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THE ISRAEL BRIEF- 13 – 16 January 2025
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AMERICA FIRST DIVIDED
As patriots across the country celebrate Trump’s victory, lurking in the shadows is a sinister threat to the new conservative alignment
By Karys Rhea
much as the ‘woke left’. More familiar with the ‘woke left’, what then is its no less dangerous counterpart
– the “woke right”?
AMERICA FIRST DIVIDED
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REJECT RASOOL
Trump’s Administration Should Reject Ebrahim Rasool as South Africa’s Ambassador.
By Kenneth Mokgatlhe wa Kgwadi
supporter of terrorist organisations – Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad – go down with President Trump?
REJECT RASOOL
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CATHOLICISM AND THE KEFFIYEH
Response of a Catholic to the Pontiff’s visually symbolic embrace of terrorism.
By Michael McKenna
when he participated in the Vatican’s Nativity scene alongside a “baby Jesus” lying on a Palestinian keffiyeh,
the writer – “a deeply disappointed Catholic” – delves to understand his Pontiff and questions a way forward.
CATHOLICISM AND THE KEFFIYEH
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ALL IN THE FAMILY
Heroes, Hostages and Victims – all in one Israeli Arab family
By Jonathan Feldstein
he chose not any driver but a Muslim Israeli hero of October 7. A Bedouin family saga of tragedy
and heroism is revealed as the day in Israel’s battered south unfolds.
ALL IN THE FAMILY
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REMEMBERING A WOMAN OF VALOUR
In Loving Tribute to Olga Meshoe Washington
14 September 1981 – 6 January 2025
By Rolene Marks
“… for many of us in Israel and for Jewish communities around the world,” she was no less a “daughter of Zion,”
asserts the writer. A devout Christian, Olga will be buried this week in Israel.
REMEMBERING A WOMAN OF VALOUR
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