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Articles
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WHAT IF?
From bicycle saddle to hospital bed – some existential thoughts about self and country
By David E. Kaplan

This writer went cycling on Israel’s Independence Day and arrived at a destination unplanned – the surgical ward in a local hospital! With all the time in the world, the cyclist journeyed on from pedaling to pondering on scenarios of Israel’s past that ‘paved’ the way to thankful futures.
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Can women across the world move freely in their cities?
A British study says no – an Israeli app now says yes
By Diana Grosz

Despite remarkable progress to make societies safer, half the world’s population is not truly protected – WOMEN! Nearly two thirds of women feel unsafe in cities and restrict their lifestyles to mollify their fear. An Israeli app comes to the rescue for women anywhere in the world.
Can women across the world move freely in their cities?
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LET DEAD TERRORIST GROUPS LIE
Enlisting support against delisting terrorists
By Jonathan Feldstein

Why NOW is the US administration considering delisting 5 “defunct” terror organisations from its foreign terrorist list? Is it related to the far from “defunct” lethal Iranian IRGC that is/was also being considered for delisting? The writer unpacks the convoluted reasoning behind these strange deal-making machinations.
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