The IDF in Rafah; what’s going on with Egypt?
Here’s information you probably won’t get elsewhere. Well worth listening to, especially the part about Egypt’s motives and actions (that section begins around minute 29):
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“… the light in his heart blinded him to the gleam of the knife. The longing for peace deafened him to the sound of the murders lying in wait.”
That is from an article appearing in Tablet, written by Michael Doran and Can Kasapoglu. It is a quotation from a eulogy delivered by Moshe Dayan in 1956 at the funeral of Ro’i Rothberg, who was the security officer at … Continue reading →
Biden’s betrayal: “But for Michigan?”
Biden’s betrayal of Israel has so many dimensions, so many heinous ill effects, that’s it’s hard to contemplate them without falling into fury. One of the many aspects of it is his own naked ambition and lack of principle, which … Continue reading →
RIP Major Uri Moyal, Israeli killed in terrorist knife attack
A career Israeli military man of 51, Major Uri Moyal, has died of wounds sustained in a terrorist stabbing in Israel. I don’t usually watch videos of killings, but I watched this one, which occurred in a coffee shop. I … Continue reading →
Governor Hochul calls out the National Guard to police the NYC subways
Remember when the NY Times staff was outraged because the paper published a Tom Cotton editorial supporting the idea of using the National Guard to quell some of the post-Floyd riots in American cities in 2020? Well, now that a … Continue reading →
Biden and Iran: three US military killed in Jordan by Iranian proxies
It’s richly ironic that Joe Biden was promoted and elected with the idea that he would represent an experienced, moderate, and steady hand on the tiller. “Experienced” he certainly was. But that experience was at often using bad judgment during … Continue reading →
Another October 7 survivor interview worth watching
I’ve watched a great many of these October 7 survivor videos, and they’re nearly all extraordinary. I view them because I’ve long been interested in the psychological reactions of people in extreme situations – how they respond in the moment, … Continue reading →
The Israeli intelligence failure prior to October 7
We already know that one reason for Israel’s intelligence failure on October 7th was its over-reliance on technological intelligence and its abandonment of old-fashioned human intelligence. Another reason was that for at least two years, Hamas successfully pretended to be … Continue reading →
Shifa hospital and the hostages
The Israelis have explored the tunnels under Shifa hospital and have reported on what they found: The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have complete control of Gaza City’s massive Shifa Hospital, believed to be home to Hamas’s headquarters. Unfortunately, the IDF … Continue reading →
What’s going on with the Israeli anti-Hamas offensive?
As with Ukraine, there are so many reports and so much speculation about what’s going on with Israeli plans for Gaza that it’s really hard to know who if anyone to trust. There’s this report that they are waiting for … Continue reading →
What is the Biden administration’s plan for Israel?
I sincerely hope Glick is wrong, because this is absolutely horrifying and enraging: Ever since Obama became president his Iran policy has seemed vile and destructive to America, Israel, and the entire Middle East. Then when Biden took office, he … Continue reading →
On Israel and the Palestinians: the diplomat, the admiral, and the reporters
Here’s the type of person all too numerous in our own State Department. I’m not referring to Parry the admiral. I mean the other guy, the one who speaks first, Sir Richard Dalton: Sir Richard Dalton, knighted in 2005: Richard … Continue reading →