We are part of this land.” The state of Israel was established when Al-Hawashleh was about nine. Tens of thousands of Bedouin were forced from the desert in 1948 or fled elsewhere in the region ...

These parshiot form the spiritual backbone of the Jewish people’s relationship to the Land of Israel: a conditional privilege wrapped in unconditional love. Yuval Rafael, a survivor of the Nova ...

[Leviticus 25:2] Most of us know the commandment of Shmita as keeping the Land of Israel fallow every seven years. For six years, life went on as normal, but following that there could be no ...

The Torah comes to illuminate our pathways in life, both those outside the Land of Israel and those in the Land itself. The life in the Land of Israel is “Clalli” encompassing the National ...

“Jerusalem is holier than all of the Land of Israel.” Beyond the simple level of sanctity, my teacher Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook z”l explained that Jerusalem’s holiness flows from the holiness ...

Said the Shekhinah: “Go up to the Land of Israel, for not all times are opportune.” The Shekhina commanded Rav Karo and Rav Alkabetz to make Aliyah to Eretz Yisrael, and by doing so ...

Rabbi Harlop writes that in the time of the footsteps of Mashiach, the mitzvah that the nations of the world most oppose is the mitzvah of settling the Land of Israel. This is because in the time ...

Rabbi Shlomo Katz shares an insight which, if properly internalized, can help every one of us set goals and truly achieve them today on The Soul of Israel. Dive into Parshat Chukat. What is the ...

After France’s president says European countries should adopt a tougher stance against Israel if it doesn’t change its humanitarian aid policies in Gaza, Israel accuses Emmanuel Macron of ...

JERUSALEM — Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization.

Photo: AP Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz — using the Biblical term for the West Bank — said that the settlement decision “strengthens our hold on Judea and Samaria, anchors our historical ...