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):
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Israel strikes back at Hezbollah
Israel strikes the Hezbollah terrorist who is said to have planned the attack on the Druze children in the soccer field in the Golan Heights. The Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was in a southern suburb of Beirut. As Ace writes, … Continue reading →
Hezbollah rocket causes carnage at Druze soccer game in the Golan Heights
I don’t know whether the soccer field was the intended target, but it’s the one that was hit: Several Israeli civilians, including children, were reported killed on Saturday afternoon after a Hezbollah rocket hit a soccer field in northern Israel. … Continue reading →
Netanyahu addresses Congress minus many boycotting Democrats and Republican Thomas Massie
Here’s the video: Some details: Senator Fetterman wore a suit, rescued hostage Noa Argamani was present as well as some IDF soldiers, and Squad member Tlaib didn’t boycott but decided to attend and hold up a “war criminal” sign and … Continue reading →
The betrayal by and of the Palestinian workers
There are so many aspects of the October 7 attacks that were horrific – but one element that can get lost in the focus on the more barbaric events involves the Palestinian workers who, prior to 10/7, were gainfully employed … Continue reading →
Further thoughts on the hostage rescue: their survival was almost miraculous
Here’s a much more detailed description of the Israeli hostage rescue. I’m sure important facts have been left out for security reasons, but enough have been revealed to give a fuller picture than the one we got earlier. That fuller … Continue reading →
Hamas spokesman says no one knows how many hostages are alive
And what’s more, Israel must agree to a permanent ceasefire anyway. It’s so hard to keep track of those elusive hostages: In an interview with CNN released on Friday, Hamas spokesperson and political bureau member Osama Hamdan said that he … Continue reading →
Hamas: let’s not make a deal
I am so weary of starting posts by asking, “Is anyone at all surprised at this?” But – is anyone at all surprised by this?: An Israeli official says that Jerusalem has received Hamas’s response to the hostage release and … Continue reading →
Some of our new arrivals coming across the southern border may have been planning an attack
Fancy that. Is anyone at all surprised? Even a smidgen? I doubt it. See this: Eight people with suspected ties to the Islamic State have been detained in the U.S., according to several media reports. The arrests took place in … Continue reading →
Video of the hostage rescue
Astounding stuff. There is that first moment of shock when the hostages are trying to process who these troops are, friend or foe. And then of course all the live fire. Movies try to capture this sort of thing, but … Continue reading →
More on the Israeli hostage rescue and lethal journalism
The term “lethal journalism” was coined by Richard Landes, who also came up with the moniker “Pallywood”: Rigorous fact checking, the attempt to move as close to objective journalism as possible, and non-compliance with trite framing (Israeli Goliath versus the … Continue reading →
Wonderful news: Israel rescues four hostages
Here are some of the details: The mission was conducted in broad daylight and in an area where Israeli forces had not previously operated. The operation to rescue Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi … Continue reading →