Aug. 1, 2013
Dear Friends,
It has been a very difficult week here in Israel. In order to
get the Palestinians to agree to talk peace, Israel agreed to
free 104 terrorists of which many are cold blooded murderers.
Despite the fact that 85% of the country opposes this move,
the government went ahead anyhow and agreed to the "gesture."
As you can imagine, families who have lost loved ones to terror
are particularly upset. A protest was organized this week by the
parents of Koby Mandell who was a 13 year old boy murdered
over 10 years ago. His killers were never found. At the rally,
Sherri Mandell, mother of Koby held up a poster that read,
"Thank God you never found Koby's killer because you would
probably be letting him go free today."
For the families, they are reliving their unimaginable grief again.
Our Prime Minister made a public statement explaining his decision.
It has fallen flat.
In light of this gesture and the restart of peace talks, I have written
a (lengthy) article about the Jewish right to Israel. While it is a bit
long, I urge you to read it carefully.
If you have any suggestions of any features that you would like
to see in this email we would be happy to hear them, so let us
know. Also, please forward this email to anyone that you think
might be interested.
We appreciate the support that we have received from many
of you. We cannot do this alone. Please consider partnering
with us on a monthly basis or as a one time blessing.
Wishing you the Deepest Blessings from the Holy Land
Rabbi Moshe Rothchild
Editor's Note: I have added the following photos to this Blog Not part of the original article above.
Steve Martin
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