Analysis

Friday, February 16th 2024

David Horovltz Times of Israel, Feb. 14, 2024 “One way or another, both Israel’s political and military chiefs are adamant, however, that the IDF will tackle Hamas in Rafah — the terror group’s last major largely intact stronghold, and the presumed hiding place of Hamas’s Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar and most of the hostages.” 1.  […]

Analysis

Friday, February 16th 2024

David Patrikarakos Unherd, Feb. 14, 2024 “Hatred and fear of Hamas runs deep in Egypt’s rulers.” A few years ago, while reporting in Gaza, I paid a visit to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Mohammed, my fixer, wasn’t keen. The guards there, he explained, were unfriendly. Sometimes they’d fire in the air if people […]

Analysis

Friday, February 16th 2024

Ruth Marks Eglash Jewish Insider, Feb. 15, 2024 “The key to winning the war is for Israel to take over Rafah, destroy the remaining Hamas battalions and take control of the Egyptian border.” As Israel turns its attention to Gaza’s southernmost governate, Rafah, and what could be its final big battle in the war against […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, February 15th 2024 / Thursday, February 15th 2024

COLUMBIA’S TURN House Committee to Investigate Columbia’s ‘Inadequate Response’ to Campus Antisemitism:  Cathryn J. Prince, Times of Israel, Feb. 12, 2024 — Columbia University’s handling of antisemitism is now the subject of an official Congressional committee investigation. What Happens When You Teach at Columbia and Reject Hamas: Shai Davidai and Yardenne Greenspan, Tablet, Feb. 13, 2024 Columbia University’s […]

Analysis

Thursday, February 15th 2024

Rebecca Massel Rolling Stone, Nov. 22, 2023 “So you must know a lot about settler colonialism. How do you feel about that?” THE TOPIC WAS justice and righteousness. I was sitting in my Contemporary Civilization class at Columbia University last month debating free will, when I received an email with the subject line “You are disgusting.” “I hope […]

Analysis

Thursday, February 15th 2024

Sheila Nazarian, Jerusalem Post, Feb. 12, 2024 “How is it possible that Nazi-style propaganda hangs in libraries and the administration refuses to intervene?” The congressional hearing at which the presidents of elite universities testified that calls for the genocide of Jews were dependent on context has become infamous. The list of grievances surrounding that notorious hearing is […]

Analysis

Thursday, February 15th 2024 / Thursday, February 15th 2024

Jonathan Barth Real Clear Education, Feb. 12, 2024 “… many faculty have their noses in the air, oblivious or unruffled by the reasons for their diminishing credibility.” University presidents have been in the limelight in recent months, more than at any other time in living memory. The additional scrutiny is amply warranted. They occupy powerful […]

Analysis

Thursday, February 15th 2024

Shai Davidai and Yardenne Greenspan Tablet, Feb. 13, 2024 “It took us a while to understand it, but once we did everything started making sense: Our friends did not have a problem with our politics, they had a problem with our identity.” Speaking up against Hamas’ crimes against humanity and against the student organizations that […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, February 14th 2024 / Wednesday, February 14th 2024

SEE NO EVIL Hamas Was Right Under UNRWA’s Nose:  Editorial, WSJ, Feb. 11, 2024 — For how much longer will UNRWA try the ostrich defense? The United Nations’ forever-refugee agency for Palestinians claims it had no idea Hamas was operating a key tunnel underneath the UNRWA headquarters. On Saturday Israel exposed the tunnel, which includes one of Hamas’s […]

Analysis

Wednesday, February 14th 2024

 Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, Feb. 13, 2024 International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan warned Israel on Tuesday of harsher war crimes scrutiny if it invades Rafah, as well as for its general conduct in the war. This is not a verbal threat to be shrugged away, and it may just be the most dramatic […]

Analysis

Wednesday, February 14th 2024

Isaac Herzog, WSJ, Feb. 11, 2024 In these dark days for Israel and the civilized world, there are many things that keep me up at night. One is that the international legal system has begun to ignore reality and truth. Justice is unrecognizable, and noble ideals are perverted by terrorists and cynics. These feelings were […]

Analysis

Wednesday, February 14th 2024

  Gerald Steinberg, Jerusalem Post, Feb. 2, 2024 The immoral and absurd complaint brought by South Africa – falsely charging Israel with genocide – and the majority’s incoherent preliminary decision highlight the deeply problematic nature of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and related institutions.  The central problem is legitimacy, or rather its absence, in the case of […]