Israel Diaries

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Lawyer from Shfaram must be good – posted public posts praising Hamas . . .

. . . and then when arrested and the judge extends his remand, he successfully petitions the judge that his name be withheld from publication because . . . get this: because it may “unjustifiably” ruin his good reputation and because he has Jewish clients. This was reported in ynet in Hebrew. I have not […]

War against Hamas, Part IV: An innocent Gazan citizen

Here is just one Gazan. Just one. We don’t know how many like him there are. We don’t know how many, unlike him, are praying for Israel to defeat the Hamas terrorist devil. Forever. But let us not be naive. Where there is one like this, there are more. Hear him. Believe him. I will […]

Last message from Ofir’s abducted grandparents: “So Far So Good”

“So far so good” — this was the last message Ofir Metzger got at 8:50 on Saturday morning, 7 October 2023 from her grandfather who was abducted by Hamas. Other than knowing that Yoram and Tamar Metzger arrived alive in Gaza, the family has received no news about them. * * * * * Yoram […]

Luai Ahmed: Yemini-Swede speaks out on Israel’s war against Hamas

More to the point, Luai Ahmed speaks out about responses to this war and what it shows about Islamic and Arab culture. I bring you the four most recent “X” posts available at the moment of writing this piece. I let Ahmed’s words stand for themselves. I must admit that Yemen was not on my […]

War against Hamas, Part III: Hamas lies exposed

One would think there would be sufficient material to show the world about the impact of Israeli missiles on Gaza without having to resort to making things up. One even made me laugh. If Hamas needs to rely on actors in fake videos, then how bad can it really be? Well, I know some of […]

Bothsideism: Let’s flip a coin

Associated Press just put out a photo feature entitled: “Scenes of sorrow and despair on both sides of Israel-Gaza border on week 3 of war“. BOTH SIDES. And Bari Weiss’ first newsletter related to the Hamas atrocities was called: “Two voices from Gaza”  in which she publishes two short essays, one by an American Jew […]

Israel’s war against Hamas, Part II: Heroic things

War, like other major events, brings out the best in people and the worst in people. Here is a collection of “the heroic.” This article does not include the incredible voluntary “conscription” of the entire Israeli population in support of the army and civilians evacuated from areas in which the IDF must be able to […]

I hope this turns out not to be true

Why am I publishing it if I am hoping this is fake news? Because it fits with how we pride ourselves on having the most moral army in the world. We don’t seem to get that having a moral army gets us dead. The IDF top brass needs to listen to army legal consultants but […]

Israel’s war against Hamas. Part I: Angry things

We should not forget lest we become complacent again in the future. But for the more immediate future, we should not forget lest we lose our resolve and give in to the pressure to provide humanitarian aid to the terrorist-supporting population of Gaza who cheered the torture and murder and abductions of Israelis, mostly Jews, […]