Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

“Three IDF officials are uniquely responsible for the last-minute decisions they made once there was evidence of a potential imminent attack”

JPOST How a massacre happened: How three top IDF officials failed to prevent Hamas’s attack Yonah Jeremy Bob March 7, 2025 …There are many pieces of evidence regarding what Hamas might have done the night before October 7, which The … Continue reading

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“Witkoff’s treatment of Netanyahu was effective but it was also cartoonishly performative”

COMMENTARY MAG What Trump’s Tough-Guy Diplomacy Means for Israel Seth Mandel March 13, 2025 Israelis may be relieved that U.S. envoy Adam Boehler has been sidelined from Hamas talks after his disastrous foray into hostage diplomacy, but they should remember … Continue reading

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“US hostage envoy Adam Boehler reportedly engaged in the first direct talks between the US and Hamas in decades over the remaining American hostages and chances for a deal to end the war”

ARUTZ SHEVA Trump Admin. holding secret direct talks with Hamas over hostages March 5, 2025 The Trump Administration has been engaged in direct talks with the Hamas terrorist organization in an effort to release the American citizens who are still … Continue reading

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Trump: “Shalom Hamas’ means Hello and Goodbye – You can choose”

JNS US, Israel could take joint military action against Hamas if negotiations fail, Witkoff says Andrew Bernard March 6, 2025 Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, told reporters on Thursday that the United States and Israel … Continue reading

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“Those protesting the loudest about Trump’s alleged ‘ethnic ceansing’ plan are more interested in exploiting Gazans for the purpose of destroying Israel than helping them”

WALL STREET JOURNAL International Law Is No Bar to Trump’s Gaza Proposal Eugene Kontorovich March 3, 2025 …The president is successfully trolling European and United Nations officials, who have insisted the plan would violate international law. They’re wrong. The legal … Continue reading

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Iran nuclear facilities on high alert for surprise ‘Israel-US strike’

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Time running out: What we know about how Israel could strike Iran Ariel Kahana March 6, 2025 …Very little time remains to address Iran’s nuclear program. The Islamic Republic is placing its underground nuclear … Continue reading

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“Investigation finds guns of most members of security team were locked in armory, inaccessible due to power outage; 3 cases of ‘friendly fire’ as troops entered kibbutz to clear it of terrorists”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Civilians, police stopped 1st wave of terrorists at Nahal Oz; IDF arrived 7 hours later Emanuel Fabian March 4, 2025 …On Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces presented its probe into the battle at the kibbutz — among … Continue reading

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Mandel: “The Hamas-Israel war didn’t have to happen and Egypt could very well have prevented it”

COMMENTARY Egypt Tells Trump to Pound Sand Seth Mandel March 5, 2025 Despite presumably having watched the way Donald Trump has responded recently to world leaders who question or challenge him, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has decided to poke … Continue reading

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Hollywood: “The symbolic shedding of Jewishness, the criticism of Jews and the embrace of antisemites has become an almost mandatory ritual in an industry formerly created by Jews, but where it’s trendy to despise Jews and career suicide to stand up for them”

JEWISH PRESS Hollywood Hates Jews Daniel Greenfield March 3, 2025 …The symbolic shedding of Jewishness, the criticism of Jews and the embrace of antisemites has become an almost mandatory ritual in an industry formerly created by Jews, but where it … Continue reading

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“Antisemitism thrives in loopholes. Congress has the power and the obligation to close them”

JNS Senate panel hearing addresses line between Jew-hatred, free speech Mike Wagenheim March 6, 2025 As the Trump administration threatens to take a hard line on antisemitic protesters, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Wednesday that addressed where … Continue reading

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