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Articles
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Up-Start Nation
A pulsating powerhouse, Israel clocks up its 13th Noble Prize
By David E. Kaplan
Pint-size Israel has long punched far above its weight when it comes to the Nobel Prize having won nine since 2002, ten of them for either chemistry or economics, affirming Israel’s trajectory as the “Start-Up Nation”. Over the same period, vastly bigger countries with larger economies failed to outperform the Jewish state.
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Bipartisan Support – an Iron Dome against “The Squad”?
There have been attempts by “the Squad” to stop funding for Iron Dome – but have the shots fired reached their target?
By Rolene Marks
The recent obsession of the “Squad” to torpedo US financial support of Israel’s purely defensive Iron Dome failed but this will not blunt their purpose. To counter, the writer argues that the mission of Israel’s new coalition’s must be to repair and restore US bipartisan support as its most effective ‘Iron Dome’.
Bipartisan Support – an Iron Dome against “The Squad”?
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Requiem or Sequel?
The ensuing saga of Judge David Unterhalter
By Adv. Craig Snoyman
Arguably the most qualified candidate has AGAIN been rejected for a position on the country’s apex court “because he was a member of an organization allegedly pro-Zionist.” While kudos for the judge’s perseverance, there is a disturbing message to South Africa’s shrinking Jewish community.
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