On October 16, Islamic Jihad shot a volley of missiles towards central Israel. One of the fell in Gaza and landed in the parking lot of Ahli hospital. No matter, Hamas insisted that Israel deliberately bombed the hospital and killed 500 innocent civilians. And the global community whooped with enthusiasm as they joined Hamas in accusing Israel of committing the…
In the face of the West’s rising calls for Israel to permit “humanitarian assistance” to Gaza and respond proportionately to Hamas’s massacre of 1,300 Israelis, wounding of 3,000 and seizure of 200 hostages, I sat down with international law expert Prof. Avi Bell from Bar Ilan and University of San Diego law schools. Bell explained the actual stipulations of international…
A moment before Shabbat, my thoughts as the first week of the war concludes.
Yesterday, I gave an update on the status of the war in the south and the gathering storm in the north. And then I laid out the reasons that Hamas supporters in the West are on the march. Don’t miss and be sure to share.
On Sunday night I was joined for a discussion of the IDF’s conceptual failure that blinded the General Staff to the threat Hamas posed to Israel in the months preceding Saturday’s invasion. David and I also discussed the Biden administration’s contribution to Hamas’s actions, particularly through its efforts to appease Hamas’s state sponsor – Iran.
Israel was wantonly and maliciously attacked by Hamas jihadists on Saturday. Saturday night, I shared my initial thoughts. To watch on YouTube: To watch on Rumble:
Last week I was happy to do a deep dive into Barack Obama’s enduring, and deeply destructive legacy in the Middle East generally and on U.S.-Israel relations with the Armstrong Institute’s Daily Trumpet. We also discussed the nature of the internal strife in Israel regarding what it means to be a Jewish state and the likely (postive) outcome of the…