Helen Freedman paid a visit to Yael Shevach, the widow of Rabbi Raziel Shevach, who was killed on the road outside Havat Gilad just a week ago. Yael is an amazing woman, filled with beauty and courage. In addition to raising her six children, she is also a teacher at an Ulpana.
This trip also included a meeting with Ilana Shimoni, the spokeswoman for the Havat Gilad community. Along with Yael, Ilana, is a driving force for the mikveh which is desperately needed by the women of the community.
President Donald Trump said Palestinians disrespected Vice President Mike Pence when they snubbed him this week and threatened to cut off assistance to the Palestinians unless they returned to the negotiating table.
“When they disrespected us a week ago by not allowing our great vice president to see them and we give them hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and support,…” full JTA story HERE
The deaths in the Shavei Shomron Junction of Samaria of Ori and Roi Lipnik at the hands of wild Arab drivers is unbearable. AFSI extends its condolences to the Lipnik family. May they be comforted among all the mourners for Zion and Jerusalem. May they know no more sorrow.
We condemn the Arab road Jihad which threatens the lives of all Israelis.
This week, an honest Jerusalem Post article by Isi Leibler, spells out the challenges of finding the perfect leader in today’s world with and overly obsessed and frenzied media.
Do past indiscretions and scandals – even if they relate to family from years past – need to be taken into account when assessing the performance of a leader? Or should we stop nit-picking at every little bit of minutiea and concentrate on the reason the leader was elected and judge him or her by their performance and accomplishments?
Mazel tov to Helen Freedman upon accepting the Aishes Chayil Award at the upcoming National Council of Young Israel Dinner to be held March 15 at Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows Park, NY. Details to be announced.
At a rally Monday organized by the Sheli movement, grateful Israelis met just outside the Knesset gates at a rally supporting US Vice President Mike Pence to thank him for being a real friend of Israel and for recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. VP Pence spoke at the Knesset and Helen was there representing AFSI.
A good crowd of people gathered from the Knesset to welcome VP Mike Pence to Israel and the Knesset.Jerusalem Councilman Arieh King, good friend and defender of Jerusalem
The Knesset – JerusalemHelen with Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz at the Knesset
While the media has been questioning President Trump’s “fitness,” AFSI’s Chairman, Mark Langfan, has written his latest article for Arutz Sheva. His diagnosis:President Donald Trump is the real-life James Bond!
Mark’s insightful writing states that President Trump has pulled off one of the most successful intelligence coups in the history of intelligence spy-craft.
This coup involved no budget, no sleeper spies, no secret drops. Thumbs only and Twitter.
The tactic Trump employed was a brilliantly executed “tweet-trap” that “…smoked out the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un and psychologically forced him to expose the true state of North Korea’s nuclear and missile technology.”
READ HERE for the full – and fascinating – article.
Helen was on the scene on Tuesday, January 17, 2018 at 3:30 pm at Arlozoroff Station in Tel Aviv, with hundreds of women and children gathered to organize a march to the Kirya. With the theme of “No More Widows and No More Orphans”, the organizers had prepared red balloons with the slogan, “Children want to live”, many posters decrying the terrorism on the roads of Judea and Samaria, and Israeli flags which flew proudly over the crowd. It was the brutal Arab terrorist murder of Rabbi Raziel Shevach of Havat Gilad that spurred the demonstration. The roads of Judea and Samaria are endangered by Arabs who come from neighboring villages to stone Israeli cars, shoot at them, and kill innocent Israelis.
Helen was interviewed by I24 and was asked about how to control the terrorism. She suggested that the Arab villages that are near Havat Gilad, from which the terrorists probably came, and to which they probably returned, should be destroyed. The interviewer looked shocked, and will probably not air the interview. Helen believes that if harsh measures are taken against terrorists so that it no longer becomes a profitable business for them, it might end the daily violence against Jews.
Helen Freedman at the Kirya in Tel Aviv demanding controls be put in place to stop terrorism in Judea and SamariaHundreds of women and children show a strong presence at the demonstration
Wednesday evening, January 17, 2018 in Petach Tikva, Israel, another greatly successful Sovereignty Conference was held, under the leadership of the amazing Women in Green duo, Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katsover. Videos featuring Governor Mike Huckabee and Geulah Cohen followed the inspiring words of Nadia and Yehudit. Hananel Durani, head of the YESHA Council and the Kedumim Council, was the first to be interviewed by Yoni Kempinsky, who served as moderator. Éran Bar Tal, economic editor of Yisrael HaYom followed, stressing the economic benefits of Sovereignty. Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Betsalel Smotrich was the final speaker. All the speakers supported Sovereignty for Judea and Samaria with Smotrich unwilling to divide up Areas A, B, and C, and against giving the Arabs voting rights. He stated, “The Arabs should not win through “democracy” what they couldn’t win through war.”
The Sovereignty Conferences will continue, and hopefully the dream will become reality very quickly. Helen Freedman was proud to be there, underscoring AFSI’s support for Ribonut, which has been a pillar of AFSI’s belief from the beginning.
Nadia Matar & Yehudit Katsover leading the Sovereignty ConferenceYoni Kempinsky served as MC of the evening, interviewing all the guests