7, after Hamas’s deadly cross-border raid. Iran’s allies aim to distract Israel and the United States and raise the military, economic and political costs of continuing the war against Hamas. The groups don’t necessarily want a further escalation, given their odds in any all-out ...
limiting my activities to eating, sleeping, watching YouTube, and playing many mindless games on my phone. It helped some, but I was still harbouring a lot of resentment towards our government and all of the others who failed our former allies in Afghanistan. After a ...
Israelis in comparison? Going all I-Heart-Hamas is sooooo daring, rebellious, romantic, and the logical extension of those other bad ideas, in addition to wholly unwarranted ‘60s protest nostalgia. Why not turn out and protest for the Cause, whatever the cause is, this week?
But surely at least Hamas must want the slaughter of Palestinan civilians to stop. No, it does not. It’s just as much in favour of the slaughter of the innocents as the Israelis are. Maybe even more so, because Israel only has anger whereas Hamas has a genuine strategy. From the fir...
The Houthis have sporadically targeted ships in the region over time, but the attacks have increased since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas and spiked after an explosion Oct. 17 at a hospital in Gaza killed and injured many. That hospital blast marked the beginning ...
takes risks by avoiding risks—whether against Hamas’s tunnels in 2014, Iran’s nuclear program, or even after the worst massacre in Israeli history. He still refuses to take the obvious response every other leader in the world would take—treat the enemy the way the Allies treated the ...
By highlighting Israeli weakness and impotence – and the cowardice of its allies – the psychological barrier to believing that an end to Zionist rule is possible has been delivered a deadly blow. One other thought – where are the Russians in all this? I consider this question based on two...
Herzog was sitting next to a photograph of baby Kfir Bibas, a hostage kidnapped by Hamas, who turned one on Thursday. "Here, on this incredible world stage, I call on the entire universe to free Kfir Bibas and all the hostages that are there," Herzog said. ...
As for Iran, strategist Ash said Tehran's misfortunes had just grown, after Israel already severely weakened its proxies, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. "Iran — it just goes from bad to worse as another proxy domino drops, Hezbollah, now Assad. Could Tehran be next?
And that means bringing all of our allies to safety.” The group of people immediately impacted include the families of roughly 200 US service members, as well as families of people who have already relocated to the US, VanDiver said. Flights for those impacted in the short term have ...