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NUCLEAR WAR - REMEMBER MASADA

JUST ABOUT 2,000 years ago Romans occupied the Holy Land. Because they feared the Jews might revolt, they decided to build a fortification for the King in case he had to flee Jerusalem. They chose to...

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Israel History

In 1972 Syria, Egypt and Jordan again vowed total destruction of Israel and began planning a new offensive.  The Soviets provided massive shipments of military equipment and satellite intelligence of Israeli...

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Middle East War Scenario, Part II

On the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, between the Arab states and Israel, the ominous sounds of war continue to escalate in the Middle East. As with that war, the potential for a new and more...

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Middle East War Scenario, Part I

Oct, 2009---The thirty-six anniversary of a Mid-East war that changed the world---bringing the world to the precipice of nuclear war and economic collapse. On October 6, 1973, during the Jewish holy day of...

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Yehuda Amichai: Poetry Across Nations

Yehuda Amichai revolutionized modern Israeli poetry. His poetry is radiant and rich in the tapestry of love, loss, passion, irony, religion and sorrow. His lines are not perfect but are precise in poignancy. Full of emotion and longing not only for things present but of memories, and the dreams of some future significance.

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The Yom Kippur War

The 1973 Yom Kippur War was a war of retribution of the Arab world against Israel in a long series of wars that date back 6,000 years. It is based on the concept of retribution that guided both sides, found in previous wars and hostilities based in history and religious scriptures of both.

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US History: The Great Society 1963 - 1968

President Lyndon Baines Johnson called for a country free of racial tensions, class and race segregation, and prejudice. We declared the War on Poverty that we could not win. He also proclaimed the Great Society...

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