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Ehud Barak Sildenafil citrate cod, has now joined an illustrious throng of Israelis who are coming to terms with the fact that unless there are dramatic changes in the status quo, Israel will become an apartheid state. X cite herbal cialis for woman, When I read about that, I wondered how many demonstrators would have stalked him had he done a book tour and used the A-word three years ago, viagra from india, Generic tadalafil canada, like Jimmy Carter. Not many, sildenafil citrate recipe, Best price for generic tadalafil, I'd venture to guess.

It seems that the estimable MJ Rosenberg also thought about the peanut farmer:

It's been three years since Jimmy Carter was demonized as anti-Semitic for writing that if Israel maintained the occupation without giving Palestinians full rights, gerchu.phpbbx.de tadalafil, Cialis usage, it would become an apartheid state.

And now Israel's hawkish Defense Minister -- and most highly decorated soldier -- agrees, cialis affiliate.

Speaking at a conference outside Tel Aviv, Barak said, if "millions of Palestinians cannot vote, that will be an apartheid state."

Currently, Israel's democracy applies only within the pre-'67 lines, sildenafil citrate cod. Overseas cialis, The millions of Palestinians in the occupied territories have no democratic rights. Barak is saying that Israel must either get out of the territories or be another apartheid South Africa, buy viagra now online. Viagra for woman, Exactly what President Carter said.

Except when Israel's Defense Minister says it, cialis london, Tadalafil pay after delivery, he is also saying that Israel cannot defend itself unless it ends the occupation. Sildenafil citrate cod, That is why supporters of a secure Israel must oppose the occupation. Thanks, cialis generic sildenafil citrate, Cialis, Minister Barak. But then it is easier to speak the truth about the occupation in Israel than here in Washington, spain female cialis. Cialis professionsl, You don't have the lobby to deal with.

Commenting on Barak's remarks, Philip Weiss, cheap cialis from uk, Tadalafil label, on the other hand, says that apartheid "is already here, get cialis drug online, Cheep viagra, " joining the even larger throng that makes facile, simplistic analogies when comparing Israel and South Africa, tadalafil prescription online. Indian cialis, The Palestinian citizens of Israel confront a society that is closer to the American South in the 1960s, when African Americans did have the same rights as white Americans but had to fight to get those rights enforced, buy viagra on the internet. (Of course there are profound differences between the two societies, but I'm trying to find an approximate location for Israeli Arabs on the continuum of oppression.) Moreover, as I've noted here before, it is true that the EXPERIENCE of Palestinians under occupation is as bad as anything experienced by South African blacks during the apartheid era, sildenafil citrate cod. Cream female tadalafil vigorelle, But they are not citizens of the state of Israel (nor do they want to be); they are residents of a territory whose juridical status has yet to be determined. That is an important distinction.

We may soon reach a point when it becomes impossible to change the status of that territory, and then those residents really will be de facto second class citizens. But that hasn't happened yet. At least I won't allow myself to believe that it has happened yet.

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Diazepam over the counter, What follows is a column by Thomas Mitchell, lightly edited. Buy diazepam without prescription, We often read and hear comparisons between Israel and South Africa under apartheid. Mitchell finds lessons to be learned from South Africa, diazepam online, αγοράζουν φτηνά diazepam, but not the most familiar ones. Instead, Acheter en ligne diazepam, Delaware DE Del. , he focuses on diplomatic efforts to end South Africa's occupation of Namibia and its confrontation with the Cubans in Angola.
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THE MIDDLE EAST NEEDS A "GRAND BARGAIN"
By Thomas Mitchell

Obama is facing a number of policy challenges in the Middle East and the rest of South Asia, Kaufen diazepam. He appears to be losing the war at the moment in Afghanistan, with his general saying he needs more troops and most Americans having turned against the war, diazepam over the counter. Kentucky KY Ky. , Iraq is relatively peaceful right now, but no one knows how long that will last before the various factions start stirring up trouble again.The United States has just caught Tehran telling lies about its nuclear effort for the third time in a decade, order diazepam pills. Order diazepam without prescription, Netanyahu has refused to implement a housing freeze on the West Bank and the Hilltop Youth are continuing to settle illegally in terms of Israeli law, not to mention international law, purchase diazepam. αγοράζουν online diazepam, Meanwhile Mahmoud Abbas has declared that he will not even negotiate with Israel until it implements the freeze that Obama demanded. Partisans of Israel denounce Obama for calling for the freeze in the first place and the Arabs demand sterner medicine, Michigan MI Mich. . Diazepam over the counter, In a similarly complex world, from the seventeenth century to the Potsdam Conference at the end of World War II, the Great Powers conducted business among themselves the way senators and congressmen sometimes conduct business in Congress. Comprare diazepam, Issues were tied together and a party that made a concession in one area was compensated in another. This was the concept of “the grand bargain.” This way no one was a complete loser nor a complete winner and everyone was relatively content, South Dakota SD . North Carolina NC N.C. , U.S. diplomats should be familiar with the notion of the "grand bargain." When it comes to the Arab-Israeli conflict, buy diazepam online cheap, New York NY N.Y. , Senator George Mitchell --Obama’s point man in the region-- might want to consult with Chester Crocker, Reagan’s Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, diazepam for sale, Diazepam discount, about what to do. Crocker faced a similar situation in Southern Africa and Namibia, diazepam over the counter.

In 1968, where to buy cheap diazepam, Massachusetts MA Mass. , the UN had revoked Pretoria’s League of Nations mandate for Namibia/South West Africa because apartheid was considered to be incompatible with the trusteeship system. The Africans were all demanding that Pretoria end the occupation of Namibia and stay out of Angola, acheter diazepam bon marché. Cheap diazepam no rx, American conservatives wanted Reagan to back Pretoria against the Cubans and Soviets in Angola. And the European powers were kibbitzing from the sidelines, ordering diazepam overnight delivery. Diazepam over the counter, In 1977, a Contact Group of five Western powers had been formed to negotiate with Pretoria over Namibia on behalf of the West. Texas TX Tex. , Crocker, a specialist on South Africa, decided that it would be better to accommodate Pretoria’s security needs and negotiate a mutual withdrawal of Cubans from Angola and South Africans from Namibia. He had to first convince his fellow Western powers and then the Africans that this was the best way to get Pretoria out. And he had to convince Pretoria that it was better off trying to seek a diplomatic solution than a military one.

It took Crocker from 1981 to December 1988 before a deal was finally signed in Brazzaville, Congo. It took so long because Havana and Pretoria had to exhaust each other fighting for control over Angola, and because the anti-South African sanctions campaign in 1985-86 complicated the diplomacy, diazepam over the counter. From 1984 to 1988 South Africa was engulfed in internal unrest directed against apartheid. Pretoria was reluctant to appear weak in Angola and Namibia while it faced unrest at home. Crocker shuttled back and forth across Africa until he finally got the South Africans into direct negotiations with the Cubans in 1988. Major fighting in the summer of 1987 had cost both sides dearly and both were wary of escalating. Diazepam over the counter, If Mitchell and Clinton can together fashion a similar “grand bargain” involving Israel, Syria, the Palestinians, and Iran they might be able to achieve what they could not by dealing with the issues separately.

Tehran seeks both security for its regime and influence in the Arab Middle East. To the latter end, it is backing Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Palestine. Israel’s occupation of the West Bank vis a vis the international community is similar to Pretoria’s occupation of Namibia. Both occurred as the result of defensive wars but the readiness of the world to tolerate a decades-old occupation has soured. If Washington can deliver a deal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that satisfied the Arab powers they might convince Tehran to give up its nuclear program and support for Hezbollah and Hamas, diazepam over the counter. If Tehran turns down a generous deal, it will be that much easier to implement international economic sanctions against the regime. A deal that ended the Iranian nuclear threat would give Netanyahu political cover to make major concessions to the Palestinians. Abbas would feel much more secure about making concessions on the right of return if Iranian aid was cut off to his Islamist opponents. The big challenge for Mitchell and Clinton is to find out what would induce Tehran to make a deal. This might require tightening the initial sanctions against Iran by the West. The internal unrest in Iran caused by a stolen election complicates diplomacy as did the unrest in South Africa in the 1980s.

This is why Mitchell should read Crocker’s memoir, High Noon in Southern Africa.

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Dr. Robert Pastor, Arkansas AR Ark. , Cheapest viagra in the world, senior adviser to the Carter Center...says that up-to-date information about contacts concerning the release of Shalit would have helped Carter get more from Meshal than a promise of a letter from the captive soldier..Some see the impressions gained by Carter and his people during their Middle East trip, particularly those gleaned from Damascus, viagra for sale, New Hampshire NH N.H. , as a gold mine for those who determine policy and make assessments. Researchers from Israel's Foreign Ministry and the intelligence community usually pounce on any diplomat who had coffee with a minor Syrian adviser, Nevada NV Nev. . Pastor cannot recall any incident in which an entire establishment has forsaken the rare opportunity to receive a firsthand briefing about such major issues on the national agenda.

Ten days ago, Haaretz had an equally sensible editorial called Our Debt to Jimmy Carter, ordering viagra online. Ordering viagra from canada, The editorialist's take on the controversy over the A-word is worth reading, if only because one doesn't see arguments like this in the American media:

It is doubtful whether it is possible to complain when an outside observer, cheap viagra, Pennsylvania PA Penn. , especially a former U.S. president who is well versed in international affairs, billige viagra Apotheke, Colorado CO Colo. , sees in the system of separate roads for Jews and Arabs, the lack of freedom of movement, goedkope viagra apotheek, Israel's control over Palestinian lands and their confiscation, and especially the continued settlement activity, which contravenes all promises Israel made and signed, a matter that cannot be accepted. The interim political situation in the territories has crystallized into a kind of apartheid that has been ongoing for 40 years. In Europe there is talk of the establishment of a binational state in order to overcome this anomaly. Ordering viagra online, In the peace agreement with Egypt, 30 years ago, Israel agreed to "full autonomy" for the occupied territories, not to settle there.

These promises have been forgotten by Israel, but Carter remembers.

Whether Carter's approach to conflict resolution is considered by the Israeli government as appropriate or defeatist, no one can take away from the former U.S. president his international standing, nor the fact that he brought Israel and Egypt to a signed peace that has since held. Carter's method, which says that it is necessary to talk with every one, has still not proven to be any less successful than the method that calls for boycotts and air strikes. In terms of results, at the end of the day, Carter beats out any of those who ostracize him. For the peace agreement with Egypt, he deserves the respect reserved for royalty for the rest of his life.

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Monday, March 31st, 2008

Viagra no prescription, This blog is fortunate to get regular contributions from Tom Mitchell, a scholar who has carefully analyzed the similarities and differences between Israel, South Africa and Northern Ireland. He sent me a summary of a longer article. I thought I would publish it, as people on the far left often claim that there is little difference between South Africa under apartheid and contemporary Israel. And people on the right deny that there is any similarity, buy viagra online cheap. The truth, as usual, is somewhere in between. In addition, viagra no prescription. Cheap viagra no prescription, peaceniks like me often point to the reconciliation achieved in Northern Ireland as a sign of hope and a shining example for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Tom offers some insights into the similarities and differences.

Tom is the author if Native vs. Settler: Ethnic Conflict in Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland, buy viagra, and South Africa, published in 2000 by Greenwood Press. Viagra no prescription, He then took some of the unused material from that book and wrote a second one, Indispensable Traitors: Liberal Parties in Settler Conflicts, also published by Greenwood two years later. Below is the summary of an article published in the Journal of Conflict Studies in the Winter 2004 issue. Missouri MO Mo. , It is scholarly and not polemical, which means some of you will have no use for it, but I hope the rest if you dive in and follow his analysis.

ISRAELI POLITICS AS SETTLER POLITICS

Conventional wisdom in much of Western academia is that Israel is a settler colony, and that this means that it is another apartheid state a/la South Africa, ordering viagra online legally. Below is analysis showing why I believe that the first half of this equation is true, but the second half is false. The strategies employed to bring peace in South Africa and Northern Ireland were very different, so it is important to determine which one Israel more closely resembles, viagra no prescription. This determines why we should go with mediation and not sanctions. Colorado CO Colo. , Israel’s politics is characterized by the following six main features:

1) Numerous political parties are in the Knesset, which in turn results in weak coalition governments.
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These six features can be divided into two groups: the first two, which are not features of settler societies, and the last four, Minnesota MN Minn. , which are features of settler societies. The combination of the last four features makes Israeli politics a variant of settler politics—the political features that are typical of independent settler colonies such as the United States, South Africa, etc. that are also democracies, Alabama AL Ala. .

When looking for settler societies to compare Israel with, I looked for societies that were a) democratic; b) involved in prolonged conflict with the native population; and c) either independent or at least autonomous. Viagra no prescription, This last requirement eliminated nearly all of the dependent settler colonies that were run by local representatives of the European settler power rather than by the local settlers.

I found three societies that could usefully be compared with Israel: Northern Ireland, Viagra online kopen, antebellum America, and South Africa. Each of these three societies is useful for comparing with a different aspect of Israel.

Northern Ireland exhibits all of the above six features except for number 3 (because the UK is responsible for its security). The United States exhibited traits 3, West Virginia WV W.Va. ,5, and 6, and briefly had a multiparty system between 1828 and 1860 but no coalition governments. South Africa exhibited traits 3, 5, and 6 and had a genuine multiparty system from 1910 to 1950 and had two stable two-party coalition governments in the interwar period, viagra no prescription. Order viagra online cheap, Thus, if one looks at it, Israel has more of these settler traits than any of the three societies being compared with it. Northern Ireland lacks a native-fighter politician class, while both the U.S, goedkope viagra apotheek. and S. Africa lack paramilitary parties. Viagra no prescription, Northern Ireland can most usefully be compared with Israel when examining the peace process with the Palestinians and interparty and intraparty dynamics. Because it is only a province of the UK, Buy viagra pills, it has no foreign policy and so cannot be used for comparison of foreign policy with Israel. But because the Arab-fighter politician class is such an important feature in Israeli politics, comparisons of Israel with Northern Ireland need to supplemented with either the U.S. or S. Africa, Nebraska NE Nebr. . , viagra no prescription.

South Africa can be divided into three main periods: the period of the Boer republics from 1860-1900; the Union of South Africa from 1910-1950; and the Republic of South Africa from 1961-1994. African-fighter politicians were most important in the South African Republic (ZAR or Transvaal), particularly from 1881 to 1900. φτηνές φαρμακείο viagra, But the ZAR had a weak two-party system rather than a multiparty system, had no standing army, and had less than 10,000 men voting in its presidential elections during this period. So it is clearly not suitable for comparison with Israel, viagra pharmacy. Viagra no prescription, Military politicians were also important in the Union of South Africa, which did have a three- to four-party system, a standing army, and a much larger population. There were no military conflicts with the native population of South Africa, however, during this period. New Jersey NJ N.J. , Politics was centered on ethnic disputes between Afrikaners and English-speakers rather than on the native question. During the Republic of South Africa under apartheid, there was only one elected African-fighter politician, General Magnus Malan. This indicates that South Africa is not a particularly useful supplementary case for looking at internal politics in Israel, ordering viagra online cheap.

The U.S, viagra no prescription. had a weak three-party system from 1828 to 1848, with the third party being mainly represented at the local and state levels rather than the federal level, present only in the North, Order viagra without prescription, and combining with one or both of the two main parties to form new parties. With its presidential system. it completely lacked coalition governments. But the U.S. Viagra no prescription, did have a party, the Whigs, that was dependent on the charisma of former generals to head its tickets. And it did carry out transfer of the native population, order viagra, the Indians of the East to the West. This latter subject comes up off and on in Israeli politics since the 1940s. The Whigs can usefully be compared to Labor, Ostaa halvalla viagra, the Democrats to the Likud, and the third parties (Antimasons, Liberty Party, Free Soil Party) to Mapam and Meretz. The Know Nothings or American Party of 1854-57 can also be compared to Tommy Lapid’s Shinui Party both as a nativist party and with its sudden success and sudden collapse, buy generic viagra. Beyond that party comparisons are not available, viagra no prescription.

South Africa is useful for comparing with Israel’s regional defense policy. South Africa and Israel both were/are peripheral countries in conflict with the core of their region. In the Middle East the core is Arab states. In sub-Saharan Africa the core is made up of independent African states and the white settler colonies were the periphery. Viagra no prescription, South Africa and Israel had similar strategies of supporting minority peoples in the Arab countries and black neighbors such as the Kurds in Iraq and Christians in Lebanon and Sudan, and the Ndebele in Zimbabwe and various minority peoples in Namibia. Both countries also engaged in numerous cross-border raids and invasions. In this regard it is useful to compare Israeli policy in Lebanon and South African policy in Angola.

Between 1967 and the mid-1990s Israel was dependent on migrant Palestinian labor from the territories in the same way that white South Africa was dependent on black labor from the homelands (bantustans). But this migrant Palestinian labor is much reduced today as a result of Israeli recruitment of East Asian and East European workers in reaction to the Islamist terrorist campaign of the 1990s and the Al-Aksa Intifada.

Likud plans for a Palestinian state under Sharon could also fairly be compared to South Africa’s bantustan system, viagra no prescription. Any plans for leaving a Palestinian state made up of several non-contiguous parts can be compared to most of the South African homelands in particular the KwaZulu and Bophutatswana homelands. With the above in my opinion, the usefulness of the South African comparison has exhausted itself.

The purpose of making these comparisons is not to delegitimize Israel. It should be borne in mind that the Israeli Jews are not only settlers but also returned natives, that is the original population of the country that returned with the support of the international community. Viagra no prescription, So in its origins Israel is a unique settler society. But as a result of the ongoing native-settler conflict with the Palestinians, Israel developed features typical of other settler societies.

The comparisons are not meant to replace traditional methods of political analysis of Israeli politics and policy, but to augment them. When radio telescopes, X-ray telescopes and infrared telescopes were developed, astronomers did not stop using optical telescopes but merely used these new instruments to give a fuller picture of distant galaxies and our own galaxy. I make these comparisons in the same spirit. If Dan will indulge me, I will explore the lessons of Northern Ireland and the U.S. for Israel in two further pieces.

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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Ordering viagra pills, My new friend Jerry Haber, "The Magnes Zionist" tipped me off to a shameful story about the Jewish National Fund and proposed Knesset legislation. Here is the Ha'aretz report:

Bill allocating JNF land to Jews only passes preliminary reading

By Yoav Stern and Shahar Ilan

The Knesset plenum approved a bill Wednesday, in its preliminary reading, District of Columbia DC D.C. , which calls for all lands under the Jewish National Fund (JNF) to be allocated to Jews only. Order viagra without prescription, The bill passed by a massive majority of 64 MKS to 16.

The bill, initiated by MK Uri Ariel (National Union-National Religious Party), order viagra online, MK Zeev Elkin (Kadima), Purchase viagra, and MK Moshe Kahlon (Likud), is geared to bypass a 2004 court ruling which annulled an Israel Lands Administration (ILA) policy that prevented Arabs from participating in bids to purchase land owned by the JNF.

As a result of the ruling, buy viagra online cheap, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz decided that all land managed by the ILA, South Dakota SD , including land owned by the Jewish National Fund, will be marketed without discrimination or limits including to non-Jews.

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Hadash Chairman MK Mohammed Barakeh called the bill an "abominable legislation" and added that "the Knesset's face is the face of Uri Ariel, the radical of the settlers." He maintained that, billig kaufen viagra, "this is another expression of a series of racist laws that are passed every day in the state of the Jews. Buy viagra without prescription, The Arab population won't accept the theft of their rights to the lands that have been expropriated from them for years."

In response to the bill, MK Ahmed Tibi (Ra`am-Ta`al) said "this is institutionalized Jewish racism and ethnic democracy that is raging against anything Arab."

The Meretz faction said that the government's support in the racist bill exposes its real face. "The Knesset is giving an excellent excuse for whoever is asking to represent Israel as an apartheid state which must be destroyed, order viagra online legally," said the party's statement. Ordering viagra pills, MK Wassel Taha (Balad) said, "Only an insane Knesset passes a racist law that perpetuates the "great land robbery of 1948" and changes it into an only Jewish asset."

MK Jamal Zahalka, also of Balad, maintained that the law shows an increase in the level of racism, and a decrease in the level of democracy, and a sprint to the direction of institutionalized apartheid. Iowa IA , MK Elkin, however, said that the bill comes to prevent the state of Israel from breaching the basic treaty between the state and the JNF, ordering viagra overnight delivery, and to make historical justice.

I haven't closely followed the various controversies that the JNF has been embroiled in lately. Kaufen viagra, Anyone who, like me, retains the mad idea that Israel could be a country that does not spark more shame than pride should start paying attention, cheap viagra. What is so disheartening about this racist bill is that it was not just a few Knesset members who got behind it. For viagra online, It was a "massive majority of 64-16."

I have a simple question for the MKs who voted yes:

Are you NUTS. Leaving aside the immorality of sanctioning blatant discrimination against 20% of Israel's citizens (which, apparently, doesn't trouble you) do you understand what most of the world already thinks of Israel, ordering viagra pills. And please don't tell me you don't care about the world's opinion. You don't have the luxury of ignoring the steady decline of your image and your pariah status, Montana MT Mont. .

At a moment when Israel is accused of being every bit as racist as South Africa by more and more people, Generic viagra, at a moment of high tension between Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs, why have you decided to board a time machine and pretend that it is 1903, or 1921, Alabama AL Ala. , or 1939, Order viagra from canada, when the JNF had a vital role to play in building the nucleus of a Jewish state.

That state is here, guys and gals, New York NY N.Y. . Ordering viagra pills, It is entrenched. Maybe no one told you. Um viagra online, One fifth of its citizens are Arabs, who deserve and expect equal protection under the law. By any reasonable standards of jurisprudence, Oklahoma OK Okla. , its basic laws should supersede restrictions placed on land ownership when those restructions are contrary to the laws (that was, Ordering viagra online legally, in essence, what Mazuz was driving at with his decision).

By any reasonable standards of decency, farmacia viagra baratos, you should be trying to figure out ways to close the gaps between Israel's Arab and Jewish citizens, and to ensure that your Arab neighbors feel like they have a stake in the country's future. Instead, you are acting as if there is some compelling national purpose in sticking your fingers in the eyes of your neighbors, and in thumbing your noses at a world that already considers Israel a blight among the nations, not a light, ordering viagra pills.

My grandmother became a Labor Zionist when she was a young teenager in the Ukraine, about a decade after JNF's founding in 1901. In the 192Os and 1930s and 1940s, when she organized Jewish kids in Toledo, Ohio and then in Manhattan to collect funds for the JNF, she did it out of an idealistic zeal for a desparately needed Jewish homeland. So did all of the goodhearted Jews around the world who plopped their hard-won coins into those famous blue collection boxes.

She was a generous soul who hated injustice. Ordering viagra pills, So did many of the other Labor Zionist pioneers, despite the calumnies now heaped upon them by the far left. If she were around today, I am quite sure that she would understand that the Knesset-sanctioned JNF restrictions are relics. She would not understand why they are still necessary. I am quite sure she would want to throw them out, not preserve them.

Why don't 64 Members of the Knesset understand that.

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Checkpoints, the wall and an unexpected message

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

I think of Hannah often these days, now that I have begun to wade into the difficult task of conversing with the left on Israel. She is from Australia, in her late 50s, and has lived in Israel since the early ’70s. Hannah (not her real name) is one of the brave, tireless, […]

Near the Dead Sea, a canary in a coal mine

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

There was a very disturbing, very sad story in Maariv yesterday. It describes a situation that is indefensable and ought to be condemned in the strongest possible terms:

(Translation courtesy of Israel News Today).

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by Felix Frisch

IDF soldiers in the Jordan Valley this week received an […]