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Articles
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Dodging Death and Delusion
Israelis dodge rockets while the world media dodges the truth
By David E. Kaplan
Hardly of concern to the world media – as reflected by so little coverage – is the nightly routine of Israelis wakening to a siren, running to bomb shelters, huddling together in ‘comforting’ talk and texting family and friends and then waiting for the thunderous “Boom-Booms” and falling rocket debris – all to be shortly repeated!
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I Placed a Tile on the Wall of Peace
By Rolene Marks
With Israel pummeled daily with rockets while absorbing a bruising from a biased world media, coupled with a rising tide of global antisemitism morphing into grotesque violence, the writer reflects on her last visit to the Israel border with Gaza and placing a tile on the wall of peace hoping for days when children either side of the wall, no longer know fear.
I Placed a Tile on the Wall of Peace
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GAZA: THE FACTS
By Harris Zvi Green
In response to the distorted narrative of the Israel-Gaza conflict on TV news networks with film footage frequently shown without context, the writer – rather than presenting personal opinion – lays out the facts.
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Israel – The Front Line of Defense
By Rolene Marks
Angered by outrageous allegations of genocide leveled at Israel’s military trying to end the continuous salvos of deadly rockets aimed at the country’s civilian population, the writer, while noting the meteoric rise in global antisemitism, bellows “ENOUGH” and appeals for people to follow the path of reason and humanity.
Israel – The Front Line of Defense
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