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THE ISRAEL BRIEF- 15-17 September 2025
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Lay of the Land’s wishes its Jewish readers a Shana Tova – may we all be inscribed for a better year.
A NEW YEAR WHILE AT WAR
THIS YEAR’S SHOFAR – A WAKEUP CALL
it is time to not only to traditionally rejoice but to essentially pause and reflect, and seek
renewed purpose to overcome these challenging times.
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GAZA IS ‘LIBERATING’!
Gaza has liberated people across the world to openly express their hate for Jews.
By David E. Kaplan
questions whether the visuals on Gaza are a sick welcome relief for people around the
world to resume their default position of: “Hey, we’re now free to hate Jews in public.”
GAZA IS ‘LIBERATING’!
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PLAYING LIE DETECTOR IS A FULL-TIME JOB
Venomous verbiage and outright lies are today’s easiest access weapons of choice targeting the Jewish state.
By Grant Gochin
mother and child in The New York Times was a contrived appeal to Western Christendom. Not
starving, “Mary’s” 18-month-old son Mohammed – not Jesus – has Cystic Fibrosis.
PLAYING LIE DETECTOR IS A FULL-TIME JOB
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WHEN THE GUARDIAN OF THE FUTURE ABROGATES ITS RESPONSIBILITIES
Israel’s extreme-right leadership is failing not only this generation but future generations.
By Peter Bailey
Netanyahu really after? The writer asserts the PM is endangering the lives of the
hostages being himself a ‘hostage’ – to the extreme rightwing in his party.
WHEN THE GUARDIAN OF THE FUTURE ABROGATES ITS RESPONSIBILITIES
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