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ARTICLES
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DO JEWS HAVE A FUTURE IN BRITAIN?
It’s time for the silent majority to speak up
By Andrew Fox
are comfortably at home alongside the conspicuous dreaded Nazi Swastika. Is this an environment
where Jews can sustain a long-term future?
DO JEWS HAVE A FUTURE IN BRITAIN?
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(2)
A STORY UNTOLD
The planeload of Gazans arriving in South Africa has so far been a saga of silence and falsity.
By Lawrence Nowosenetz
Gaza is the enlarged face of the Dr Imtiaz Sooliman of a local anti-Israel Islamist charity (left) who dwarfs
(l-r) SA President Ramaphosa, Foreign Minister Lamola and Home Affairs Minister Schreiber.
A STORY UNTOLD
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THE ESSENCE OF HER NAME
In loving memory of Tova Ben Dov z”l
By Rolene Marks
Tribute
THE ESSENCE OF HER NAME
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HISTORY DOESN’T CHANGE – PERCEPTIONS OF FACTS DO
While global pressure for the two-state solution accelerates, maybe time to apply the brakes and study the facts.
By Peter Bailey
consequences for the people of the Middle East not least, the Jewish people who had been scattered
across the world for two millennia. A failure to stick to the plan, challenges remain a century later!
HISTORY DOESN’T CHANGE – PERCEPTIONS OF FACTS DO
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