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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 491

Jacob sheep

Illustrative: Ta'ayush activists film a settler siccing his pit bull on the sheep of a Palestinian shepherd, which he claimed had encroached on his land. (Screen capture/Ta'ayush)
March 19, 2018, 9:53 pm
Police open probe into settler filmed siccing dog at Palestinian’s sheep
Resident from illegal outpost claims flock encroached on his land, but footage shows him unleashing his dog, which chases after flock, bites off their tails
By Jacob Magid
Gil and Jenna Lewinsky plan to open an ecological heritage park and educational farm for their 113 sheep, pictured here on January 15, 2017. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
February 1, 2017, 7:10 pm
After bleating a path to Israel, Jacob’s sheep frolic in new home
With flock’s 5,000-year exile and difficult quarantine beset by rains behind them, biblical sheep are baaaack in the Holy Land
By Melanie Lidman and Video by Luke Tress
Torrential rains have destroyed the temporary quarantine quarters for 100 Jacob‘s sheep, who recently arrived in Israel from Canada, on December 18, 2016. (courtesy Gil Lewinsky)
December 18, 2016, 11:34 pm
Flooding threatens to destroy biblical sheep project
It took two years to get the Jacob‘s sheep from Canada to Israel; now, after heavy storms, the first sheep, Rachel, has died, and 40 are sick
By Melanie Lidman
The Jacob‘s sheep in quarantine in southern Israel on December 5, 2016. (courtesy The Friends of Jacob Sheep)
December 6, 2016, 11:50 am
Biblical sheep in Israel for first time in millennia
119 Jacob’s sheep, a heritage breed mentioned in Genesis, began arriving last week
By Melanie Lidman
A sheep named Yarden takes a gander out the window as the truck crosses the Canadian rockies on August 1, 2016. (courtesy Gil Lewinsky)
August 3, 2016, 2:26 pm
Barreling down the highway with 120 sheep
Who needs a shepherd’s staff when you’ve got an 18-wheeler?
By Melanie Lidman
Gil and Jenna Lewinsky feed the sheep at their farm in Abbotsford, Vancouver, Canada, in this undated photo from 2016. (courtesy Mustard Seed Imaging)
June 21, 2016, 4:00 pm
On wings of El Al, biblical sheep to end 3,000-year exile
Flock of 113 Jacob sheep, currently in Canada, expected to arrive in Israel over the summer
By Melanie Lidman
Gil and Jenna Lewinsky feed the sheep at their farm in Abbotsford, Vancouver, Canada, in this undated photo from 2016. (courtesy Mustard Seed Imaging)
June 7, 2016, 12:57 am
Making aliyah this summer from Canada: A flock of sheep
A Canadian couple wants to restore a Biblical breed of sheep to the Holy Land. All they need is a plane and a farm
By Melanie Lidman
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