Ring of Fire must be doused
October 28, 2024 | Allon Lee
For Israel, the immediate task now is to free the 101 hostages who are still held captive, somewhere, in Gaza. There is a strong belief that with Sinwar out of the picture, freeing the hostages will be easier to achieve. But answering the question of whether Sinwar’s death will hasten the war’s conclusion is complicated.
Many questions, still too few answers to evil
October 23, 2024 | Jamie Hyams
Immediately after the October 7 Hamas atrocities, two questions were predominant – how did it happen, and how could people treat others so horrifically and barbarically? However… the conduct of others raised other, equally baffling questions.
Hezbollah massacred Syrians; they are glad for Israel’s help
October 22, 2024 | Alana Schetzer
For one group of people in the small mountain town of Madaya, Syria, the elimination of Hezbollah’s senior leadership was especially important… During the Syrian civil war, the town was the site of one of Hezbollah’s cruellest and most vicious attacks.
End of “The Occupation”
October 21, 2024 | Dave Rich
We can count the hate crimes and look in horror at the shameless return of medieval anti-Jewish tropes, but perhaps more significant is the shift in the language of the anti-Israel movement from occupation to colonialism, and the associated change in its focus from reversing Israel’s conquests in 1967 to erasing its foundation in 1948.
Securing a better post-war future for Lebanon
October 21, 2024 | Hanin Ghaddar
By failing to protect its top political and military figures, safeguard its core Shi’ite constituency, or secure its promised victory for the Iran-led “axis of resistance”, [Hezbollah] surrendered its claimed right to bear arms under the increasingly dubious pretence of protecting the country.
Biblio File: The failures, the heroes and the blood: The literature of October 7
October 21, 2024 | Calev Ben-Dor
We should not be overly surprised that as the anniversary of the Hamas massacre on October 7 was drawing closer, hundreds of thousands of words had been written to mark the event – 80 Hebrew-language books published in Israel so far – to help us better understand that day.
