Monthly Archives: December 2023
Biden administration to expand humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians
Aboard Air Force One during a flight to Boston on Tuesday, U.S. deputy press secretary Olivia Dalton described how the federal government had organized a second flight to get assistance to Palestinian civilians in...
Netanyahu: Only Israel can demilitarize Gaza
Israel will not accept any international force in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a primetime address on Tuesday night.
"Gaza must be demilitarized, and there is only one force that...
IDF chief of staff: ‘We have moved to third phase of ground ops’
The Israel Defense Forces is engaging Hamas terror targets above and underground in the Khan Yunis sector of southern Gaza, where four Hamas battalions lurk, IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated on Tuesday...
US announces restrictions against Israeli, Palestinian ‘extremists’
“Violence in the West Bank this year is at levels not seen since the Second Intifada, and in recent weeks, an alarming surge in violent acts has driven this unwelcome record even higher,” said...
Sheryl Sandberg: UN silence ‘unacceptable’ for Israeli women, all women
Speaking with JNS just outside the lines of U.N.-member state flags at Flag Hall on Monday, the technology entrepreneur, philanthropist and author Sheryl Sandberg told JNS there was nowhere else she’d rather be than...
Hamas tranquilized hostages before release to ‘look happy’
Hamas drugged the hostages who were released during the ceasefire so that they would "look happy" during the transfer to the Red Cross in Gaza, according to Israel's Health Ministry.
The captives were tranquilized as part of...
The hostage dilemma
It is common to think that despite the extensive political, religious and cultural differences between different identity groups in Israel, on really important matters—such as survival in the face of enemy attack—they can all...
How the IDF is reducing civilian casualties in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces is making great efforts to limit civilian casualties in its war against Hamas, despite the terror group's core strategy of embedding itself in the heart of civilian areas and sites.
According...
Ben-Gvir: 260,000 Israelis applied for gun permits since Oct. 7
More than 260,000 Israelis have applied for gun permits in the past six weeks, according to Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Speaking on Monday at a faction meeting of his Otzma Yehudit Party, Ben-Gvir...
Media promote cynical Hamas lies
As if we needed more proof, the Israel-Hamas war has given mainstream media countless opportunities to amplify the manifestly false narrative that Israel is an oppressor, attacking Hamas and the Gazan people, underdogs struggling...