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There’s No Such Thing As Bad News For Trump’s Israeli Fans. Literally.
Miriam Berger | BuzzFeed News
Niran Dishi doesn’t know anyone who doesn’t love Donald Trump. Since he first saw Trump debating Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on television during the campaign last year “all of my friends and all of my family love him,” he said.

But what does he think about Trump’s ties to the alt-right? Or the rise in anti-Semitism that has been

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