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ISRAELIS ARE DONE PRETENDING
Hope of a moderate Palestinian state living side by side crashed with the smashed down fence on October 7.
By David E. Kaplan
their protective mother, Shiri, has awakened a nation to the sad reality of the true nature of the enemy.
ISRAELIS ARE DONE PRETENDING
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FIVE HUNDRED DAYS
Over Five Hundred Days since that Black Sabbath has passed – What do we feel?
By Rolene Marks
“Get them out of Hell”.
FIVE HUNDRED DAYS
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I COULD NEVER STRANGLE A BABY
What is it about the culture of Gaza that makes its very existence a threat to its neighbors?
By Forest Rain Marcia
ice-cold bucket of water,” shocking Israelis awake to the danger on Israel’s borders. If we pretended our neighbors didn’t really mean what they said when they declared their intent to wipe Israel off the map – now we do!
I COULD NEVER STRANGLE A BABY
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