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THE ISRAEL BRIEF- 18-21 August 2025
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Lay of the Land’s Pick of the Week
HER LIFE ON THE LINE FOR THE LIVES OF OTHERS
Medical kit and firearm, a women doctor serving in the ‘Front Line’
She says: “We know how to care for everyone else. Caring for ourselves is the hardest.”
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THE PROPAGANDA SEDUCTION
The world has swallowed Hamas’s expertly crafted propaganda.
By Rolene Marks
THE PROPAGANDA SEDUCTION
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THE WAR ON TRUTH
Lithuania’s Blood-Drenched Lies, Russia’s Vile Slander, and Hamas’s Murderous Deceit.
By Grant Gochin
here of a destroyed home on kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023. Nor is the “truth” spared
as Jews are always blamed for what befalls them.
THE WAR ON TRUTH
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LETTER TO ‘LAY OF THE LAND’ READERS
By Derek Arnolds
analyst in the South African Secret Service, Derek Arnolds, posited that:
“Hamas’s propaganda war has fundamentally shaped South Africa’s policy vis-à-vis Israel.”
The article solicited plenty feedback, both praise and criticism, so much so that
Arnolds felt a response was important, which appears hereunder.
LETTER TO ‘LAY OF THE LAND’ READERS
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LOTL Cofounders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche
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