The Staged Gaza Aid Video the Media Ignored
A staged Gaza aid video recently posted by analyst Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib shows a young boy being handed food, only to have it taken away seconds later. The scene is filmed, the food snatched back, and the men walk off. It has been widely shared online but entirely ignored by the mainstream press. No headlines. […]
The Media Reacts One Way to Israel and Another to Hamas
I posted a short Note on Substack: “How does Bibi expect to defeat Hamas if he is negotiating with Hamas?” As I was typing it, a missile alert sounded in southern Israel. Militants in Gaza had launched two rockets. I added that to the Note. I was frustrated. Then came a comment from Mike: “Israeli […]
Hostage Naama Levy is a peace activist
You know her — the one who was dragged by the hair from the back of a jeep to the back seat. Hear her talk at a Hands of Peace event. * * * * * This is Ayala Levy Shahar, mother of 19-year-old Naama Levy, one of the hostages in the video released yesterday. […]
Letter from Company Commander in Gaza: Don’t succumb to American dictates
Upon the arrival in Israel of United States Secretary of State Blinkin last week, the commander of a reserve company serving in the Gaza Strip wrote a letter to Reut Ben Haim, the chairperson of the Order 9 movement (also called Tsav 9) that is blocking passage of trucks into Gaza in a fight against […]
The Gaza Genocide as committed by Israel
Reuters, certainly not a mouthpiece for Israel, published a condensed summary of Gaza Strip history. Let me just condense that a bit more for your reading ease. For some, the word, genocide, has been associated with Israel for years. Let us look at the Reuters‘ summary of Gazan history and see if there is evidence […]
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 last thing Or Levy told his mother before his abduction – ‘You don’t want to know’
On 7 October, shortly after having arrived at Kibbutz Re’im for the Nova Music Festival, Or Levy, 33, and his wife Eynav Elkayam Levy, 32, were greeted with incessant sirens and missiles. With no time to park, car doors left open, they rushed into the nearest mobile bomb shelter, one of many one can see […]
The cutest thing to come out of Gaza today
Amjad Taha, an expert in strategic political affairs, writer, and journalist, has an active “X” feed. He lives in the UK. Taha was interviewed by Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum on her LinkedIn page and she informs us that Taha is regional director of the British Middle East Center for Studies and Research and adviser […]
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 […]
Sometimes Shows of Our Resilience Just Make Me Mad
This article makes me angry. It is supposed to warm our hearts and expand our chests in pride at Israeli resilience in the face of danger. But it made me angry. Of course I love how we Israelis come together when we are faced with danger from outside our borders. In this case, wedding […]