Tzvi Yaakovson

Last week, I began my column with the news that two million Israeli citizens in the center of the country were sent rushing to their bomb shelters due to a missile fired from Yemen. I also wrote about a couple of daring operations carried out by the IDF. This week, I can begin my column on exactly the same notes.

The Day of Judgment Is Here It is Rosh Hashanah once again. It has long been said that if we truly understood that everything

The Three Sukkos I Will Never Forget I have been in dozens of sukkos over the course of my life, but there are three that I will never forget.

Back to Routine Amid Terror and War Sukkos, Shemini Atzeres, and Simchas Torah are now behind us, which brings us back to the period of “after the chagim,” the time of year when we return to our routines after the exalted weeks of the yomim tovim. It is never easy to bid farewell to […]

Commando Unit Captures Top Hezbollah Terrorist In recent times, we have been received news almost every motzoei Shabbos about the elimination of yet another

At this point, the witch hunt against Prime Minister Netanyahu and his staff has escalated from being a source of frustration to provoking outright fury. It is continuing relentlessly, apparently in the hope that Netanyahu himself will be implicated in some form of wrongdoing, and it has reached maddening proportions.

Ten Soldiers Killed in Gaza and Lebanon Another week has gone by, and I have much to write about, but I must begin with some heartbreaking news.

ICC Issues Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant We went into Shabbos last week having just heard the news that the International Criminal Court in the Hague had ruled that Binyomin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant (the recently dismissed minister of defense) should be tried as war criminals. When Shabbos ended, we were given another reason […]

Government Grants for Northern Returnees There is a ceasefire in the north. The truce between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect at 4:00 on

Revolution in Syria Takes Israeli Intelligence by Surprise I mentioned in my column last week that the situation in Syria was tenuous and that we might be witnessing the beginning of another war. As you are aware, the situation has changed drastically over the past few days. We have no way of knowing what […]