The Oct 7th Litmus Test for Western Leaders

Following the joint statement issued by France, the UK, and Canada on 20 May, on 28 May, France condemned any Israeli attempt to annex the Judea and Samaria (aka the West Bank) or the Gaza Strip, calls for an immediate ceasefire, hostage release, and the lifting of aid restrictions in the UK Parliament on 4 […]

Nurit Peled-Elhanan: Is what she said okay?

Israel must look long and hard at what we consider legitimate and legal speech protected by laws ensuring freedom of expression versus speech that crosses the line into incitement and sedition. * * * * * Oct 7th brought out the best and the worst in us. The best was the unity the country showed […]

Lauren Wolfe on Gaza again: Now it’s bothsidesism regarding rape

I wish she would stop giving me things to write about. Lauren Wolfe, who, last December wrote the easily debunked article that Israel deliberately targets Gazan journalists (debunked here), just wrote that it is “likely” Israeli soldiers are raping Gazan women: . . . but [she writes] reporters are unable to report from Gaza, so […]

“Deceit of an Ally” and self-deceit

A book that was, in a way, almost 50 years in the making takes on new meaning after Oct 7th and demands we re-examine what happened both on Simchat Torah 2023 and Yom Kippur 1973. Bruce Brill wrote “Deceit of an Ally”. What did this young Jewish serviceman, working in the American National Security Agency […]