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What Gal Gadot has said about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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It's a little too late to review our Purim vocabulary, but it's never too early to be ready for Passover.

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Palestinian director of ‘No Other Land’ beaten and arrested in the West Bank, activists say

By Olivia Haynie

Fast Forward

Pete Hegseth wanted to strike Houthis before Israel could, according to texts leaked to the Atlantic

By Ben Sales

 

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