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    <title>Richard D. Heideman</title>
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    <description>Richard D. Heideman is senior counsel at Heideman Nudelman &amp; Kalik, PC of Washington, D.C. He has testified before numerous governments on human and victims rights matters. He has served in senior leadership roles in Jewish communal organizations, including as chairman of The Israel Forever Foundation, chairman of the JNS International Policy Summit and a former president of B’nai B’rith International.</description>
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      <title>In Armenia, trampling on religious freedom and democratic values</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If the government is allowed to rescind the rights of Armenia’s national church with impunity, what is to stop its Jewish community from suffering the same treatment?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>From hate to justice</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ninety years after they were passed, the legacy of Nuremberg still resonates as antisemitism surges around the world.]]></description>
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      <title>Resistance is terror</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The moral justification implied by “resistance” is rendered meaningless when it involves bombings, rocket attacks, rape and the abduction of civilians.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Gaza protectorate is needed to replace Hamas and better the lives of those in the region</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The people of Gaza are trapped between Hamas’s leadership and outdated groups like UNRWA that perpetuate their dependency and grievances.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:31:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A call for global action</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The silence of the world on Iran’s innumerable crimes is dangerously deafening.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:17:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Qatar behind Hamas</title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Tipograph]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[The country’s role in Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre and its massive influence operation in the U.S. demand a serious investigation.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 17:29:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>This is not the time for fear</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This is the time for action to hold terrorists and their sponsors legally accountable.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:49:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The history of apartheid proves Israel is not an apartheid state</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The apartheid defamation is another example of antisemitic demonization.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:35:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The audacity of Mahmoud Abbas</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Peace cannot come until the anti-Semitic Palestinian leader leaves the stage.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 17:25:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Needed: A Gaza protectorate to replace Hamas</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The freedom-loving world must step in now, before more lives are destroyed, along with any hope for a bright future for the women, children, men and families currently held hostage by the terrorist organization.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2021 05:29:44 GMT</pubDate>
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