Tag: Israel at War
When truth is counter-intuitive
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
lberes@purdue.edu
VLADIMIR: “Well? What do we do now”?
ESTRAGON: “Don’t let’s do anything. It’s safer.”
Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
The “Theatrical” Background
Understood as genre, there is ample good reason to...
What the World Central Kitchen strike tells us about Israel
More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to the Biden administration on April 16 criticizing Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza and expressing concern about “civilian harm and military targeting,” among other topics.
The...
New Oct. 7 video emerges of kidnapped women: ‘Even worse than we imagined’
Newly emerged video shot by Hamas terrorists showing the capture of female Israeli soldiers on the Gaza border has been described as “hard to watch” by Israeli media.
In the video, parts of which have...
Israel raps Irish PM for ‘forgetting’ Israeli hostages
Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday chastised Simon Harris, Ireland’s new prime minister (or, Taoiseach), who referred to the Gaza war in his inaugural address but failed—in the ministry’s words “forgot”—to mention the 133 Israeli...
No changes in instructions to civilians amid Iranian threat
There are no changes to current civilian guidelines issued by the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command, the military said on Thursday amid mounting fears of an Iranian retaliatory attack that could target large...
An unabashedly pro-Israel social-media platform in the non-Jewish world
Talk about an unorthodox voice for Israel at a time of global opprobrium.
He’s a 31-year-old London-born Roman Catholic of Polish and South African descent, who grew up in a conservative family, and who set...
‘We are a great nation’: Bereaved father slams anti-gov’t protesters
The father of an IDF soldier killed in action in Gaza has denounced renewed anti-government protests, accusing demonstrators of using the plight of bereaved families and the relatives of hostages to further their political...
In first, Houthi missile breaches Israeli airspace
A cruise missile launched by Houthi terrorists from Yemen overnight Monday hit an open area near the Red Sea resort city of Eilat, the IDF confirmed on Tuesday evening.
The incident marked the first time...
Iranian hackers claim to have breached Dimona nuclear facility
Israeli experts are currently inspecting the authenticity of documents leaked by an Iranian hacker group which claims to have breached the Dimona nuclear facility in the Negev desert, Channel 12 reported on Thursday.
The hackers claim to...
Is a war against Hezbollah imminent?
The world’s attention is focused on Gaza, but if a war breaks out on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, it will be far broader and more destructive than the one Israel is waging against...