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Lay of the Land Weekly Newsletter- 08 April 2024

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THE ISRAEL BRIEF- 01-04 April 2024
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Antisemitic Arithmetic. Post massacre graffiti in the USA. Hamas attacks Israel – it is ‘war’. Israel responds – it’s a ‘war crime’! Is this where the world is today – again?



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A SURPRISE SHABBAT IN SALONIKA

With so little said yet so much understood, the power of a 1960 Shabbat in Greece permeated and prevailed.
By Lennie Lurie

Salonika’s Soul. It was the proud display of the Israeli flag on the writer’s backpack that led to a surprise
Shabbat experience in the Greek city of Thessaloniki. When Lennie hitched into town, he never expected a weekend of revelations.

A SURPRISE SHABBAT IN SALONIKA
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SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET ON A STICKY WICKET

The highly publicised Teeger affair exposes a “cover up” in South African cricket of political persecution with a chilling effect on the freedom of expression of South African Jewry.
By Craig Snoyman

Batting at the Wicket to Battling as a Jew. Exonerated by an independent inquiry for his pro-Israel comments made at a private gathering, did not stop the antisemitic onslaught in South Africa to having David Teeger removed from his position of captain.

SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET ON A STICKY WICKET
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TWO QUEENS, SAME GENOCIDAL THREAT

From ancient Persia to modern Jordan the narrative shifts from ‘savior queen’ to ‘drama queen
By Jonathan Feldstein

Queen Deceiver. Throughout Queen Rania’s astonishing interview on CNN with Christian Amanpour, Jordan’s queen places the blame entirely on Israel, dismissing the massacre Israel suffered on October 7 as what Palestinians have suffered “ever since every day”.

TWO QUEENS, SAME GENOCIDAL THREAT
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LETTER FROM ISRAEL AT WAR – WEEK 26

Today’s “Free World” is failing to realize that being truly “politically correct” requires eliminating evil
By Harris Zvi Green

Bolstering Barbarity. Jews are again expendable to a so-called “Free World” that doesn’t have the stomach to stand against evil. With world leaders succumbing to terror, the writer reminds “What starts with the Jews” never “ends with the Jews”.

LETTER FROM ISRAEL AT WAR – WEEK 26
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LOTL Cofounders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche

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