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
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 appears that President Biden thinks the Muslim vote is more important than the Jewish vote in the coming election. He has obviously abandoned Israel and hopes to win Michigan in exchange. What isn’t as obvious is that he has thrown his support to Hamas, a known terrorist organization. By limiting Israel he allows Hamas … More Gaza War 9 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
The American Gaza temporary port for receiving humanitarian aid is now being constructed. As this is happening some new items are coming to light. Some of these may be fake news, but the idea that someone would take the trouble to report them is even interesting on its own. First. There is another report that … More Gaza War 30Apr
The Jewish Passover holiday starts tonight. I will not be posting during the holiday. The single most important thing I want to say before this break is that there are still 133 hostages that have not been released. I suspect that between 40-60 of them are no longer alive. It’s hard to be specific about … More Gaza War 22 Apr
Hamas has won the Gaza War. More accurately, Israel has lost. American President Biden has won. It may turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory. As of today, neither Israel no Hamas have given final approval to the US sponsored agreement for hostage release. The draft talks about a 6 week cease-fire and initial release … More Gaza War 9 Apr
Hamas is winning the media war. Even if they aren’t, they think they are. Even Nasrallah in Lebanon went on record to say that the anti-government demonstrations in Israel are proof that there will soon be a cease-fire without any Israeli objectives having been achieved. To help this perception, the IDF has pulled troops out … More Gaza War 8 Apr
The media are trotting out ‘experts’ to tell us that there is no military solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict,, Who are they trying to convince? Obviously not Hamas. Remember, Hamas was the one that started all this with a military operation that killed 1,200 people. So the target must be Israel. The US wants to … More Gaza War 7 Apr
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