Elliott Abrams notes that it is Donald Trump who wants to provide a better life for the people now in Gaza, by arranging for their removal while the Strip itself is cleared of rubble. Whether they then return, or remain in the Arab states where he hopes they can be resettled, they will be much […]
What the Hostages Have Endured
Although it is clear that all of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have. been subject to savage mistreatment, often chained and held in tunnels for almost their entire captivity, deliberately starved, and regularly beaten by their captors, it is only now, after the release of the three captives, Or Levy, Ohad Ben […]
How the Media Covered the Latest Hostage-For-Prisoner Release
Three Israeli men — Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, and Ohad Ben Ami — were freed in the latest hostage-for-criminal exchange. They were described as “gaunt,” though even that word does not convey their horrific appearance, that reminded many in Israel of the Jews who were found, still alive but starving, when the Allies entered the […]
What Do Young Gazans Want?
Hamas has angrily rejected Trump’s proposal to move the Gazans out of the Strip, while what he accurately calls a “demolition site” full of rubble can be cleared away. The Palestinian Authority, with slightly less venom, has done the same. Trump had suggested that the Gazans could be resettled in both Egypt and Jordan, but […]
Hamas rejects Trump’s ultimatum, says ‘language of threats has no value and further complicates matters’
Trump demanded that Hamas release all its Israeli hostages by noon Saturday, or “all bets are off.” Hamas is hedging. Do they want to provoke Trump into an attack, presumably by Israeli forces, so that they can play the victim and the world will once again rain down condemnations on Israel and force it to […]
Palestinian Authority claims Israeli hostages look ‘as if they had been in vacation resorts’
And the global “human rights organizations” will nod in agreement. “Palestinian Authority mockery: Israeli hostages were in ‘vacation resorts’; doctors say they’re like ‘concentration camp’ survivors,” by Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Palestinian Media Watch, February 9, 2025: In a grotesque editorial in its official paper, the Palestinian Authority wrote last week that Hamas is releasing the […]
More on the Three Hostages Just Released
The three Israeli hostages who were just released — Eli Sharabi, Oded Ben Ami, and Or Levy — their faces gaunt, their eyes haunted, their eye-sockets dark, their bodies described as skeletal — were first paraded on a stage by Hamas captors. Each one was given, and told to hold up for the cameras, an […]
Israeli Hostages Return Gaunt And Skeletal
During their release, the Israeli hostages have been made to suffer various indignities. Some of the girls and women, obviously frightened, have been surrounded by rifle-toting bezonians, pressing against them, screaming at them, pushing and pulling them this way and that, making it difficult for them, even with their Hamas guards, to make it to […]
Hamas tortured and executed jihad terrorists who were accused of homosexual activity
A hadith depicts Muhammad specifying the punishment for homosexual activity: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘Whoever you find doing the action of the people of Loot, execute the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.’” (Sunan Abu Dawud 4462) “There were multiple […]
How Yarden Bibas was Treated by His Captors
Condemned to live in dark dank tunnels for much of his nearly 500 days in captivity, frequently beaten by his guards, held for long periods in cages, at times given a daily ration of only one piece of pita, the Israeli hostage Yarden Bibas was also subject to the most diabolical psychological torture, with his […]