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Washington Post deletes tweet about how hostage’s parents don’t talk about Gaza
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Politics Donald Trump accepts party nomination after a week in which Israel was extolled and isolationists were given center stage
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Politics Republicans cheer Shabbos Kestenbaum, Harvard grad who is suing school over post-Oct. 7 antisemitism
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