Yesterday, a month after the United States warned Israel it faced a cutoff of military assistance unless it allowed a substantial increase of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip within 30 days, the issue was essentially settled in Israel’s favor. The United States, having announced that Israel had fulfilled some of the conditions it had […]
German scholar Matthias Kuntzel provides readers with a ground-breaking theory about Arab/Muslim hostility to Israel and Jews in his penetratingly incisive book, Nazis, Islamic Antisemitism And The Middle East: The 1948 Arab War Against Israel And The Aftershocks Of World War II (Routledge). A political scientist and historian, he argues that antisemitism in the Arab […]
With Jews in Europe poised to mark the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht on November 9, mobs attacked Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam following a match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax the night before. The violence immediately brought to mind an ugly incident that occurred in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, late last October. Shortly […]
As he toured Israel’s northern border on November 3, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would restore security there “with or without” an agreement with Lebanon. What he meant is clear. Israel is determined to facilitate the return of some 60,000 displaced Israelis through either diplomacy or military means. Ordered to evacuate their homes […]
It was, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed in a message to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on November 6, “history’s greatest comeback.” Netanyahu, the first world leader to congratulate Trump, may have been indulging in hyperbole, but he was not too far off the mark. Trump’s triumph over Vice President Kamala Harris in yesterday’s […]
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 […]