Three are elderly men and one middle-aged. The announcement is somewhat mysterious: The Israel Defense Forces announced on Monday that it had confirmed the deaths of four Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity, following the gathering of new intelligence findings. IDF … Continue reading →
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 →
Many years ago, when I was in my twenties, I had a friend who lived in a far-away city. We kept in touch by phone and letter (how quaint). It was many years before ordinary people had cellphones, so we … Continue reading →
I’ve heard it said right from the start of the war that Israel must do this. Well, now it has: The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that it had established “operational control” over the entire so-called Philadelphi Route along the … Continue reading →
This is an excellent talk by Caroline Glick. I’ve cued up sections that I find of particular interest. If you’re impatient like me, click on “settings” and speed the video up for listening. First is a very short section I … Continue reading →
It’s no mystery why they lie: lies work, especially with the full weight of the MSM behind them. In fact, the Palestinian cause is mostly lies, but on the strength of those lies they gain more and more supporters. The … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Both are more threatened in this country now than ever before in my lifetime, due to a frontal assault from the left which controls the media and educational system as well as the federal government. The following is a … Continue reading →
In a post from last Friday, I wrote on the attitude of many people about the Palestine/Israel conflict and the prospects for peace. The people I’m describing are not the rabid, vicious demonstrators who chant “from the river to the … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I wrote this post on international law back in 2006. I think it’s time for a re-post (slightly edited). And please note the 2006 event that sparked the post. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.] The International … Continue reading →
There are so many answers: leftism, Jew-hatred, neo-Marxism, ignorance of history, and plenty more. But in this post I want to focus on one part of the answer, which can be summed up in this way: the alternative is too … Continue reading →
Recently the UN backpedaled on its Gazan death statistics for women and children, the numbers they got from Gaza/Hamas in the first place and have been spreading far and wide for months. The blamed the fog of war for their … Continue reading →