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Rashida Tlaib’s insistence on pushing her Nakba lie and the UN giving its stamp of approval made me want to go back in time and review a period that seems to have been swept under the rug and forgotten. I will hit some of the highlights.

Both Democrats and Republicans have recognized that Israel stabilizes and fortifies the powder keg called the Middle East. For the past 75 years, since the establishment of the modern State of Israel, this has been true. America needs Israel and Israel needs America. It is for all practical purposes a mutual admiration society.

I have devoted this column to try to make the world a better place. One topic I have never ventured into is wildlife conservation. I have a son who is a veterinarian, so this should be a natural fit for me.

The planned Ukraine spring counter-offensive is about to begin, with no end in sight. No world leader has been able to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table. Stone Age war has been going on for over a year with one commentator, Luke Coffey of the Hudson Institute, stating, “US policymakers should see this war as a series of campaigns that will stretch for years instead of a disconnected series of battles lasting months.”

There is a lot of time before the 2024 presidential election, but the core issues are taking shape now. Although the last election was won and lost over the COVID pandemic, it does not appear that this will even be one of the top ten issues even debated.

Rabbi David Fendel, the rosh yeshivah of the Hesder Yeshiva of Sderot, spent this past Shabbos in Atlantic Beach. He has helped develop Sderot into a thriving and bustling metropolis for the past 30 years. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are graduates of Rabbi Fendel’s yeshivah. He has over 2,000 alumni. He is a remarkable and extraordinary man. I have visited Sderot multiple times on my missions to Israel. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman reminded me that we went to Sderot together in 2014. Nassau County will be partnering with Sderot in the near future.