A little more than a year ago, Yaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old war veteran of Ukrainian extraction, received two standing ovations in the House of Commons after its Speaker, Anthony Rota, singled him out for recognition. The visiting president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, and the prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, were among those who honored […]
Amid a landscape of despair and death, Bulgaria was seen as a shining example of humanity during the Holocaust. Alone among European countries that were occupied by or aligned with Germany, Bulgaria saved its Jewish citizens from the clutch of the Nazis. Its wily monarch, King Boris III, was supposedly their chief protector and savior. […]
Kibbutz Nahal Oz, the Israeli community closest to the Gaza Strip, was attacked by Hamas terrorists early on the morning of October 7, 2023. It was not the first time it had been targeted, but this was the most devastating attack in its 70 years of existence. Amir Tibon, his wife Miri and their two […]
Less than a day after Israel struck Iran in retaliatory air strikes, setting back Iran’s abilities to defend itself and build missiles, U.S. President Joe Biden chimed in, saying he hoped that the fourth round of Israeli-Iranian tit-for-tat attacks since April would be the last. “I hope that this is the end,” he said, striking […]
Israel has a sophisticated multilayered air defence system to detect and destroy short-range rockets and drones and medium- and long-range missiles. These systems, comprising the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and the Arrow, have been remarkably effective in downing enemy projectiles launched by Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq and Iran. But in […]
Israel carried out a calibrated retaliatory strike against Iran in the early hours of October 26, marking the fourth time since April that these bitter enemies have clashed in a direct confrontation. The question now is whether Iran, Israel’s deadliest foe, will respond in kind. Iran faces a quandary. If it retaliates, Israel would most […]
Three decades on, Israel’s historic peace treaty with Jordan remains fundamentally intact, though it has been buffeted and damaged by a series of events from almost the outset. Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan formally entered into a state of peace on October 26, 1994 in a ceremony in the southern Negev Desert brimming […]
By insisting that the year-long Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip has run its course and should be wound down, the United States is jumping the gun. Of late, U.S. President Joe Biden has repeatedly called for a ceasefire that, he hopes, would lead to several desirable outcomes: the end of the war, the release […]
Nearly three weeks after Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon, its fourth since 1978, Israeli political and military leaders have enunciated a strategic doctrine to ensure that its northern border will be as safe as possible from Hezbollah aggression in the future. Israel launched its operation on September 30, three days after its assassination of Hezbollah […]
Yahya Sinwar, the ruthless mastermind of last year’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel, got his comeuppance on the 377th day of the war he ignited in the Gaza Strip. On October 16, he was killed by Israeli soldiers in Rafah, the last city in Gaza to be stormed and occupied by Israel. He and […]