Dave Bender: davebender.substack.com @davebender
Welcome to Lens & Land: longtime Israeli journalist, former NPR bureau chief, Middle East correspondent, beekeeper, photographer, and reluctant philosopher. facebook.com/davidbrianbend… Israel Joined July 2008-
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