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"He was a sweet and wonderful man, a fabulous partner and a perfect father. That's how we'll remember him, and hope you will, too."
Like a diver gone a bit too deep and for a bit too long, now desperate to get to the surface to suck in some oxygen, Israelis reveled in the news of the rescue of the four hostages on Shabbat. It had been a long, long time since there had been any substantive good news around here, and though everyone understood that the rescue doesn’t in any way change the strategic quagmire in which Israel is still very stuck, the rescue still evoked scenes of sheer joy and pride.
YNet, Israel’s most-read Hebrew news website, posted a string of scenes from different beaches and pools where the rescue was…
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