Blessings and Shalom,

David Rubin

Shiloh, Israel

There are those who talk and those who do. Netanyahu has sadly proven himself to be the former as he adds another flimsy feather in his cap in his pandering to the great King Barack Hussein Obama. I am waiting to see Bibi’s first actual bow to the king. Obama already bows to the Saudi king, who bows to the fictional moon god called Allah, and Bibi bows to Obama, at least figuratively. Does anyone bow to the Real King, the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who brought the Israelites out of Egypt? Does anyone bow to the Real King, who helped Israel to recapture all of Jerusalem in the miraculous Six-Day War in 1967 (and on the seventh day we rested!)? Building by Jews in Samaria and Judea was temporarily frozen seven months ago. Now Jerusalem, Israel’s capital is being gradually added to the list.

It’s not too late to reverse this terrible trend. Sincere belief in the Almighty G-d of Israel would give Israel the backbone to take the simple Zionist action of ending this bizarre self-discrimination against Jews. Bibi needs to start saying “No” to all unreasonable, immoral pressure, without fear of the UN, the EU, or Obama. And then to follow through on it with more than meaningless words. Enough with the declarations. It’s time for action.

1. The Land of Israel was given to the Nation of Israel as a divine inheritance, confirmed repeatedly throughout the Bible.

2. We do not have the moral right to give it away, not 60%, not 20%, and not 10%, and certainly not to unrepentant Muslim terrorists who want to destroy, not just Israel, but all of Judeo-Christian (Western) Civilization. 

3. Any negotiations beyond discussing peace in exchange for peace will go nowhere and only invite more pressure and terrorism.

Once Bibi wakes up to this reality, all the pressure from Obama will be for naught. With the exception of those who have already been indoctrinated by Obama’s thought police, the American people as a whole stand with Israel in its valiant struggle for its Land and for the liberties that we all cherish and that the Islamic terrorists want to take away from us all. Let us all stand strong, be courageous, and not be afraid to speak truth to power.

David Rubin

Shiloh, Israel

The terrorists seek to kill, to frighten, and to intimidate anyone who doesn’t share their extreme Islamic views. Those who have fallen in the struggle for Israel’s return to the Land are deserving of honor and that is why we have this special day. But they have also fallen for the cause of freedom and liberty, for that is the ultimate target of Islamic terrorism and war.

The  affirmation of life is what we are all about. They want to kill us, so we will live! They want us to flee, so we will stay, and they want us to be frightened, so we will be courageous. By helping the children and rebuilding the Biblical heartland of Israel, we are doing the exact opposite of what the Muslim terrorists and their armies intended. Those who assist us in that struggle are actually responding to the terrorist threat of death and destruction with an affirmation of life and liberty. 

Tomorrow we will celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut, celebrating Israel’s independence and miraculous rebirth as a sovereign nation once again. I call on all of our friends, all those who disdain Islamic terrorism and murder, and value liberty and life to join with us in celebration!

With Blessings and Shalom,

David Rubin

Shiloh, Israel

In an earlier blog, I compared Netanyahu to the misguided Neville Chamberlain, for agreeing to the current building freeze. I hope that my perhaps harsh comparision was exaggerated and that Netanyahu will stand firm against all attempts to pressure Israel into submission. Pressure will only lead to more pressure, until he takes a page from Nancy Reagan’s unwritten book - “Just Say No!”

David Rubin

Shiloh, Israel

Lots happening in Israel as always. As we’ve discussed previously, the Israeli government, under heavy pressure from the Obama Administration, agreed to a misguided temporary (ten month) freeze on Jewish building of homes in Samaria. Thank G-d, it hasn’t yet  affected our children’s projects. In fact, we are continuing to have a great impact on the ground in the lives of the children, and the demand for our services is growing all the time. Our successful projects, which are supported by our friends around the world, are actually making the demand for a rapid end to the building freeze even greater!

With Blessings and Shalom from Shiloh,

David Rubin

The Music Therapy program is literally bursting at the seams! While I would be very happy if the need for this program would disappear, the recent increase in terror shooting attacks on the roads, as seen in the recent murder of a kindergarten teacher, a father of seven children, has only increased the demand for our services, and the therapy with music program is one of the most popular. We have close to one hundred children being treated in that program alone in the course of a month, which has necessitated the evacuation of a storage room to enable the creation of a second Music Therapy Room in the Center, so we can have simultaneous music treatments in two separate rooms designed specifically for music. This of course will increase our equipment and infrastructure needs, as we will need to duplicate most of the instruments, as well as acoustically insulating the rooms so they won’t disturb the treatments in the other rooms. This will require the partnership of our beloved friends and supporters and, as always, a little help from above, but we will get there!

Here in Israel, we celebrate our New Year on Rosh HaShanah, which usually falls in September. Obviously, most of the Western world celebrates New Year’s Day on January 1st, and therefore, I want to wish all of you a happy, a healthy, and a spiritually uplifting year!

David Rubin

Shiloh, Israel

Netanyahu, whose Likud party was  elected with (unfortunately) strong support from the  Israeli communities in the liberated territories (reestablished after the miraculous Six Day War of 1967), has now officially betrayed those pioneers in the Biblical heartland by freezing all building, including building needed for natural growth. His fellow Likud cohorts have proven to be men and women lacking in principles as well, as they backed this immoral and discriminatory policy, which officially halts all Jewish building while allowing and even encouraging Arab Muslims to expand and grow their cities and towns with the blessings of Obama, Clinton, and George Mitchell. 

But we can’t just blame the Obama Administration or even Netanyahu and his Likud party. Every resident of Judea or Samaria (and those who identify with us) who voted Likud or Yisrael Beitenu had better do some serious self-reckoning. This evil decree was indirectly created by those foolish voters who voted Likud or Yisrael Beitenu rather than for the (Land of Israel faithful) National Union, thinking that by voting Likud, they would somehow have influence over the Likud government’s policy.

We are today reaping the rotten fruit of that misguided thinking.

David Rubin

Shiloh, Israel

I am so impressed with the choice of the Nobel committee that I would like to already send in my suggestions for next year!

I would like to hereby nominate several highly worthy candidates for next year’s Nobel Peace Prize:

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, Caesar Chavez of Venezuela, Fidel Castro of Cuba, and last but not least, Hassan Nasrallah of Hizbullah - As is well known, these are all men of peace, proponents of non-violence and moderation, and according to Obama,  leaders  who can be reasoned with, if we would only show more understanding for their needs and concerns.

May the best man win!

David Rubin

Shiloh, Israel

Despite the distressing news, let us be very clear about where we are going! As we speak, two housing projects are underway in Shiloh and a new school complex to house a new school building is under construction to meet the needs of our growing young population. The Shiloh Israel Children’s Fund will be there to meet the needs of all the children, whose lives the Muslim terrorists would like to destroy. As much as they try to create hell for the children of Israel,  we will do everything we can (with the necessary help from our supporters), both to restore the lost innocence of childhood for these children and to rebuild the Biblical heartland of Israel.

“…they rebuilt the cities and they settled in them.” (The Book of Judges 21:23)

David Rubin

Shiloh, Israel