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Monday, August 5th 2024 / Monday, August 5th 2024
Yaakov Lappin JNS, Aug. 1, 2024 “Israel is basically implementing here the Munich Olympics revenge [program] that took about a decade to assassinate all those who were involved in the Munich ’72 massacre. So Israel opted to do the same to all these that were involved in the 7 October attack, and the killing, burning, […]
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Friday, August 2nd 2024 / Friday, August 2nd 2024
SHABBAT READING Natural or Supernatural?: Matot, Masei • 5771, 5784: Covenant & Conversation, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — The book of Bamidbar draws to a close with an account of the cities of refuge, the six cities – three on each side of the Jordan – set apart as places to which people found innocent of murder, but guilty of manslaughter, were […]
Thursday, August 1st 2024
BAD WEEK FOR TERRORISTS Israel Strikes Again? Top IRGC Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh Assassinated in Syria’s Damascus, Claim Reports: Sunita Iyer, Asianet, July 31, 2024 — In a dramatic turn of events, unconfirmed reports from Syria suggest that Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Forces, has been […]
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS, July 31, 2024 “They should be pursued because the goal of Israel in this conflict should be to win it, rather than to merely survive another day while holding onto the vain hope that gentle reason, international mediation or concessions by Jerusalem will achieve peace. Peace may one day be […]
Debbie Weiss Algemeiner, July 31, 2024 “Yadlin pointed out that the assassination occurred in Iran rather than Qatar, emphasizing that the choice was likely made to avoid jeopardizing ongoing hostage negotiations.” The assassination of exiled Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has sent shock waves through the Palestinian terrorist organization and the broader Middle East but, on […]
Patrick Kingsley, Adam Rasgon, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman NY Times, July 31, 2024 “Now, the focus is on how Hamas and Hezbollah will respond to the attacks on their leaders, how Iran will react to a strike within its territory and whether either reaction will lead to the outbreak of a wider war.” […]
Wilson Center, July 31, 2024 “The United States labeled him a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” in 2018.” Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the exiled wing of Hamas and its chief negotiator on issues of war and peace, was assassinated on July 31 during a visit to Tehran for the inauguration of President Masoud […]
Monday, July 22nd 2024
HUGE GAIN Confirmed: Gaza’s Hamas #2, Mohammed Deif is Dead: Hana Levi Julian, Jewish Press, July 21, 2024 — After seven failed assassination attempts, the Israel Defense Forces have confirmed that Mohammed Deif, head of Gaza’s Hamas military wing — Al Qassam — has been eliminated, killed in an Israeli airstrike eight days ago. Deif was the […]
Amir Bohbot Jerusalem Post, July 21, 2024 “After consolidating all Hamas infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, based on what we saw in maps and documents and what was actually discovered, it is clear that Gaza was constructed as one large military base, including the use of kindergartens, schools, clinics, hospitals, and mosques. They intended to […]
Dr. Liraz Margalit Jerusalem Post, July 21, 2024 “The psychological war and the design of the victory narrative are an integral part of the war.” If the attempted assassination of Mohammed Deif, the head of the military wing of Hamas, is confirmed, it will be Israel’s greatest psychological achievement amid the current war. It is […]
Elliot Kaufman WSJ, July 19, 2024 “It shouldn’t be a surprise that pressure on Hamas could yield gains in negotiations. Yet for months Western powers took the opposite approach, pressuring Israel to end the war and leave Hamas victorious.” Something changed in Gaza. After months of rejecting Israeli cease-fire proposals and holding out for […]
John Spencer Newsweek, July 19, 2024 “If the diplomats fail to demilitarize Hamas, the brutal war is likely to resume—this time spilling out to southern Lebanon as well, where Hezbollah is also ready to fight from underground strongholds.” This week, Israel very likely killed the long-time head of Hamas‘s military, Mohammed Dief, with multiple 2,000-pound […]
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