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THE ISRAEL BRIEF – 10–13 November 2025
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Lay of the Land’s Photo-Pick of the Week
HERO’S HOMECOMING
After 11 years in Hamas captivity, Lt. Hadar Goldin’s remains brought home
Killed and body captured during a ceasefire in 2014, Hadar Goldin was finally brought to his family hometown of Kfar Saba, where he was buried in the embracing company of the residents of the town and watched by citizens across Israel.
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WORLD’S RESPONSE TO BBC “SCANDAL” REFLECTS ANTISEMITISM
From the “world’s most respected voice” to the voicefor the world’s most disrespected, a leaked BBC dossier exposes bias but the spotlight on Trump exposes antisemitism!
By David E. Kaplan
WORLD’S RESPONSE TO BBC “SCANDAL” REFLECTS ANTISEMITISM
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OPEN LETTER TO US GOVERNMENT REGARDING VISIT OF SOUTH AFRICA’S DR. NALEDI PANDOR
By Lawrence Nowosenetz
The writer appeals to the US Secretary of State.
OPEN LETTER TO US GOVERNMENT REGARDING VISIT OF SOUTH AFRICA’S DR. NALEDI PANDOR
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HAMAS PROPAGANDA PLAYBOOK
Rewriting history through sustained propaganda, the ‘Free Palestine’ movement takes a page from post-Holocaust Lithuanian revisionism and inverts the truth turning the persecuted into the persecutor.
By Grant Gochin
the Middle East but from the killing fields of Eastern Europe where notable post WWII leaders have indulged in
Holocaust revisionism. Exported as a blueprint, it finds eager customers amongst Jewish state’s enemies.
HAMAS PROPAGANDA PLAYBOOK
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