Joe Biden has spent the past week talking publicly about his attempts to force Israel into a cease-fire with Hamas. He even made that part of his appearance this week on late-night television, and blamed Benjamin Netanyahu for its delay, and warned that Israel risked losing “international support” if it didn’t do more to end […]
One of the bigger questions we’ve been grappling with ever since the beginning of the Israeli counterassault in Gaza has been what the Strip would look like after Hamas is (hopefully) fully rooted out and destroyed. It’s a prickly question with no easy, obvious answers. Much of Gaza has been reduced to rubble and Hamas […]
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.” […]
For the first time, an Israeli official announced the deadline date for the release of hostages held in Gaza. In announcing the deadline, Israel declared when its troops might launch an offensive in Rafah. Benny Gantz, an Israeli war cabinet member, warned that unless Hamas frees all the hostages held in Gaza by March 10 […]
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 […]
The curious suspension of Robert Malley grows even more curious — and perhaps just as curious as how he got hired at all, if not more. Joe Biden’s special envoy to Iran got mysteriously suspended last spring by the State Department, but the White House never informed Congress of it. The Tehran Times somehow acquired and […]
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 […]
U.N. Relief Chief Martin Griffiths told Sky News Wednesday that he does not consider Hamas to be a terrorist group. Griffiths said that the ‘aspirations’ of Hamas have to be taken into consideration during negotiations. Griffiths was asked about the feasibility of Israel’s military eliminating Hamas and ending its governance in Gaza. He said, “Hamas […]
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 […]
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