Yishai Fleisher
ARTICLES BY: Yishai Fleisher
Goodbye, President Obama: Parting Words From an Israeli Settler
Dear President Obama, I wanted to say goodbye and show you the respect due to a tenacious adversary. Many US Jews, and even a few here...
The 10th of Tevet Strikes Again
This year, we added one more tragic event to the 10th of Tevet: a horrific terrorist attack, committed at the pastoral Haas Promenade, overlooking the...
The Trumportunity for Israel
Op·por·tu·ni·ty: a set of circumstances that make it possible to do something. Trump·or·tu·ni·ty: A set of circumstances created by the improbable victory of Donald Trump, which...
Good News for Liberal Jews
Recently, I addressed a group of American J Street students in Hebron, with the tomb of the Jewish founding fathers and mothers at my back....
A Tale of Two Funerals
In the last two weeks, I had the painful privilege of attending two major funerals. The first was that of Irving Moskowitz, the wealthy American doctor who, along...
The Malady of Jewish ‘Inner-Nazi’ Phobia
What is the fundamental lesson of the Holocaust for Israel and the Jewish people? There is a divergence of opinion. Many Liberal Jews believe the main...
Is AIPAC’s Tent Big Enough for Settlers?
I recently returned to Israel after attending the annual AIPAC policy conference, where I had a blast. There was magic in the air when we, almost 20,000 delegates...
An Open Letter to Ban Ki-Moon: Mr. Secretary General, You’re No Messenger
Dear Mr. Ban Ki Moon, No one missed the double entendre of your recent New York Times article titled, “Don’t Shoot the Messenger, Israel,” which had...
The Jihad Against Jewish Hebron
HEBRON – The morning Gennady Kaufman, a gardener at the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in the heart of Hebron, was stabbed, I was...
10 Things to Know About the Latest Wave of Palestinian Terror
The current state of affairs in Israel is full of lessons and truths. The sooner we learn them, the sooner we can stop the attacks. 1....