Herzog is right to call the Islamic Republic of Iran an “empire of evil,” and such language is all the more needed in light of the treasonous pusillanimity of Western leaders. “Herzog: Terrorists Slain in Beirut Were Plotting Oct. 7-Style Attack,” JNS, September 22, 2024: JNS.org – Hezbollah leaders killed in an airstrike on Friday […]
Israel’s Pager Attack Was Legal Under International Law
John Spencer, Arsen Ostrovsky, and Mark Goldfeder make the overwhelming case for the legality of Israel’s sabotage of Hezbollah’s pagers and walkie-talkies, right here: “Sorry, AOC: Israel’s Precision Attack Against Hezbollah Was Humane—and Legal | Opinion,” by Arsen Ostrovsky, John Spencer, and Mark Goldfeder, Newsweek, September 20, 2024: By any stretch of the imagination, Israel is […]
France’s Macron slams Netanyahu for ‘causing full-scale war’
Rather than slam Iran, Hizballah, Hamas and the other jihadists that threaten Israel’s existence, as well as the security of the Western world, Emmanuel Macron slams Israel. In so doing, he announces to jihadists everywhere that he’s a weak appeaser — a point that has been clear enough already, given France’s open-door immigration policy and […]
Netanyahu Firm on Continuing to Press Hezbollah to Halt Its Aggression in the North
One of Israel’s newly-declared war goals, along with the return of all the hostages and the dismantling of Hamas as a fighting force in Gaza, is the creation of calm on the northern border with Lebanon so that 60,000 Israelis, who were forced to leave their homes because of the daily barrages of rockets and […]
Israel Accused of the Crime of Defending Itself
British journalist Brendan O’Neill is appalled at the way so many in the West paint Israel’s efforts to defend itself as “war crimes.” No matter how precisely it attacks its targets — as the Hezbollah possessors of pagers, hand-held radios, and walkie-talkies were — the IDF is accused of “indiscriminate” killing in Lebanon. No matter […]
Another Day, Another Defeat For Hezbollah
On the first day, a Tuesday, thousands of pagers that Hezbollah had distributed to its members — and was still distributing them that very morning — exploded at 3:30 p.m., wounding more than 3,000 (some reports say 4,000) and killing 14. The pagers exploded all over Lebanon, but mainly in south Beirut, in southern Lebanon, […]
Four Lebanese Reflect on What Hezbollah Has Meant for Lebanon
The Jerusalem Post contacted four Lebanese, both inside the country and in the diaspora, quite varied in age and station, but all of them hostile to Hezbollah, for their opinions on Hezbollah after the “pager” attack. More about their remarkable replies can be found here: “‘Iranian proxies and drug lords’: Lebanese react to Hezbollah’s ‘pager intifada’ […]
Targeted missile strike on Beirut takes out Hizballah top dog Ibrahim Aqil, member of group’s Jihad Council
“Aqil was wanted by the United States for his alleged role in the bombing of a U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut in 1983.” Israel is doing the work that the American government has not had the will to do. “Israel Defense Forces confirm ‘targeted strike’ on Beirut,” by Timothy H.J. Nerozzi, Fox News, September 20, […]
Nasrallah Indignant at Israel’s ‘Act of War’
In his speech urbi et orbi on September 19, the humiliated head of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, admitted that Israel’s “pager attack” had been a heavy blow, but he vowed to fight bravely on. The Israeli sabotage of pagers, and then, we discovered, of walkie-talkies and handheld radios as well, have led to 37 deaths, and […]
West Point Professor John Spencer on Israel’s Cyberattack on Hezbollah Jihad Terrorists
John Spencer is a professor of urban warfare at West Point, and he has followed closely the war in Gaza, including several trips to the battlefield. He has stoutly defended Israel’s conduct of the war, and its colossal efforts to minimize civilian casualties by warning people away from areas and buildings about to be targeted. […]