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- ↑ "הדף המבוקש לא נמצא על השרת - אוניברסיטת בר-אילן". www1.biu.ac.il.
- ↑ Caroline Glick Receives ‘Guardian Of Zion’ Award [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Bar-Ilan University's Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies to Bestow its Guardian of Zion Award upon Malcolm I. Hoenlein - Bar Ilan University". www1.biu.ac.il.
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