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After the British turned away Holocaust survivors from Israel, the UN voted to partition the land.
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God may make it difficult for us to approach Him in order to increase our eventual reward.
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Clarity sometimes comes when you least expect it.
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In sports and in life, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
The British promised to create a Jewish state, but served their own Arab-linked interests as millions died in the Holocaust.
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