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Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead. And Israel will celebrate like America did after killing al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. But killing Sinwar won’t “destroy Hamas” any more than killing bin Laden destroyed al-Qaeda. In its “war on terror,” America invaded and destroyed Afghanistan and Iraq. It killed hundreds of thousands of innocents to get… Read more.
Israelis held somber ceremonies Monday to mark a year since the deadliest attack in the country’s history, a Hamas-led raid that shattered its sense of security and has since spiraled into wars on two fronts with no end in sight. Hamas marked the anniversary of its Oct. 7, 2023, attack by firing a barrage of… Read more.
Israelis blow up Hezbollah pagers in ‘mission impossible’ Politicians and pundits alike are hailing the technological spycraft that enabled Israel to blow up the pagers and walkie-talkies of thousands of Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon. It killed scores and injured thousands. But listening to their shock and awe, you’d be forgiven for thinking Israel’s real aim… Read more.
Yesterday, Netanyahu made an extraordinary apology for failing to rescue Israeli hostages. But his apology was as cynical as Trump’s apology for his lewd remarks on the infamous Access Hollywood tape. IDF soldiers found six dead Israeli hostages in a tunnel in Gaza on Sunday. This discovery provoked protests among tens of thousands of Israelis.… Read more.
Biden condemns protests Over the past weeks, President Biden remained conspicuously silent as protests erupted on college campuses across America. From Columbia on the East Coast to UCLA on the West, pro-Palestinian protesters have been chanting rallying cries for a ceasefire in Gaza and urging their colleges to divest from Israel. The media have been manufacturing interest by covering these… Read more.
Pro-Palestinian student protests against Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza are erupting on college campuses across America. The unfolding scenes echo the most notorious student protests in US history: the anti-Vietnam protests of the late 1960s and the anti-apartheid protests of the mid-1980s. However, I submit that there’s greater resonance between these protests and the anti-apartheid protest. Even… Read more.
Biden’s come-to-Jesus talk with Netanyahu On its misadventure to destroy Hamas, Israel spent six months killing thousands of innocent Palestinians and scores of relief workers. Yet, it was only after it killed seven Central Work Kitchen aid workers recently that President Biden had a come-to-Jesus talk with Netanyahu. Reportedly, Biden’s friendship with José Andrés, the founder of this relief organization, made him so… Read more.
The fog of war Israel is right, of course. In the fog of war, sh*t happens. Except that, in twenty years of waging war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the US never faced credible allegations of genocide for mistakenly killing and intentionally starving people. Whereas, after just three months of waging war in Gaza, Israel found itself in The Hague, accused of genocide.… Read more.
US aiding and abetting genocide in Gaza The Biden administration in recent days quietly authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite Washington’s concerns about an anticipated military offensive in southern Gaza that could threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians. (The Washington Post, March… Read more.
Surely only that explains Israel defying pleas, even from the United States, to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. And, frankly, it doesn’t give a damn about the damning historical symmetry afoot. Read more.
