Listen to what immigrant and former Montrealer Rivka Malka, confined to a bomb shelter for over a month straight due to unrelenting Hizbullah Katyusha rocket bombardment, has to say about what what she calls slanted media coverage of the situation of Israelis under the bombardment.
In another shelter nearby, Israelis Kinneret and Kobi say the living conditions are intolerable, but appreciate the assistance provided by individuals and groups like Chabad.
I interviewed the residents as part of a visit to several shelters by Chabad Lubavitch emissaries delivering food and gift packages to the beleaguered residents.
At the conclusion of the report, the donor of the hundreds of gifts, Bob Belt of New York (interviewed in previous podcasts), addressing the group, adds concluding thoughts about shared Jewish destiny with those in the shelters.
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Sunday, August 13
JerusalemOnline news update: 08:00, Aug. 13th (Video - Channel 2 TV)
- Cease-fire expected to go into effect on Monday
- Nasrallah accepts truce, will fight until IDF leaves
- IDF troops advancing to Litani river
- Seven soldiers killed in S. Lebanon clashes
Giving 'till it hurts: Wounded troops; crowded house in the bomb shelters (Exclusive Podcast, Video, Photos) UPDATED
Child stands near man playing computer solitaire beneath food preparation
area/sleeping bunks in Nahariya bomb shelter. Click link for Podcast (Photo: Dave Bender)
UPDATE: Listen to this exclusive Podcast report from an overcrowded bomb shelter in Nahariya, protecting distressed adults, the elderly and young as Katyushas hammer into the vicinity.
Wounded IDF soldier with "tefillin" (phylacteries) and IV shunt
at Nahariya Hospital (Photo: Yossi Raichman)
American Chabad donor handing out gift packages to wounded soldiers
at Nahariya Hospital (Photo: Dave Bender)
at Nahariya Hospital (Photo: Yossi Raichman)
American Chabad donor handing out gift packages to wounded soldiers
at Nahariya Hospital (Photo: Dave Bender)
Follow up to previous post:
Traveled across the north of Israel over the last few days with a group pf Chabad Lubavitch emmisaries delivering food and gift packages to residents, IDF soldiers at front line posts, and others wounded-in-action at Nahariya Hospital.
Video and audio clips are on the way. Please stop back later today (Sunday, Aug 13, 10:15 IST) to view, listen and learn.
(Full disclosure: I manage and edit the IsraelHomeFront site)
Traveled across the north of Israel over the last few days with a group pf Chabad Lubavitch emmisaries delivering food and gift packages to residents, IDF soldiers at front line posts, and others wounded-in-action at Nahariya Hospital.
Video and audio clips are on the way. Please stop back later today (Sunday, Aug 13, 10:15 IST) to view, listen and learn.
(Full disclosure: I manage and edit the IsraelHomeFront site)
Artillery to the left'a me, Katyushas to the right - here I am, stuck in the middle of war (Exclusive Podcast)
First up a brief chat with troops from a tank extrication unit smack up against the Lebanese border, as they performed maintenance work on the tread of a Merkava IV tank. Hizbullalaland is right past those concrete barriers on the ridge.
The volume is a bit choppy, since IDF artillery shelling at Hizbullah targets was pounding throughout the interview, and that kept redlining the automatic volume control.
And then the Katyushas and mortars started firing back... This one - of three, as far as we could tell from the smoke contrails, slammed down a few hundred yards from our vehicle as we left the army outpost. That's a Border Police vehicle pulling up to inspect the remains. There were no injuries or damage, except for a small grass fire, as you can see.
Wednesday, August 9
'Jethro Tull' still due here (Roger Waters Still Thick as a Brick)
Rock flautist Ian Anderson
From Ynew News:
Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull's soloist and flutist, is still planning to come to Israel. 'I don’t think any of us should succumb to terror, I am afraid of coming to Israel but I am also afraid to cross the street'
As of now, it doesn’t appear as though the concert is likely be cancelled.
Here's hoping he doesn't do a Roger Waters' on his visit here.
Historians: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Was Overreaction (Satire)
Europe's view of the present Israeli offensive against Hezbollah as an "overreaction" and "disproportionate use of force" is rooted in relatively recent history, say progressive researchers.
In 1943, Europe itself suffered from a similar Jewish overreaction to some controversial German policies, in an event known as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when Zionist radicals attacked the National Socialist German Workers Party that was loved by the German people for its far-reaching educational and social welfare services.
In fact, many academics who teach Peace Studies at prestigious universities believe that it was the Zionists' "disproportionate use of force" that had ruined hopes for peace in Europe and caused a humanitarian crisis that could have easily be avoided if only Jews had shown restraint and tolerance towards the democratically elected German government.
Read the rest. You'll die laughing.
My Sally Field moment...
(Sally Field, Best Actress for "Places in the Heart," 1985 Oscars:
"I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!" )
And over 20,000 hits to-date! Someone please stop me before my mascara runs...
Powerful testimony of a northern Israel resident (video)
This resident of Israel's north is fed up with a month of non-stop Katyusha strikes, and compares the war to Islamic terror attacks worldwide.
Strong stuff. Pass it along.
Meanwhile:
Strong stuff. Pass it along.
Meanwhile:
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Northern Exposures (Exclusive video, audio, photos)
Took part in an all-day visit to communities, bomb shelters and a forward IDF post along the northern border with a US Israel supporter who handed out hundreds of gifts, food and good cheer. I will be posting exclusive video, audio, and many photos from the heartwrenching, sometimes frightening trek. But utterly exhausterated for now. Will be back soon...
Among the highlights:
Among the highlights:
Pics and a/v content is coming - please check back later
- Visiting with wounded soldiers, their families and staff at Nahariya's Western Galilee hospital
- Talking with a former Montrealer and veteran Israeli from Nahariya, who's been stuck in a bomb shelter for almost a month
- Clowning around with kids in the same shelter, to cheer their spirits
- Talking with guitar-playing, tank-fixing troops, deployed eyeball-to-eyeball with Hizbullah
- Getting sonically pummeled when caught in between a northward-bound IDF artillery barrage and a salvo of southbound Katyushas and mortars
Tuesday, August 8
JerusalemOnline news update: 00:00, Aug. 8th (Video - Channel 2 TV)
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Israel to expand Lebanon ground ops
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One soldier dead in clash with Hizbullah
IAF downs Hizbullah drone off coast
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