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Advisor, mentor to nonprofits, leadership, fundraisers | Chief Advancement Officer at Beit Issie Shapiro in Israel

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Michael J. Lawrence
8 years
As a Jew and an Israeli I am banned from visiting very many Muslim countries. A visit may cost me my life or freedom. I've seen no protests
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Michael J. Lawrence
10 months
@antonioguterres Did u see that nasty CCTV footage at Shifa Hospital in Gaza? #AskingForAFriend
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@PounderJane1 Probably enrolling at @Harvard
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@Malala 6 year old child killed hours ago in direct missile hit on his home. Israeli child that is. Meantime millions of Israeli kids sitting in bomb shelters and in rubble of their homes. Schools closed for days.
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 years
To be clear. My focus is the fact barred entry of Jews exists unchallenged in many countries. U reject such policy? Reject it EVERYWHERE!
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 months
@Aboujahjah Can u please report on your work to identify the Hamas terrorists and Gaza civilians who raped, burned, mutiliated and kidnapped Israeli women and children? Or is that not part of your noble mission at this time? #askingforafriend
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@amanpour @pressfreedom Really? Dozens of reporters in Gaza were in bed w Hamas, collaborated w terror and even participated in Oct 7 massacres. Crocodile tears!
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 years
I'm not evaluating US policy. Glad US welcomes open debate, protest. I'm expressing disgust at world ignoring decades' ban on Jews, Israelis
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
#BREAKING unconfirmed: Lovely gentleman in Amman, Jordan just got himself shot while trying to slaughter Israeli Embassy staff.
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@antonioguterres Antarctica? Perhaps a visit to an Israel under attack might have been the right move for a world "leader".
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
Make no mistake about it. "Lone wolf" in #Manhattan comes from the same pack of wolves that go hunting in France, Germany, UK, US, Israel
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 months
@Bushra1Shaikh Hamas has exposed themselves as child rapists, murderers, liars and kidnappers. Oh and kvetching cowards.
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Michael J. Lawrence
6 years
Stage 1: Abbas suffocates Gaza & Hamas Stage 2: Hamas tantrums and fires rockets at Israel, increases border riots & incursions Stage 3: Israel defends itself Stage 4: Abbas launches tirade of abuse at Israel, accusing it of suffocating Gaza and murdering his "brothers"
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The Times of Israel
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Abbas planning to widen anti-Hamas push as Palestinian rift grows
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@babadookspinoza It's called protecting free sea passage and global shipping. A major pillar of international law.
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Michael J. Lawrence
6 years
Simple Mathematics: if ZERO Palestinians try to tear down the border, injure IDF soldiers or infiltrate into Israel from Gaza today, ZERO Palestinians will end today dead or wounded.
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Michael J. Lawrence
9 months
@MuhammadSmiry Numbers provided by Hamas of course. Strangely it took Israel weeks to identify 1400 murdered by Hamas but you seem to be able to locate, identify and acount the dead within hours. Time to tell the truth Mr Smiry!
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 months
@agelender Weaponizing rape, mutilating and burning teenage girls and women in front of their kids didn't awaken everyone. Jews dancing with a Torah scroll in a war of survival against brutal Islamic soldiers, oh that's terrible!
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Michael J. Lawrence
6 years
Yes. This evening. Dozens of Orthodox youth in Jerusalem singing songs from the Torah and famous prayers for the families of the Conservative shul in #Pittsburgh . Our differences need not divide us. Ever.
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Michael J. Lawrence
6 years
Do NOT retweet this. It's just exhausted, frightened Jewish kids hiding in a stairwell during this weekend's Palestinian rocket attacks. I repeat. Not newsworthy. Do NOT retweet!
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Michael J. Lawrence
6 years
🇮🇱🇮🇱 OMG Can you feel that? Tonight we brought 80 Ethiopians home to their families and friends, to their people in #Israel @JewishAgency @Isaac_Herzog
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Michael J. Lawrence
10 months
@DrTedros @WHO My lord they knew Hamas was holding and abusing hostages there and said nothing. Impressive indeed!
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Michael J. Lawrence
9 months
@MyriamFrancoisC "Behave"??? What are you? Israel's parent or school teacher? By fall back in line surely you don't mean we should just let our "peace partners" carry out terror attacks and rape, burn and slaughter our children? Or perhaps that's EXACTLY what you mean.
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 years
@JLRelkin My statement is not an expression of opinion on US policy. But it strikes me as strange that I am banned and world silent.
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Michael J. Lawrence
5 years
@IDF What a riot! Cancel school, get your own kids killed. Point the finger at Israel. Fire rockets. Love it. Works every single time. Cameras ready? And goooo...
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Michael J. Lawrence
9 months
@amnesty Ceasefire helps Hamas. Where is your Global Day of Action for release for hostages held by Hamas terrorists?
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
This morning Palestinians attempted to murder a 9 year old girl as she traveled in a car. If that is what a society considers a rational response to a declaration on Jerusalem, I thank God such violent thugs do not have the keys to the holy city
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
Speaker of the Romanian Parlaiment: We are considering moving the Romanian Embassy to Jerusalem
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יו"ר הפרלמנט הרומני: "שוקלים להעביר לירושלים את השגרירות הרומנית"
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 months
@BeckettUnite Hamas has broadcasted that all aid first goes to them, to Hamas soldiers. We've seen them hijacking aid trucks. Why are you blaming Israel when we can all see what's going on? Continuation of 17 years of Hamas stealing aid dollars, aid building equipment, aid medical supplies.
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 months
@firasshams1 They know that Europe is next if Israel falls. Islamic terrorism does not stop at Israel's borders.
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Michael J. Lawrence
10 months
@MarioNawfal Hold on! There are vehicles right there behind him! Why are they making him walk? For the cameras? #Pallywood
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
Honduras and Paraguay may be next with Jerusalem embassy move announcements
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@Sophiemcneill Sophie we've all seen footage of Hamas stealing aid trucks, food and medicines. It's their weapon of war against their own. Sickening.
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 months
@JustLuai Many millions of dishonest tweets from pro-Hamas anti-Jewish liars - all for nothing.
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@OwenJones84 Palestinian lives have been reduced to rubble and given zero value by their own "leaders". Not by Israel.
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@Lana_Tatour Why is Hamas starving their people?
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
@NTarnopolsky America should make this decision based on European views on Jerusalem status? Europe the great even-handed, helpful global peacemaker?
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Michael J. Lawrence
5 years
@Omar_Gaza But Ismail Haniyeh mansions, yes
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 years
@AffyAffyAffy @blowsommo Seeking attention to a decades long discrimitory policy against Jews is not attention seeking
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@SaulStaniforth If Hamas had released civilian hostages and surrender, the war would be over and Palestinians would be free from violent Hamas rule.
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Michael J. Lawrence
5 years
Why?? Because Iranians want this! Isn't it time we got behind the long-suffering Iranian people?
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Michael J. Lawrence
5 years
Straight from the plane tonight to the Western Wall. Erev #YomKippur 11pm.
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Michael J. Lawrence
9 months
@BeckettUnite Planet Hamas where apartments, schools, mosques and hospitals become justified targets as they are used by the Palestinian army to plan, launch attacks and missile barrages (see: Oct 7th)
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
URGENT: Please pray for Ebenezer ben Malka, a Bnei Menashe father of 5 young kids who was badly wounded by a Palestinian terrorist this morning. He has a subdermal hematoma (bleeding in the brain) and is currently in surgery @shaveiisrael
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 years
@AffyAffyAffy @blowsommo Is there a wrong or right time to raise issues of discrimination?
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Michael J. Lawrence
9 months
@MariamBarghouti One word missing from your speech here Mariam: Hamas When you leave Hamas and Oct 7th out of your thesis, you show a deep failure to TRULY understand the current crisis. Your comparisons to Holocaust no make sense. Nazi Germany exterminated 6million Jews without cause. Israel
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Michael J. Lawrence
5 years
@business But try defining "disinformation"...
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 years
@EESprite I'm not commenting on US policy. I'm simply astounded at inaction related to full and decades-old ban on Jews, Israelis
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
Today is #PalmSunday . Tens of Christians in #Egypt have been slaughtered in Islamic terrorist attack on their church. What a disgrace.
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Michael J. Lawrence
5 years
@lsarsour Our spelling words for homework?
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
And as promised, last night the IDF located the slaughterers. The long arm of Israel will always find you.
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Michael J. Lawrence
10 months
@ICRC And health workers shouldn't be in bed with Hamas. They knew hostages were being held in Shifa, knew Hamas had HQ there and LIED to the world.
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Michael J. Lawrence
5 years
The man ahead of me in line at the supermarket has a Bible open and is practicing his Torah reading for Shabbat. Out loud. Every moment is precious. Use it. #Israel
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 years
@EESprite My point is clear. If we are going to protest discrimination let's not ignore another grp of people. I'm not an analyst on the US
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
UPDATE: looks like Palestinian-style vehicle attack on crowd outside #Barcelona kosher restaurant, then armed terrorists entering, shooting
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 years
#Hanukkah chutzpah. Someone forgotten Hanukkah is all about a Jewish Temple in (East) Jerusalem? (Thanks @Ostrov_A for seeing Kerry's tweet)
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Michael J. Lawrence
10 months
@antonioguterres Jewish Israeli women too? #BringThemHome
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 months
@mehdirhasan Except Hamas carried out massive war crimes and invaded Israel on Oct 7th and has used civilians, homes, hospitals and mosques and for military use. The aggressor is now squealing.
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@MariamBarghouti There is no genocide. Period.
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Knock us down? We're getting straight back up. Again and again 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 #YomHaatzmaut #Israel
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Michael J. Lawrence
10 years
Why have CNN and BBC placed "terror attack" in quotation marks after this morning's synagogue slaughter? What else could it have been?
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Michael J. Lawrence
5 years
London calling... New Arab group says it’s time to stop boycotting Israel
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Michael J. Lawrence
6 years
@charliekirk11 @TheRandomJew Don't forget the Jerusalem Embassy promise... kept.
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Michael J. Lawrence
9 months
A special "Miracles and Wonders" #Chanukah greeting from the inventors of Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system. Thank you @RAFAELdefense . Now more than ever!
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@MalakaShwaikh We've all seen that Palestinians have smartphones and plenty of battery. If this is all true, let's see it please. Otherwise stop the lies.
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Michael J. Lawrence
5 years
#BREAKING New video depicts Jewish response to #Antisemitism underway #Monsey #MonseyStabbing #Israel
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Michael J. Lawrence
6 years
@HillelNeuer @guardian Can you imagine a 9/11 headline: Saudis and Americans killed in attacks on NYC and the Pentagon
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 months
@ClareDalyMEP Clare it took yoy exactly 5 minutes to rewrote the ICJ ruling. Incredible! ICJ ruled no genocide taking place, no ceasefire now, release all Hamas hostages. Stop massaging it to comfort yourself.
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@richimedhurst One minute they are claiming Israel carried out genocide, destroyed Gaza etc and now you're argument is Israel is weak, pathetic and useless. Which is it?
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Michael J. Lawrence
3 years
@AOC When you irresponsibly claim that the Jewish state is carrying out human rights abuses, ethnic cleansing, air force attacks on innocents etc - you, yes you encourage attacks on Jewish people, Zionist.or otherwise. Well done! A tweet or two now will not douse the fires raging.
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Michael J. Lawrence
8 years
@manlygumdrop @SecularKnight66 See my other tweets. I'm not evaluating US policy. I'm horrified by years of silence on ban of Jews, Israelis
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@MariamBarghouti No - it's called honesty. What Israel is doing is not genocide. What Hamas tries to carry out is genocide. By their own admission....
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@HQSatmar Oh but the antisemitic Jew-haters ride on your hatred for Israel. Take responsibility for encouraging Jew hatred.
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
Europe is a weird animal. Hundreds of years of anti-Semitism & at times systematic murder and/or expulsion. So Jews leave Europe & elsewhere and join their people in their historical holy city and homeland. Europe chases them and denies them self-determination there too
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@YonahLieberman Except that he has the story right and the lessons learned spot on. Which Chanukah are you celebrating Yonah?
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Michael J. Lawrence
3 years
@EmmaVigeland I feel like we're in 1st Grade or kindergarten learning about colors. Apparently all Israelis are white (wrong!) and thus systematic state-sponsored attempts to kill Israelis is pretty much OK. Targeting ethnic groups thus is bad unless they are white or Israeli.
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@AvivaKlompas It's called antisemitism. There is no other explanation not to condemn the rape, mutilation and murder of Jewish children
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Michael J. Lawrence
10 years
So a massacred, genocided Gaza managed to celebrate wildly for an hour after Hamas lied to them about IDF soldier captured? What a people!
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Michael J. Lawrence
6 years
So so proud of UK Jewish people, supporters of Israel and those who reject terror - marching without fear, challenging pro-Hezbollah, pro-terror march on the streets of London today via Gavin Gross.
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@YosephHaddad I'm sorry he can't answer right now. He's searching for his best underwear for the upcoming pic.
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@MichalSabra @Natsecjeff They should stick with dancing. It brings delight rather than death and destruction to the world.
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@ColmBurkeTD Hamaspitals
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As 5 Jewish kids bury their Dad, Aunt & Grandfather, a terrorist looks forward to TV, studies in prison and a Palestinian terror stipend.
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Michael J. Lawrence
5 years
@IlhanMN He didn't ban an entire religion. First, he banned folks from specific high-risk countries. Second, Islam (like all religions) is thankfully practiced freely and richly in the US.
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@RMardiniICRC @ICRC Have you lost the phone numbers of Hamas leaders sitting in their 6-star hotel rooms in Qatar???
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New Zealand suspends funding to @UNRWA
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
Honored that @GeorgeWBush will join us tomorrow in NYC for a special @JewishAgency farewell event for @NatanSharansky #CelebrateWithNatan
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@SkyNews Reminds me of spontaneous, unforced clapping for the wondrous peaceloving North Korean leader.
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Michael J. Lawrence
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Israel denies entry to European officials over 'support for Israel boycott'
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@spectatorindex All roads and water lanes lead to one place. Tehran.
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
But let's call a @UN Emergency Session about where an independent country can place it's embassy
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DPRK preparing to launch "Kwangmyongsong-5" satellite into space, according to ROK government sources quoted by a South Korean newspaper. via @W7VOA
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Michael J. Lawrence
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IDF special forces has uncovered the Beit Hanoun Hamas battalion’s main tunnel, which according to the IDF was located deep within the civilian infrastructure, between the Beit Hanoun city hall, a mosque, a soccer court, and a daycare center.
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Michael J. Lawrence
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Tea and Scones for all!!!! Prince William to visit Israel this summer, in first official royal visit via @timesofisrael
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Michael J. Lawrence
6 years
At Zion Square tonight in Jerusalem. Unity. Israelis gather and sing for #Pittsburgh . Differences need not divide us. עם ישראל חי
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@ChaskelBennett This is moral clarity
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Michael J. Lawrence
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@JohnWRees On the first day of this war, the Hamas army murdered 1400 Israelis, raped and tortured women, shot children at point blank range, burned people alive and kidnapped 240. Stop searching for ways to whitewash Hamas crimes.
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Michael J. Lawrence
7 years
In 1937 Europe boycotted us and told us to get out. "Go back where you came from" they snarled. In 2017 Europe voted us out of the city, the land we came from. Today. We. Will. NOT. Be. Moved. @lorde
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Michael J. Lawrence
3 years
Period.
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Michael J. Lawrence
10 years
Dear Diary. UK spent hrs debating #RecognisePalestine . We're all so thankful there aren't genocide, beheadings, epidemics to worry about.
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