Why I am Glad There Are Guns in the Streets… of Israel
By: Forest Rain – December, 2015 Israel is under attack. The hate that has been carefully instilled in the Arab population, in Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority controlled areas and throughout the State...
View ArticleThis is Israel’s Secret Sauce ~ By: Forest Rain
By: Forest Rain – Jan. 2016 I read two pages and burst in to tears. Startled, Lenny asked me “Why are you crying?” Looking at my book, “Hit Team” about the Munich Olympic Massacre, he said: “But you...
View ArticleHonoring Jenya Dorfman ~ From Israel to the Valley Patriot
By: Forest Rain – June, 2016 On June 1, 2001 a Hamas terrorist, walked into a Tel Aviv dance club at the Dolphinarium and blew himself up murdering 21 young Israelis and injuring 132. Jenya Dorfman was...
View ArticleThe Arab World Has an Empathy Problem ~ FROM ISRAEL TO THE VALLEY PATRIOT
By: Forest Rain – August, 2016 Yes. I said it. Don’t jump on me, hear me out. This is not about being derogatory to an entire culture, this is about a little discussed but very dangerous trend that is...
View ArticleWhat aren’t they showing you? ~ FROM ISRAEL TO THE VALLEY PATRIOT
By: Forest Rain – Sept. 2016 “Aren’t you afraid of the soldiers?” the reporter asked the old Arab man. A resident of Jenin, approximately 60 or 70 years old, was sitting on a pile of rubble. He was...
View ArticleNo One Is Too Big To Jail ~ FROM ISRAEL TO THE VALLEY PATRIOT, with Forest Rain
By: Forest Rain – Oct. 2016 In February of this year Israel’s former Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, began his prison sentence. It is deeply embarrassing to discover that someone who held the most...
View ArticleThat Israeli Moment
By: Forest Rain – Dec. 2016 I just experienced one of the most Israeli moments you can possibly have. That Israeli moment when your man helps his son decide which IDF unit to request. Enlistment is...
View ArticleNew Year of the Trees: A Love Story Between a People & Their Land
By: Forest Rain – Feb. 2017 Can you imagine living in exile? Knowing that, although you have lived all your life in one place, as have your parents and maybe even grandparents, you belong to a...
View ArticleThis is What Heroism Looks Like ~ FROM ISRAEL TO THE VALLEY PATRIOT
By: Forest Rain – Oct. 2017 A regular man, Niv Nehemiah would have preferred to remain anonymous. His family takes no comfort in being told that he is a hero. They want him to heal, to stop being in so...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About the Murder and Media Coverage of Jamal Khashoggi
By: Forest Rain – Nov. 2018 Jamal Khashoggi became a hot topic in the media when he disappeared on October 2nd after visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. After days of incessant media coverage,...
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