Gaza – PaulaSays

Israel. Hamas. Reality.

August 14, 2015 paulas 0

I read an article on Israel National News today, saying that the IDF is developing laser beams to intercept mortar shells like the kind that […]

Child’s Zoo in a Cursed Land

January 29, 2014 paulas 0

Update: Beyond marriage and children and moving to Israel…yeah, those are huge…two events in my life touched, inspired, and change me. Probably others, but these […]

Shake the Earth

January 27, 2014 paulas 0

Update: This article was written on June 25, 2006, hours after Gilad Shalit was kidnapped. In those early hours, we didn’t no if we could […]

Five Years for Gilad

June 25, 2011 paulas 2

Today is the fifth anniversary of Gilad’s captivity. Anniversary is such a funny word – it usually means a celebration, but there is none today. […]

Ron Arad, Gilad Shalit, Ehud Barak and Israel

September 6, 2009 paulas 2

I’ve been thinking a lot about Gilad Shalit for many months which. considering he’s been held by Hamas for more than three years, isn’t unusual. […]

What Goes UP…Will Come DOWN

March 4, 2009 paulas 0

There is a simple law of gravity which is as binding and relevant as the logic of conflict. The law of gravity is simple – […]

A Child’s Alarm

February 9, 2009 paulas 0

My daughter is explaining to me what happened last week in her school when the siren was accidentally set off in our area. She was […]

Where Synagogues Burn

September 30, 2006 paulas 0

First printed September 2006 The lesson of history, learned over the centuries, is that where synagogues burn, so too will churches. Just a year ago, […]

Real Mothers Don’t Kill

January 26, 2004 paulas 0

When my first child was a little over 3 years old, and my second child was 18 months old, I took a job. The first […]

We are a democratic country; so much so, we allow our enemies into our government and from the podium of our parliament, they have the freedom to call for policies that would destroy us. Our current enemies, those who pose the most immediate threat lie to our north. This is Hizbollah land, where according to their leader Hassan Nasrallah, “We have discovered how to hit the Jews where they are the most vulnerable. The Jews love life, so that is what we shall take away from them. We are going to win, because they love life and we love death.” Our enemies lie to the northeast. This is Syria. My sons have spent many months on the Golan Heights, including some tense days waiting to see how the Syrians would react after Israel sent planes to destroy a building widely believed to be the beginnings of a nuclear reactor. My oldest son fought near Gaza to help stop the rockets from being fired against Israel. Our enemies lie further to the east. This is Iran, led by fanatics who promise that they will do all they can to accomplish in a few minutes more than what Adolf Hitler accomplished in six years of war. The Iranian leadership has made it clear in words and actions that they are after a nuclear bomb and that their goal is to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Believe them.