A growing collection as I examine various aspects of the war against Hamas first and Hezbollah a bit later. Hamas essentially declared war against Israel on 7 October 2023 when terrorists infiltrated our communities and — in a rampage of horror — tortured, slaughtered and abducted men, women, and children of all ages. Hezbollah has been showering the northern communities with dailyl rockets and missiles.
Yesterday, Jewish Press published the full text of UNSC Resolution 2720 in which the Council called for: … increased humanitarian aid, humanitarian “pauses”, unconditional release of all hostages being held by Hamas, and Red Cross access to those hostages to determine their medical status and to provide them with medical care. The United States and…
It could have turned into a blame-fest. It could have been exploited by the media as another stick with which to beat up our leadership. It could have unbalanced the delicate domestic equilibrium we are working hard to maintain since Oct 7th. That it did none of these things makes me proud. I am talking…
Since the war began and there is talk about providing humanitarian aid for the innocent, uninvolved Gazan civilians, I have been looking for them, for the innocents. With every social media video showing the masses moving toward safe spaces provided by the IDF, I wonder how many among them cheered when Hamas terrorists slaughtered, tortured,…
Still on the lookout for innocent Gazans — those who did not take part in the atrocities, those who did not take advantage of the openings in the fences to loot Jewish homes, those who did not cheer at the news of Jews being tortured, slaughtered, raped, abducted, those who did not hide hostages for…
‘Al-Aqsa Flood,’ the name Hamas gave to their October 7th attack on Israel, has become a metaphor, firstly for the flooding of the Hamas tunnels in Gaza that Israel is reputedly considering. Secondly, for the changing tides in Hamas’s control of the Gazan population. The hatred Hamas directs against Israel and Jews — and against…
Gazan journalist Ayman Alaloul hates Yahya Sinwar. He blames him for the destruction of Gaza and the horrific humanitarian catastrophe that befell the Gazan people. That does not necessarily mean that Alaloul favours a negotiated peace with Israel of any form. It does not necessarily mean that he does not consider ALL of Israel to…
I recently discovered Gazan journalist, Ayman Alaloul. He has been living in Belgium for four years. Just like Israelis, it seems that for him, history is now marked by “Before Oct 7th” and “After Oct 7th.” You can tell from his posts on both “X” and Facebook how horrified he is by what is happening…
There was a mini-massacre on Zikim Beach — about 19 killed. Several news outlets have published newly released documentation showing the infiltration of Hamas terrorists onto the beach south of Ashkelon. Imshin was quick in getting up the video that have been shared on news sites plus two other videos of the event. Her source…
While continuing to explore social media responses to this latest war on the part of leftist and pro-peace activist NGOs in Israel, I discovered an initiative out of Gaza. I am always looking for peace initiatives coming from the Palestinian side and not just Palestinian Arabs joining Jewish initiatives. I came across a Facebook page…
Why does an interesting article about contemporary journalism have to start like this? Yesterday, journalist Lauren Wolfe, who writes about writing on her Substack site, published an article entitled: “Why Israel bumped Ukraine off the News.” Here she talks about people’s attention to the news and how the press can/should respond to the changed readership…
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