Tag: Hamas
Iran’s grand strategy to destroy Israel is proceeding apace
The first Iranian International Hourglass Festival, which took place in 2018, predicted Israel’s destruction by 2040. After the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks on Israel, the hourglass symbol is everywhere.
The festival solicited art and media...
An open letter to the survivors of Oct. 7
To the women, children and men who survived the Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7 in Israel:
You are not alone.
We see you. We hear you. We are crying with you.
And I am sorry. I...
Aunt of former Hamas hostage: ‘We’d love a Christmas miracle’
Several relatives of U.S. citizens being held hostage in the Gaza Strip who met with U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday subsequently spoke with reporters for a little more than five minutes.
The pool report,...
Nearly 75% of Palestinians say Hamas was right to attack Israel on Oct. 7
Nearly three in four Palestinians believe that Hamas was right in launching its Oct. 7 cross-border attack, in which terrorists savagely murdered more than 1,200 people in Israel and wounded thousands, according to the...
Biden meets family members of American Hamas hostages
U.S. President Joe Biden met on Wednesday with family members of U.S. citizens held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, after the family members were not invited to Monday's Chanukah reception at the White House.
Antony...
‘She worried about us more than she did for herself’
“My 18-year-old daughter Tchelet was killed on a Saturday morning during the holiday of Simchat Torah,” Gladys Fishbein told JNS.
On Oct. 7, Fishbein was tending to her ill 94-year-old mother, Sarah, at Kibbutz Be’eri...
UNGA passes resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire
The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday calling for an immediate ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas.
Out of the 193 members of the world body, 153 voted in favor of the...
The lessons of ‘Casablanca’
One of my all-time favorite films is “Casablanca” starring Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine, an American nightclub owner—and isolationist— in Morocco as the Nazis are goose stepping across Europe and beyond.
“I’m not fighting for...
Why the images of Hamas prisoners sparked outrage
I was poised to go on a live broadcast of WION, an English-language Indian television network, last week to discuss the war against Hamas. But before my turn to speak came, I was startled by...
US Defense Secretary to visit Israel
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will arrive in Israel on Monday at the invitation of his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant, Ynet reported on Tuesday.
The visit comes amid reports that the Biden administration is pressuring Israel to shift tactics...