Monthly Archives: January 2024
100 days of war
A hundred days have passed since life was halted, the skies darkened, and we, all of us, were exposed to a boiling and horrifying cauldron of terror and deep-seated hatred unleashed upon us. One...
Belief, belonging and immortality: true causes of Hamas terror
To meaningfully understand what lies behind Iran-supported Hamas terrorism against Israel, we can learn more from the psychologists and anthropologists than the pundits and politicos. Inter-penetrating problems of religion, war and terror most deeply...
‘Occupied City’ reveals Amsterdam sites during Nazi German control
The British filmmaker Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter, his wife and creative partner, described their views on history and European antisemitism in a recent interview discussing their new documentary, “Occupied City.”
Disputing the idea that antisemitism has...
IDF quietly transitions to phase 3 in the war against Hamas
Without fanfare, the Israel Defense Forces is transitioning from phase 2 in the war against Hamas—the high-intensity stage of surging ground forces throughout Gaza—to phase 3, involving far more targeted operations, with a focus...
Austin ordered strike on Houthis from hospital, White House says
U.S. President Joe Biden convened his national security team on Jan. 9, following one of the largest Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, during which U.S. and UK forces shot down nearly 20 drones...
International Court of Justice opening statement on behalf of Israel
Proceedings instituted by South Africa against the State of Israel on Dec. 29, 2023
(South Africa v. Israel)
Co-agent’s opening statement
Presented on Jan. 12, 2024, by Tal Becker, legal adviser to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs;...
If Israel can’t bring it to social media, bring the social media to Israel
With the realization that the social-media pen is mighty like the sword, the nonprofit organization Yalla Israel focuses on sending social-media influencers to Israel to experience the Jewish state firsthand and, it hopes, to portray Israel...
661 terrorists tied to Oct. 7 to get PA ‘pay for slay’ financial stipends
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre of Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority has added thousands of Palestinians to its list of people who qualify to receive terror stipends, an Israeli watchdog reported on...
How the IDF spokesperson in Arabic wins hearts and minds
At 6:59 p.m. on Oct. 17, it seemed that the course of the Gaza war was about to change, and not in Israel’s favor, when a rocket exploded at Al-Ahli Hospital in the Zeitoun neighborhood in...
Why Israel’s air power did not paralyze the Hamas factories of death
It is easy to see that the dirt field and ruins located at the edge of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, in the heart of the Gaza Strip, was once a densely populated residential neighborhood....