Day: October 26, 2025

Lay of the Land Weekly Newsletter- 26 October 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 – 20–23 October 2025
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Lay of the Land’s Photo-Pick

REJOICING, REMEBRANCE AND REFLECTION

The Multiple Emotions captured on the faces of these four Israeli women at HostagesSquare on the news of the release of the live hostages appear as a visual metaphor for Israelis and Jews the world over.

(Photo: AP Oded Balilty/AP)




ARTICLES

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IN THE SHADOW OF THE OCTOBER 7 MASSACRE ANTI-ISRAEL LOBBY TARGETS SOUTH AFRICAN HOLOCAUST MUSEUM

A coalition of anti-Israel groups in South Africa threatens Johannesburg Holocaust Museum to endorse Gaza genocide claims or face protest and disruption.
By Marika Sboros

Hijacking History. The JHGC which educates future generations of South Africans about the Holocaust and provides meaning to “Never Again”,  is now the target of anti-Israel groups that falsely equate Gaza suffering with the Holocaust, weaponizing Jewish trauma to vilify the Jewish state.

IN THE SHADOW OF THE OCTOBER 7 MASSACRE ANTI-ISRAEL LOBBY TARGETS SOUTH AFRICAN HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
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THE HYPOCRISY AND BRAINWASHING OVER GAZA

Israeli withdrawal from Gaza exposes  horrific global hypocrisy and silence of those who ‘claim’ to be pro-Palestine.
By Jonathan Feldstein

Gruesome Gaza. The WORLD STANDS SILENT while pro-Palestinian activists in the West justify Hamas
operatives grabbing Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel and then executed them in public.

THE HYPOCRISY AND BRAINWASHING OVER GAZA
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MONEY, HATRED AND GENOCIDE

The folly and failures of the endless attempts to exterminate Jews and the Jewish state.
By Neville Berman

Malevolent Manipulations. Raphael Lemkin, “the man who coined the word genocide”  and was an active member of the interwar Polish Zionist movement from which he drew the ideas that inspired his idea of the “crime of genocide” would be horrified today to see how it has been abused against the Jewish state.

MONEY, HATRED AND GENOCIDE
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