There is a fundamental difference between the American (and international) approach and the Israeli approach to halting the violence. The western democracies and their legal system view a cease-fire as a desirable end to be achieved, in and of itself, to be followed by negotiations to resolve differences diplomatically. Israel believes that Hamas is a … More Gaza War 24 May
I watched part of a hair curling video last night. It was created by the IDF mostly by using captured footage from the body cameras of Hamas terrorists who participated in the October 7th massacre. It shows what actually happened to the girl soldiers at Kibbutz Nahal Oz assigned to watching the border using remote … More Gaza War 23 May
Despite the public pronouncements that The US has Israel’s back, what we see today is that the US is busy stabbing Israel in the back. American officials are releasing reports that Hamas as actually not lost most of its strength. Hamas has been able to recruit new terrorists to the extent that are at about … More Gaza War 22 May
The IDF ground operation in Rafah provided proof over the weekend of why it was necessary. Israeli troops found the graves of 4 of the hostages that had been listed as in Hamas custody. The bodies were taken to Israel for reburial. This leaves the total of individuals still held by Hamas at 128. It … More Gaza War 19 May
It would be wonderful if this war were to be the last war. People have said this after so many wars. The key question is what will be after the war is over. Each side has a vision. On the Israeli side, the vision of Prime Minister is defined mostly by what will not be. … More Gaza War 16 May
President Biden is the man at the top who makes the final decisions. But we all know that the details, and often the main ideas, are put together long before he steps in. I want to introduce you to a pair of those lesser players who may have a big voice in some of the … More Gaza War 15 May
Once again CNN features as a major source of bias and misinformation. The media giant reported on destruction of Gazan agricultural land; basically blaming Israel. CNN could find no reason for the destruction. Hamas tunnels (and other concealed fighting structures) were never mentioned. A cursory glance at a map showing the locations from which Hamas … More Gaza War 13 May
There have been many US congress members who have spoken out against the Biden administrations attempt to withhold weapons from Israel. The outcry came from both Republicans and Democrats. It was enough for the US to make a couple of revised offers. First, they said they would provide the weapons, but on condition that they … More Gaza War 12 May
The idea that the US government does not understand the Arab world has been mentioned here before. President Biden’s decision to withhold some US weapons from delivery to Israel is another manifestation of this, but with a lot of extra stupidity thrown in. Biden may have been trying to bolster his position for the coming … More Gaza War 10 May
Hamas has an experienced propaganda department. It showed when they announced acceptance of a cease-fire deal just in time for the Israeli main evening TV news. In previous cease-fire deals they regularly fired rockets just minutes before the agreements went into effect in order to claim they were still fighting. This evening the announcement was … More Gaza War 7 May
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