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Friday, April 4, 2025

The Palestinian Authority’s new system for paying terrorists

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A veteran Palestinian Arab terrorist will be in charge of the Palestinian Authority’s new system for paying terrorists, a leading pro-Israel organization has pointed out. The Times of Israel reports (February 11) that PA cabinet...
Hamas terrorists in its Al-Qassam Brigades hand over three male Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in Deir al Balah, on Feb. 8, 2025. Photo by Ali Hassan/Flash90.

Hamas, we got your message …

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Or ben Sima Geula. I’ve said that name every time I prayed, three times a day, for the last six months. At some point during Or Levy’s 491-day captivity, my son’s school—in an attempt...
Crowds of Israelis gather in "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv as three Israeli men—Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy—are released after 491 days of captivity by Hamas in Gaza on Feb. 8, 2025. Photo by Jonathan S. Tobin.

If hostages are being abused, their captors shouldn’t be rewarded

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It’s been more than 16 months since Israel was invaded and its citizens, including men, women and children, were subjected to mass murder, torture, rape and kidnapping. But while anyone who visits the Jewish...
Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, then Egypt's minister of defense and first deputy prime minister, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence near Moscow on Feb. 13, 2014. Photo by Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images.

Egypt’s large military presence in Sinai continues to raise questions

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The considerable Egyptian military presence in the Sinai Peninsula and ongoing infrastructure work has some observers in Israel alarmed. Officially, the Israeli defense establishment says that coordination between the two militaries remains tight and contributes...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference at the White House in Washington D.C., Feb. 4, 2025. Photo by Liri Agami/Flash90.

Trump plan puts an end to the Palestinian state fantasy

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Everyone who claims to be an “expert” on the Middle East is sure about one thing: President Donald Trump’s proposal to move Palestinian Arabs out of Gaza either cannot or should not happen. Of course, the...
Beverly Hills, Calif., May 16, 2019. Credit: Tobias Stage via Wikimedia Commons.

Fighting the virus of Jew-hatred

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Viruses don’t care about your political persuasion. They don’t care who you voted for in the last election. They aren’t interested in your self-righteousness. If anyone ever doubted that Jew-hatred is a pathological disease,...
Israeli forces and captured Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists during the raid on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Gaza Strip, on Dec. 28, 2024. Credit: IDF.

Were Israel’s goals achievable?

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On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas and other jihadist organizations (what I refer to as “Hamas-plus”) initiated a war against Israel. Shortly thereafter, Israel declared that its military would promptly retrieve the hostages and eradicate...
Doron Almog attends an Internal Affairs committee meeting at the Knesset on Nov. 6, 2013. Photo by Flash 90.

‘To keep the spirit of democracy, we need to fight antisemitism’

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“There is antisemitism all over the world, at both low and high levels. When we, the State of Israel, are targeted by our enemies in a surprise attack, a whirlwind of antisemitism is unleashed,”...

Trump’s Gaza plan threatens Israel

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Say what you will about former President Joe Biden’s policies, but he was the most knowledgeable U.S. president on the Middle East. Donald Trump, on the other hand, may be among the least informed....
Palestinians line up in the Gaza Strip to receive drinkable water numbers while battles take place between Israel and Hamas in the southern city of Rafah on May 20, 2024. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Trump electrifies the world with his proposal of what to do with Gaza

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion on what to do about the Gaza Strip has electrified the world with its potentially transformative approach to addressing one of the world’s most entrenched conflicts. Moving Palestinian residents...