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Ephemera

by Rita Leistner

“He who says he is protecting you is robbing you.” This Arabic saying refers here to Hezbollah leader
Hassan Nasrallah (right). The cedar tree is the national symbol of Lebanon.

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During the bombing of Lebanon this past summer, the Israel Defense Forces dropped hundreds of thousands of leaflets on the country. Here are two examples, with translations of the Arabic text.

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