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Shamgar

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Shamgar (shăm`gär), in the Bible, deliverer and apparently a judge of Israel. He slew 600 Philistines with an ox goad.
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When the topic turns to biblical heroes, the name Shamgar doesn't usually ring a lot of bells.
Rick Santorum's Amen corner: Pennsylvania Pastors Network spotlights ... by Boston, Rob / Church & State
An article by Meron Rapaport in today's Haaretz Magazine relates that when East Jerusalem was annexed in 1968, then-attorney general Meir Shamgar decided not to apply the Absentee Property Law to real estate in Jerusalem that was owned by West Bank residents.
Succumbing to Israeli, U.S. pressure, Annan "dis-appoints" UNRWA head ... by Williams, Ian / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
The penultimate chapter, titled simply, "Failure," decries the decision by the Shamgar Commission, which conducted Israel's official inquiry into the assassination, not to examine the campaign of anti-Rabin incitement.
MURDER IN THE NAME OF GOD: The Plot to Kill Yitzhak Rabin by Brook, Joshua A. / Washington Monthly
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