There are days when I’m really hopeful. And days when I’m losing hope. But the longer it goes in on the more difficult it is to be hopeful,
You are cancer in the country,
At the beginning of war, I think the fact of the kidnappings and that children and women were taken was so shocking for everyone that it was urgent to get them out,
I think most people in Israel still believe the country should pay even a big price to get the hostages back,
As the situation in the Middle East becomes less certain once again, we know that fears and tensions will rise here at home too.
I pledge — we will rebuild and restore everything anew, and that rebuilding will not be complete until the hostages return home.
I would like to feel that the British public were behind her and the British government are behind her and they were saying there was a British hostage held captive in the terror tunnels by Hamas in Gaza
As you go to sleep tonight, remember: A year ago tonight, 1,200+ people went to sleep after a holiday meal or left their house on their way to a party, not knowing that their lives would end the next day
We are all still in pain, and we seek to make space for national mourning, for the tears over the terrible disaster that struck us,
A year has passed since life came to a halt, the skies darkened, and all of us witnessed the monstrous cruelty of the enemy that sought to bring destruction upon the Jewish people, the State of Israel, and Israeli society.
For the past year we have had a dedicated policing operation tackling hate crime in communities, responding to significant protest, countering extremism and terrorism, and working to provide reassurance particularly in
We are not stopping – we fight, debrief, learn, and improve,
It's not easy to think a lot about it,
Coming to this event one year after this terrible massacre that happened on October 7, it's very touching, it's very breathtaking,
It's a difficult day,
Three days ago, we were not even going to hold the event at all,
Because of the way Hamas and Hezbollah use citizens as human shields, there are human lives being lost all the time in Palestine, Lebanon and Israel,
I want to think through what does it mean to recognize genocide and at the same time be able to have a conversation,
We believe through charity, prayer, unity, repentance, kindness and study of Torah, we will ring the blessing that the nation of Israel will be redeemed from oppressors.”
Many Chabad houses and Jewish communities in Israel are bending over backwards and struggling to take care of Jewish soldiers and families, who have members or friends who were injured or murdered,