Category Archives: War and Peace
International law redux
[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 →
Rewarding the terrorists: Why do many people believe in the 2-state solution at this point, and want to reward Hamas with a state?
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 →
Blood libel redux: the UN and Gaza death statistics
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 →
The Ignatius report on the war in Rafah: will Israel scale back?
Today there’s a WaPo article by David Ignatius on the war in Gaza: I’ve seen other articles reporting on what Ignatius wrote; for example, this, entitled: “Report: Israel opts for limited Rafah action with Biden’s blessing: the IDF won’t engage … Continue reading →
The ICC wants to arrest Netanyahu for defending Israel
Israel is the only nation in the world forbidden to defend itself against murderous predators out to destroy it, and punished for doing so. Merely repeating the words “Israel has a right to defend itself” means nothing, while acting to … Continue reading →
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):
Continue reading →Why write so often about Israel and Palestine?
It seems that lately I’ve been writing a great deal about three subjects: Israel/Palestine, the current Trump trial in New York, and the 2024 election. Plenty of other important things are happening – and I do write about them. But … Continue reading →
“… 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 to Israel: I’ll tell you where the Nazis are hiding if you promise not to hurt them
Biden and/or Biden’s handlers have come up with a new way to madden: “The Biden administration, working urgently to stave off a full-scale Israeli invasion of Rafah, is offering Israel valuable assistance if it holds back, including sensitive intelligence to … Continue reading →
More from Caroline Glick on the abominable Biden, plus a reminder about 10/7 and what many Gazan civilians did that day
Hostage deals, Rafah, Biden, and more
Here’s another informative video that offers in-depth commentary it’s hard to find elsewhere. If you’re impatient with podcasts, just go to “settings” and listen at higher speed: And then there’s this (hat tip: commenter “miguel cervantes”): Day Before Biden Admin … Continue reading →