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Tag: Israel-Hamas war
U.S. fired first diplomatic shot at Israel
by Andreas Kluth “Abstention” is a deceptively diplomatic word, implying some sort of bureaucratic omission. And yet this week’s decision by the U.S. to abstain from casting […]
Red lines or victory?
A recent headline in the Wall Street Journal expressed Hamas’ last chance in its terrorist war against Israel: “Hamas Pins Survival Hopes on Ramadan.” The sub headline […]
Schumer’s gambit against Netanyahu
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants Israel to hold new elections, and makes no secret that he thinks and hopes when they do, Bibi Netanyahu will be […]
Biden & Bibi: From frenemies to enemies
by Andreas Kluth You know frenemies are becoming enemies when they’re drawing each other red lines. That’s what President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Gaza needs humanitarian aid now
by Trudy Rubin The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is far too serious to remain unresolved as Israel and Hamas play chicken with negotiations over a temporary cease-fire. […]
‘Media’ is not hiding the ‘truth’
Social media posts’ favorite tagline is some variation of “The mainstream media won’t tell you this …” followed by text or images of something that may or […]
I’m a U.S. doctor who went to Gaza
What I saw wasn’t war — it was annihilation by Irfan Galaria In late January, I left my home in Virginia, where I work as a plastic […]
Israel takes hostage issue into its own hands with raid
Negotiations designed to secure the release of hostages taken during the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel “were productive and serious,” CNN reported last Tuesday. But […]
Selective empathy is bringing us down
by Andreas Kluth Natural selection played a trick on Homo sapiens. It gave us the vital skill of empathy, the ability to imagine ourselves into other people’s […]