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“The contrast between the bon vivant Hersh that the country has come to know in the last 200 days through photos and the thin, scared, and dour Hersh in Wednesday’s video was startling”

JPOST Clip of Hersh Goldberg-Polin evokes joy and heartbreak throughout the country Editorial Board April 26, 2024 The video clip of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, which dominated social media channels on Wednesday night, achieved the nearly impossible task of simultaneously evoking joy … Continue reading

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Accepting that Israel’s enemies are waging a religious war can reframe the narrative

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) ‘The massacre that took place in Israel may be just a prelude to what awaits the whole world’ Matan Hasidim/Makor Rishon March 7, 2024 “I feel that since October 7, humanity has been in … Continue reading

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Sheryl Sandberg has produced a documentary on the rapes and violence against women that were a big part of October 7 Hamas attacks

TIMES OF ISRAEL ‘Screams Before Silence’: Sheryl Sandberg releases documentary on Hamas sex crimes on October 7 Renee Ghert-Zand April 26, 2024 A documentary about Hamas’s sexual crimes on and after October 7 has been published on YouTube, featuring testimonies … Continue reading

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‘Stay strong,’ parents urge Hersh Goldberg-Polin after Hamas airs propaganda clip

NEW YORK POST Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s parents say Hamas hostage video was ‘amazing’ proof he’s alive: ‘We were just crying’ Olivia Land April 25, 2024 The parents of the American-Israeli hostage featured in Hamas’ latest propaganda video said it was “amazing” … Continue reading

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AP buries the lede as if they’ve never heard of a ‘hudna’: “Al-Hayya did not say whether his apparent embrace of a two-state solution would amount to an end to the Palestinian conflict with Israel or an interim step toward the group’s stated goal of destroying Israel”

ASSOCIATED PRESS Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established Abby Sewell April 25, 2024 A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree … Continue reading

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“On Thursday, the EU parliament voted to condemn Iran, showing its support for Israel and acknowledging the role Iran plays in destabilizing the region”

JPOST EU Parliament votes in favour of resolution against Iran April 25, 2024 In an unprecedented vote, the European Parliament passed a resolution against the Islamic Republic of Iran on Thursday. The resolution condemned Iran for its attack on Israel … Continue reading

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Israel to Iran: “You attacked us, and our shield stopped you. Now, you have felt the tip of our sword, which you cannot block”

WASHINGTON TIMES Khamenei’s war aims: Iranian ruler intends to establish an empire, exterminate Israelis Clifford D. May April 23, 2024 I’m sure you’ve heard commentators describe the Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel as “rivals” engaged in a “tit-for-tat” conflict. … Continue reading

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Mandel: “The campus-organized protests are spreading and so is the violence they incite”

COMMENTARY United States of Charlottesville Seth Mandel April 22, 2024 …“From the river to the sea, Palestine is Arab” establishes as its baseline a Nazi-like racial hierarchy. What that means is that regardless of political or governmental structures and constitutions, … Continue reading

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Israel planned bigger attack on Iran, but scaled it back to avoid war

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israelis tell NYT: Original plan was major strike on military targets near Tehran, beyond April 22, 2024 Israel’s original retaliatory plan against Iran included a much wider counterstrike on military targets, including near Tehran, The New York … Continue reading

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At Yale, Sahar Tartak was stabbed in the eye. At Columbia, Jonathan Lederer’s Israeli flag was burned and he was hit in the face

THE FREE PRESS They Were Assaulted on Campus for Being Jews Bari Weiss April 22, 2024 For a second, imagine that black students at Columbia were taunted: Go back to Africa. Or imagine that a gay student was surrounded by … Continue reading

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