In late October, state Rep. Brian Cole and I joined the American Friends of Judea and Samaria Leadership Mission to Israel. Over six days, we walked the same soil where prophets once stood and soldiers now stand guard. What we saw, heard, and felt cannot be captured in a single report (though our full written account will soon be linked for public reading), but I offer these reflections to share what it means when faith, history, and security converge in a single land.

From the moment we arrived in Jerusalem, the gravity of Israel’s struggle was unmistakable. This is not a country living in fear; it is a nation living with vigilance. In Samaria, we stood at the State’s Balcony overlooking the Mediterranean and were reminded that the distance from those hills to Tel Aviv is short enough fo

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