Ari Solomon

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Oct 14, 2023, 1:19 AM

Strengthening our home

"The land around Route 232 is stained with the blood of innocents and that of their tormentors, the tools of the crimes lying along the side of the road, telling a ghastly tale that will be etched into Jewish...

Oct 11, 2023, 12:46 AM

Compelled to Action

It's been three days since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel. It's been three days since innocent men, women, children, grandparents were deliberately targeted and murdered. It's been three days since Hamas kidnapped whole families and tried to wipe out peaceful communities. Beeri. Magen....

Mar 1, 2017, 2:12 PM

Startups, Time, and Money

We are 3 months into 2017 already, and time continues to tick away. For those in the startup world that never take a second off, the change of calendars is a minor detail, one that is hardly noted in...

Jan 13, 2016, 8:01 AM

Another Day, Another Attack

Always on the lookout for possible danger—this is Israel’s reality. For months, Israelis have lived with one constant: the knowledge that the next terror attack is not far off. A stabbing in Jerusalem, car-ramming in Hebron, shooting in Tel Aviv,...

Feb 12, 2015, 1:28 AM

It’s days like this that…

….that you miss the army because you are no longer challenged with weeklong navigations that require walking 100 kilometers in rain, mud, and cold. It’s in these challenging moments when you realize that your determination and will is stronger...

Dec 1, 2014, 9:49 PM

The New Same Old

I must be experiencing déjà vu. Here I am, once again at the Lone Soldier Center’s Thanksgiving Dinner, hearing more languages than I can count, seeing “Tzairim” in boots hardly yet scuffed, green berets improperly folded, uniforms without unit...

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About Me

Ari Solomon was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and at 22, he made Aliyah to Israel. He enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in November 2011 and served in an elite Paratrooper Unit.