While Israel’s allies ramp up pressure to allow the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) back into Gaza, Israelis have plenty of reasons to refuse. Since the October 7 massacre took place, the IDF has found evidence of coordination between UNRWA and Hamas, including communications, weapons storage, and even personnel. Israel revealed today […]
The moral confusion of our time is therefore not new. Almost 3,000 years ago, the Prophet Isaiah lamented, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” […]
Looks like Benjamin Netanyahu’s not the only one involved in negotiations over the hostages that believes Hamas is “delusional.” Yesterday, Egypt’s foreign minister blasted the terrorist group from a podium at the Munich Security Conference for its delusions in refusing to deal in good faith. Sameh Shoukry also took aim at aid efforts that got […]
Today, at least, Hamas and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on one point — further negotiations are pointless. Hamas started off the day by announcing it would suspend talks on the hostages until Israel sent more aid to northern Gaza: Hamas has suspended all Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal negotiations until humanitarian aid is brought into the […]
Let’s just call this a difference of opinion. Egyptian, Qatari, and US officials involved in negotiations for hostages and a cease-fire in Gaza thought talk had taken a productive turn. Late this morning, the Washington Post relied on those sources to proclaim that the talks in Cairo “show progress,” at least from their perspective: Talks […]
His first name roughly means “first crop,” which is what first-born son Omer was for Ronen and Orna Neutra 22 years ago. The photos his family shares show a young man bursting with life and possibility, broad smiles at the community center where he volunteered after school, […]
Just how ridiculously unrealistic did Hamas get in its ‘counterproposal,’ praised by Qatar as “generally positive” and treated as serious by the US? Absurd enough that the Israelis immediately rejected it, and today are emphasizing that there is “no way” that it even serves as a framework for further negotiations. As noted yesterday, Hamas wants […]
Just how ridiculous is the long-awaited Hamas response to the latest Qatari proposal for hostage releases? Even Joe Biden can’t summon much enthusiasm for it. At a presser earlier this afternoon, Biden tried to keep a positive spin, but … Hamas’s response to #Gaza hostage deal ‘a little over the top’ – #President Joe Biden […]
Have Iranian proxies had enough of the IDF? Maybe … if you can trust them to stick to their word. After almost exactly five months of war in Gaza and all-but-war in southern Lebanon, both Hamas and Hezbollah sent signals in the last 24 hours that they may be ready to scale back — for […]
The “response” from the Biden administration to attacks on American forces (since that’s apparently what we’re calling it) continued for a second straight night. This time, British forces joined in with American Air Force and naval assets in strikes against Houthi installations in Yemen. The Department of Defense said that three dozen targets were hit, […]
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