Day: January 15, 2024

Lay of the Land Weekly Newsletter- 15 January 2024

Unveiling the contours and contrasts of an ever-changing Middle East landscape Reliable reportage and insightful commentary on the Middle East by seasoned journalists from the region and beyond

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THE ISRAEL BRIEF- 01-03 January 2023
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“BRING THEM HOME”

Over my Dead Body. Art installations at Tel Aviv 24-hour rally marking 100 days of war highlighting
hostages’ horrific conditions. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)




Articles

(1)

THE WORST GENOCIDE

If Israel was set on “genocide”, why has it engaged in peace negotiations offering a state on multiple occasions? Genocide would mean wiping Palestinians out – not negotiating toward peaceful coexistence.
By Jonathan Feldstein

Evidence of Evil. Beneath the legal attire of South Africa’s Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola (left) and its ambassador to the Netherlands, Vusimuzi Madonsela, what evil lurks behind South African thinking that has now revealed its intent at The Hague on waging war on the Jews?

THE WORST GENOCIDE
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(2)

LETTER FROM ISRAEL AT WAR – WEEK 14

The writer’s father fought the Nazis 80 years ago, his great-grandchildren continue to do so today in the Middle East.
By Harris Zvi Green

In Each Generation. With a grandson in Gaza (l) and a father 8 decades earlier (r) on a
tank in North Africa, the writer reflects that despite the passage time, there is never a
respite in confronting those committed to the destruction of Jews.

LETTER FROM ISRAEL AT WAR – WEEK 14
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(3)

NOT FUNNY

South African cartoon ignores massacre in Israel while distorting facts on war in Gaza.
By Stephen Schulman

Poison Pen. A massacre of Jews by Hamas followed by holding hostages including toddlers, did not prevent South Africa’s ANC leadership publicly flaunting their support for the perpetrators or Jonathan Shapiro, more famously known as “Zapiro”, joining in with his cartoons by maligning the Jewish state.

NOT FUNNY
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(4)

A DISGRACE NAMED ‘BLUE BEACH RESORT’

Revelations at top hotel in Gaza reveal rock bottom in integrity

By Motti Verses

For Tourists and Terrorists. It was here at the beautiful Blue Beach Resort in Gaza City
that dozens of Hamas terrorists barricaded themselves inside, firing anti-tank missiles
at the approaching IDF units searching for kidnapped Israeli hostages.

A DISGRACE NAMED ‘BLUE BEACH RESORT’
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(5)

A PRAYER IN OUR TIME OF WAR

In memory of Israel’s murdered and fallen and that salvation will come to our nation.
By Richard Shavei-Tzion

Salvation & Sacrifice. A father and daughter join ‘forces’ to perform a variation of Avinu
Malkeinu dedicated to the memory of all the murdered and fallen, amongst them,
brothers Noam and Yishai Slotki, who fell while defending kibbutz Alumim.

A PRAYER IN OUR TIME OF WAR
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