Israel Hamas War VIII: Finally found an innocent Gazan
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, […]
Israel-Hamas War VII: We thought we could be friends
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 […]
Gazan Journalist in Belgium Wants Sinwar Dead
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 […]
A Gazan Journalist in Belgium with a Sense of Humour
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 […]
The Zikim Beach Massacre in Video
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 […]
An innocent Gazan civilian who hates Hamas – Really!
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 […]
Lauren Wolfe: Writing about journalism and saying this about the war
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 […]
Reflections on the amazing story of Roni Krivoi
There are a few thoughts that arise for me when I see Roni Krivoi and hear a brief account of how he escaped from the clutches of Hamas only to be returned to them four days later. Freed: Roni Krivoi Roni was kidnapped by Hamas from the Supernova music festival. He is the first adult […]
Kibbutz Nir Oz: What happened in this house?
Israeli Channel 12 News just published a map of Nir Oz with red dots on every residence. You can click on any red dot to see what happened in that house on Oct 7th. Because all the text is in Hebrew, I have translated a random selection of dots as marked on a screenshot of […]
Israel-Hamas War VI: The Gaza they will miss, poor souls!
What they did to themselves!! This article has a short version and a longer version. Both are stories of mourning. Gazan stories of mourning. And to both of these I add an addendum of my own. An Israeli story of mourning. Ahmed Alnaouq, 29, left Gaza four years ago and now resides in London after […]