Analysis
Thursday, August 1st 2024
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.” […]
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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 […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
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 […]
Friday, July 19th 2024
“Since the massacre, Israeli and American officials have played down the Egyptian military’s culpability and nefarious inclinations. Instead, they’ve reverted to past habits: treating Egypt as an economic basket case and the army as the only bulwark against state collapse or another Islamist resurgence. This approach has effectively neutralized censure in Washington and Jerusalem while […]
Friday, July 12th 2024
Neetu Arnold Tablet, June 25, 2024 “Once students arrive on campus and are exposed to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in further detail, little is needed to radicalize them.” Shortly after the start of the organized pro-Palestinian student riots on campuses across the country last fall, the Rutgers University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine […]
Thursday, July 11th 2024
EVIL PERSONIFIED WATCH: What Does Hamas Want? – An Interview with Matthew Levitt: Mathew Levitt, Fathom Journal, June 2024 — Counter-terror expert Matthew Levitt speaks to Fathom about Hamas’s vision and strategy. What is Hamas’s strategy for the destruction of Israel? Is it strategically divided? What are the chances of a rapprochement with Fatah? What does Levitt mean by […]
Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Barta BESA, June 25, 2024 “To Saleh and other writers on the site, the operation began and ended on October 7 with a decisive Palestinian victory for the Hamas organization. It was a divine victory.” To faithful Muslims, the Battle of Badr marks the victory of a small group […]
Lucy Williamson & Rushdi Aboualouf BBC, July 5, 2024 “They did not build any safe shelters for people, they did not reserve enough food, fuel and medical supplies. If my family and I survive this war, I will leave Gaza, the first chance I get.” The man in the video is beside himself, a […]
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