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Articles
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RAIN OF TERROR
Rockets and terror attacks rain sorrow on Israelis
By Rolene Marks
There’s hardly an Israeli family untouched by the “icy grip of loss” from war or terrorism. Although no formal declarations, it has recently felt like WAR with too many casualties on Israel’s streets from terrorism and barrages of rockets from Lebanon, Gaza and Syria. Sadly, too many fresh names to mourn this upcoming Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day).
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A CAUTIONARY TALE
Realpolitik-Israel and Poland April 2023
By Stephen Schulman
With the Polish government’s attempts to “create a squeaky-clean past” of its countrymen during the Shoah by “sweeping under the carpet” war crimes of its citizens against its Jewry, educational trips to Poland have become complicated and controversial.
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“WHY, WHAT FOR?”
Israelis question the senseless murder of its civilians in public places
By Jonathan Feldstein
Jerusalem one day Tel Aviv the next – the hand of a terrorist could be clutching a firearm, a knife or the steering wheel of a car. The word “why” in Hebrew is “lama” but “lama” is similar to “le ma”, which in English means “what for”. With the uptick in terror, Israelis are not only asking “Why?” but also “What for”.
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