One more thing about the hostages
I can’t find definitive word on this, but I thought I’d mention it anyway: I don’t believe that any hostage who was a member of the military at the time he or she was taken on October 7 has been … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Israel/Palestine
Biden does what we knew he’d do and calls for Israel to “just call for a ceasefire”
Biden’s re-election is more important to Biden (and the Democrats) than anything else, to wit: A day after Hamas indicated that it may have murdered most of the remaining hostages abducted on October 7, President Joe Biden is telling Prime … Continue reading →
Are all the hostages dead?
It’s an unanswerable question. I ask it now because of this report: On Monday, however, Israel’s Channel 12 news reported that Hamas was trying to negotiate the release of fewer hostages on the grounds it had “no ability to release … Continue reading →
Jordan’s government and Hamas: not friends
Here are some recent developments in the Arab world [emphasis mine]: The intensive protests in Jordan against the war in Gaza are a source of concern for the Gulf states, which regard them as an attempt by Hamas, the Muslim … Continue reading →
Warning: Israeli products!
I was in the supermarket a couple of days ago and noticed a display of Passover goods: matzoh, gefilte fish, macaroons, the usual. And it struck me for the very first time in my life that somebody might deface it … Continue reading →
Some details of the World Community Kitchen killings in Gaza
We have more perspective now on what happened to cause the Israelis to bomb the World Community Kitchen convoy. An excerpt: Things begin to go pear-shaped at Implementation Point 2. That point marks what is essentially the line of contact … Continue reading →
Biden and his foreign policy aides: weak, accusative, inconsistent, cowardly, corrupt
When the US is led by corrupt weaklings, its enemies rejoice and see tremendous opporunity. That’s what’s been going on during the Biden administration. And now, Iran thinks it had better hurry up and attack, because it’s possible that the … Continue reading →
The World Central Kitchen deaths in Gaza: the standard set for Israel
This was tragic news: Seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli airstrike … Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that the Israeli military was responsible for the unintended “tragic” strike and vowed to investigate. … … Continue reading →
Israel ends military operation in al Shifa hospital
The 2-week long battle of al Shifa hospital is ended – for now. It really has been a successful operation: During the IDF’s operation against terrorist operatives hiding in Gaza’s Shifa Medical Hospital: ?? 6,000 civilians were safely evacuated?? 200 … Continue reading →
First they came for Joe Lieberman: Caroline Glick on how and why the Democrats turned on Israel (plus, Glick interviews Patricia Heaton, actress who started a pro-Israel activist movement)
As usual, Caroline Glick is well worth listening to: I am highly impressed by Patricia Heaton. A brave woman and a very articulate advocate for Israel who has spearheaded a pro-Israel movement pitched to non-Jews, both Christian and others: And … Continue reading →
Biden’s war against the Jews and Israel
Julie Strauss Levin writes in Tablet magazine: For some American Jews, the months since Oct. 7 have felt like a horror movie, as they watch, with increasing alarm, as our president—for whom many voted, and in whom many placed inviolable … Continue reading →
Political change: straws breaking camels’ backs
In my recent post about Dershowitz saying that he really might stop voting for Democrats because of the Biden administration’s stance on Israel in the Gaza war (in particular the US’s abstention in the UN), a number of people in … Continue reading →