Day: March 17, 2024

Lay of the Land Weekly Newsletter- 17 March 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- 11-14 March 2024
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ISRAELI RESILIENCE

RETURNING HOME AFTER THE HORROR

Homeward Bound. The entire population consisting of 80 families returned to their homes in the southern
Israeli community of Shlomit following the October 7 attack and massacre. The community is not only
returning but rebuilding, starting with a new daycare center.(Photo: Eyal Bribram)




Articles

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VISUALS ON VIOLENCE

Pogroms were our past; our Gazan neighbours brought them back to the present.
By Ilan Ossendryver 

Remains of the Day. At the close of October 7 – the most horrific day in Jewish history since the Holocaust – all that remained were the ‘skeletons’ of homes where Jews once lived and vehicles they once drove.

VISUALS ON VIOLENCE
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BOMBSHELL

‘Gaza’ is providing the ideal socially acceptable excuse to release innate expressions of antisemitism.
By Sidney V Kaplan

Antisemitism Today is Okay! Rallies anchored on Gaza – like this one in the UK – provide public platforms for protestors to freely and openly express their antisemitism under the pseudo-guise of Palestinian human rights.

BOMBSHELL
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LETTER FROM ISRAEL AT WAR – WEEK 23

What is left of the so-called “Free World” when its democratic values and freedoms are in decay and refuses to outlaw terror – or is it just when it’s against Jews?
By Harris Zvi Green

Broadcasting Bias. Al Jazeera journalists were quick to charge the UN report proving that rapes and horrendous sexual assaults on Israelis took place on October 7 as simply “….an endorsement of the Israeli narrative”.

LETTER FROM ISRAEL AT WAR – WEEK 23
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ISRAEL’S ‘WONDER WOMEN’

Concerns this past International Women’s Day for Israel’s women hostages in Gaza and honouring women soldiers in the IDF.

By Dena Pantanowitz

The Young and the Bold. These women combat soldiers from the Caracal mixed-gender light infantry
battalion went into action on October 7, terminating terrorists and securing breaches in the security fence
saving the lives of many Israelis.

ISRAEL’S ‘WONDER WOMEN’
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