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Well in respect of anti-semitism in the US. I recently read the Oppenheimer biography on which the recent film was based on. It describes the central element of Jewish scientists (but also many other nationalities) in the development of the A bomb, at least in part because of the realisation of the danger of Nazis Germany winning WW2, and a growing awareness of the Holocaust. In the book one can see a lot of anti-semitism against jewish academics in US universities prewar. At the same time increasing anti-communism (and many jewish academics were also left leaning, like Oppenheimer), and distrust of them in the context of USSR espionage. So whilst the anti-semitism declined post war, it also partially transformed into rapid anti-communism (lead by Hoover and the FBI). Ironically driving jewish scientists like Einstein etc. out of Germany was probably one contributor to Germany failing in its A bomb project.

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I think James Chaney was a Roman Catholic.

Fred Smoler

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Yes, he was Roman Catholic, and his family was AME.

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I urge you to look up images/videos from the aftermath of the Al Shifa massacre. Unarmed civilians with their legs and hands bound with zip ties executed. Hundreds of bodies and skeletons that are unidentifiable. Bodies that have been purposely mutilated. The youngest body that of a 4 year old. 400 people murdered.

Spend an hour scrolling through @eyeonpalestine on Instagram to see the horrors inflicted by your military.

https://www.instagram.com/eye.on.palestine?igsh=ajY4am9vdWIxbnRl

Al Shifa Massacre

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5NMgrFNJpw/?igsh=MWo2NzBvaGYyNW4zdA==

1 of many starving children

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5EfkVIqoqs/?igsh=eHQ4YmUwaHNob2tp

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Marc calm down. Everything is going to be ok. We are going into Rafah and we will win this war. Mess ups happen not every strike is gonna be perfect.

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I'm interested for you to continue providing detailed historical background on antisemitism in America - while still providing the latest on the current situation both here (in Israel) and in the US.

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