Tag: Terrorism
Oct. 7 survivors sue UNRWA
More than 100 victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court today, alleging that a scandal-plagued U.N. agency has led a long-standing money-laundering operation to the financial benefit of the terror...
Time to bring Hamas to justice
The Biden-Harris administration released its “Fact Sheet” on the “Administration’s Actions to Address Conflict-Related Sexual Violence” on June 17, 2024. It is available on the White House website.
Curiously missing is any mention of the...
Knesset advances bill designating UNRWA as a terrorist organization
Israel’s Knesset on Wednesday passed in preliminary reading a bill designating the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as a terrorist organization.
The draft legislation, initiated by Yisrael Beiteinu lawmaker Yulia Malinovsky, would require Jerusalem to...
House reps urge labeling UNRWA staff who joined Oct. 7 attacks as terrorists
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives want to see stronger action against 12 former employees of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for their involvement...
Israel and “Last things”
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
lberes@purdue.edu
Examined historically, war and terror against Israel are better explained by eschatology (the study of “last things”) than by enemy hopes for “self-defense” or...
Woman wounded in terror stabbing in central Israel
An 18-year-old woman was seriously wounded on Friday afternoon in a terror stabbing in Ramla in central Israel.
Magen David Adom emergency medics treated the victim at the scene before evacuating her to Shamir Medical...
Israel’s survival ‘in time’
In essence, time represents the most critical determinant of Israel’s survival as a state. This is true not just in relation to operational requirements of counterterrorism and nuclear war avoidance, but also because Israel’s policies reflect...
Why does Hamas not care about Gaza kids?
Israeli children’s safety does not seem to preoccupy the world. This may be understandable. Israel is a militarily powerful country and should manage to protect its own kids. Why should the world worry?
On the other...
Hippocrates and hypocrisy
Israel ought to have its head examined. Its bleeding heart could use a check-up, too.
Both became painfully clear this week and by no means for the first time. Whatever the prognosis, one thing is...
Bipartisan House bill seeks to formally designate third-largest Gaza terror group
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday aims to designate the third-largest terror group in Gaza as a U.S. Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization for its participation in the...