Thankfully, the United States has vetoed what could have been a binding and potentially dangerous United Nations resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire to end the two month-old Israel-Hamas war. Sponsored the United Arab Emirates, and supported by the permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council, yesterday’s motion would have placed enormous international pressure […]
Is it so hard to condemn genocide unequivocally? Shockingly enough, Elizabeth Magill, Claudine Gay and Sally Kornbluth, the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, had various degrees of difficulty responding to that straightforward question with a simple yes or no answer. Ar a congressional hearing in Washington […]
Ten days after Hamas terrorists stormed southern Israel in a devastatingly effective attack that claimed the lives of 1,200 Israelis and foreigners and shattered its sense of security, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned that Israel’s ferocious military response would cause a violent reaction throughout the Middle East. His prediction has proven to be […]
As Hamas barbarians went on a murderous rampage in southern Israel on October 7, they sexually assaulted and mutilated dozens of women. Contrary to Hamas’ lame denials, we know this to be true. It is not a figment of anyone’s imagination. On December 5, U.S. President Joe Biden condemned the “unimaginable cruelty” of Hamas attackers […]
Lloyd Austin, the U.S. secretary of defence, has walked a twisted road since that horrendous day of infamy on October 7. At the outset, he offered Israel unflagging support to crush Hamas once and for all. But the other day, he changed course, warning Israel that Palestinian civilians caught in the crossfire must be protected […]
Hamas, the Islamic movement that has been embroiled in fierce combat with Israel in the Gaza Strip since the slaughter of 1,200 Israelis and foreigners on October 7, was founded by Sheikh Ahmad Yassin 36 years ago this month during the opening days of the first Palestinian uprising. Its status as an important component of […]
As expected, war has returned to the Gaza Strip following a tenuous week-long truce during which 81 Israeli and 24 foreign hostages were freed from captivity in exchange for the release of 210 Palestinian prisoners and the renewed flow of humanitarian supplies into that battered coastal enclave. Hamas still holds 137 hostages, of whom 126 […]
Yair Golan, the former deputy commander of Israel’s armed forces, has cast doubt on the feasibility of an Israeli ground invasion of the southern Gaza Strip, the probable locale of Hamas’ leadership. Speaking at a Canadian Friends of Peace Now webinar several days ago, Golan said the Israeli army will find it “almost impossible” to […]
As if Israel had no shortage of enemies, a new one has menacingly emerged since the outbreak of Israel’s war with Hamas last month. The Houthis, a Zaydi Shi’a sect in Yemen backed financially and militarily by Iran, Israel’s deadliest foe, have declared war on Israel in a bold gesture of solidarity with Hamas and […]
As the fourth batch of Israeli and foreign hostages were released from captivity on November 27, Israel and Hamas extended their temporary pause in the Gaza Strip by two days, paving the way for 20 additional captives to regain their freedom and more humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza. Israelis were overjoyed by the return […]