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November 12, 2024 • Israel's Defense Minister was fired last week by Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu who said that trust had "eroded" between them. The now former defense minister met with ...

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Rufus Easton laid out Alton's original plat in 1818, with Rev. Thomas Lippincott's help, but never lived in the town.