Hamas Has Lost Its Mojo in Gaza, by Dexter Van Zile (Algemeiner)
Dec. 29, 2019 Talk about being obtuse. The folks at The Palestine Chronicle, a pro-Hamas propaganda outfit operating as a non-profit organization here in the US, is trying to put the best possible spin on the collapse of the “Great March of Return” protests that have petered out after almost two years of failure. “It’s still […]
Read More →Hamas’s Honesty and the Deal of the Century by Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Inst.)
Apr. 17, 2019 Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s threats serve as a reminder that Hamas and other Palestinian terror group consider Israel one big settlement that needs to be annihilated. Above all, Hamas has never accepted the “two-state solution” or changed its charter, which explicitly states: “When our enemies usurp some Islamic lands, Jihad [holy war] […]
Read More →Leading Pollsters Review the Current Israeli-Palestinian Climate – Nader Said and Tamar Hermann (Washington Inst. for Near East Policy via Daily Alert)
Feb. 13, 2019 Leading Pollsters Review the Current Israeli-Palestinian Climate – Nader Said and Tamar Hermann Nader Said is president of the Palestinian firmArab World for Research and Development (AWRAD): 62% of Palestinians approved of the recent attacks on Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank: 51% among West Bank residents and 78% among Gazans. […]
Read More →Hamas makes it clear it has no interest in peace with Israel, by Vivian Bercovici (National Post)
Oct. 16, 2018 Photos of these so-called ‘peaceful’ protests show an overwhelmingly young, male crowd, armed with Molotov cocktails, knives and grenades Click here for article
Read More →Get Serious about Human Shields – Mark Dubowitz and Orde Kittrie (WSJ via Daily Alert)
Aug. 23, 2018 Get Serious about Human Shields – Mark Dubowitz and Orde Kittrie Terrorists’ use of human shields is a remarkably effective tactic against countries like the U.S. and Israel, whose ethical and military codes require avoiding civilian casualties. Terrorists hide among civilians to shelter themselves from lawful attack or deliberately cause civilian casualties. The […]
Read More →Welcome To The Dysfunctional Relationship Between Israelis, American Jews, by Yossi Klein Halevi (Jewish Week, ?from TOI)
May 30, 2018 Navigating contradictory geographies. American Jews live in the safest and most accepting diaspora Jews have known; Israelis live in the most dangerous region on the planet. Click here for full article
Read More →A DOSE OF NUANCE: IF AMERICAN JEWISH PROGRESSIVES REALLY SEEK CHANGE…by Daniel Gordis (J. Post)
July 18, 2018 It is that utter lack of interest in what actually interests the citizens of Israel that has to change. Israel is composed of Orthodox Jews who (aside from a few statistically meaningless exceptions) are opposed to any change to the long-standing status quo and the mass of secular Israelis who, while not opposed to […]
Read More →Liberman calls on ‘hypocritical’ Europeans to cut ties with Iran (TOI)
July 11, 2018 Europe has no qualms about giving cash to Iranian regime which imprisoned teen over dancing video, but then interferes with Israeli security concerns, defense minister charges Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Wednesday called out European countries for being hypocritical in condemning Israel over its security activities while having no qualms about trading […]
Read More →To those of you who missed Col. Richard Kemp last night at Shaarei Shomayim (in Toronto)
I heard Col. Richard Kemp speak last night at Shaarei Shomayim, in an event sponsored by Israel Bonds and the Lone Soldier Center in memory of Michael Levin (a former lone soldier killed in the 2nd Lebanon war). Col. Kemp is truly a great friend of Israel, spoke with great humour and didn’t say a […]
Read More →Palestinians who want the IDF to kill them (EoZ)
Jun. 21, 2018 From the Washington Post: Fathi Harb wanted to commit suicide by soldier. So he went to a protest this spring along Gaza’s border, hoping Israeli snipers would shoot him, his grandfather recalled. When they didn’t, Harb, 22, tried again, returning to another protest soon after, and again he survived. Then, last month, he […]
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