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Caroline Glick: A War for Jewish Survival, Ben Shapiro: You’re being lied to about Israel

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“After terrorists killed my cousin Daniel Pearl, my family called for peace. But after the worldwide celebration of our people’s slaughter, my hope for peace is dead”

FREE PRESS Once, I Was a Peace Advocate. Now, I Have No Idealism Left. Ilan Benjamin October 13, 2023 The story I’m about to tell is one that many progressive Jews can relate to. In some ways, it’s a prototypical … Continue reading

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“Hamas wants the benefits of being a perpetrator and the sympathy of being a victim at the same time”

NEW YORK TIMES Hamas bears the blame for every death in this war Bret Stephens October 15, 2023 …Murdering Jews is an end in its own right for Hamas, because it believes it fulfills a theological aim. The original Hamas … Continue reading

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How the United States blinded Israeli intelligence gathering efforts on Hamas and other Palestinian groups inside Lebanon

TABLET MAG Eyeless in Gaza Tony Badran October 18, 2023 It will be a while before we’re able to piece together a more complete picture of how Israel, despite its vaunted intelligence-gathering capabilities, was blindsided by the massive Hamas terrorist … Continue reading

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“The leadership of Harvard have proven they have lost their moral compass. Not only do they allow Jew-hatred and pro-terror rhetoric to permeate their campus, but they cannot bring themselves to immediately condemn terrorism”

JNS ‘Stunned, sickened’ by Harvard’s silence on Hamas, Wexner cuts ties October 16, 2023 …Following Hamas’s terrorist attacks on Oct. 7, which killed more than 1,400 Israelis, the Wexner leaders were “stunned and sickened at the dismal failure of Harvard’s … Continue reading

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As the buses carrying family members to bury Shapira at Mount Herzl move down the street, neighbors and friends follow slowly, singing Hatikvah softly

TIMES OF ISRAEL Neighbors gather on street for Jerusalem family burying son Jessica Steinberg October 13, 2023 Hundreds of neighbors in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona are gathering with Israeli flags to accompany the family of Anar Elyakim Shapira, as … Continue reading

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MD Senator objects to condemning “anti-Israel, pro-Hamas” rhetoric; Hawley calls this a revealing moment

NEWSWEEK Democrat Blocks Resolution Condemning Student’s Praise of Hamas Attacks Rachel Dobkin October 19, 2023 Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, blocked Senator Josh Hawley’s resolution condemning “anti-Israel, pro-Hamas” rhetoric on college campuses. Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, … Continue reading

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EVENT Magen David Adom relief benefit in Chicago Saturday October 21, 6:30pm

Chicago for Israel Community Event & Fundraiser Saturday October 21, 6:30pm River North, Chicago In response to the terrorist attacks that took place in Israel and the ongoing hardships facing the Jewish community, we want to give our community in … Continue reading

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Netanyahu said the people of Israel and its leadership were united: “We have put aside all differences because the fate of our state is on the line”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) ‘It is not political, it is a shared fate,’ Gantz says on unity gov’t Reuters and ILH Staff October 12, 2023 Israel formed an emergency unity government on Wednesday as its jets pounded Gaza … Continue reading

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Moral reflections on Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden – and Gaza

FRONT PAGE MAG Will Israel Do What it Takes to Secure Peace? Jason D. Hill October 11, 2023 The joint aerial bombing by the British and the United States of Dresden, Germany between February 12-15, 1945, killed up to 25,000 … Continue reading

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