The IDF has been uncovering reams of documents about the inner workings of both Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Most recently, it came across a cache describing the methods employed by Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas in Gaza, in dealing with those Palestinian Arabs he accused either of “immorality” or of “collaborating” with the […]
If Israel Doesn’t Enter Rafah, Hamas Will Survive and Become the Undisputed Hero of Arabs and Muslims
Elder of Ziyon takes us through New York Times columnist David Brooks’ article about what Israel could do if it doesn’t enter Rafah: “Finally, a mainstream newspaper looks at alternatives to invading Rafah – and cannot find any,” Elder of Ziyon, March 25, 2024: A fourth alternative is that Israel should just stop. It should […]
What Can Israel Do If It Doesn’t Invade Rafah?
In a piece in the New York Times, its columnist David Brooks considers the possible alternatives to an invasion of Rafah in Gaza. Elder of Ziyon takes us through Brooks’ article as the columnist goes through all the calculations that the IDF must already have made: “Finally, a mainstream newspaper looks at alternatives to invading Rafah […]
San Francisco-area Islamic scholar says Oct. 7 massacre ‘another big lie,’ Allah is punishing the Jews
Once again we see a supporter of the “Palestinians” frame the conflict entirely in Islamic terms, while Western policymakers and foreign policy analysts continue to assume that Islam plays no part in the conflict whatsoever. “San Francisco Bay Area Islamic Scholar Dr. Yousef Al-Shehabi: October 7 Attack Was A ‘Big Lie’; Allah Punished The Jews […]
Selective Sympathies, Or, Only Palestinian Lives Matter
Have you noticed how the war in Gaza, or rather, the “suffering women and especially children” in Gaza, are now taking up so much of the news bandwidth? Since that war started on October 7, we no longer see on the nightly news much about the war in Ukraine, though that war is still going […]
The IDF Revises How it Will Defend Israeli Towns on the Gaza Border
The surprise attack by 3,000 Hamas operatives, who smashed through the border defenses on the Gazan border with Israel and ended up raping, torturing, and murdering 1,200 Israelis and kidnapping another 260 who were taken back to Gaza, is constantly on the minds of all Israelis, but especially on the minds of IDF strategists who […]
Kamala Has ‘Studied the Maps’
She warns Israel of “consequences” if it destroys Hamas: “I am ruling out nothing.” The Biden administration is doing every possible thing to save Hamas by depriving Israel of arms, threatening it with political and economic consequences, and going after Netanyahu personally to stop a Rafah operation. But there’s no way to finish off Hamas, […]
Gaza, Sudan, and the Media’s Selective Sympathies
While we are constantly told in the media about an impending “food crisis” in Gaza — which crisis is largely the result not of an absence of food but of the maldistribution of food aid, much of which is seized by Hamas for the benefit of its own operatives, their extended families, and the clans […]
What Percentage of Those Killed by the IDF in Gaza were Civilians?
As is well known, Hamas has a long history, going back many years, of undercounting its own losses and exaggerating the number of civilians killed by the IDF. Think of the “massacre of Jenin,” where Hamas claimed that “500 civilians” had been massacred by the IDF. In the end, both American and Israeli intelligence concluded […]
Hamas Just Brought to Life These Cartoons About Hiding Behind Babies
“Terrorists continued to hide in the hospital’s maternity ward” The Washington Post ‘canceled’ famed cartoonist Michael Ramirez for depicting a Hamas leader hiding behind children. Apologists for Islamic terrorists have taken to claiming that depicting them hiding behind kids is somehow bigoted. But there’s a plethora of similar cartoons out there, like this one from Branco at Legal Insurrection, […]