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Saturday’s demonstration made it clear: We Palestinians are not fighting for our liberation on our own.
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The long catalogue of intelligence failures that allowed Hamas to stage its brutal surprise attack on October 7 begins at The Venetian, Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas resort.
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