"I think the first thing Hamas wanted to do was remind the Israelis that they are there, and that they are a force to be reckoned with — a security force and a political force to be reckoned with," said Weiner, of Stanford University. Cook, at the Council on Foreign Relations, told ...
The Iran-backed Houthis are no longer a rag-tag army Why have they been attacking ships in the Red Sea? Image:Map of Middle East The Houthis claim the attacks are aimed at ending the air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip following the 7 October attacks byHamas. Sever...
He argued that neither the Hamas attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, nor Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine would have happened under his watch and claimed that Iran has grown in strength and reach under the Biden administration. He also falsely claimed that Harris refuse...
Cole S. Aronson notes that an October 17, 2023, US poll, ten days after the Hamas massacre, found a “thirty percentage point gap between voters older than fifty and voters younger than thirty-five, on whether America should arm Israel against Hamas. It is difficult to think of another ...
Why did Hamas attack Israel? Why did the Gaza War happen? Why did the Kingdom of Israel split? Why was Zionism created? Why are Israel and Palestine fighting over the Gaza Strip? Why did Israel win the Six Day War? Why did Israel blockade Gaza? Why did Palestinians participate in the ...
Oh, and I guess you haven’t noticed that the very people who say, “We shouldn’t be involved with a foreign country, we should be neutral as to all foreign conflicts,” are also the people who attack Israel, call it a uniquely evil, mean, cruel, and oppressive country, deny it th...
A policy dubbed “one country, two systems,” enshrines this uniqueness. Under the policy, Hong Kong’s maintains a de-facto constitution, known as the Hong Kong Basic Law. It guarantees freedoms that are unavailable to Chinese mainlanders, such as the right to protest, the right to a free...
When antagonists resort to arms, they usually have an objective that only victory can achieve. For example Hamas, which regards itself as the Palestinians’ champion and Israel as illegitimate occupiers of Palestinian land, makes no secret of its desire to eliminate Israel and its Jewish citizens ...
And Drop was the vessel.” Now that his schedule was suddenly clear, Landon was able to go back to Drop.“It was like kismet. The movie very much deals with an invisible assailant—someone who is attacking you and you don’t know who they are, and you don’t know where they are—...
Well, geopolitical tensions are still high as the world enters a new year and that isn’t likely to change anytime soon. Almost two years after Russia first invaded Ukraine, the two nations are still at war. Meanwhile, the Israel-Hamas war has led to further unrest. These conflicts posesi...