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- ↑ "Judaism on Our Own Terms: The answer to an anti-Zionist Jewish future?". May 22, 2024.
- ↑ "Iraq Virtual Jewish History Tour". Jewish Virtual Library . Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ↑ "'Our ideology is our pain': Notes of an Israeli Black Panther". +972 Magazine . Retrieved 2024-01-25.