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Articles
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PUTTING OUT FIRES
Crazy coalition adds to PM Netanyahu’s woes – and ours!
By David E. Kaplan

With major threats facing the country – from existential to economic – look at the crazy coalition initiatives that Israeli PM has had to waste time on! When firefighters and arsonists are one and the same, it’s time for ‘We the people’ to worry!
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IHRA’s SUCCESS AND DIFFICULT DILEMMA
Deny and distort, countries escape culpability for mass murder of Jews
By Dr. Efraim Zuroff

Despite distorting history to cover up its complicity in the mass murder of Jews during the Holocaust, Croatia will ascend to the Presidency of IHRA, whose mission is to strengthen Holocaust education. How do some of the worst offenders of Holocaust distortion remain “good standing” members of IHRA, while suppressing the truth of their country’s murderous collaboration?
IHRA’s SUCCESS AND DIFFICULT DILEMMA
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THE ARAB VOICE – JANUARY 2023
A selection of opinions and analysis from the Arab media

Two Arab writers opining on Middle East issues, address Israel in the aftermath of is national election and Lebanon, with Beirut Airport threatened by seagulls, a metaphor of the country today – ‘for the birds’.
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