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THE ISRAEL BRIEF- 10 – 13 February 2025
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EMERGING FROM DARK TUNNELS

details emerge of torture, starvation and being held in locations full of lice, bedbugs, mold and mildew.

Articles
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IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN ON YOUR WATCH
You swore Never Again – but it is happening on your watch!
By Rolene Marks

IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN ON YOUR WATCH
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THE RED CROSS AND THE RED HEADS
Nowhere is the failure of the International Red Cross Red Cross more vivid than in its abandonment of the most vulnerable hostages – Shiri Bibas and her two red head kids!
By Jonathan Feldstein

serves as a “glorified taxi service” for Hamas in cynically choreographed handover ceremonies. Meanwhile,
a distraught nation waits news of the fate of two young ‘red-head’ kids, one still a baby, and their mother.
THE RED CROSS AND THE RED HEADS
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ISRAEL ACCUSED FOR COLLAPSE OF THE ‘INTERNATIONAL WORLD ORDER’
Directing blame at Israel instead of the murdering thugs that govern Gaza, the accuser unintentionally exposes the true nature of global moral decline – antisemitism!
By Lawrence Nowosenetz

misfortunes, the Jewish state today – as it seeks to protects its people in a defensive war against evil emanating from Gaza –
stands accused for collapsing the world order. Go figure!
ISRAEL ACCUSED FOR COLLAPSE OF THE ‘INTERNATIONAL WORLD ORDER’
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NAZIS AS NEIGHBORS
Uncovering uncomfortable truths of how and why Nazis found allies in the suburbia of the USA after their gruesome pasts were uncovered.
Book Review by Dr. Efraim Zuroff

NAZIS AS NEIGHBORS
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