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Articles
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Farewell Arnie
A tribute to a kibbutz icon
By David E. Kaplan

He represented the best of South African Zionism. As a member of the youth movement Habonim (the “builders”), his journey from Cape Town to a fledgling kibbutz in Israel’s Yezreel Valley, Arnie’s life was one of adventure and “building” – an inspiring legacy to future generations.
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Peace is Progressive
Why are so-called progressives protesting peace in the Middle East?
By Rolene Marks

While an increasing number of Muslim countries open up to rapprochement and normalization with Israel, there are still those social justice warriors who persist to sabotage peace. It is becoming increasingly evident who the true progressives are!
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Israel from Within
– From Dreams to Fears and back Again –
By Samuel Hyde

The dream was simple: Israel’s victory in the 1967 war would lead to victory over war itself. Jews rationally believed that their two-millennia-long estrangement from humanity would finally come to an end and their Jewish state would be accepted into the family of nations. IT NEVER HAPPENED!
Israel from Within – From Dreams to Fears and back Again
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