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      <title>The sanctity of life and the price of its surrender</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Since Oct. 7, I return to one question: not why a person is willing to die, but for what he chooses to live, until his final moment.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Though it only regulates the right to immigrate and obtain Israeli citizenship, the law has a significant impact on the processes taking place in Israeli society and in Jewish communities around the world.]]></description>
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