Lay of the Land Weekly Newsletter- 09 March 2025

Unveiling the contours and contrasts of an ever-changing Middle East landscape Reliable reportage and insightful commentary on the Middle East by seasoned journalists from the region and beyond.

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THE ISRAEL BRIEF- 03-06 March 2025
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Lay of the Land’s  ‘Pick of the Week’ photo

Anxiety, uncertainty and the fate of the remaining hostages – all captured in this collage

Daily news an agonizing constant, Israelis navigate life amid anxiety from war, terrorism, Iranian threat
and unrelenting heart-wrenching concern for the hostages.




Articles

Please note there is a facility to comment beneath each article should you wish to express an opinion on the subject addressed.

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NO KIDDING!

Blinded by bias, upcoming UN report on status of ‘children in conflict zones’ omits Israeli kids
  By David E. Kaplan

Blinded by Bias. Neither the murder of the Jewish Bibas babies by Hamas in Gaza nor the brutal killing of 12 Druze children by a Hezbollah rocket in a village on the Golan Heights raised the slightest professional
interest by the UN to include in its upcoming report on  ‘children in conflict zones’. Why?

NO KIDDING!
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THE MONSTERS ARE REAL

The Monsters Murdered the Innocents
By Rolene Marks

Hamas Horror. We tell our children “Monsters aren’t real,” and then monsters invade their homes, kill their parents,
take them hostage and then murder them? The writer reflects on her visit to kibbutz Nir Oz
where a quarter of its people were murdered, kidnapped or injured.

THE MONSTERS ARE REAL
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“CAUGHT NAPPING” – IT WAS LEFT TO THE PEOPLE NOT THE POLITICIANS

Some thoughts from a weekly volunteer responding to the call of our brave soldiers
By Adrian Wolff

Call to Civilians. Being civilians not soldiers, the weapon of Israel’s volunteers during war is their indominable spirit.
It made me so proud of our country meeting these young soldiers – boys and girls,” says the writer
a weekly volunteer, delivering food to soldiers in war zones.

“CAUGHT NAPPING” – IT WAS LEFT TO THE PEOPLE NOT THE POLITICIANS
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THE ARAB VOICE – February – March, 2025

Perspectives and insights from writers in the Arab media

Arab writers address three major issues confronting the Middle East: (1) To resuscitate Lebanon requires uprooting
the “malignant tumor” of corruption (2) Iran’s dilemma of whether to talk or not to talk to the new US administration
and (3) The impact Zelensky’s fiery meeting with Trump might have on the Middle East.

THE ARAB VOICE – February – March, 2025
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LOTL Cofounders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche

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