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What We Can Accomplish When We Choose To Make A Difference

By Sheldon Silver

Woven deeply through it all is the Jewish obligation to fight injustice.

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Willful Blindness To Academic Anti-Semitism

By Richard L. Cravatts

Only in the inverted world of academia would Jewish professors denounce the AMCHA Initiative report.

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Seizing The Moment

By Jeff Leb

Many poskim were and are adamant about the responsibility of every individual to vote.

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The Limitations Of Rabbinic Oversight

By Dr. Michael J. Salamon

Individuals who may have been abused are the “clients” in need and receiving care and protection.

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5775: Giving Birth to Our Potential

By Yonatan Gordon

The birth I speak about is to give birth to ourselves, to our full potential.

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Chickens***gate

By Vic Rosenthal

The extreme hypocrisy, contempt & vulgarity of the attacks indicate more than a policy disagreement

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Second Thoughts on the Second Intifada

By Romeu Monteiro

I remember watching the news in Portugal 10 years ago reporting numerous suicide bombings in Israel.

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Why Do Jews Prefer to Select Both Secular as Well as Jewish Baby Names?

By Jeniffer Maben

Many Jews working outside the Shtetl adopted secular names to be better accepted by non-Jews

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“Extremist”

By Paul Gherkin

The NY Times innocently describes Shaloudi, the Arab murderer, merely as a “resident of Silwan".

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The Balfour Declaration and the Reaction of Rav Kook

By dvora

Rav Kook offered recognition to the British but not thanks; the British merely fulfilled its destiny

Op-Eds / FirstOneThrough

Abbas Knows Racism

By Paul Gherkin

Abbas’s charge of racism spans the entirety of Israeli society.

Op-Eds / Analysis

Fighting terror: Self-defense is the Best Bet

By Jagdish N. Singh

India should not expect too much from Washington and its allies in its war on terror of ISIS.

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UK: Islamist School Plot Leads to Inspectors ‘Testing’ Jewish kids on Sex, Gay Issues

By J. E. Dyer

{Originally posted on author's site, Liberty Unyielding} Never let a crisis go to waste. That’s the mantra – and a new development in Britain demonstrates how the Western left lives by it, and contributes thereby to the destruction of Western culture. Alert readers will remember the so-called “Trojan Horse plot” in Birmingham, first reported in […]

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Do Introverts Make Good Leaders?

By Yonatan Gordon

Introverts are more likely to pause, view the world from a distance, and think how to make it better

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How Palestinian 'Lawfare' Could Backfire

By Danny Danon

Widespread agreement in Israel opposing Palestinian diplomatic warfare, commonly called "lawfare."

Op-Eds / Shiloh Musings

"Calm" is The Dumbest, The Most Dangerous Response to Arab Terrorism!!!

By Batya Medad

Arab terrorism against Jews and the State of Israel is not something we should be "calm" about.

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Once Again, Israeli Leftists Try To Subvert Democracy

By Steven Plaut

The Israeli left, led by tenured academics, endorses pretty much anything harmful to its own country

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'The Death Of Klinghoffer' Is An Injustice To Our Father's Memory

By Lisa and Ilsa Klinghoffer

We were devastated: The exploitation of our father's murder as a vehicle for political commentary.

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U.S./Oman Alliance: Pragmatism, Peace and Pipelines

By Terence Rosenthal

n past decades, Oman has struck a diplomatic balance between Saudi Arabia, the West, and Iran.

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A Family’s Torah Scroll For The U.S. Military

By Jacob Kamaras

The Torah scroll which my family donated will ride aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier

Halacha & Hashkafa / Op-Eds / Fuchs' Focus

The Sons of Noach

By Donny Fuchs

Myth #1: It is easy to be a B'nai Noach. It is extraordinarily hard to be a B'nai Noach.

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Getting a Pass on Hating Israel: Muslim Privilege

By John Bennett

The question of anti-Semitism in Europe today is truly tied to the issue of immigration.

Op-Eds / FirstOneThrough

European Narrative Versus Facts

By Paul Gherkin

Polls indicate that the Palestinians are much more against a two state solution than the Israelis.

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Global Benefit of Better Arming the Kurds

By Terence Rosenthal

Turkey and Iran the 2 regional powers surrounding the ISIS conflict gain from a partial ISIS victory

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Puddingate

By Steven Plaut

Emigration from Israel is at an all-time low, far lower than immigration to Israel from Europe.

Op-Eds / FirstOneThrough

Eyal/Gilad/Naftali/Klinghoffer: The New Blood Libel

By Paul Gherkin

Leon Klinghoffer's daughters: "‘Klinghoffer’ is justified as ‘a work of art’...This is an outrage.”

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The Hospital That Doesn’t Exist

By Shmuel Sackett

Do you seriously think that as you kidnap our children we should medically treat and help yours?

Op-Eds / FirstOneThrough

Collective Guilt / Collective Punishment

By Paul Gherkin

Sometimes collective action against the heinous acts of the majority is not enough. The world should not only support the blockade of Gaza; it must enforce the dismantling of Hamas.

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Significance of Jordan Regarding ISIS

By Terence Rosenthal

The Arab Spring has challenged Jordan with the task of gradual reform with regard to its monarchy.

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A Nation in Freefall

By Gil Solomon

Israeli hasbara too can be described at best as pathetic, at worst non existent.

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Journalists Just Can’t Get It Right On Israel-Arab Conflict

By Eric Rozenman

Journalists see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as morality play: Israel=evil; Palestine=innocent

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The Boy In The Picture

By Ed Lion

Warsaw Ghetto: At its height, the Nazis walled in some 500,000 Jews within the1.3 square mile area.

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Jewish Lessons I Learned From The NYPD

By Harvey Rachlin

While police officers face dangers every day on the job, Jews also face danger in their daily lives.

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Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, And The Jews

By Dr. Rafael Medoff

Carter developed a fondness for Arafat believing “they were both ordained to be peacemakers by God”

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On the "Recognition" of the "State" of "Palestine"

By Steven Plaut

Why is "Palestine" worthier of "statehood recognition" than ISIS, another terrorist gang seeking it?

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Why Jews Should Stay In Israel

By Rachel Avraham

Living is Israel is costlier than in other countries but how will your kids grow up in the diaspora?

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Starving ISIS from the North and South

By Terence Rosenthal

The U.S. has been flirting with Assad, and Iran for assistance against ISIS.

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Freeze Palestinian Settlements in Israel!

By Ezequiel Doiny

The Knesset should pass a law redefining the Israeli Arabs as Palestinian or Jordanian Citizens.

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Simchat Torah: Understanding Its History

By Rabbi Dr. Shlomo M. Brody

The completion of the Torah cycle on Shemini Atzeret, a one-day festival immediately after Sukkot, was potentially problematic, since each holiday demands its own thematically appropriate reading.

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Koheles: Guidelines For Living

By Dr. Janet S. Sunness

Over and over Koheles asks what is life worth, what is labor worth, tachas hashemesh, under the sun

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The Potential Impact Of BDS On American Jewry

By Moshe Berman

The BDS movement has the potential to do considerably more damage to US Jews than to Jews in Israel

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Don't Count On It

By Ziona Greenwald, J.D.

Numbers permeate our culture,not advanced mathematics but snapshot stats that provoke snap judgments

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Brought To You By The Arab World…

By Dennis Prager

Another unhappy feature of the Arab world is the prevalence of lies.

Op-Eds / Fuchs' Focus

Mazal Tov? I Think Not!

By Donny Fuchs

Kol Hakavod to The Jewish Press for unapologetically standing up in defense of yahadut and Torah.

Op-Eds / FirstOneThrough

The Banners of Jihad

By Paul Gherkin

{Originally posted on author's website, FirstOne Through} Jihad is a war that Muslims fight against non-Muslims. It is considered a holy crusade that each Muslim must take according to the Quran. There are different ways that jihad can be waged. According to the Quran and Hadith, it can be fought with the heart, the tongue, […]

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RAISING JEWISH CHILDREN AFTER THE SUMMER OF 5774

By Rabbi David Leibtag

Losing Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar, and Eyal Yifrach and the war in Gaza traumatized our People.

Op-Eds / Analysis

Court-Ordered Dating Services and Day Camps for African Infiltrators

By Steven Plaut

Israel's imperious court is comprised of judges who do not live in African-filled neighborhoods.

Op-Eds / Holidays

Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed, 2014‏

By Yoram Ettinger

Yom Kippur is observed on the tenth day of Tishrei - an Acadian word for forgiveness and Genesis.

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Palestinians and the "Death Boats" Scandal

By Khaled Abu Toameh

To flee Gaza, Palestinian migrants reputedly paid $1000s to Hamas officials and Egyptian smugglers.

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Torah Values vs. "LGBT" Agenda

By Anonymous

I want to have a wife and children in the natural way. I believe that is Hashem’s plan.

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Allies And Adversaries In The Middle East

By Ben Cohen

The coalition the US has assembled to fight ISIS is based on an immediate coincidence of interest.

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How Not To Have Too Much Integrity On Yom Kippur

By Rabbi Francis Nataf

God will accept repentance, even if it is mostly for ulterior motives and likely not to last.

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Getting To Know Israel’s Wounded Heroes

By Shlomo Z. Mostofsky

if her son remained non-responsive she would place honey on his lips on Rosh Hashanah so that he might realize it was the chag.

Op-Eds / Analysis / FirstOneThrough

Pick Your Jihad; Choose Your Infidel

By Paul Gherkin

Is the global community clear in its response to these extremist groups?

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President Obama: America’s Quixotic President

By Jerrold L. Sobel

Like our fabled character, Don Quixote, President Obama has constantly spawned his own reality.

Op-Eds / Analysis

Iran Executing "Iran's Mandela," Dissident Hero Ayatollah Boroujerdi

By Shadi Paveh

Boroujerdi was informed that "the pressures and tortures will increase until he has been destroyed."

Op-Eds / Khaled Abu Toameh

Hamas and Fatah Already Fighting Over Gaza Funds

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Fatah: Hamas stole relief aid for Gaza and distributed it amongst its followers in mosques.

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A Moral Alternative

By Elliot Resnick

Can teenagers seriously be expected to behave properly when they are surrounded by so much suggestive material? Is it fair to expose them (and ourselves) to so much temptation and then tell them, “Just say no”?

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Fighting Islamists : Will Modi listen to Obama ?

By Jagdish N. Singh

Washington remains ignorant of the need to dismantle alliances with various Muslim countries.

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Stop Denying the Obvious: Islam is a Problem

By Geert Wilders

Defeating IS requires bombing its strongholds and recognizing the violent nature of Islam.

Op-Eds / FirstOneThrough

The United Nations Applauds Abbas’ Narrative

By Paul Gherkin

Abbas again used the UN to attack Israel, distort history, and undermine prospects for peace.

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A Eulogy for Corporal David Menachem Gordon, (Z"L)

By Sam Maizlech

David transcended adversity to become a leader; Who are we to make excuses for a lack of greatness?

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Sympathy, Empathy, And Mercy

By Dr. Michael J. Salamon

sympathy: Feeling sorrow or pity for another's tribulations; Empathy:sharing an emotional experience

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An Alternate 4-point Strategy For The President

By Uzi Silber

Last week the president announced a four-point plan. Unfortunately, there’s little buy-in from our European and Middle Eastern allies. Here’s my own four-point plan that may be more palatable to our allies.

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The Deeper Dimension Of Rosh Hashanah

By Rabbi Yeheskel Lebovic

Rosh Hashanah has an obvious connection to God’s Kingship. We constantly refer to Him during the Asseres Yemei Teshuvah as Melech/King. The nusach of the tefillah, referring to Rosh Hashanah as “a remembrance of the first day” (of Creation), implies a certain dimension of divine kingship operating at the time of Creation and replicated every […]

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The Uniqueness Of The Prophet Jonah: Modern-Day Barbarians Can’t Destroy His Message

By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran

Yes, God judges, but His judgment is that of a loving father who longs for his child’s quick return.

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Connecting The Dots Between Euro Anti-Zionism And Anti-Semitism

By Jonathan S. Tobin

Anti-Semitism has returned to the mainstream of European society and Israel has become its focus.

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What to Pray for this Rosh HaShanah

By Shmuel Sackett

"I pray that fellow Jews open their eyes & connect themselves to the national side of being a Jew"

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Rosh HaShanah Guide for the Perplexed, 2014 (5775)

By Yoram Ettinger

Rosh Hashanah is a universal, stock-taking, renewal and hopeful holiday,

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Double-Edged Sword

By Shoshana Schwartz

Research shows that high doses of marijuana can produce acute psychotic reactions, lower IQ in teens

Op-Eds / Fuchs' Focus

Spiritual War in Samaria

By Donny Fuchs

The current missionary problem in Samaria is still relatively unknown throughout Israel&to most Jews

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Reading Roduren: “Unrest by Palestinians”

By Paul Gherkin

No mutual clash between parties, it was Jews repeatedly attacked by Arabs, not the other way around.

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Teshuvah And Strategic Planning: Seeing The Forest For The Trees

By Dr. Rivka Starck

SWOT analysis: Assessing resources, internal Strengths&Weaknesses; external Opportunities&Threats.

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No Strategy, No Clue

By Isaac Kohn

Strategy? For the longest time Obama couldn’t be bothered to have one against a sworn enemy.

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Why Can’t Racheli Read?

By Dr. Chani Miller

Seventeen visual skills are needed for success in school, sports, and everyday life.

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Arnie Fine: Master Storyteller, Dear Friend

By Naomi Klass Mauer

We started The Jewish Press. Arnie was an integral part of the paper.

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Fear And Beauty

By Steven Genack

Fear alone is substantial; without fusing it to beauty, fear doesn’t reach its highest potential.

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National Lawyers Guild seeks to indict Obama for helping Israel build Iron Dome

By Alan M. Dershowitz

National Lawyers Guild:Sworn enemy of Israel & the legal arm of Palestinian terrorism since the '70s

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Some Thoughts On The Sept. 9 Primary Results

By Editorial Board

A little less than 10 percent of eligible Democratic voters came out on primary day, which translates into Mr. Cuomo having received the support of 6.2 percent of registered Democrats.

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The State Department’s Calumny

By Editorial Board

The reality, though, is that the Israeli “war crimes” scenario will likely be played out among highly partisan UN agencies, NGOs, and perhaps even the International Criminal Court.

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Defending David Gordon

By Aryeh Ho

We talked about the responsibility that comes with the pen, its potential to influence and inspire.

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Miracle in Gaza: Power Plant the Guardian Declared “Destroyed” Comes Back to Life

By Adam Levick

Amnesty International:The crippling of the power station was “collective punishment of Palestinians”

Op-Eds / Fuchs' Focus

Anti-Missionary Conference

By Donny Fuchs

Originally scheduled to be held elsewhere, the hotel canceled, pressured by local missionary groups

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ISIS Promptly Outflanks Obama’s New Strategy, Neutralizes Syrian Opposition

By J. E. Dyer

It’s likely that some of the rebel factions, including US clients, have indeed made pacts with ISIS

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New York's Annual Muslim Day Parade Targets Israel, Egyptian President

By Phyllis Chesler

Imam Tafsirli of the Harlem Islamic center: "You cannot be a Muslim without believing in Jesus"

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"PUMP" to Kick Oil Addiction

By Edwin Black

If simple fuel choice were implemented, the power of petroleum and those who sell it would cease.

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The Gift of The Islamic State

By Louie V. Yadua

Value of IS: It enables people to see the place to which all other Islamist fascism is headed.

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Obama's Speech: ISIS IS NOT Islamic?? What World Does He Live In?

By Phyllis Chesler

President Obama: "ISIL is not Islamic. No religion condones the killing of innocents"

Op-Eds / Fuchs' Focus

The Cult of Uman

By Donny Fuchs

he time of the Uman pilgrimage is upon us, and we dare not ignore the opportunity to highlight the danger.

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Don't Let Apathy Become Abuse

By Dr. Michael J. Salamon

Healing requires that the victim be validated for being harmed and the guilty assume responsibility.

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What’s In A Name?

By Dov Hikind

During the war, not once was Hashem’s name mentioned to the nation by Israel’s PM or gov't officials

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9/11: The Day the West was Defeated.

By Moshe Feiglin

Trapped in a false notion of power, America will lose the battle in the same way Israel now loses.

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9/11 Yanked the Veil From my Eyes: Evil Exists; We Must Stop It

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

It's a cliché, but nonetheless true that 9/11 changed my life. There is evil in the world. Our grandparents were right.

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It’s the Democracy, Stupid

By Paul Gherkin

Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research Poll Aug 2014: 61% of Palestinians favor Hamas.

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Islamist Terrorism: Practice, Not Preach, Zero Tolerance

By Jagdish N. Singh

Islamist terror threatens contemporary enlightened humanity’s shared fundamental rights and values.

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"Mayor Nir Barkat Fired Me for Doing My Job"

By Arieh King

Jerusalem requires a delicate touch; As everyone knows, Jerusalem is a delicate mix of culture and religion.

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I Remember When

By dvora

I REMEMBER WHEN I first started working at the Jewish Press 18 years ago, Arnie who was in charge of the newsroom, took me under his wing...

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The Facts on the Gvaot Declaration Case

By Ari Briggs

Neither Arabs nor Israelis live on this land; it's been classified as state land since before 1948unter:

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