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IS BIBI ON POLITICAL LIFE SUPPORT?
Committed once to his country, now more committed to himself not being committed
By David E. Kaplan
He does not look good; worse, he is NOT doing good – either for his legacy or his country’s future. Clutching at ever diminishing straws for personal and political survival, the once indestructible steamship Netanyahu has sprung a leak. When will it sink?
IS BIBI ON POLITICAL LIFE SUPPORT?
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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Israeli youth reveal the nature of true friendship and camaraderie
By Lennie Lurie
In this troubling age where Israel is confronting itself and wondering what it will look like thereafter, comes this story about Israeli schoolkids who in a surprise collective act, reveal the nature of true ‘beauty’. May their message represent Israel’s values of tomorrow.
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GERMANY SHOULD FAST-TRACK NAZI TRIALS
Now in their 90s and older those who kept the death camps running don’t deserve to pass away in tranquility
By Dr. Efraim Zuroff
Of what value is justice when the worst perpetrators of mass murder the world has ever known are living out their lives – FREE? While Germany does pursue surviving Nazis – given the advanced age of both the criminals and the survivors – such efforts are fruitless unless there is a true commitment to expedite the legal process.
GERMANY SHOULD FAST-TRACK NAZI TRIALS
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