Israeli PM Netanyahu is in Washington. US President Trump is looking for new approaches to solve the Gaza problem/crisis. One part inctludes resettling people from the overcrowded conditions in the Gaza strip. The Arab side is not happy with this. Saudi Arabia was very quick to reiterate that any deal with Israel must include a … More Truce 5 Feb
UNRWA (continued) Yesterday I wrote some about how UNRW A was established. Today I want to write about what they are currently involved in doing. The first thing that needs to be mentioned is that everything UNRWA spends in Gaza frees a similar sum for Hamas to use for other things. Hamas exercises control over … More Truce 30 Jan
American president Donald Trump seems to want a peaceful final settlement of the entire Gaza/Palestine/Israel affair. He floated an idea of resettling Gaza Arabs in Egypt or Jordan (or both). The basic idea has some merit. The ‘Arab Refugee’ problem was created by the UN in 1949 when it established UNRWA (United Nations Relief and … More Truce 29 Jan
Gaza/Lebanon War 2 Oct The first siren came at 19:33, local time. My wife and I were on the sofa, watching the evening news. The IDF automated warning system came on and the TV shifted immediately to reporting the Iranian missile attack. I locked the front door and we settled down to await an “All … More
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
Today we have a new scandal to use to grab the headlines. The chief prosecutor of the ICC (International Criminal Court) is asking for warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant. He is also seeking to indict 3 Hamas leaders Ismail Haniya, Yihyah Sinwar, and Mohammed Dief, for violating international law starting … More Gaza War 21 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
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
It looks like all the major players are putting out propaganda statements for their various audiences. The US is trying to please everybody (a strategy that usually fails) by promising Israel “iron-clad security guarantees” while denying them the opportunity to create their own guarantees. The US is asking Israel to protect Palestinian civilians (something the … More Gaza War 26 Feb
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