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THE ISRAEL BRIEF- 29 July – o1 August 2024
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BARTALI RAISED THE BAR
In a post-October 7 world when Jews again are tagged and targeted, the name of cycling legend Gino Bartali personifies true heroism – reflections and recollections during the 2024 Tour de France.
By David E. Kaplan
made uphill comparisons of race leader Tadej Pogačar with an Italian rider who won the Tour in 1948.
The morally high ‘roads’ Gino Bartali took, led him to be recognised at Yad Vashem!
BARTALI RAISED THE BAR
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EVIDENCE OF EVIL
I know evil exists; I’ve seen the evidence
By Rolene Marks
by Hamas than the human soul can bear,” relates this distraught journalist. However, “…this week
I saw the evidence of another side of this evil.”
EVIDENCE OF EVIL
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WHAT, WHY AND WHERE – THE MAJDAL SHAMS MASSACRE
The massacre of Druze children on the Golan, Israel mourns while world ignores.
By Jonathan Feldstein
fired from Lebanon, July 28, 2024. Events following have only affirmed the concerns and nervousness
as the region braces for an escalation of unpredictable proportion.
WHAT, WHY AND WHERE – THE MAJDAL SHAMS MASSACRE
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BEAUTIFUL, BELOVED AMIT MAN – WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH
Be’eri as it was stormed by terrorists while she attended the wounded. “Stay strong. I love you.”
She never heard from her courageous sister again.
BEAUTIFUL, BELOVED AMIT MAN – WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH
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