News reports whitewash the crimes of Palestinian prisoners being released
November 29, 2023 | Ahron Shapiro
Some news reports have drawn an apparent moral equivalence between the completely innocent Israeli hostages and the Palestinian prisoners, including by whitewashing or downplaying the severity of the terror-related crimes many of the prisoners were found guilty of.
The silence about Hamas’ ongoing war crimes
November 29, 2023 | Oved Lobel
One either cares about the principle of IHL adherence or one doesn’t. Anyone who is unable or unwilling to mention Hamas’ countless and ongoing violations of IHL at the same time as they express concern, well-founded or not, about Israel’s conduct clearly belongs in the latter category.
A powerless Hamas is the only way this war will end
November 30, 2023 | Colin Rubenstein
An immediate, permanent ceasefire would therefore cost, not protect, innocent lives in the longer term. It would only defer those casualties until Hamas’ promised future rounds of warfare.
A permanent ceasefire now would be a victory for Hamas
November 29, 2023 | Justin Amler
A permanent ceasefire would be a terrible idea, at least for the time being. It would not end the conflict but prolong it. It would end up costing more lives, because it would effectively mean Hamas survives, and no longer has to fear Israeli action to prevent it repeating its attacks.
Deconstruction Zone: Witnessing the Horror
November 27, 2023 | Suzan Quitaz
The extremely disturbing 45-minute video comprised footage from the body-cams and mobile phones used by Hamas terrorists, as well as material collected from civilian dash-cam footage, CCTV footage, video from rescuers and imagery posted to social media by both Hamas terrorists and their victims.
Essay: Anti-Zionists and antisemitism
November 27, 2023 | Jonah Goldberg
Normally, if you talk about your desire to erase a people, nation, or culture, you’d get accused of bigotry or even genocidal designs. Not so with anti-Zionism.
“Integrated warfare”: The secret to the IDF’s Gaza success
November 27, 2023 | Yonah Jeremy Bob
The IDF has managed to achieve a mix of new tactics, intelligence collection, speed, and distribution of intelligence, which allows air, sea, artillery, and tank forces to eliminate 150 Hamas forces in one extended battle, without a single IDF loss, as was the case recently.
