Analysis
Tuesday, January 21st 2025
David M. Weinberg Israel Hayom, Jan. 20, 2025 “They are not going to qualify Israel’s “right” to defend itself by using the insidious Kamala Harris qualifiers “but” and “only.”” With Donald J. Trump moving this week back into the White House, Israel must carefully calibrate its relationship with the new-old president and his team. Israel […]
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Monday, January 20th 2025
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post, Jan. 19, 2025 “More specifically, a new trend of Islamic parties could be on the rise for the first time since the 1990s when these parties were also growing. This is not an ISIS-type extremism, but it is also not soft and fuzzy.” The ceasefire in Gaza will have broad implications across […]
Victor Davis Hanson Mosaic, Jan. 16, 2025 “ … in the postmodern Western democracies, there arises a certain end-of-history utopianism, in which war is deemed anachronistic and the result of misunderstanding and miscommunication, rather than of innate evil or the desire to gain advantage once perceived deterrence is lost and the stronger can dictate to […]
Melanie Phillips Substack, Jan. 19, 2025 “Let’s hope the Trump administration speedily redeems itself by helping Israel now rid the world once and for all of this evil.” To all those in the West who have perpetrated the lie of Israeli genocide in Gaza for the past 15 months: look at the pictures of the […]
Armin Rosen Unherd, Jan. 18, 2025 “But accepting this deal is hardly an act of insanity. Aside from freeing the hostages from a living hell, the goal of this agreement, as with many of Netanyahu’s decisions over the past year, has been to create the freedom of action needed to keep fighting.” After the horrors […]
Friday, January 17th 2025 / Friday, January 17th 2025
Melanie Phillips JNS, Jan. 16, 2025 “Everything rested on the belief that Trump would support Israel as it did so. And the ultimate goal was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear program for which his support was essential.” There was one immediate and very public effect of the hostage deal that was prematurely reported to have […]
Friday, January 17th 2025
Andrew Fox Substack, Jan. 15, 2025 “The first thing to note about this deal is that it completely validates Hamas’s strategy of taking hostages. Without the hostages, this war would have been over months ago, with a convincing IDF victory. “ World media reporting is that a ceasefire deal in Gaza is closer than ever […]
Yonah Jeremy Bob Jerusalem Post, Jan. 16, 2025 “… given that Israel has more power and leverage on nearly every front (it is far weaker today in global legitimacy than at any time in decades) than it did before October 7, has the theory of multifront war with Israel been disproven?” Since 2021, when Hamas fired rockets […]
Amnon Lord Israel Hayom, Jan. 16, 2025 “… senior Diplomatic-Security Cabinet ministers are pleased with what they’re hearing from Trump’s team.” Hamas is left with just one card, one final coin in its pocket. “This isn’t the same Hamas as during the [Gilad] Schalit deal,” a senior source has told me. “Back then, they had complete control […]
Thursday, January 16th 2025
Ariel Kahana Israel Hayom, Jan. 15, 2025 “While the IDF faces justified criticism for Hamas’s enduring strength five and a half months post-massacre, one strategic misstep does not justify another. It’s crucial to note that a primary factor in Hamas’ continued existence has been the persistent stance of outgoing President Joe Biden and Secretary […]
J.E. Dyer The Optimistic Conservative, Jan. 14, 2025 “The Biden administration is, as usual, making “hostage negotiation” about a ceasefire and a future plan for Gaza. It’s important to note that negotiating on that basis cedes the question of hostage release to Hamas, on Hamas’s terms. Negotiating for a ceasefire as a means of getting hostages […]
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS, Jan. 15, 2025 “But as much as Israeli citizens and decent people everywhere will rejoice if any of the hostages are freed as a result of these negotiations, the motivation here seems to be primarily one of optics before the inauguration and start of a second Trump presidency.” For most supporters […]
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