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Stephen Schecter's avatar

Brothers in Arms was one of the more pernicious groups opposed to the much needed judicial reform proposed by Israeli society. The stranglehold of the activist Supreme Court in Israel is part and parcel of the misguided conception that led to the October 7 massacre, a conception shared across the cultural, legal, and political elites of Israeli society from which Brothers in Arms sprung (and supported by the US State Department). Not surprisingly, the author quotes an Israeli journalist who offers a souped up version of the American Democratic Administration for the future of Gaza which is completely unrealistic. Israel must control Gaza for the next fifty to one hundred years, indeed it should flood it with Jews and annex it to Israel, placing the so-called Palestinians who live there under strict control while allowing them to emigrate anywhere. There are many people in Israel willing to move to Gaza, some of them to move BACK to Gaza, and make it part of the Jewish homeland as recognized in the peace treaty Egypt signed with Israel.

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Miriamnae's avatar

Amen.

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Caro Neill's avatar

Can we not start to get the slogan out there? hamas (with a small "h" THEY DO NOT WARRANT A CAPITAL LETTER. "LET THEM GO!" THE KORAN SAYS ISRAEL belongs to the Jews because God gave it to the Jews

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John's avatar

I am glad for the insight into Israel today.

But trying to accommodate the Fakestinians yet again ensures another 76 years of this insanity

They are not even sincere Muslims. If they were, they would heed Koran, which tells them clearly and unequivocally that Israel belongs to the Jews, because God gave it to the Jews.

They know they are doing wrong and it is not a secular matter.

They cannot stay and that has to be the basis of any rational appraisal.

Anything else is insanity.

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Jewish Grandmother's avatar

Thank you, Gary, for this first-person look at life in Israel right now, the good, the bad and the ugly. We continue to hold all Israelis in our hearts and prayers. Among so many hopes is my hope that a new understanding between Israeli and Diaspora Jews will grow and flourish.

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Robin Alexander's avatar

Please, a list of the best foundations / organization with which to partner financially. (Great article).

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John's avatar

See if this finally posts, a dozen ha e not.

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