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THE ISRAEL BRIEF – 02-05 November 2026
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Lay of the Land’s ‘Photo Pick’ of the Week
TIME FOR TRANSITION
Israel faces a crisis that requires more than reshuffling personalities.
While a START it needs a SHIFT – formulating fresh innovative policies to meet multiple monumental challenges, domestic, regional and global.
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ARTICLES
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EYE ON THE BALL
Pursuing in Israel the Krivine “Tennis for All” vision of “building opportunity, friendship and understanding between Jewish and Arab communities” is never more urgent.
By David E. Kaplan
EYE ON THE BALL
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RECOVERY AND RESTORATION
My mission is to rebuild what my motherland – the Islamic Republic – has destroyed and erased.
By Marziyeh Amirizadeh
RECOVERY AND RESTORATION
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MANDY PATINKIN AND ME
While an acclaimed actor, as a Jew he fails as a leading man
By Jonathan Feldstein
MANDY PATINKIN AND ME
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LOTL Cofounders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche
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