If October 7 changed the way Israel sees Hamas, the Iranian attack over the weekend may have changed the way Hamas sees its leverage now. Their latest proposal for a cease-fire certainly implies it, coming just hours after the massive aerial attack. Hamas has not just rejected the US-drafted proposal for a 10:1 swap ratio […]
Remember what Robert Gates wrote in his 2014 memoir about Joe Biden’s foreign-policy acumen? “I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades,” Gates concluded in Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War. Well, good news: Biden’s streak remains unbroken. Yesterday, the president […]
President Biden and Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke in a 45-minute phone call Thursday. During that call, Biden called for an immediate ceasefire. There is a change afoot in U.S. policy by this administration and it is not looking good. Biden and his administration are supporting this war as an election-year exercise, not as serious […]
Chalk up another failure in Joe Biden’s strategic diplomacy. After ramping up pressure on Israel to give his administration more credibility in Dearborn as well as in Qatar, Biden and his team allowed the UN Security Council to pass a cease-fire demand without the condition of Hamas releasing the hostages it kidnapped. Supposedly, this momentum would […]
Raise your hand if you didn’t see this coming. The Biden administration’s latest attempt to stab Israel in the back without looking like they were holding the knife took the form of a UN resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza that they initially endorsed and then voted “present” on, allowing it to pass. The resolution […]
Out: Full withdrawal before any hostage releases. In: Women released … and then a full withdrawal. And also still in: a 1:10 ratio of hostages to Palestinian prisoners in Israel, with a nearly 1:1 ratio for those serving life sentences for murder. What a deal. It does, however, mark at least somewhat of a shift in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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