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Israeli airstrike targeted Fuad Shukr, head of Hezbollah precision missile project wanted by US for role in ’83 bombing of US Marines barracks in Beirut

REUTERS Killing Hezbollah commander in Beirut was biggest loss for group since 2008 August 1, 2024 Fuad Shukr, the top Hezbollah commander killed by Israel on Tuesday, was a founding member of the Iran-backed group who helped oversee its expansion … Continue reading

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A new letter from seven unions representing millions of workers, including the SEIU and United Auto Workers, criticizes ‘Israel’s refusal to minimize civilian harm’ and its ‘vicious response’ to Oct. 7 terrorism

JEWISH INSIDER Major labor unions call on Biden to halt military aid to Israel Gabby Deutch July 23, 2024 Several major labor unions on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to halt all military aid to Israel, in a joint … Continue reading

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VP Kamala Harris “studied the Rafah maps” so that she could lecture Israel on military strategy

JNS Potential Harris presidency could turn the screws on Israel David Isaac July 22, 2024 …Later in March, Harris opposed Israel’s plan to invade Rafah, the last stronghold of Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip, although not doing so would … Continue reading

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Hamza Howidy, who left the Strip shortly before Oct. 7, describes life under repressive Islamist regime, slams Western pro-Hamas protesters: ‘They support terrorists with good PR’

TIMES OF ISRAEL Now in Germany, a Gazan dissident tries to set record straight on Hamas’s brutal regime Gianlucca Pacchiani July 23, 2024 In 2019, Gazan activists Hamza Howidy and Amin Abed organized and participated in demonstrations against the harsh … Continue reading

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The outrageous “Gaza is starving” libel: UN finds inadequate evidence to prove a famine has occurred or is occurring in Gaza

CAMERA UK Guardian again promotes disproven ‘starvation’ propaganda Adam Levick July 10, 2024 The Guardian has again promoted the starvation libel by uncritically citing the unevidenced claims of those calling themselves ‘human rights experts’. The Guardian report, “Famine has spread … Continue reading

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Oren: “Hezbollah won’t accept a ceasefire unless Hamas does. Hamas will not agree to a ceasefire. Hence, Israel will go to war against Hezbollah”

TIMES OF ISRAEL The Brutal Syllogism of this War is a Deathtrap for Israel Michael Oren July 3, 2024 The basis of Aristotelian logic, and arguably of all Western philosophical thought, is the syllogism. It states, simply, that if A … Continue reading

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A paper circulating in Israeli government offices calls for the total defeat of Hamas, initial Israeli control of the territory and an overhaul of the Palestinian education system — along with a path for Gazan self-rule

JEWISH INSIDER The day-after plan for Gaza on Israeli leaders’ desks Lahav Harkov June 26, 2024 With continuing pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to present a postwar plan for Gaza, a document has been circulating around the upper … Continue reading

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“Hamas and their jihadi allies, including Hezbollah and Iran, don’t have professional armies, are weak and cowardly and haven’t won a single battle”

NAOMI RAGEN Gaza War Diary June 25, 2024 …And now, all the brilliant pundits are asking: Can Israel win this war? Excuse me? In case you haven’t noticed, we have taken over Gaza. It is rubble. Have the rockets stopped? … Continue reading

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#BringThemHome #ReleaseTheHostages Images – extracted from a Hamas video found by Israel – are being released for the first time tonight by the families of the three hostages

i24NEWS Hostage families publish video of Hamas kidnapping Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Or Levy and Eliya Cohen June 24, 2024 On Monday evening, the Hostage Families Forum Headquarters released new footage documenting the kidnapping of Eliya Cohen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, and Or Levy … Continue reading

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Regarding the ongoing ceasefire talks — during which Hamas has repeatedly refused to compromise on its maximalist demands — Sinwar recently told Hamas negotiators that “we have the Israelis right where we want them ”

FDD Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Depicts Palestinian Casualties As ‘Necessary Sacrifices’ June 11, 2024 Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who masterminded Hamas’s October 7 atrocities, portrayed the deaths of Palestinian civilians as a welcome sacrifice in his personal correspondence, The Wall … Continue reading

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