Posts Tagged: Israel Hamas
What to Expect From ‘Palestine’
The love affair that so many politicians, peace processors, and pundits have with the creation of a Palestinian state never ceases to astonish. Advocates constantly...
The Straw That Broke Hamas’ Back?
JNS.org - What more than a decade of a blockade and military pressure couldn’t achieve has been accomplished in less than a month by the...
Hamas Fails to Stop Palestinian Islamic Jihad
For months, the Israeli government has pursued the objective of trying to stabilize the Gaza Strip. It tried to reach new truce understandings with Hamas...
PBS Distorts the Truth About Gaza Violence
For more than a year, Palestinians have violently clashed with Israeli soldiers guarding the Gaza border. The clashes first erupted in March, 2018, originally spun by...
How to Debate Israel’s National Security Decisions
In the public debate about Israel’s national security in general and a desirable Israeli-Palestinian settlement in particular, the dividing line between “political” and “professional” has...
Report: Qatar to Discontinue Funds for Gaza’s Electricity
JNS.org - The Qatari envoy to the Gaza Strip, Mohammad al-Amadi, told Hamas officials his country would discontinue its almost $10 million in funding towards...
When It Comes to Hezbollah and Hamas, Deterrence Is Not Everything
The recent round of hostilities between Hamas and Israel highlighted the question of whether or not deterrence remains a core factor affecting Israeli security along...
There Is No Political Solution for Gaza
According to Tzipi Livni, the MK for the Zionist Union and leader of the opposition, not only is there a political solution to Gaza, but...
A Night of Rockets and Headline Fails
Residents of southern Israel spent Wednesday night in bomb shelters as Palestinians fired a heavy barrage of rockets and mortars (nearly 200, according to the most...
Israel, Gaza, and Syria: A Tale of Two Fronts
JNS.org - Israel has found that it needs to split its attention between its border with Syria, where tensions are high but the risk of...
Despite Progress, a New Israel-Hamas Clash Feels Imminent
JNS.org - The rocket salvo fired at Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip on Wednesday signaled another step on the way to a likely confrontation between...
Israel’s Intelligence Successes Can’t Make Us Complacent Against Hamas
JNS.org - Calling a Hamas-built makeshift passage from Gaza to the Mediterranean Sea a “naval terror tunnel” is a stretch -- considering that the "tunnel"...
The Possibility of Another Gaza War Is Rising
JNS.org - Israel has repeatedly stated that it has no interest in a military campaign in the Gaza Strip, but reality may still drag it...
Gaza Is on Borrowed Time
JNS.org - It was hard to find anyone in Israel who believed that the ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday would last very long. Conventional...
