Jews Returning to Israel
According to Haaretz, there is a program in place taking Jews who want to stand with Israel IN Israel to the country. One El Al jet has already taken 220 people, flying out of New York. This is an amazing turn of events to me! Also, given the rising anti-Semitism, especially in nations with large Muslim populations, I doubt if this new phenomenon will end.
Haaretz interviewed one couple who left for Israel right before they left:
"After the war in the north began, people started asking them whether they still planned to move to Israel. "With what's going on now, we're being made out to be some sort of heroes," Joel said. "But this is Israel, and if you think of yourself as Israeli, you realize there's really not a choice. We've mentally, psychologically, emotionally made the commitment to be part of the people of Israel in the Land of Israel, and unfortunately, this [war] is part of the reality." When he received an email from Nefesh B'Nefesh this week confirming that the flight was still on, he sent a one-word reply: "Good."
P.S. Can someone leave in the comments or just mail me with how to do the smaller word quote format? I may just not have the option due to the Mac/Blogger relationship, the only options given for posts for me being spell check and adding a pic. But I could write better posts if someone will let me in on this Blogger secret.......
UPDATE: Another article on this subject from World Net Daily which puts the number of this immigration program at 3,000. Interesting read.
7 Comments:
if I were you I would simply use the blogger quote option. It's open tag, that this one < than typ the world blockquote in it and close it with the other tag: >. Put in a quote from an article or something and do the same, except for a slash: / right after the first tag and before the word blockquote>
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Ooooh, thank you! I'm writing this down.....
I'm using Mac and it's no problem to make quotes with the quote button. It's just before spell check and right after link button. Or you can do it manually as michaelgalien writes (remember to be under "Edit Html" if you do that).
I have thought a lot about this subject as I do want to support Israel whatever way I can. At least I'm hopefully travel to Israel beginning next year (kibbutz most likely), so I can see with my own eyes how Israel actually is. From then on I probably have a much better idea of what way I'm supporting Israel the best.
ds--you have that on your post options? I have just the spellcheck one and the picture upload one. Otherwise just where to type text.....It might be my browser, I use Safari. I'll check the Blogger site. It's just hard to find things there.
I want also to support Israel any way that I can, but I don't know what steps to take. I applaud what you are doing, DS.
pim's ghost - I just checked in Safari, yeah, there is just the 2 buttons. Why not download Firefox? A dood addition to Safari, in Firefox almost any website works.
Thanks for the applaud! :) I think a travel to Israel is a good step. Dag from here has been helpful, and I've got many recommendations about it from other people (mostly aimed at the kibbutz life). Even as a turist you help Israel a little.
dood=good :)
DS--thanks! I'll give that a try. I never realized that everyone had more buttons on Blogger than I do.....I've been such a fool.....
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