Below follows a slightly revised column I wrote in 2014 at the time of the Hamas intrusion into Israel. I repeated it in 2017 in view of the anti-Semitic resolution adopted by the UN Security Council, orchestrated by the outgoing Obama Administration and the disturbing anti-Israel speech by J...
The United Nations additionally estimates that at least 56% of Palestinian civilians killed in the Israel–Hamas war were women and children. After 61 years of ruthless dictatorship, the Ba'athist Syria regime (officially the Syrian Arab Republic or SAR), came crashing down in early December, wh...
Hamas Appoints Sinwar As New Leader:On Tuesday, August 6, 2024, following the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas nominated Yahya Sinwar as the new head of its political bureau. Sinwar, a hardcore extremist and senior player in the October 7 raid on Israel, is said to be sheltering in Gaza...
In a world consumed by the pursuit of material gain, the love of wealth, status, and possessions often blinds us to the virtues that truly enrich our lives. Material love, with its fleeting allure, creates divisions, breeds selfishness, and distances us from the essence of humanity. It fuels...
The success of any future plans hinges on freeing the remaining Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, through the recently negotiated agreement. This life-or-death situation grows more dire due to Hamas’s uncertain knowledge of the hostages’ status, whether due to broken communication lines with vario...
of aid did not vanish so easily. Agencies that remained took over operations, other programming merged, and local agencies stepped up from their subaltern status in the sector (just as they did during COVID when internationals were removed by another force of nature). Finally: people, people,...
Under the leadership and teachings of Hamas, the Palestinians have been taught by them not just to dislike but to hate the Jewish people. The deception of hatred is rampant among them. Because they do not bless Israel, they do not realize that they are under a curse (Genesis 12:3) In ...
Without an end in sight to the suffering caused by the blockade, it appears that Hamas has decided to upend the status quo in a surprise attack on Israelis, including civilians. Israel’s reprisal airstrikes and its imposition of a “complete siege” on the strip have heaped even further su...