in Israel and in the...
I was shocked by the silence that greeted the callous execution of two young Tanzanians by Hamas. Both were kidnapped when Hamas started a war on...
You would think that a country that had experienced the horrors of apartheid like South Africa has would be a little bit more knowledgeable about what...
JTA – After 7 October, Michael Kahana joined hundreds of his colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania in signing an open letter condemning Hamas and expressing...
JTA – Daniel Ozeri found himself returning to the worst moments of his life on a recent Sunday, not inside his own mind, but inside a...
JTA – Fifteen young men and women, seemingly oblivious to their surroundings and to each other, dance around a bucolic field, twisting their bodies to trance...
The hospital where South African olah Dr Gila Nussbaum works in Israel was the first place emergency services brought the injured from the Supernova Music Festival...
“Every country in the world faced with a situation [like the 7 October attacks] would have done exactly what the Israelis did, except maybe not as...
Israel is heading towards day 60 of its protracted war in Gaza. Realpolitik temporarily halted the relentless ground and air campaign, which allowed for a trickle...
From ballads to biltong, olim are working to uplift soldiers fighting to protect Israel. Not only are they giving soldiers a spiritual and physical boost, they’re...
Howard Sackstein speaks to Col Richard Kemp & Adv David Benjamin No-one knows more about fighting terrorists embedded in civilian areas, hiding under hospitals and mosques...
One of the first things Channah Peri, 79, insisted on doing after her release from Hamas captivity was to visit her beloved son, Roi’s, grave. Peri,...
The story of Avigail Idan, who was orphaned and kidnapped on 7 October while her siblings survived by hiding in a cupboard, has captured the hearts...
Amid 16:00 traffic and loadshedding leaving traffic lights not operational, we stood on the corner of Atholl Oaklands and Corlett Drive in Johannesburg, calling on passersby...
About 100 000 people came together in the heart of London on Sunday, 26 November, in a March Against Antisemitism. Not even the cold and rain could...
At the height of a couple’s joy under the chuppah, the groom smashes the glass to remember the destruction of the Temple and that there’s pain,...
All that Clemence Felix Mtenga (22) and Joshua Loitu Mollel (21) wanted was to learn the art of agriculture in Israel, return to their home country...
Frans Cronje is an independent economic and political analyst who chairs the European-based BRE-DE-RE initiative that identifies and counters threats to liberal democracies. The SA Jewish...
Warning: graphic content It has been several days since I took a trip to the south of Israel to the areas targeted by Hamas terrorists on...
One of the 239 Israelis taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October, Dr Shoshan Haran, was in Cape Town in June this year attending an international...
JTA – When it attacked Israel on 7 October, killing 1 200 people and wounding thousands, Hamas also took an estimated 240 people hostage. Some of...
“I’ve never experienced such vile violence and antisemitism in my life,” said Jonathan Cohen*, who was attacked on the Sea Point promenade last Sunday, 12 November....
The head of World Mizrachi, Johannesburg-born Rabbi Doron Perez, whose son, Daniel, is believed to be held hostage in Gaza, wants him, wherever he is, to...
As the world marked 85 years since Kristallnacht, a pogrom in which Jewish businesses were viciously targeted by the Nazis in November 1938, anti-Israel extremists in...
More than 10 000 people filled the streets of Cape Town on Saturday, 11 November, seething with animosity towards Israel, the local Jewish community, and the...
A South African olah is mourning the loss of her dear friend, Rose Lubin (20), who was stabbed outside Jerusalem’s Old City while on duty as...
On face value, it’s a perfect free market example of economic exchange. There are suppliers of electricity and water. There are consumers that receive this 24/7...
At times like this, when it feels like global sentiment has once again turned against Jews, the world can seem like a dark and frightening place....
The terror attacks I’ve witnessed in Israel since making aliya from South Africa more than 35 years ago will forever be embedded in my mind. Serving...
