So far, today has been another day without the much expected severe Israeli strike in Lebanon. Many foreign airlines are suspending flights to Beirut. Some say the pause will be until 5 Aug. Maybe they know something I don’t. The failure to make a rapid response is being interpreted in some places as a sign … More Gaza War 30 Jul
There are several political leaders who are trying to put an end to the Hamas-Israel War. The problem is, each one has a different solution. Some of the solutions are in direct opposition to others. Let’s look at a few. Hamas leader Yahyah Sinwar wants the war to end with a cease-fire (permanent) and Israeli … More Gaza War 5 Jun
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
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
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
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
It’s not because they aren’t trying. Radical Islamic groups launch rockets at Israel every day. The interesting thing is that they do this even when the results are so poor. The dismal thing is that the world media spends so much time talking about Palestinian dead. There are few Israeli casualties because we value human … More Gaza War 1 Apr
We are in a tragic era. Yesterday, the guards at the gate to our village shot and killed a man in his 60’s. No one, so far, has a reasonable explanation for why. The man was an Arab from Hebron who had converted to Judaism. He had a kitchen knife in his bag. But that … More Gaza War 22 Mar
It seems the US ‘partner’ that will operate the floating pier port for aid to Gaza id the United Arab Emirates. The individual in charge will be Mohammed Dahlan. Dahlan was a well known and important figure in Fatah politics for a long time. He built up the Palestinian Authority Police after the Oslo Accords. … More Gaza War 13 Mar
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