Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his country is "at war" with Hamas almost immediately after the militant group launched a brutal terror attack from the Gaza Strip on October 7, killing hundreds and prompting more than two weeks of retaliatory airstrikes on the Palestinian ...
Ismail Haniyeh is Hamas's leader. He ordered the attack from his home in Qatar, and later gave a televised speech hailing it. Yahya Sinwar is the leader of Hamas in Gaza itself - one of the co-founders of its security apparatus. Mohammed Deif is in charge of ...
Hamas’s rocket attacks may be indiscriminate, but they are also calculated. As the primary goal of Hamas’s leadership has been to stay in power in Gaza, whatever the cost, they have used rocket attacks for a few different purposes. First and foremost, the attacks are used to pressure Is...
Why did the Bantu migrate to South Africa? Why did the Stono Rebellion happen? Why did the First Sudan Civil War happen? Why did Nelson Mandela go to jail? Why did Hamas attack Israel? Why did the African American civil rights movement start?
The first is Gaza. We know what war looks like inside overcrowded Gaza because we have seen it too many times. But this is of a whole different magnitude. The psychological shock that has penetrated deep into the Israeli psyche from the weekend's Hamas massacres will co...
Gaza: Why Israel and Hamas Are Trading Rocket FireOn the second day of intense Israeli airstrikes that set offstreet protests throughout the...Mitnick, Joshua
Why did Netanyahu fire him? Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahucited a “crisis of trust” and strategic differences in his decision to remove Gallant. Netanyahu’s office pointed to Gallant’s opposition to continuing an aggressive campaign against Hamas without clear objectives. Gallant criticized Netanyah...
Our team has been devastated by the horrific events of this latest war. The world is reeling from Israel’s unprecedented onslaught on Gaza, inflicting mass devastation and death upon besieged Palestinians, as well as the atrocious attack and kidnappings by Hamas in Israel on October 7. Our he...
Why did Netanyahu choose such timing to bomb Gaza? It would have made more sense to attack Gaza in the run-up to the general elections. For months prior to the April 9 elections, Netanyahu was repeatedly accused of being soft on Hamas. ...
Since Israel declared war in response to Hamas’ deadly cross-border attack on Oct. 7, Netanyahu has said a central goal is to destroy the Islamic group’s military capabilities. Israel says Rafah is Hamas’ last major stronghold in the Gaza Strip, after operations elsewhere dismantled 18 out...