Communist China has no hesitation about collaborating even with countries it deems to be enemies if it suits what the Communist leadership perceives to be its interests. Israel is a world leader in technology, medicine, and science — an ideal economic partner. Partnering with Israel for economic reasons does not imply friendship or trust. The […]
The Mother of Freed Hostage Liri Albag on What Her Daughter Endured
Shiri Albag is the mother of the recently-freed hostage Liri Albag. Her daughter suffered in captivity, but says that the “men had it [even] worse.” More on her long captivity, and her slow recuperation at home, and above all, her observations on those “innocent Gazan civilians,” can be found here: “‘The girls suffered, but men […]
Israeli brigadier general warns: released jihadi prisoners will wage jihad and build militias in Judea and Samaria
Since the Gaza ceasefire agreement on January 19, the IDF has detained 380 Palestinians in Judea and Samaria. Two days after the agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “announced the start of a large-scale operation to defeat terrorism” in the city of Jenin. Days later, the operation was expanded into Tulkarm and Tubas. While the […]
Gaza Needs to be Rebuilt, and So Do the Minds of Gazans
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 […]