Caroline Glick on the Lebanon “ceasefire”
As usual, Glick is quite informative here:
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Israel makes life hard for the Iranian regime
Israel continues to do some very impressive things: Reports are that somewhere between one-third and one-half of the IAF took to the skies on Friday night — a remarkable feat in itself if you know anything about what it takes … Continue reading →
Drone targets Netanyahu’s house but no one’s home; Blinken and Biden have a plan
Was Netanyahu’s house hit? It’s unclear from this article. The NY Times says the drone hit a nearby building. But either way, this particular drone didn’t set off any warning systems. That’s the danger of drone attacks, which sometimes activate … Continue reading →
Hezbollah’s extensive tunnel world
Since the IDF entered Gaza after October 7, we’ve seen many photos and videos of the vast underground network there. Now that the IDF is in southern Lebanon, it has discovered an even more sophisticated network of tunnels. In Gaza, … Continue reading →
IDF enters southern Lebanon; Iran launches missile attack on Israel
So far, the expected Iranian missile attack appears to resemble one back in April in scope and effect, in which the missiles were either successfully destroyed or didn’t cause deaths even though some of them hit. Israel has a robust … Continue reading →
Hope for Iran?
[Hat tip: commenter “sdferr.”] Netanyahu has a message for the long-suffering people of Iran: The vast majority of Iranians know their regime doesn’t care a whit about them. If it did care, if it cared about you, it would stop … Continue reading →
Hezbollah, Lebanon, Iran, and Israel
First, here’s Caroline Glick: Today’s news is that Israel has struck an area said to be Hezbollah’s and leader Nasrallah’s headquarters. The former seems to be true, although the truth of the latter – and any resultant damage to Nasrallah … Continue reading →
Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon
Today’s activity: An Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more, Lebanese health officials said. It was the first such Israeli attack on Lebanon’s capital in months and came shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel … Continue reading →
Caroline Glick: how the West enabled Hezbollah
Depressing but informative (again, my suggestion if you feel it’s too long is to listen to it speeded up):
Continue reading →A Palestinian Adenauer?
I read many stupid things every day, some of them even from smart people who are saying intelligent things as well. An example of a stupid thing I often see is some sort of kneejerk statement about Trump being a … Continue reading →
Biden seems to think that stopping a full-scale operation in Rafah would be something to brag about
Here’s Biden’s brag: Asked in an interview with ABC News whether he thinks Netanyahu is listening to him, Biden responded, “I think he’s listening to me.” “They were going to go into Rafah full bore — invade all of Rafah, … Continue reading →
Fisking Biden’s “peace deal” speech
A very depressing and yet insightful podcast from Caroline Glick: And from her sister Bonnie Glick, we have this article. Here’s an excerpt that reminds us that something similar had come through a different source a few weeks earlier: Out … Continue reading →