Israel Rescues Two Hostages In Rafah
"Fernando Simon Marman (60) and Norberto Louis Har (70) were extracted in a joint operation by the IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Police in Rafah. They were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7."...
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He is a 1981 graduate of Hamilton College and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School. At Harvard he was Senior Editor of the Harvard International Law Journal and Director of Litigation for the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project.
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"Fernando Simon Marman (60) and Norberto Louis Har (70) were extracted in a joint operation by the IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Police in Rafah. They were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7."...
My appearance on Chicago's Morning Answer talking about the SCOTUS Colorado oral argument and the Special Counsel report about Biden being an “Elderly Man With a Poor Memory”...
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"Applicants may be of any ethnic group."...
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