Analysis

Friday, April 12th 2024

Benny Morris NY Times, Apr. 11, 2024 “… the spectacle of Israeli weakness — as much as a Rafah offensive — could tempt Hezbollah to gamble on a full-scale war.”   Unfortunately, Benjamin Netanyahu is right — “unfortunately,” I say, because he is the most incompetent, corrupt and divisive Israeli prime minister ever, as many […]

Analysis

Friday, April 12th 2024

John Spencer and Liam Collins WSJ, Apr. 9, 2024 “There is no historical evidence that commando raids or a series of precision strikes have defeated a deeply entrenched urban defender.”   The Biden administration is keeping the pressure on Israel not to invade Hamas’s final stronghold, in Rafah. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last month that such an […]

Analysis

Friday, April 12th 2024

Shay Khatiri Middle East Forum, Apr. 10, 2024 “It is diplomatic narcissism for Blinken to believe that the Islamic Republic shapes its policies in reaction to the United States.”   Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 17, 2024, Secretary of State Antony Blinken argued that a Palestinian state would bring security to the […]

Analysis

Friday, April 12th 2024

Sherelle Jacobs The Telegraph, Apr. 8, 2024 “… the historic evidence is that military muscle can play a vital role in breaking faith in the fatally seductive idea that lurks behind all terrorist movements.”   The view that Israel has embarked on a doomed Achillean killing rage in Palestine has become received wisdom in Western polite society. […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, April 11th 2024 / Thursday, April 11th 2024

FALLING ON DEAF EARS Covert Internal Group Oversees CBC’s Coverage of Israel:  Warren Kinsella, Toronto Sun, Apr. 3, 2024 — Canada’s state-funded national broadcaster has a secretive committee to oversee the network’s reporting on Israel — presumably to provide balance. Said one: “It’s depressing, I am afraid to speak up because I hear stories about my colleagues getting […]

Analysis

Thursday, April 11th 2024

Danny Cohen The Telegraph, Mar. 19, 2024 “The report in question accused Israel of abusing Palestinian medics and was given great prominence by the BBC as the lead story on its News website. But Collier’s investigation suggested that the story relied on a group of reporters and sources who have worn their anti-Israel bias as […]

Analysis

Thursday, April 11th 2024

David M. Weinberg Israel Hayom, Feb. 18, 2024 “Al-Jazeera was shown to be a platform for global jihad, for antisemitism and Holocaust denial, and for naked support of anti-Israel terrorism.”   The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television network is an evil empire. It glorifies Hamas, including its “heroic” massacres of Oct. 7 and ongoing “resistance” against Israel, and all forms […]

Analysis

Thursday, April 11th 2024

Rachel O’Donoghue Algemeiner, Apr. 4, 2024 “Leifer’s presentation of Baconi as a moderate, thoughtful voice deviates from the reality that Baconi has previously justified Palestinian terrorism against Israeli civilians, whom he has deemed “settlers.” “What is the real Hamas?” is the question that journalist Joshua Leifer seeks to answer in a 6,000-word Guardian feature that examines the evolution of […]

Analysis

Thursday, April 11th 2024

Sean Durns CAMERA, Mar. 14, 2024 “All this information is open-source and was readily available to Ignatius. He just chose to ignore it, preferring to put the onus on an American ally instead of a genocidal U.S.-designated terrorist group whose strategy is to encourage civilian casualties.” Hamas is losing on the battlefield. And its allies […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, April 10th 2024 / Wednesday, April 10th 2024

Why is Erdogan Meeting With Mahmoud Abbas?:  Sinan Ciddi, FDD,  Mar. 11, 2024 — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on March 4 in Ankara. Erdogan used the meeting to vilify Israel and position Turkey as a mediator to end the war on Hamas.     Towards the End of AKP’s Hegemony in Turkey?:  […]

Analysis

Wednesday, April 10th 2024

Shira Li Bartov Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, Mar. 27, 2024 “This is an opportunist leader. I don’t think he cares about Palestinians. He has been instrumentalizing the Palestinian cause for a long time.” Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s assertion earlier this month that Turkey “firmly backs” Hamas was the culmination of months in which the Turkish president has lambasted Israel’s […]

Analysis

Wednesday, April 10th 2024

Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, Apr. 4, 2024 “… the fall of Üsküdar into secular hands and especially to a woman mayor who does not wear a hijab clearly marks the depth of the radical change.” Although municipal elections are not considered a significant political inflection point, when […]