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What to pray for on Yom Kippur 5784

Pray for judicial compromise, government and opposition restraint, Jewish continuity and peoplehood, the integrity and strength of the IDF, real peace with Saudi Arabia, regime change in Iran, political sanity in America, emphatic Israeli government action against terrorism and lawlessness, and more. Pray for prayer on the Temple Mount instead of Islamic violence.
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‘Hasata’ on Har HaBayit

If the Jordanians hold a “special role” on the Temple Mount, supposedly meaning they help keep the peace, why have they allowed it to become ground zero for antisemitic incitement and violence? Where does King Abdullah’s well-massaged image as a “moderate” find expression in management of the Temple Mount?
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Strike while the iron is hot

Israel should implement policy change in concentrated fashion and plow through the chorus of international criticism. What doesn’t get done in the next 6-12 months will get bogged down in internecine squabbling or be impeded by accumulative foreign pressures.
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Why bother?

President Biden should not come to the Mideast without a useful agenda that includes truly confronting Iran.
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When the going gets tough…

When the going gets tough… the tough get going. When this country is under attack, Israel’s friends need to be more determined than ever to defend it.
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