US-LED negotiators are working in Cairo without Israel for a six-week ceasefire in Gaza to free the flow of food and other aid to its displaced population although this will inevitably also replenish Hamas and its ability to resist the IDF. Their deadline is the start of Ramadan on Sunday. The Israelis refused to attend because Hamas […]
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 […]
Now this was a message worth sending — and not just to Hamas. In an overnight raid in Rafah, the IDF rescued two male hostages from the grips of the terrorists that kidnapped them while murdering at least 1200 others in one of the most grotesque terror attacks ever. The implications of this raid are […]
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 […]
This may be a first signal that the Gazans have had enough of Hamas — and that Hamas can’t hide it with threats any longer. A crowd of mostly Palestinian women and children protested outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza, in a town roughly halfway between Gaza City and the embattled Khan Younis. […]
In theory, this sounds like a win for Israel in its war. In practice, though, it may just be another opportunity for Hamas to escape the IDF. According to reports this morning, Qatar has proposed what amounts to a capitulation from Hamas. The real question is: do the Israelis think Hamas would ever capitulate? The […]
Israeli soldiers who fatally shot three hostages spotted running from a building in the Gaza City neighborhood of Shejaiya violated the rules of engagement but acted without malice, Israel Defense Forces officials said Thursday after releasing details of an internal probe into the incident. The Dec. 15 incident saw unidentified IDF soldiers shoot at three […]
You are here: Home » News » How to Help the Hostages Never again. Yet it happened again. Oct. 7 was the most lethal day for Jews since the Holocaust. The atrocities included brutual kidnappings. I first heard the name, *Hersh Goldberg-Polin, when reading our synagogue advocacy newsletter. Our rabbi is good friends with Hersh’s […]
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