Inside Israel's War

Stories of Hope and Resilience

My world changed after the October 7th attack. I traveled back to Israel to tell the stories of the survivors, the kidnapped, the families and the everyday citizens amidst the heartbreaking grief and chaos.

Negotiating with Terrorists - Have You Really Learned Nothing?

There is a massive blind spot on behalf of the West when it comes to Islamic Terror Regimes - THEY DON'T THINK LIKE YOU - BUT THEY KNOW HOW YOU THINK.

Melanie Preston

1 day ago4 min read

"DON'T 'GIVERET' ME!" - The Story of an Innocent Israeli Chicken

Just imagine the look on my face a week ago tonight when I went to prepare myself an actual Shabbat dinner, took the chicken out of the fridge and was met with a stink to high heaven! For ten minutes, I tried to convince myself that I was imagining it and that the chicken was just fine...but eventually I checked the date and even the day we bought it, it was expired - the date read May 4th!

Melanie Preston

May 156 min read

First Mitzvah from a Sabra in 363 Days

After 11 months and 27 days of relentless struggle in a very difficult language, an even more challenging culture, a bureaucratic system that makes little sense even to those born here - all in the most expensive country on the planet - a young guy who lives in my building decided not to charge me the 150 shekels ($50) we'd agreed on to go and get me a clothes dryer from across town and carry it into my apartment.

Melanie Preston

May 115 min read

How my Heart has Been Breaking Through this Project of Mine, into 136 Families' Worlds

It had seemed like such a good idea, after 37 days of tears by myself in Charlotte. The families of the hostages had been on every network begging us to help, and aside from writing furiously on facebook, processing my emotions, going over Israel's history, explaining and explaining and explaining, I felt like I was bleeding out for Mark Zuckerberg and not getting anywhere - or any better. It only took a few days post October 7th for me to think, "Do I need to go to Israel t

Melanie Preston

Jan 16, 202411 min read