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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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“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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The film “October 8” takes a chronological look at U.S. college scenes from Oct. 8, 2023 until today

DAILY NORTHWESTERN ‘October 8’: Medill alum’s new documentary sheds light on rising antisemitism in universities since Israel-Hamas war Alexia Sextou February 25, 2025 Northwestern Hillel and End Jew Hatred hosted a screening of “October 8” — a documentary exploring the … Continue reading

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Israel’s top command was unaware regional division was not functioning for nearly 10 hours during onslaught; army failed to build a picture of the situation, backup didn’t reach the right areas

TIMES OF ISRAEL Entire Gaza Division was overrun for hours, and IDF didn’t know it; 767 troops faced 5,000 terrorists Emanuel Fabian February 27, 2025 An Israel Defense Forces series of investigations into the battles that took place during Hamas’s … Continue reading

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“The murder of the Bibas children caps off an 18-month catalog of horrors that has told us exactly who our Palestinian neighbors are. Backed by a friend in the White House, Israel must secure its future through strong unilateral action”

TABLET MAG Their Time is Up Liel Leibovitz February 20, 2025 …Such gleeful cruelty has no parallel in the civilized world. Sure, war is hell, and combat rarely concludes without a handful of shocking aberrations. A soldier may crack and … Continue reading

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Toameh: “Any deal that allows Hamas to remain in power would be disastrous for Israel, the Palestinians, and Arab states threatened by the Iran”

GATESTONE Why Trump Must Insist on Removing Hamas From Power Khaled Abu Toameh February 19, 2025 …No Arab country will agree to play any role in the administration of the Gaza Strip as long as Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist … Continue reading

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Is it your homeland or not, make up your mind: “The Arab world does not even attempt to resolve the contradiction that Gazans claim refugee status as well as insisting that Gaza is their homeland.”

FUTURE OF JEWISH Suffering Palestinians is the strategy against Israel Nachum Kaplan February 17, 2025 Arab unity is as real as a three-humped dromedary, but Arab leaders shouted out in outraged unison against U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for the … Continue reading

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Hamas confirms it will release three hostages on Saturday as Israel pushes for all remaining living captives to be freed

JPOST Israel expects Hamas to free three hostages Saturday, asks for more living captives Amichai Stein February 13, 2025 Israeli officials expect Hamas to deliver on Friday a list of three hostages to be released on Saturday, an Israeli official … Continue reading

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Defense Minister Israel Katz: “Citizens of the Gaza Strip will be able to leave through land crossings, and special arrangements will be given for leaving by sea and air”

I24NEWS Israel Katz orders IDF to prepare ‘voluntary exit’ plan for Gazans Inon Shalom Yttach February 6, 2025 Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the IDF on Thursday to prepare a plan for residents of the Gaza Strip to leave voluntarily. … Continue reading

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Michael Oren: For decades, American policy makers have insisted that the core problem in the region is the absence of a Palestinian state. The president says: nonsense.

TABLET MAG The End of ‘Palestine’ Lee Smith February 5, 2025 Yesterday, President Donald Trump single-handedly collapsed the most destructive idea of the last hundred years—Palestine. During meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israel officials, Trump said … Continue reading

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