• Oct-06-2015
• Articles, Identity, Israel and the Nations
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Now that the Sukkot holiday is over, we are back to dealing with the storm outside. And stormy it is.
Just last week, Putin’s puppet “Parliament” – authorized the deployment of Russian troops outside Russia’s borders, “strictly to preserve Russia’s vital […]

• Jul-15-2015
• Articles, by Shmuel Sackett
•  1 Comments.

The “3 Weeks” have now become the “9 Days” and life has just gotten far more difficult. No laundries, no showers, no swimming and no pastrami sandwiches. Seems like the big expression around here is simply; “Just Say NO!” Therefore, […]

• Jul-05-2015
• Articles, by Shmuel Sackett, Meaning
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Now that the “Three Weeks” have started, I wish to offer you a challenge: From now until the end of Tisha B’av I want you to cry – at least one tear – for the fact that we do not […]

• Jun-30-2015
• Media, Press Releases, Temple Mount
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In a television interview on Tuesday, Moshe Feiglin said that the only way to restore quiet on the Temple Mount is to restore the site to Jewish sovereignty. “If we restore our sovereignty on the Temple Mount, in the heart […]

• Jun-30-2015
• Articles, by Shmuel Sackett
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This week I celebrated my 25th Aliyah anniversary… and I am still smiling!
I still break my teeth speaking Hebrew, have problems reading the Yediot Aharonot newspaper (not such a loss) and can’t figure out why I work on Sunday but – I am still smiling! I pay close to $8.00 a gallon for gas (so stop complaining about gas prices in the USA), check every Pesach product 12 times for Kitniyot and get headlights flashed at me from the car behind me even though I am driving 20 miles over the speed limit (how fast is HE going???) but – I am still smiling! I go to miluim (army reserves) every year even though they don’t let me shoot anybody, pay a ridiculous TV tax even though I don’t have a TV and eat about 15 sufganiyot on Chanukah even though 14 of them never have jelly but – I am still smiling!
Since I am one of those “crazy” people who had the nerve of opposing the Oslo “Peace Process” (how dare did I do such a thing???) I had the honor of being beaten by Israeli riot policemen, been arrested 10 times, convicted of sedition, sentenced to 12 months in prison and fired from my job by Shulamit Aloni (remember her?) yet, through all of it… I am still smiling!
Of course I do not smile when I think of this week’s renewed rocket attacks in southern Israel. I also do not smile when I remember my dear friends Binyamin and Talia Kahane with whom I ate lunch four days before their tragic murder by terrorists who received guns from Shimon Peres. I do not smile when I think of my close friend Hillel Lieberman who I used to daven with in Kever Yosef and talk with at length about the holy city of Shechem. Furthermore, I do not smile at the fact that at Hillel’s funeral, I was shot at by Arabs. Only a miracle guided those bullets away from my car. And finally, I do not smile at the saddest day of my entire Aliyah – just 4 months after I arrived here – when I joined 150,000 Jews in burying my holy and amazing Rebbe; HaRav Meir Kahane ztz”l. On that sad day I waited in line to say some Tefillot by his newly dug grave and vowed to do whatever I could to bring his dream of Israel as a strong and proud Jewish State to fruition. Baruch Hashem, I have kept that neder as I work, night and day, to bring new leadership to this country that follows his vision.
And so, even though not all of the 9,000+ days have been rosy, I am still smiling because I know that in the end we will emerge victorious. Good will defeat evil and those that work to sanctify Hashem’s Name will beat those who desecrate it. New leaders who are beaming with Jewish pride will soon lead Israel and the once mighty IDF will return to become the army of Hashem it was in 1967.
The first 25 years are now over and I thank Hashem for being with me every step of the way. My wife gave birth to two beautiful babies here in Israel (the littlest one went to the army this week for her testing and physical exams!!) and they joined our four American imports, Baruch Hashem. We built a house, walked four children down to their chuppa and had our son’s bar mitzvah catered by Kentucky Fried Chicken (try that in the States!!)
What will the next 25 years bring? I pray that Hashem will guide me, my family and all of Klal Yisrael in doing what needs to be done to end the pain and suffering of His people. I beg that Hashem help us in sanctifying His great and holy Name and hope that the shedding of Jewish blood is over forever. By the time I write my article for my 30th […]

• Apr-29-2015
• Audio, Israel and the Nations, Media
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• Apr-14-2015
• Articles, by Shmuel Sackett
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26 Nissan, 5775/April 13, ‘15
In commemoration of Yom Ha’Shoah, I thought it best to let you read the letter I wrote to my 16 year old who recently visited Poland with her entire 11th grade class. They had been preparing […]

• Feb-26-2015
• Articles, by Shmuel Sackett, Israel and the Nations
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I have opposed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on many occasions but when he does something right, brave and very courageous, I am the first to commend him. His controversial decision to speak in front of the US Congress next week […]

• Feb-25-2015
• Democracy, Video
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• Nov-26-2014
• Media, Press Releases, Security, Temple Mount
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Responding to Police Chief Danino’s remarks on Tuesday that it was a mistake to allow MK Moshe Fegilin to visit the Temple Mount, Feiglin said the following:
Unfortunately, Police Chief Danino has failed to provide security for Jerusalem and its residents. […]