On Sunday, May 23, I gave a background briefing, including a current events update, a boots-on-the-ground analysis, and predictions to that famous Israeli question “mah yihiyeh?” (what’s going to be??)

As a member of the Israeli Likud party, I am blessed to be the personal friend of numerous leaders and heroes. My old friend Gilad Erdan, who I knew since he was first elected to the Knesset in 2003, was recently appointed to be Israel’s representative to the United Nations, in parallel to being our Ambassador to the United States.

I am a friend of David Orbach, who wrote this personal story straight from his heart. I found it very sincere and helpful in understanding the current hostilities in Gaza and Israel:
To all my concerned friends and family,

Gidon was a featured speaker on Israel365's online rally “How can I help Israel today?” on Sunday, May 23. You can watch his five minute talk starting at 25:20 to 31:40

The latest Israel-Gaza war started with Hamas launching hundreds of rockets into Israeli cities. For the few people who might have lived in a cave in the last few hundred years, let me inform you of something: targeting civilians is a war crime. It was very clear from the start, as Israeli commentator Haviv Rettig Gur and Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid both pointed out, that Hamas’ motivation was cynical political gain. But even if Hamas’ motivation was pure, attacking civilians is a war crime.

Our popular Root Source teacher Rabbi Gedalia Meyer has begun giving a short weekly teaching on the Weekly Portion for the Temple Institute.
 
We are grateful to our friends at the Temple Institute who have allowed us to provide Rabbi Meyer’s teachings here too.