Damaged section of Kamal Adwan Hospital (image: World Health Organisation)

The latest IDF raid on the Kamal Adwan Hospital debunks absurd UN report

January 9, 2025 | Oved Lobel

This is the calibre of “analysis” one expects nowadays from anti-Israel activists masquerading as UN legal experts and officials. This is a pity, because there are genuine legal and ethical discussions to be had in terms of IHL, IDF conduct and medical units and facilities in Gaza being abused by Hamas. Unfortunately… few are interested in engaging in them.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (left), the late Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and the late commander of the IRGC's Qods Force Qassem Soleimani

The Axis of Resistance is not dead yet

December 19, 2024 | Oved Lobel

This regime has shown itself to be remarkably durable and innovative when it comes to exporting the Islamic Revolution and attacking Israel, even under arguably worse domestic, regional and international circumstances than these. Barring a collapse of the regime or a coherent containment policy by the US and its allies – and despite whatever pragmatic and temporary retrenchment and policy adjustments may be necessary in the short term – it will attempt to regenerate the axis, and likely succeed.   

Iranian women being ushered into a van by "Morality police" (Image: X)

Iranian human rights have significantly worsened since the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests

December 18, 2024

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A Fork in the Road for Lebanon

December 16, 2024

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There is method to Trump’s Gaza takeover madness

February 7, 2025 | Bren Carlill

Trump’s ‘Gaza plan’ – which took Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu by surprise as well – is almost certainly designed to scare Palestinians and third parties into being less maximalist in their demands, and to start coming to the table with creative solutions.

Israeli PM Netanyahu and President Trump in their White House press conference (Screenshot)

Some merit, but many obstacles in Donald Trump’s Gaza plan

February 6, 2025 | Colin Rubenstein

Controversy was assured from the start when US President Donald Trump announced his unconventional plans for the future of Gaza in various press conferences with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.

UNRWA is portrayed as the “backbone” of Gaza aid efforts, but actually supplied only 13% of aid there over recent months (Image: Anas Mohammed/ Shutterstock)

UNRWA must lose funding before any peace can be found in Gaza

February 6, 2025 | Jamie Hyams

According to Israeli intelligence, 1,200 UNRWA employees in Gaza – 10% of its workforce – are Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) operatives, including school principals.

Not happy! Australian Assad fan and conspiracy theorist Tim Anderson

The lamentations of Assad’s Australian admirers

January 30, 2025 | Ran Porat

These Australia-based fans of the ‘Butcher of Damascus’ also tend to be supporters of other autocratic regimes, such as Iran, China, Russia and North Korea. It is also no shock to learn that these people pin the blame for Assad’s fall on Israel, since most have records as serial proliferators of antisemitic tropes and wild conspiracy theories.

UNRWA provides aid, but it also cooperates with Hamas, and tells Palestinians that their rightful home is inside Israel (Image: Anas Mohammed/ Shutterstock)

Trump’s UNRWA conundrum

January 30, 2025 | Robert Satloff

Over the course of the war, it became clear that Hamas terrorists were operating with impunity inside, near, or beneath numerous UNRWA facilities, storing weapons, assembling rockets, and organising their forces in the agency’s schools, shelters, hospitals, and clinics. The idea that UNRWA’s 30,000 officials and staff – nearly all of whom are Palestinian – were ignorant of this activity strains credulity.

Hamas has managed to create “mini-states” in areas vacated by the IDF (Image: Anas Mohammed/ Shutterstock)

How Hamas survived 15 months of war 

January 29, 2025 | Seth Frantzman

Hamas has survived because it was never defeated in central Gaza or Gaza City. When Hamas lost units, it rebuilt them. When it lost commanders, it replaced them.

Apprehension over the remaining hostages has cast a melancholy pall over Israeli society (Image: Shutterstock)

The Last Word: Mixed emotions

Jan 29, 2025

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Media Microscope: Hostage to Hamas

Jan 29, 2025

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: How seriously should Israel take his threats to attack the Jewish state? (Image: Shutterstock)

Israel and Turkey – a new battleground?

Jan 29, 2025

Even after the departure of Itamar Ben-Gvir’s far-right faction, Netanyahu’s cabinet is divided over what should happen at the end of the first six-week stage of the ceasefire (Image: IGPO/ Flickr)

Six critical weeks for Netanyahu

Jan 29, 2025

Trump and Netanyahu are expected to meet soon and many issues will be on the table, but Iran is expected to supersede them all (Image: Flickr)

Trump versus Teheran?

Jan 29, 2025

PA security forces in Jenin (Image: Shutterstock)

Can the PA reform enough to rule Gaza?

Jan 29, 2025

Hamas' show of force in Gaza (Screenshot)

Scribblings: Hollywood in Gaza

Jan 29, 2025

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Noted and Quoted – February 2025

Jan 29, 2025

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Biblio File: Secret soldiers of the Hidden Imam

Jan 29, 2025