Analysis
Friday, January 17th 2025
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 […]
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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 […]
Lulu Garcia-Navarro NY Times, Jan. 4, 2024 “Normalization with Saudi Arabia, that can happen tomorrow based on the work that we’ve done, the investments we’ve made, once there is an end to the conflict in Gaza and an agreement on a credible pathway forward for the Palestinians. All of that work is there. That’s […]
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 […]
Friday, September 6th 2024
SHABBAT READING Power from the Outside or Self-Restraint from Within: Shoftim 5771, 5784 – The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — This summer, we’ve seen riots on the streets of London and Manchester on the one hand, Tripoli on the other. On the face of it there was nothing in common between them. In London the […]
Bret Stephens NY Times, Sept. 3, 2024 “Once Israel leaves Gaza, international pressure for it not to re-enter for nearly any reason short of another Oct. 7 will be overwhelming.” Since the days of Abraham — who, according to Genesis, rescued his nephew Lot after he’d been seized by an invading army — Jewish tradition has […]
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