Whoever holds the high ground will hold the land.
That is the claim at the heart of Elisha Yered’s first installment in Olam Katan — and it is why this piece is worth reading in full, in English (link below).
The recent storm over Tel Talpiot was not a local quarrel. It was a glimpse of a decade-long contest over the peaks of Judea and Samaria. Yered argues that the Palestinian Authority did not stumble into that fight. It ran a plan: take the commanding ridges, pave access, plant, build, and turn bare hilltops into forward positions. Then, he says, Jewish farms and outposts began answering on the ground.
The article names the heights that matter — Halhul, Ba’al Hatzor, Ebal, Ma’on, Jabal Ain Ina and five more — and asks a blunt question: How many of those strongholds are still in the other side’s hands?
Read the full article here:
Posted September 6, 2026
HILLTOP MACCABEES
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