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From Drums of War to Alarm Bells
By David E. Kaplan
Ratcheting up the rhetoric coupled with martial machinations, China and Russia and have the world worried over possible invasions of Ukraine and Taiwan. Add to this cauldron of confusion, Israel warns of the far more existential danger of a nuclear Iran.
From Drums of War to Alarm Bells
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No NY Times, Israelis Are Not Miserable!
By Rolene Marks
No NY Times, Israelis Are Not Miserable!
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Is South Africa’s pageant debacle a Ben and Jerry’s misstep?
By Adv. Craig Snoyman
Whether the SA ANC government had the legal right to support a boycott of its OWN entry for the 2021 Miss Universe pageant is a question that will be answered in a South African court. With polls in SA supporting her attendance in the Jewish state, what the writer questions and tries answer is how his government’s Israel boycott policy might effect South Africa?
Is South Africa’s pageant debacle a Ben and Jerry’s misstep?
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Weep, My Alma Mater
By Stephen Schulman
While physical statues at the University of Cape Town (UCT) tumble, so does its academic stature. The writer, a concerned alumnus, laments that while his alma mater still retains its visual allure, it has lost the ethos of a true scholastic institution.
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