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 mooted hostage deal doesn’t look likely. Hamas had been holding out for a cease fire with guarantees that they would remain in power. It seems they thought that other countries would not allow Israel to move against Rafah, and international pressure would make the Israelis accept Hamas demands. That situation may be changing. The … More Gaza War 6 May
Israel is subjected to rocket attacks aimed (imperfectly or sometimes even unintentionally) at civilian targets on a daily basis. Those attacks rarely hurt anyone because the IDF is effective in defending against them. This morning a large missile was launched against Israel from Lebanon. It fell inside Lebanese territory and caused a loud explosion. The … More Gaza War 5 May
Warning! I am about to complain (again) about one of my least favorite TV news programs. If you guessed it was CNN, you’re right. This is the way I saw it. Today I watched CNN ‘report’ on an alleged IDF air attack on an Arab ‘refugee’ camp. The report said they checked with the IDF … More Gaza War 2 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
A couple of hours ago Israel conducted a retaliation strike on Iran. The whole operation was carried out in close cooperation with the US. Here are the details that I’ve been able to extract from all the other garbage the various news media have been presenting. First, it was a very limited attack. Three missiles … More Gaza War 19 Apr
While the media today is reporting threats and statements by Iranian government officials the numbers from the economic sector tell a different story. Iran has been in an economic inflationary spiral for some time. The government there was trying new measures since about last July to reduce the inflation rate. They did appear to be … More Gaza War 17 Apr
The big guessing game this morning is what Israel will do to retaliate against Iran. Anyone asking that question has lost sight of the really important questions. When will Hamas release the remaining hostages (held in blatant violation of international law)? When will Iran release the MSC Lines ship captured by the IRGC (taken in … More Gaza War 16 Apr
The Iranian attack on Israel yesterday is likely to be studied by professional military men all over the world. Here are a few points to consider: The entire attack was actually for show. Iran informed some countries of exactly when the event would occur. They intentionally did not fire on population centers in order not … More Gaza War 15 Apr
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