The media is full of speculation regarding when and where the Iranian reaction to the assassination of Ismail Haniya will be. What is not being asked (and it should be) is why? Haniya was a top official in an Iranian proxy terror organization. He was on a lot of Most Wanted lists. But the clerics … More Gaza War 2 Aug
The death of Ismail Haniyeh has resulted in lots of threats of revenge, retribution, and war. One of the reports referred to Haniyeh as a “moderate”. I’m astonished that anyone can call a leader of an organization that is devoted to the destruction of Israel and will not even engage in face to face negotiations … More Gaza War 1 Aug
Israeli PM Netanyahu is en route to the US where he will address congress. He took along a large number of members of families of kidnap victims still held by Hamas. The obvious reason is to provide a counter to the constant flow of Hamas propaganda featuring dead and injured Palestinians in the media (especially … More Gaza War 23 Jul
“It was the best of time. It was the worst of times.” Those words are the start of the Dickens classic Tale of Two Cities. Yesterday was the tale of two (failed) assassination attempts. One was aimed at American presidential candidate Donald Trump. The other targeted Hamas military leader Muhammed Depp. The former resulted in … More Gaza War 14 July
There are some conflicting reports coming from the Gaza strip. On one hand, the IDF is still patrolling and discovering additional tunnels, arms caches, and similar items, while killing Hamas terrorists. Some of the tunnels are new. Hamas is still constantly searching for new recruits. Young Palestinians are given minimal training in weapons and explosives … More Gaza War 9 Jul
Hamas has made an attempt to reuse the fake news “starvation” claim. This time they say the problem exists only in the northern Gaza strip which is under Israeli control. It is still just as untrue as it was before. An interesting side note to this is that there over 1000 trucks of aid that … More Gaza War 4 Jul
There isn’t much fighting in Gaza. The IDF has withdrawn most of the combat troops and Hamas is avoiding confrontation, The people Hamas is taking on now are Gaza residents. Hamas seems to be looking at ;the day after’, and is simply killing any people, or families, that might be a problem when they try … More Gaza War 27 Jun
The world has had 9 months to convince Hamas to obey international law and release all the hostages they are holding captive. So far, it appears they have done nothing. They are willing to give free advice to Israel about what to do to appease Hamas. This advice, like most free advice, is worth what … More Gaza War 10 Jun
It feels like it took a long time for Israeli PM Netanyahu to realize that while his ideal of the day after wasn’t going to happen, there were other alternatives that might. The IDF will be providing protection for a pilot program in Jabaliya where Fatah representatives will handle the distribution of aid to Gazan … More Gaza War 3 Jun
This morning the media are off on another feeding frenzy over the death of Palestinians in Rafah. As usual, everyone is blaming Israel. And as usual, no one is looking beyond the simplistic headlines and horrific graphic images provided by Hamas. Let’s start by agreeing on a few facts. Yes, Israel attacked a location in … More Gaza War 28 May
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