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TARGETING JEWS EVERYWHERE
The gunning down of Israeli embassy staffers in Washington DC, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, affirms the message already being understood, “Jew are no longer safe anywhere.”
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REBEL, RABBLE OR WORSE?
Understanding the menacing mentality of the Houthis, look not to the deserts sands of Yemen but to the urban landscapes of Europe and America.
By David E. Kaplan
sand in the Arabian Peninsula, but their attitude and intent towards Jews is no different to their ‘civilized’ peers pounding the pavements and podiums across Europe and the Americas.
REBEL, RABBLE OR WORSE?
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‘MARCH OF THE LIVING’ EXPOSES HARSH TRUTHS
It’s not “crying wolf” to name antisemitism when it appears, it’s crying warning.
By Allan Joffe
sat down on the very train track that had brought millions of Jews from across Europe to their death. Why has the Nazi mission to rid the world of Jews resurfaced or did it never leave?
‘MARCH OF THE LIVING’ EXPOSES HARSH TRUTHS
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“HANG UP THE PHONE AND PLAY DEAD”
Attending the Noval Music Festival on October 7, 2023 – “a cross between Woodstock and Auschwitz” – Yuval survived and then sang for her country.
By Jonathan Feldstein
dead bodies in a shelter for 8 hours while terrorist would spray wildly with machine gun fire. Suffering a
head wound and broken leg, Yuval would survive to sing for Israel in the 2025 Eurovision in Basel.
“HANG UP THE PHONE AND PLAY DEAD”
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