Analysis
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 […]
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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 […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Thursday, January 16th 2025
COMING HOME? U.S., Qatar Announce Gaza Cease-fire and Hostage Deal: Lahav Harkov, Jewish Insider, Jan. 15, 2025 — The U.S. and Qatar announced the completion of a hostage and cease-fire deal between Hamas and Gaza on Wednesday. Gaza Hostage Deal: How Phase One of Ceasefire Deal Will Be Implemented – Explainer: Jerusalem Post staff, Jerusalem […]
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 […]
Itamar Eichner and Daniel Edelson Ynet News, Jan. 15, 2025 ‘Israel made it difficult, Hamas was the main obstacle’ Technical details in the agreement on the hostage release deal that is expected to come into effect in the coming days are still unresolved. The Israeli negotiation team, headed by Mossad Chief David Barnea, will remain […]
Monday, January 6th 2025
Caroline B. Glick JNS, Jan. 5, 2025 “What was most notable about Blinken’s admission is that he didn’t appear to believe that there was anything wrong with the policies he imposed on Israel.” Liri Albag, one of five female IDF soldiers still being held hostage in Gaza, was the subject of Hamas’s most recently released […]
Editorial Board WSJ, Jan. 5, 2025 “More revealing is the Administration’s change in tune, especially since the U.S. election. Instead of continuing to complain about its failure to stop Israel, the Biden team has taken credit for Israel’s accomplishments.” Now he tells us. In an interview published Saturday in the New York Times, Secretary of State Antony Blinken named the […]
Tuesday, December 24th 2024 / Tuesday, December 24th 2024
A.J. Caschetta Algemeiner, Dec. 25, 2024 “One of the greatest differences between the coverage of the hostages held in Iran 45 years ago and of the hostages in Gaza today is that no one was on Iran’s side then, while many are on Hamas’s side today.” On November 4, 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s henchmen stormed […]
Monday, October 21st 2024
John Aziz Quillette, Oct. 19, 2024 “To judge him by his own terms, 7 October was a colossal and humiliating failure.” When I first heard, the news hadn’t yet been confirmed: there were just swirling rumours that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, had been killed in Gaza. But then within a half-hour, the press […]
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