How the U.S. Military Polices Its Own Ranks
Anyone who follows the U.S. Army, or the war in Afghanistan, cannot fail to be horrified by reports of atrocities committed by a few soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division in...
View ArticleDelay Would Make Israeli-Palestinian Deal More Likely, Not Less
On Monday, I argued that Washington’s push for final-status talks now, when neither Israelis nor Palestinians actually think a deal is possible, could substantially worsen a situation that’s currently...
View ArticleClinton’s Slander Against Israeli Democracy
Bill Clinton’s comments on the number of Russian immigrants and settlers in the Israel Defense Forces do indeed, as Jennifer said, sound xenophobic. But Clinton’s slander is far more dangerous than...
View Article“Count the Lies”
That’s how one observer of J Street’s meltdown put it. Honestly, it’s hard to keep track. Eli Lake reveals a bunch more in his latest bombshell report: J Street — the self-described pro-Israel,...
View ArticleWikiLeaks and the Gaza War
The New York Times tucked a remarkable statistic into the tail-end of an article on WikiLeaks’s latest document dump, one with ramifications for the ongoing delegitimization campaign against Israel:...
View ArticleHamas Finally Admits Most Gaza Fatalities Were Combatants, Not Civilians
Here’s a news item certain to be ignored by every human rights organization, every UN agency, and every country that backed the Goldstone Report: almost two years after the war in Gaza ended, no less a...
View ArticleWest Bank Shows There Is a Military Solution to Terror
The “expert” report Max cited yesterday, which declared Afghanistan unwinnable even while acknowledging progress in the war, reflects a broader problem: the claim that “there is no military solution to...
View ArticleDid the Media Get Played by New ‘Pallywood’ Hoax?
The reports of a Palestinian activist who allegedly died from inhaling IDF tear gas at a pro-Palestinian demonstration have sparked an outpouring of condemnation from the international community. But...
View ArticleTime Magazine Takes Its Israel Hatred to a New Level
Yesterday, I wrote that the recent controversial legislation at the Knesset would likely result in a full-fledged freak-out from the left over Israel’s supposed slide toward totalitarianism, and this...
View ArticleIncitement Kills — but Not Always Its Intended Target
The Israel Defense Forces has finally published the conclusion of its inquiry into the death of Jawaher Abu Rahmah, the woman allegedly killed by Israeli tear gas while protesting the security fence in...
View ArticleInsights on Egypt from Israel
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Yaakov Amidror, who held several senior posts in the Israel Defense Forces, including head of the IDF division preparing Israel’s National Intelligence Assessment, held a conference...
View ArticleRockets Prove Hamas Hasn’t Changed
In just the last month, Israel’s partial blockade of Hamas-run Gaza was subjected to a new round of condemnations by Amnesty International and other groups purporting to speak on behalf of the cause of...
View ArticleNow for a Public Service Announcement from the IDF
In response to months of sustained Hamas rocket attacks, the IDF kicked off its Gaza military operation this morning by dropping a missile onto Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari’s car. From the Israel...
View ArticleHamas Can Win Even By Losing
Israel’s Defense Forces have, by all accounts, performed well during Operation Pillar of Defense. In the wake of the massive bombardment of southern Israel by Hamas, the IDF carried out a deft targeted...
View ArticleFor Want of a Camera
Last week’s incident in which two Palestinians were killed in the West Bank–allegedly by Israel Defense Forces soldiers who opened fire without provocation–is still under investigation. But the IDF...
View ArticleMorality and Self-Defense in Gaza
Today’s New York Times brings us a remarkable insight into the behavior of the Israel Defense Forces. As southern and central Israel were subjected to a relentless barrage of rockets from Hamas-run...
View ArticleDid Hamas Win? Not Exactly.
In today’s New York Times, Yediot Aharonot military analyst Ronen Bergman has some sobering conclusions about the fighting in Gaza. While he agrees that in an objective sense, Hamas was defeated on the...
View ArticleDaily Beast Flogs Gaza Atrocity Story Even Human Rights Groups Won’t Touch
If there is anything we have learned in the past few decades is that there is a thriving international journalism market for any story that can besmirch Israel’s image. Given the appetite of the...
View ArticleEven During the Six Days of 1967, War Was Hell and Context Was Everything
That a portion, albeit a small minority, of Israeli society is deeply critical of its army, and even of the Zionist principles at the core of the state’s purpose, is not a secret or news. Nor is this...
View ArticleTurning Security Lemons into High-Tech Lemonade
Bloomberg released its annual Global Innovation Index this week, and Israel was ranked fifth worldwide. Given Israel’s reputation as the “start-up nation,” that may not seem surprising (in fact, it...
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