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An acknowledgment of the longstanding friendship between the U.S. and Israel
The United States-Israeli relationship extends to, but does not solely include, allowing Israel to commit grievous war crimes and violations of human rights, illegally expand Israeli settlements to hinder peace with Palestine and two-state solution, and giving Israel unconditional military aid in the form of weapons to kill Palestinians.
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Aladdin perhaps means that he can take Jasmine on a journey through the world, showing her each of its wonders, and perhaps this is even a reference to the Seven Wonders of the World, as they pass an area that looks somewhat like the Greek Acropolis, and a person sculpting the iconic Sphynx and Great Pyramids in Egypt, all what we consider wonders.
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Shalom is a Hebrew greeting used to mean hello (as in this instance), goodbye, and peace
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The Haggadah (Hebrew: הַגָּדָה, “telling”) is a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. Reading the Haggadah at the Seder table is a fulfillment of the Scriptural commandment to each Jew to “tell your son” of the Jewish liberation from slavery in Egypt as described in the Book of Exodus in the Torah
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At a passover seder, traditional Jewish food is eaten, especially matzo. Matzo is a type of unleavened bread – it’s unleavened because the Jews in ancient Egypt didn’t have access to any yeast during their Exodus. Every year people say “I’m gonna eat Matzo even when it’s NOT Passover” but no one ever does
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Eretz Nehederet (Hebrew: ארץ נהדרת, lit. A Wonderful Land) is sort of the Israeli Daily Show, and is one of the most watched and influential shows on Israeli TV. It features satirical references to current affairs of the past week through parodies of the people involved, as well as the thoughts of recurring characters
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The Product Lifecycle Management software for NASA’s Curiosity rover to Mars was developed at a Siemens lab in Israel. The software was so important to Curiosity’s success that an Israeli flag was planted on Mars in recognition of Israel’s contribution to the effort
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The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of 972 texts discovered between 1946 and 1956 at Khirbet Qumran in the West Bank. They were found on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, from which they derive their name. The texts are of great historical, religious and linguistic significance because they include the earliest known surviving manuscripts of works later included in the Hebrew Bible canon
They also reveal whether people’s assholes burned after swimming in the Dead Sea even back in Biblical times
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