Haggai Segal
@haggai_segal · Israeli English-language press & book authors
Haggai Segal is an Israeli journalist, author, and former editor-in-chief of Makor Rishon.
The thorough and measured destruction of the Shiite terror fortress on the Ali Taher Ridge is a dramatic achievement for the IDF, the kind that justifies writing books. Nasrallah painstakingly built it over 20 years as a springboard for a final assault on the Galilee, and now it is gone, and thank God, Nasrallah is gone too
Translated from HebrewBy the way, Hussein also whispered in Golda’s ear, a few days before Yom Kippur, at a secret meeting in Tel Aviv, that a war was about to break out. As is well known, it did not help, perhaps because such warnings are not uncommon. Leaders receive many warnings, certainly from the commanders of their armies. Consider, for example, how many warnings we have heard in recent years about an imminent flare-up in the West Bank.
Translated from HebrewFood for thought: Veteran Haredi MK Uri Maklev, who was just removed from the list, is named after his uncle, a religious young man who rushed to defend his country while continuing to strictly observe the Torah and commandments, and fell in 1948
Translated from HebrewThe late Ada Yonath’s research was more complicated than the lyrics of Shlomo Artzi, may he live a long life. Nevertheless, it is permissible to demand that opinion-makers, in cases like these, not pander to the taste of the general public, but eulogize her at great length.
Translated from HebrewKahane is right
Translated from HebrewA senior doctor at a well-known hospital writes to me בעקבות the affair of the righteous Givati fighters who, despite permission from the brigade rabbi, refused to go on an operational activity with a female paramedic: "Every day, mixed MDA teams, religious boys and girls, arrive at the emergency department. Is that okay?"
Translated from HebrewRain in August? This week I saw snow in August. Of course, on the crown of Mount Hermon, under the auspices of the Mountain Brigade and its Haredi reserve battalion. More details today at @makorrishon
Translated from Hebrew“What can I do so that I was not mistaken?” Shimon Peres said in complete seriousness toward the end of his life. Tomorrow at @MakorRishon, on the tenth anniversary of his death, we will sketch a portrait of him, somewhat forgotten, partly because the public believes that Oslo, at least, was a terrible mistake and therefore makes less effort to remember
Translated from HebrewAged well. Leave Altalena alone.
Translated from HebrewEisenkot's lead in the polls - in this tense period in Israel's relations with itself and with those who seek its harm from outside - justifies a Shin Bet decision on protecting him, at least until the end of the elections. Otherwise, God forbid, we may yet need another commission of inquiry
Translated from HebrewImpressions from a visit to Eisenkot’s headquarters this week
Translated from HebrewThe toil of Torah study during the month of Elul will not cover up the absence from army service in the August intake. You can do both, and both are a mitzvah.
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