In major shift, all but 7 Senate Democrats vote to block weapons sales to Israel
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Yiddish לכּבֿוד יום־העצמאות — אַ לויב דעם מאַלווע־געוויקסOn Yom Haatzmaut — a tribute to the mallow plant
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