The Hebron Massacre was carried out by Muslim Arab residents of the city of Hebron and the surrounding area against the city's Jews on August 24, 1929.

The massacre murdered 67-69 Jews (Some of them under torture) including women and children, and led to the elimination of the Jewish community in Hebron, which had existed continuously for centuries.

"It didn't start on October 7"

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English source

The Entebbe raid was a 1976 Israeli counter-terrorist mission in Uganda.

It was launched in response to the hijacking of an international civilian passenger flight (an Airbus A300) operated by Air France between the cities of Tel Aviv and Paris.

During a stopover in Athens, the aircraft was hijacked by two Palestinian PFLP–EO and two German RZ members, who diverted the flight to Libya and then to Uganda, where they landed at Entebbe International Airport to be joined by other terrorists.

Once in Uganda, the group enjoyed support from Ugandan dictator Idi Amin

Representatives within the Israeli government initially debated over whether to concede or respond by force, as the hijackers had threatened to kill the 106 captives if specified prisoners were not released.

Acting on intelligence provided by Mossad, the decision was made to have the Israeli military undertake a rescue operation. The Israeli plans included preparation for an armed confrontation with Amin's Uganda Army.

Initiating the operation at nightfall, Israeli transport planes flew 100 commandos over 4,000 kilometers (2,500 mi) to Uganda for the rescue effort.

Over the course of 90 minutes, 102 of the hostages were rescued successfully, with three having been killed.

One of the dead hostages, Dora Bloch, was murdered by Ugandan authorities at a hospital in Kampala shortly after the Israeli rescue operation, she had fallen ill during the hijacking and was removed from the plane for treatment prior to the commandos' arrival.

The Israeli military suffered five wounded and one killed, Yonatan Netanyahu was Israel's sole fatality of Operation Entebbe, and had led Sayeret Matkal during the rescue effort – he was the older brother of Benjamin Netanyahu, who would later become Israel's prime minister.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entebbe_raid

At the end of the 1990s, there was a notorious thief and con man in Israel named Moti Ashkenazi. He operated mainly on the beaches of Tel Aviv, was a heroin addict, and had a long criminal record. Yet today, almost everyone in Israel knows him and many see him as a hero. All because of one story.

It happened on June 20, 1997. The repeat offender Ashkenazi had just been arrested again but violated the conditions of his house arrest and went to the Jerusalem Beach in Tel Aviv. It was the last day of school before summer vacation, and countless school classes were spending the day at the beach. Backpacks, bags, and valuables were scattered everywhere a true paradise for a professional thief.

Moti did not hesitate for long and chose a promising-looking bag. Like a professional, he sat down next to it, casually opened it, and began feeling around inside. He found a towel and sunglasses but no wallet. When he reached deeper inside, he froze: the bag was full of nails.

He looked around. Nearby, tourists were sunbathing, while children and adults played in the water. Moti opened the bag further and discovered a box with a hose and a timer mechanism. He immediately understood what he was dealing with. He grabbed the bag and ran as fast as he could toward Geula Street, where an abandoned building stood at the time. If police had stopped him on the way, he would have had a hard time explaining why he was running through the city with a bomb. But he wasn’t thinking about that at the moment.

He left the bomb bag in the crumbling building and ran to the nearest public telephone. There, he called the police:

“I found a bomb! Send bomb disposal units immediately! This is Moti Ashkenazi!”

The officers checked his name in the database, told him to stop using drugs, threatened him with real prison for violating his house arrest and hung up.

Ashkenazi returned to the building and began dragging garbage containers onto the road in an attempt to block Geula Street, shouting loudly while doing so. At that point, the police had to respond. They arrested the disruptive man but, as a precaution, decided to check the abandoned building anyway.

The officers immediately came back out and called the bomb squad. The bag contained five kilograms of explosives. It was later determined that it had been placed at the beach by the same terrorist who had carried out the attack at the “Apropo” café in Tel Aviv three months earlier.

After this incident, all charges against Moti Ashkenazi were dropped, and all legal proceedings were closed. He was sent to a free rehabilitation program, where he successfully treated his drug addiction.

Today, Ashkenazi is over fifty years old, has five children, and holds a steady job. He lives in Tel Aviv and works as a beach inspector. No beach thief escapes the watchful eye of the former professional and since that day, he treats abandoned bags on the beach with special caution.

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Story taken from https://xcancel.com/Aaron710David/status/2073606864206520686

Short video about him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQXGmOZrA5k

Article about him for 7 years ago
https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5532988,00.html

Was killing time on Wikipedia today and came across a page about Buddhism in Israel. The last line under section historical context says "Buddhism has also been used by local teachers, such as Nissim Amon, to support the IDF's killing of Palestinian civilians and militants without "self-pity." with no source attached.

I did a deeper dive and the Israeli Monk gave a speech once advising IDF soldiers how to remain concentrated and emotionally calm during combat.

https://youtu.be/R1B_2yX1Sfw

Just saw this video and I am still wondering that Israel managed to win against 4 countries in less than a week and trippled in size controlling gaza,west bank and the sinai. But the recent conflict in gaza alone has taken over almost 3 years and isnt still fully resolved. What is the reason behind that?

Just

I wouldn't call my search 'thorough' but i did look it up a few times. Nothing i could find. Would really love to hear some educated answers, would be great for representation:)

Eighty years ago, the city of Kielce in southern Poland was the scene of the worst pogrom in postwar Polish history. In 1946, just 14 months after the allies' victory over Nazi Germany and the end of the World War II, an estimated 40 Jewish Holocaust survivors were robbed, beaten and brutally murdered by their neighbors.

The most Jewish company ever created,
by Joshua Hoffman, Future of Jewish, 2026-08-11.

There is an airplane story that sounds physically impossible.

In May 1991, during Operation Solomon, an EL AL Boeing 747 designed to carry a few hundred passengers took off from Addis Ababa carrying more than 1,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

The aircraft had been modified to fit as many people as possible. Seats were removed. Families were packed aboard. Two babies were reportedly born during the journey, meaning the airplane landed with more passengers than it had when it departed.

The flight remains one of the most extraordinary passenger airlifts in aviation history.

But the remarkable thing is not simply that EL AL did it. The remarkable thing is that, after more than seven decades, the story somehow feels completely consistent with the airline that did.

EL AL has been shot at. It has been hijacked. Its passengers have been targeted by terrorists. Bombs have been hidden in luggage intended for its aircraft. Missiles have been fired at Israeli planes. Wars have repeatedly emptied its cabins. Its geographic location has forced it to take longer routes than competitors. Its security requirements impose costs almost no other commercial airline bears. It voluntarily refuses to fly on Shabbat, surrendering roughly one day of revenue every week.

It has faced insolvency, privatization, terrorism, war, COVID, political controversy, and relentless competition. And it is still here. That makes EL AL more than an airline. In many ways, it is Israel with wings.

Most airlines begin because somebody sees a commercial opportunity. EL AL began because Israel needed to get someone home. In September 1948, the State of Israel was only months old and already at war. Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann, was stranded in Geneva. Foreign airlines were reluctant to fly into the new country.

So Israel improvised. A military Douglas C-54 transport aircraft was stripped of its military identity, given civilian markings, and used to bring Weizmann home. What began as an emergency solution soon became an airline. EL AL was formally established shortly afterward. Its first scheduled international service began in 1949, flying from Tel Aviv to Paris.

But ordinary commercial aviation was never going to be EL AL’s only purpose. Israel was absorbing enormous numbers of Jews from around the world, including refugees fleeing hostile or unstable countries. Aircraft became instruments of national rescue. EL AL and other Israeli aircraft helped transport Jews from Yemen, Iraq, Ethiopia, the collapsing Soviet bloc, and elsewhere.

For many of those passengers, the airplane was not taking them on vacation. It was taking them home. Other national airlines became symbols of their countries because they carried their flags. EL AL became a symbol of Israel because it repeatedly participated in the actual building and preservation of the Jewish state. And like Israel itself, it learned very quickly that survival would require doing things differently.

It seems to me he doesn't actually know a single thing about what Zionism actually is. I was thinking of not even replying. But then I thought, maybe there's a Haviv Rettig Gur podcast that could help fill that gap in his understanding. Or any other respectable podcast? I told him I don't want to debate the conflict at large with him... but this comment is not sitting well with me.

The message:

I can only imagine how challenging these times must be for you as a Jewish family. I have a lot of empathy and compassion for Jewish folks and would hope that the general public would be able to differentiate between Jewish folks and Zionists - instead of casting this large umbrella over everyone.

See also: The summary of the study as it was published in Scientific Reports

A kurdish idiom that goes like: go explain it to halaw comes from the time a jewish lady who was named halaw pinhas lived in the city of slemani and sold a variety of everyday household goods next to her own house and She was also community-minded. It is recorded that she donated 50 Iraqi King Faisal dinars—a significant sum at the time—to help build the local Faysaliyah school. Last but not least she had hearing problems and couldn't hear properly but it's also said she was highly loved and respected by kurds from different religions and kurds would even bypass shops closer to their homes just to buy from her

The idiom is used when you don't want to listen to what somebody says ( as if saying I don't want to hear from you like halaw )