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OpEd: Jews Must Set the Record Straight about the War in Gaza

If Hamas and other extremist Arabs are fighting for self-determination in the territories, why did they slaughter 1,200 Jews in such a savage manner? In sovereign Israel, mind you, not Gaza or the West Bank. Why did the Palestinian leadership reject Israel’s offer of a Palestinian state 24 years ago? Why does Hamas refuse a cease-fire while civilians continue to starve and face Israel’s military attacks? [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Leslie Howard

In 1939, he starred with Ingrid Bergman in Intermezzo and, in perhaps his best-known role, he performed as Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind in a cast that included Clark Gable, Oliva de Havilland, and Vivian Leigh.  He returned to England to help with the war effort thereafter, making such World War II films as 49th Parallel, Pimpernel , and The First of the Few.  [SDJW staff]

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Netanyahu: Israel responsible for deadly attack on aid workers

Published by DPA Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is responsible for the deadly attack on aid workers in the Gaza Strip in a statement on Tuesday. He called it a “tragic case of an unintentional strike” by Israeli forces on “innocent people,” in a video message posted on X, the social media platform formerly

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Tech Entrepreneur and Wife Die in Snowstorm Plane Crash, Leave Behind Three Children

Published by The Western Journal A tech entrepreneur couple died in a plane crash on Saturday near the Truckee Tahoe Airport in Northern California, The Sacramento Bee reported Monday. Liron Petrushka, 57, and his wife Naomi, 58, were killed when he crashed at 6:38 p.m. while attempting to land his single-engine aircraft, according to a

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Netanyahu promises to withdraw civilians from Rafah before attacking Hamas

Published by RBC-Ukraine (CA) Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Israeli military forces are preparing to evacuate more than a million Palestinian civilians from the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, provide them with necessary aid, and then launch an attack on Hamas combat battalions remaining there, according to Bloomberg. “It’s the

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Alabama, Georgia, 13 Other States Join Florida AG Ashley Moody In Anti-Israel BDS Probe

Published by Tampa Free Press Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is leading a multistate coalition of state attorneys general in probing whether MSCI, Inc., a large investment company, is embracing the boycott, divestment, and sanctions, or BDS, movement against Israel. At least 38 states in the U.S. have taken action to oppose the BDS movement.

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Jewish Congresswoman Slotkin Condemns Republican’s Suggestion that Gaza Should be Nuked

Published by Mirror By Jeremiah Hassel A troubling video clip circulating on social media appears to show a Republican member of the House of Representatives saying the US should nuke Gaza to “get it over quick” as he gave remarks during a town hall on the Israel-Hamas war. Now, the internet is blasting Rep. Tim

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Brian Grana Tells of His Great Loves: His Late Wife, His Children, and the United States Marine Corps

One of the units with the I-MEF is the Marine Logistics Group (MLG), which then-Major Brian T. Grana was a member of from 2006 to 2009. Later in his career, as a lieutenant colonel, Grana commanded a Squadron at MCAS Miramar. [Donald H. Harrison]

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