Tag: Gaza Strip
Why we fight
During World War II, a series of documentary films were made, directed by Frank Capra, that set out in explicit and graphic detail the precipitating causes and reasons why the U.S. entered the war...
Protesters at Hebrew U call to ‘expel the occupier’
Around 100 students participated in an anti-Israel protest at the Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus in Jerusalem on Tuesday, waving PLO flags and chanting inflammatory slogans, according to Hebrew media reports.
Kan News shared video of...
Hanan Yablonka, whose body was recovered from Gaza, laid to rest in Tel Aviv
“Until Friday, we did not know whether Hanan was alive or dead,” Shay Abadi, Hanan Yablonka’s brother-in-law, told JNS on Monday.
“In a meeting at around 8:30 a.m., the IDF told us they had found his...
Peace now?
The unbearable images of the war in Gaza have shaken the world, prompting urgent calls for an end to the suffering. However, neither calls for an immediate unilateral ceasefire, nor incantations, nor grand speeches,...
Fact-checking the IJC: Omissions and deceptions
Unsurprisingly, the International Court of Justice played along with the cynical attempt by Hamas’s ally South Africa to halt the Israeli military operation launched to destroy the terrorist organization after its horrific Oct. 7...
Israel: Civilians killed by fire that broke out after Rafah strike
Noncombatants were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah on Sunday night due to a fire that broke out after the attack, an Israeli government spokesperson said on Monday.
The Israel Defense Forces earlier said that it...
‘Hamas responsible for prolonging Gaza war’
Hamas started the war with Israel and is responsible for perpetuating the conflict by refusing to lay down arms and release the hostages, Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said on Thursday.
“Hamas...
Equating Israel with Hamas isn’t the worst of the ICC’s turpitude
The only thing surprising about the decision by International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan on Monday was that it included Hamas, alongside Israel, as deserving of target. Otherwise, it shouldn’t have come as...
Three US soldiers hurt, one critically, on Gaza pier
Three U.S. soldiers reportedly sustained non-combat injuries on the temporary pier off the coast from Gaza on Thursday.
The U.S. military didn’t comment on one of the soldiers, who was taken to a local hospital reportedly with...
Does the PA really want to return to Gaza?
While some in Israel and the United States are fixated on the question of who will govern the Gaza Strip after the current war, many Palestinians, including the Palestinian Authority, seem less concerned about...