Halachic Left

🔥 Our 5786 Pesach reader, “כי ישאלך בנך מחר” / “When Your Child Asks You in Days to Come” is now available! See download options on our website: halachicleft.org/torah

Last night, Israeli settlers carried out a pogrom in the village of Qusra in the West Bank, in which they set two chicken farms on fire, opened fire on civilians and homes, and abducted and brutally assaulted a 32-year-old Palestinian man, Zahran Shanableh. He is now in a coma in the ICU, fighting for his life. No arrests have been made. None of these settlers will face any consequences because Israeli settler terrorism in the West Bank is state-backed terror.

A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank | West Bank | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2026/apr…

Israeli settlers killed a Palestinian farmer on his own land, in front of his father. Yes, again haaretz.com/israel-news/tw…

סַנְהֶדְרִין הַהוֹרֶגֶת אֶחָד בְּשָׁבוּעַ נִקְרֵאת חָבְלָנִית. רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה אוֹמֵר, אֶחָד לְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה "A Sanhedrin that executes a transgressor once in 7 years is a destructive tribunal. R Elazar ben Azarya says: once in 70 years." -- Mishnah Makkot 1:10

🔥 Our 5786 Pesach reader, “כי ישאלך בנך מחר” / “When Your Child Asks You in Days to Come” is now available! See download options on our website: halachicleft.org/torah

'A good Arab is a dead one': Israeli settlers vandalize Palestinian high school in West Bank haaretz.com/west-bank/2026…

Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani in Hebron, in the West Bank, last night, setting a Palestinian home on fire in an attempt to burn the family alive while they were asleep. Miraculously, the family survived before the flames spread.

Rabbi Yehuda Gilad, head of Yeshivat Ma’ale Gilboa in Israel, visited the Palestinian village of Khirbet Humsa in the West Bank following a settler pogrom in which a 29-year-old Palestinian farmer was sexually assaulted, his family was beaten, and hundreds of their sheep were stolen. This is a deeply encouraging act of solidarity. Thank you to Rabbi Yehuda Gilad.

Dozens of settlers said to raid multiple West Bank villages, torch buildings with Palestinians inside timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry…

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Solidarity with the community of Khirbet Humsa 💔 -- if we hear of any way we can support them, we'll pass it on.

The pogroms happening against Palestinians feel like an onslaught, but don't get desensitized. (Content warning for graphic descriptions of violence, including sexual violence.) Gift link: nytimes.com/2026/03/18/wor…

No one ever deserves to feel unsafe or threatened in their house of worship. Today’s violence against Temple Israel, its congregants, and the West Bloomfield Jewish community is horrifying. We must stand in unequivocal defense of the humanity and safety of our Jewish siblings and denounce this heinous act. My family and I are praying for safety for communities across our state who are feeling afraid right now, and we are holding our Jewish community members extra close.

TODAY!!! Starting in about 90 minutes!

New Interview with Yehuda Shaul: newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/h…

We're sending love to our Jewish community, and we're grateful for the fast support and solidarity we've seen from our neighbors.

We're horrified at reports of the attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, MI — the country's largest reform synagogue, with connections to our staff and community.

BREAKING: The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee. apnews.com/article/israel…

I’ll never get how Orthodox Jews post such nonsense without any sense of irony