Posts Tagged: Israel Gaza
Amid Escalating Threats, Here’s What’s Been Happening in Gaza
Over the past few weeks, fighting in the Gaza Strip has continued at the same reduced pace, and with the same methods on both sides. The...
A Ceasefire in Gaza Could Lead to an Even Greater Threat From Hezbollah
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement on Friday, July 19, that Gaza ceasefire talks are “inside the 10-yard line” raised hope (again) for an...
The Hostages Should Be an International Issue — Not Just an Israeli One
The world witnessed an unprecedented crisis when citizens from 24 countries were abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza as hostages on October 7, 2023. Even...
The Gaza War Is Part of a Larger War with Iran; ‘Total Victory’ in Gaza Right Now Isn’t the Best Approach
Israeli history must be retold as a sequence of three long historical wars. The Iron Swords War does not stand on its own. The campaign...
Al-Shifa Hospital’s Terror Links Ignored as Its Director Released From Israeli Prison
Many are up in arms about the director of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya , being released from Israeli prison on Monday. There wasn’t...
What Comes Next in Gaza? Here Are Some Options — and the Best Solution
Discussions about the future of Gaza are being conducted in isolation, without comparative discourse, and the political dimension is causing opinions to harden rather than...
Here’s What Has Happened on the Ground in Gaza Over the Past Month
The Israeli offensive in the Rafah area gradually took all the ground adjacent to the border between Gaza and Egypt. Over the past few days,...
Reconstruction of Gaza Is the Way to Regain Initiative in War on Hamas
Israel’s wars, according to Israel’s traditional defense strategy, are aimed at thwarting and removing military threats, not at politically shaping the region. Hence our familiar...
Israel’s War on Hamas Is Justified and Morally Correct
Zionist prophet Ze’ev Jabotinsky once reportedly said, "The past lays a railroad track for the future." Jabotinsky also reportedly asked, "'Everybody is wrong and you alone...
Media Reframe IDF Strike on Terrorists in Gaza School to Vilify Israel
Early on Thursday, June 6, the IDF announced that it had targeted Hamas terrorists inside an UNRWA school in Gaza. But media outlets reframed the incident...
A View From the Ground: The Latest in Gaza, Lebanon — and Israeli Casualties
Despite various statements by interested parties, the negotiations between Israel and Hamas are still stuck. Hamas continues to demand a total cessation of Israel’s military...
The Rafah Operation and Yom HaShoah: What’s the Meaning of ‘Never Again’?
Israel’s opening entry into Rafah in Gaza coincided with International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). Israel’s plans and the Biden administration’s response should be understood...
What Would ‘Total Victory’ Mean in Gaza?
In recent years, the concept of decisive victory has eroded in Israel, but October 7 brought it forcefully back to the center of the national...
Israel Must Enter Rafah to Defeat Hamas and Prevent Future Terror Attacks
I almost walked past it, yet it’s been seared into my brain ever since. While visiting a Palestinian town in the West Bank two years...
