Posts Tagged: hamas
New Netflix Series Shines Light on Israel’s Counter-Terror Expertise
Israel’s use of targeted killings during the Second Intifada is the focus of an episode of a new Netflix docuseries. While controversial, the practice of assassinating...
Next Flare-Up in Gaza Is Only a Matter of Time
JNS.org - Last week’s flare-up between Israel and Hamas saw both parties displaying determination alongside restraint, as neither really wants another war. Both sides tried...
How Hamas Wins
Hamas wins. That’s the worst sentence to write. When this happens, the people of the Gaza Strip lose and the people of Israel lose. But...
Watchdog: Human Rights NGOs Are Silent on Hamas’ Rocket Terrorism
Major human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have failed to condemn the barrage of rockets and mortars fired indiscriminately into Israel by Hamas, a survey published...
Outrage Ensues as Israeli Minister Calls Gaza Assault on Southern Israel ‘Minor’
Israeli Minister for Regional Cooperation Tzachi Hanegbi sparked outrage throughout government leadership and in the general public on Thursday when he called Hamas’s recent barrage...
Is the Situation in Gaza the ‘Problem from Hell’?
JNS.org - Avigdor Lieberman announced that he was stepping down as defense minister on Wednesday, in protest of what he called the Israeli government’s “capitulation...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Faces Snap Election Calls After Defense Minister Quits
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced calls on Thursday from his coalition partners to hold an early election, a day after the defense minister's resignation...
Praising Netanyahu’s Caution
JNS.org - People demonstrated in the streets of Sderot on Tuesday, and who could blame them? They had spent days running back and forth to...
Trauma and Terror: The View From Israel’s South
The sound of crunching under my feet made me wince. Amidst the debris, lay the belongings of the residents of a four-story apartment block in the Israeli...
Anti-Israel CAIR Leader Who Slammed Interfaith Dialogue Wins Community Award
Last month, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) leader Zahra Billoo said that "pro-Israel work is pro-terror, pro-violence ... and pro-apartheid." Days later, Billoo received the Community...
Hamas Rockets and the Idea of Two States
JNS.org - Does it really matter what started the shooting at the border between Israel and Hamas-run Gaza? To outward appearances, it looks like it was...
The 13-Year Tragedy of Gaza
JNS.org - The United Nations -- the incredibly morally defunct, hypocritical organization that thinks it has some kind of higher moral authority to dictate to others -- said that a...
Hamas Warns Ashkelon Residents: Entire City Is a Military Target
Hamas has issued a warning to residents of Ashkelon, telling them to stay away from the entire city since, "The [Israeli] army uses the city in its...
No ‘Both Sides to Blame’ Excuse for Hamas Escalation, Israeli Envoy Tells UN as Gaza Ceasefire Takes Hold
Israel's envoy to the United Nations has urged the UN Security Council to avoid the trap of "blaming both sides" for the escalation on Jewish...
