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Memories After My Death: The Story of My father, Joseph “Tommy” Lapid, by Yair Lapid, Thomas Dunne, 330 pages, $27.99....
Israel has been mired in a military occupation of the Palestinian Territories for more than 50 years. The Settlers (available...
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