The Jewish outpost of Oz Zion, in the Binyamin region of Samaria, was demolished four days ago. It was home to two families and five youth aged 16-18 who live there full-time and are studying in the yeshiva on site. Other teenagers join them for varying amounts of time, also to study and ensure a…
It really will not just disappear. Just like most crises, this one seems to have passed into the newspaper archives and probably not many people think about it anymore. However, the issue raised by Hisham Abu Hawash will not go away and a tactic that works will be used over and over again. When I…
Look below to see a photogenic demonstration with dozens of Israelis and Arabs bringing a water container to Arabs “kept thirsty” under the brutal Israeli “occupation” Well, I have news for you. It is not really new news, but news you have likely not read lately, if at all. In fact, it took me some…
In order to make it easier for the reader to access the sections of the Oslo Accords dealing with water management for Judea-Samaria, I have copy-pasted the relevant article (40) and the appendices (called “schedules” in the document) in this one post. My goal was to provide an easily accessed reference when engaged in debate…
There was a remarkable moment during my interview with Yehuda Bazak, resident of Avigayil in the South Hebron Hills. He was telling me about his brief conversation with Mohammad Hamamdi who he found cultivating soil on state land in Area C, under Israeli jurisdiction, an act that was against the law. Hamamdi is well known,…
On Wednesday 15 December, a video was released showing Arabs angrily pulling up young olive trees next to the Jewish community of Avigayil in Judea-Samaria. It was unique in having been one of the few instances of Arab harassment against Jews that was caught on film. פלסטינים עוקרים עצי זית ששתלו תושבי היישוב אביגיל. באור…
While this article was originally published in United with Israel on 11 November 2021, it remains relevant as the “Susiya playground attack” is still being brought up by anti-Israeli propagandists as if settlers really did attack kids in a playground. Here you have the more complete story of what happened and you can raise this…
It looks like Israel’s very own Defence Minister, Benny Gantz, is besties with Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas (aka abu Mazen). And, as besties, the esteemed abu Mazen visited with his friend, Gantz, at Gantz’s home last night in Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel. This is certainly a step up from the meetings with Gantz and later…
The anti-Israel Israeli NGO, B’Tselem, has a new Facebook campaign in their continuing efforts to delegitimize Israel, this time concerning a report on the “Great Return March”. Are they achieving their goal? A look at the comments under each post illustrates that the organization may have lost its lustre in the eyes of the public…
Dear South Hebron Hills Watch: Without help, the naive Facebook user may not understand how a particular post you uploaded to Facebook actually supports the opposite of what you intended. I appreciate the wonderful opportunity you have afforded me to provide a real learning experience. After all, you claim to be “a group of American…
End of content
End of content