The day after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Hezbollah militants rained rocket fire on Israeli towns near the border of Lebanon. What followed was over a year of escalating combat. Israeli air strikes hit parts of Beirut and southern Lebanon. Anti-tank missiles and rockets were fired...
Had all these measures been taken, the entire event would have turned into a monumental failure for Hamas.Footnote8 How can this be? How could Israel’s top security echelons so callously betray the country’s border communities and the soldiers tasked with their protection, many of whom were...
However, as it soon became apparent, the children’s tragic deaths were not at Israel’s hands.One of the hundreds of rockets Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched toward Israelis backfired, falling and exploding in Gaza itself. This time it was fired from a mosque, compounding the war crime of ...
Many influencers know they're peddling lies, and barely bother to correct themselves. Far-right podcaster Joey Mannarino claimed in a tweet that Ukraine was selling weapons to Hamas. Only after his tweet went viral (it has been viewed more than 7 million times) did Mannarino add an ass-cove...
Rockets are fired at Israeli civilians, Israel targets terrorists, civilians in Gaza inevitably get killed, and images of dead children fill social media.Media reporting in the west has descended into farce. Israel and Hamas (or Islamic Jihad) are held up as if they are equals. Somehow Israel...
How many coal-fired power plants are there in the world today? The EU has 468 – & building 27 more… Total 495, Turkey has 56 – & building 93 more… Total 149, South Africa has 79 – & building 24 more… Total 103, India has 589 – & building 446 more… Total 1035, ...
On May 21, a ceasefire was agreed to between Israel, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, putting an end to a bloody 11-day conflict. Despite the relative calm that has ensued, the violence of these past weeks across Israel-Palestine has unveiled distinct urban fronts. ...
Barak: There are many rockets. Our people have been attacked before. We disagree with Hamas. We do not have a problem with the Gaza Strip. Oglu: Were the dead civilians in Flotilla directing missiles towards you? How can you kill them? Turkey is not any state. Turkey has the strength...
In today’s world, thought leaders are the ones shaping the conversation and driving change. They come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, but they all share a passion for solving complex problems and inspiring others to action. And, as with captains of industry, many thought leaders...
Israel’s Iron Dome system has been in the headlines often since the country began its military offensive in Gaza in response to the October 7 Hamas attacks inside Israel that sparked the current hostilities in the region. The Iron Dome is the bottom layer of Israel’s missile defense, accor...