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☆ German Foreign Minister, in Israel, Says Humanitarian Crisis Must Be Contained
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Saturday in Tel Aviv that the international community should focus on limiting the impact of military operations in Gaza on the civilian population. Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries called on Saturday for an immediate end to military operations in Gaza, rejecting Israel's justification of its actions against Palestinians as self-defence. It was unclear how Israel in case of a general ceasefire would be able to defend itself, Baerbock said. The Middle East has been on edge since Hamas fighters rampaged into Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people. "I have assured my colleague Eli Cohen of Germany's unshakable solidarity with Israel," Baerbock said.

Persons: Annalena Baerbock, Eli Cohen, Baerbock, rampaged, Germany's, Vera Eckert, Christina Fincher Organizations: West Bank, European Union, United Arab, Reuters Locations: FRANKFURT, Tel Aviv, Gaza, East, Israel, Brussels, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Ramallah, West Bank . Saudi Arabia

☆ Israel is looking to World War II in its Gaza fight, and it risks taking lessons from the wrong war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Sam Fellman | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

It's a critical question that will define whether Israel's war succeeds, experts on military strategy told Insider. Smoke and flame rise after Israeli air forces targeting a shopping center in Gaza Strip, Gaza on October 07, 2023. In the aftermath of the October 7 attacks, Israel has abandoned "mowing the grass" in favor of a much more far-reaching and deadly strategy. Marcus Yam/Getty ImagesIn this war, Israeli leaders have used heated rhetoric while their forces maintain a deadly bombing campaign. Not the destruction of Israel of course, but a state on the West Bank and in Gaza," Mansoor said.

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An Israeli military spokesperson said Hamas had lost control of northern Gaza. The Israeli military said 46 had been killed since its ground operations there began. ISRAEL SAYS IT WILL HELP EVACUATE BABIESIsrael's chief military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said the Israeli military would help evacuate babies from the hospital. "The staff of the Shifa hospital has requested that tomorrow we help the babies in the pediatric department to get to a safer hospital. 'TOTALLY SCARY ATMOSPHERE'Ahmed al-Mokhallalati, a senior plastic surgeon at Al Shifa, told Reuters there had been continuous bombardment for more than 24 hours.

Persons: Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu, Al Shifa, Ashraf Al, Qidra, Moshe Tetro, Daniel Hagari, Israel, Avi Dichter, Dichter, Ahmed al, Al Shati, Al Nasr, Ahmed Siam, Al, Nidal al, Maytaan, Maytaal Angel, Emily Rose Jerusalem, Crispian Balmer, Ari Rabinovitch, Adam Makary, Omar Abdel, David Brunnstrom, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, Israeli Defense Forces, Reuters, Al, Medical, Israel Defense Forces, Quds Brigades, Thomson Locations: Gaza, GAZA, JERUSALEM, Gaza's, Rafah, Egypt, Israeli, Israel, Tel Aviv, Gaza City, COGAT, ISRAEL, Al, Quds, Al Shifa, Al Nasr, London, Brussels, Saudi Arabia

[1/5] Smoke rises over Gaza as seen from southern Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas, November 10, 2023. "The Israeli occupation launched simultaneous strikes on a number of hospitals during the past hours," Gaza Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra told Al Jazeera television. Israel said Hamas has hidden command centres and tunnels beneath Al Shifa, and other hospitals such as the Indonesian Hospital, allegations Hamas denies. Palestinian officials said 10,812 Gaza residents had been killed as of Thursday, about 40% of them children, in air and artillery strikes. The Israeli military has allowed some wounded Palestinian civilians to cross into Egypt for treatment.

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☆ Israel does not seek to occupy Gaza, but 'credible force' needed -Netanyahu
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference with defense minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet minister Benny Gantz in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023. Netanyahu's comments this week suggesting that Israel would be responsible for Gaza security indefinitely drew pushback from the United States, Israel's main ally. Speaking to U.S. television's Fox News on Thursday, Netanyahu said: "We don't seek to conquer Gaza, we don't seek to occupy Gaza, and we don't seek to govern Gaza." Netanyahu said a civilian government would need to take shape in Gaza but that Israel would make sure an attack like Oct. 7 does not happen again. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh told PBS this week the PA would not return to Gaza "on the back of an Israeli tank".

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PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Israel’s national soccer team arrived in Kosovo on Friday amid tight security measures at the airport ahead of a postponed European Championship qualifier. There was also tight security at the hotel where the team was staying ahead of Sunday's game. Police officers created a security perimeter at the hotel that the public and journalists were not allowed to cross. Kosovo was the first European country, and the first country with a Muslim majority, to establish its embassy in Jerusalem instead of Tel Aviv, following the U.S. and Guatemala. Israel is the most recent country to have recognized Kosovo after Pristina’s Parliament declared independence from Serbia in 2008.

Persons: Israel, Donald Trump, — Organizations: —, soccer team, Police, UEFA, White House, Pristina’s Locations: PRISTINA, Kosovo, Israeli, Israel, Gaza, Romania, Switzerland, Serbia, United States, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Guatemala

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attend an inauguration event for Israel's new light rail line for the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, in Petah Tikva, Israel, August 17, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Israel's finance ministry said on Friday it would divert to the war effort some 1.6 billion shekels ($440 million) this year out of billions earmarked for parties in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition government. They expressed alarm last month at the government's plan to transfer 9 billion shekels ($2.2 billion) to ultra-Orthodox and far-right-wing pro-settler parties, as part of an agreement Netanyahu made with them to secure his ruling coalition. The finance ministry's proposal would cut around 70% of 2.5 billion shekels of funding for coalition partners still due to be paid in the current 2023 budget. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a letter on Friday that he planned to cut some 4 billion shekels ($1 billion) from the 2023 budget excluding war funding, and increase war funding by a further 9 billion, on top of 22 billion shekels already allocated.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, Amir Cohen, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Netanyahu, Maytaal, Peter Graff Organizations: Israeli Finance, Tel, REUTERS, Rights, Finance, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Israel

☆ Blinken denounces civilian toll in Gaza, says ‘far too many Palestinians have been killed’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

However, he still has not condemned the Israeli government offensive and has continually voiced support for its right to defend itself. “Far too many Palestinians have been killed. No use of Gaza as a platform for launching terrorism or other attacks against Israel. No diminution of the territory in Gaza and a commitment to Palestinian land governance for Gaza and the West Bank and in a unified way,” Blinken said Friday. Blinken reiterated Friday that the US “will continue to focus relentlessly on getting our hostages home” and stopping the conflict from expanding.

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☆ Blinken brings a notable shift in US language toward Israel as pressure mounts at home and abroad
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Paul Leblanc | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lamented the civilian death toll in Gaza on Friday, it marked a subtle but notable shift in US language toward the Israeli government. Administration officials argue they have had success in some areas as they work to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The White House said Thursday that Israel had agreed to move forward with daily four-hour pauses of military operations in areas of Northern Gaza. That’s a rise from 32% saying Israel should negotiate while fighting when the survey was last conducted about two weeks earlier. At a news conference Wednesday, Blinken sought to make that posture clear, even as pressure continues to mount at home and abroad.

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"The Israeli occupation launched simultaneous strikes on a number of hospitals during the past hours," Gaza Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra told Al Jazeera television. Qidra said Israel targeted the courtyard of Al Shifa, the biggest hospital in Gaza City, and there were casualties, but he did not provide details. Israel said Hamas has hidden command centres and tunnels beneath Al Shifa, allegations Hamas denies. "Indonesia once again condemns the savage attacks on civilians and civilian objects, especially humanitarian facilities in Gaza," the ministry said in a statement. Palestinian officials said 10,812 Gaza residents had been killed as of Thursday, about 40% of them children, in air and artillery strikes.

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☆ International travel demand falls after onset of Israel-Hamas conflict, data shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Doyinsola Oladipo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 10 (Reuters) - International flight bookings around the world have fallen since the onset of the Israel-Hamas conflict especially in the Americas as people cancel trips to the Middle East and around the world, according to travel analysis firm ForwardKeys. International flight bookings from the Americas dropped 10% in the three weeks after the Oct. 7th attack, when compared to the number of tickets issued three weeks before the attack, according to flight ticketing data from ForwardKeys. People in the Middle East have also been traveling less with international flight tickets issued in the region having fallen 9% in the same period. International flight bookings to travel to the region plummeted 26% in the three weeks following the attack. International flight bookings fell 5% across regions on average, impacting the global rebound in international travel from the pandemic.

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☆ France's Federation Studios seeks advisers ahead of possible sale– sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Amy-Jo Crowley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The company is considering options including a full or partial sale to another private equity firm, one of the people added. In the event of a sale, the business could be valued at more than 500 million euros, this person added. Deliberations are at an early stage and a sale process may not occur, said the people, who declined to be named because the talks are not public. Montefiore and Federation Studios declined to comment. A sale process for Spanish broadcasting and sports rights group Mediapro is also underway, according to Reuters.

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☆ Israel women's Nations League home games moved to Armenia and Hungary
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Nov 9 (Reuters) - Israel's home games in the Women's Nations League which were to be played in Tel Aviv in December have been moved to Armenia and Hungary, Europe's soccer governing body UEFA said on Thursday. Israel were due to host Armenia and Estonia next month but due to the Israel-Hamas conflict, the matches have been moved. Israel will now play Armenia on Dec. 2 in Yerevan, Armenia, while the game against Estonia will be played three days later in Felcsut, Hungary. UEFA added that both games will be played with spectators in attendance. Last month, UEFA moved two of the men's upcoming Euro 2024 qualifying games against Switzerland and Romania to Hungary.

Persons: Israel, Rohith Nair, Toby Davis Organizations: Women's Nations League, UEFA, Estonia, Switzerland, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Armenia, Hungary, Estonia, Israel, Yerevan, Felcsut, Romania, Bengaluru

☆ Israel Is In Real Danger For Three Reasons - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Thomas L. Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

After traveling around Israel and the West Bank, I now understand why so much has changed. It is crystal clear to me that Israel is in real danger — more danger than at any time since its War of Independence in 1948. Last Saturday night, a retired Israeli Army commander stopped by my hotel in Tel Aviv to share his perspective on the war. Consider this context: “According to Israel’s official Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2021, 9.449 million people live in Israel (including Israelis in West Bank settlements), the Times of Israel reported last year. Let me not mince words, because the hour is dark and Israel, as I said, is in real danger.

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☆ UN rights chief Volker Turk says both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Jessie Yeung | Michael Rios | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +42 min

Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7 after militants killed 1,400 people in Israel and kidnapped about 240 others, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Ronen Zvulun/Reuters A woman carries a white flag as Palestinians flee from Gaza City to the south on November 7. Neil Hall/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Rockets are launched from Gaza into Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, in southern Israel, on November 4. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Israeli firefighters and rescue teams assess destruction after a rocket attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 27. Yousef Masoud/The New York Times A morgue worker arranges body bags at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 12.

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☆ Chris Christie to visit Israel this weekend: CNN Exclusive
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Alison Main | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Chris Christie will visit Israel on Sunday, which will make him the first Republican presidential candidate to visit the country since the October 7 Hamas attacks. He’s also scheduled to visit so-called Gaza envelope region in southern Israel. Christie will also visit with individuals wounded in the Hamas attacks, as well as families of abducted civilians, according to details of the trip. This will not be Christie’s first time in Israel – he visited the country in 2012 in his first foreign trip is governor. At the time, Christie said he thought it was “the right thing” for Biden to go to Israel and show “physical solidarity” with the US ally.

Persons: Chris Christie, Christie, He’s, Israel, ”, “, Israel –, Volodymyr Zelensky, Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: CNN, Former New Jersey Gov, Israel, Republican, America, Hudson Institute, White Locations: Gaza, Israel, Miami, Iran, Kyiv, China, North Korea, Russia, Tel Aviv

[1/5] An Israeli soldier operates amid the ongoing ground invasion against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip, November 8, 2023. Hamas' armed wing on Wednesday released a video that appeared to show intense street battles alongside bombed out buildings in Gaza City. Israeli tanks have met heavy resistance from Hamas fighters using underground tunnels to stage ambushes, according to sources with Iran-backed Hamas and the separate Islamic Jihad militant group. ISRAEL BOMBS TUNNELSChief Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Wednesday that "Hamas has lost control in the north" of Gaza. The Israeli military has repeatedly told residents to evacuate the north or risk being trapped in the violence.

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Gaza City, Hamas' main stronghold in the territory, is encircled. Israel says its troops have advanced to the heart of the densely-populated city while Hamas says its fighters have inflicted heavy losses on the invading forces. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel had "one target - Hamas terrorists in Gaza, their infrastructure, their commanders, bunkers, communications rooms". Gallant, the Israeli defence minister, said that after the war was finished, neither Israel nor Hamas would rule Gaza. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said a humanitarian convoy came under fire in Gaza City on Tuesday.

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☆ More questions than answers as Israeli PM Netanyahu seeks security control over Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( James Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/2] Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference with defense minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet minister Benny Gantz in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023. The challenges that are likely to confront any reshaped Israeli security mechanism have already been clearly demonstrated during more than 18 months of increasingly violent clashes in the nearby occupied West Bank. The PA used to run both Gaza and the West Bank, but was forcibly ousted from Gaza by Hamas in 2007, and now only governs sections of the West Bank, which is dotted with ever-growing Jewish settlements. Dermer said that while Israeli troops had physically entered West Bank towns, they had essentially been absent from Gaza for the last 17 years. Jordan's former deputy prime minister, Marwan Muasher, told Reuters he had seen no convincing initiative on how Gaza might be governed once the conflict ended.

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☆ Does the Boss Need to Weigh In on the War in the Middle East?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Emma Goldberg | More About Emma Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

But as an American business leader condemning Hamas’s attacks, he said, he felt surprisingly lonely. “I was disappointed that fewer leaders than I anticipated spoke out emphatically, clearly and with moral clarity on this issue,” Mr. Karp said. Some business leaders made donations to humanitarian organizations and pointed their employees to company-sponsored mental health resources. “No company does business in Gaza — as opposed to, say, in Russia, where there are 1,500 major companies doing business,” he said, comparing this war with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “The dynamics in the Middle East have always been difficult and complex,” he wrote.

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☆ Tel Aviv-based Teva CEO: Our manufacturing is unaffected as it stands
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTel Aviv-based Teva CEO: Our manufacturing is unaffected as it standsTeva CEO Richard Francis joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss how the company has been able to manage business operations, how the company's employees are faring, and more.

Persons: Richard Francis Organizations: Tel Locations: Tel Aviv

“It has created great moral anxiety,” said one senior administration official. Elsewhere in the administration, officials are quietly fuming as the civilian death toll mounts. But Netanyahu and other Israeli officials have steadfastly rejected the idea of a lengthy pause in the fighting unless hostages are released. Administration officials argue they have had success in some areas as they work to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Still, steady pressure by the Biden administration on Israel to refine its war plans and define its objectives in Gaza has not yielded the level of clarity many US officials say is necessary.

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☆ Massive surge in the buying of Israel Bonds from the United States
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Jason Gewirtz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

It also makes 2023 a record year for Israel Bonds. Two counties in Florida, Broward and Palm Beach, also bought Israel Bonds in the last four weeks, as did Ohio's Franklin County. A spokesperson for the bank called the sales part of "a more than 35 year relationship with Israel Bonds." Celal Gunes | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesExecutives at Israel Bonds said about $250 million of the total raised in the last month came from individual investors, large and small, throughout the United States, who purchased the bonds directly. Naveh, the CEO of Israel Bonds, lives in the town of Savyon, just east of Tel Aviv.

Persons: Jack Guez, Israel Bonds, Celal, Dani Naveh, Nir Elias, Thomas DiNapoli, Ilan Rosenberg Organizations: Development Corporation, Israel, Palestinian, Afp, Getty, Finance, Bonds, Israel Bond, Bank, Cleveland, Key Bank, of American University, Washington , D.C, Anadolu Agency, CNBC, Gaza, Reuters, Hamas, Gaza Ministry, Health, New York State, New York Locations: United States, Palestinian, Tel Aviv, Israel, Florida , New York , Alabama, Arizona , Ohio , Illinois , Texas, Georgia , Oklahoma , Nevada , Louisiana, South Carolina , Indiana, Pennsylvania, Florida , Broward, Palm, Franklin County, New Jersey, Gaza, Washington ,, Petah Tikva, Savyon, Kibbutz Be'eri

Gaza City, the Hamas militant group's main bastion in the territory, is now surrounded by Israeli forces. The military said troops have advanced to the heart of the city, while Hamas says its fighters have inflicted heavy losses. Air strikes had also killed a Hamas weapons maker, Mahsein Abu Zina, and several fighters, the Israeli military said. The Israeli military had told them they should move south of the Wadi Gaza wetlands along the main Salah al-Din Road. Hamas's armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said its fighters had destroyed an Israeli tank in Gaza City.

Persons: General Guterres, Khan Younis, Mohammed Abu Daqa, Daniel Hagari, Mahsein Abu Zina, U.N, General Antonio Guterres, Christian Lindmeier, Mohammed Al, Masri, Rights Israel, Salah, Al Shifa, Israel's, Yahya Sinwar, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nidal al, Angel, Emily Rose, Maayan, Rami Amichay, Matt Spetalnick, Michael Perry, Angus MacSwan, Mark Heinrich, Simon Cameron, Moore, Peter Graff, Alex Richardson Organizations: Jihad, Reuters NEXT, REUTERS, Rights, Hamas, Reuters, ABC, U.S, Thomson Locations: Israel, GAZA, JERUSALEM, Gaza, Palestinian, Iran, Geneva, Beach, Gaza City, Wadi Gaza, al, Washington, Israeli, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

☆ Russia is turning increasingly hostile toward Israel as it picks sides in the Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JANUARY 23: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) attend their meeting at Prime Minister's Office on January 23, 2020 in Jerusalem, Israel. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi greets Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 19, 2022. Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad during a meeting in Sochi on November 20, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares to greet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting on Jan. 23, 2020, in Jerusalem. Russia's President Vladimir Putin with senior Saudi officials in 2014.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mikhail Svetlov, Russia's, Petroleum Javad, Putin, Erdogan, Ebrahim Raisi, John Drennan, Sergei Savostyanov, Mark Galeotti, Israel, Israel Russia's, Sergei Lavrov, Bashar al, Assad, UN Vasily Nebenzya, Tatiana Stanovaya, Stanovaya, Rob Griffith Organizations: Israeli, Minister's Office, Getty, Israel's, Petroleum, Turkish, Israel, U.S . Institute of Peace, AFP, Ministry, Russian Foreign Affairs, Russian, UN, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Kremlin, America, Saudi, Afp Locations: JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, Jerusalem, Israel, Russia, Gaza, East, Tehran, Iran, Ukraine, Syria, Moscow, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Arabia, Sochi, Tel Aviv

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