In recent news South Africa has brought charges of genocide against Israel in their military campaign against Hamas. These claims have been rejected and deemed meritless and unjustified by Western democracies worldwide, including the US, UK, Canada, France, and Germany. Germany has even announced their intention to intervene on Israel’s behalf. Still the charges are […]
In 2014 we learned of new evils that we never imagined before. We watched as ISIS butchered its way through Iraq and Syria, ruthlessly attacking civilians, callously hiding behind innocents using them as human shields, mercilessly executing civilian captives live for the whole world to see. ISIS destroyed anything in their path in the name […]
Throughout the past several decades, with each peace agreement the climate in the Middle East has adapted. While relations are still tense, we generally do not see warm embraces and strong voices of support for Israel from Arab countries, but over time we do see the political and economic interests paving the way for more […]
To understand the conflict between Israel and Hamas, it is important to take a look into the History of how Hamas came to control Gaza. Hamas was formed in 1987, at the beginning of the first Intifada. They began as a Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and their charter calls for an Islamic Palestinian […]
Only a few weeks following the October 7th massacre, the UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres spoke about the Israel-Hamas war, and he devoted a mere 30 seconds to the condemnation of Hamas’s horrific torture, murder and kidnapping of innocent Israeli civilians. After he established his obligatory, yet non-heartfelt, condemnation, he spent the rest of his speech […]
Cries of outrage can be heard loud and clear against Israel and their alleged mistreatment of the Palestinian people. We hear about how the Palestinians are suffering, how they are in need of humanitarian aid, and how they seek refuge. We can likely all agree that the actual innocent Palestinians in Gaza are suffering, but […]
In every Israel-Hamas war, Hamas’s tactics of embedding themselves within highly populated civilian areas and deep within civilian infrastructure, inevitably and unfortunately leads to large numbers of civilian casualties and large-scale destruction in Gaza. This significant devastation often leads to push back from International and social media networks, with many calling for a ceasefire long […]
From time to time we hear about missile launches or ship attacks perpetrated by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. While the Houthis may be the lesser-known Iranian proxy, they pose a threat to international security and commerce, and they certainly should not be ignored. Here is why: In 2014 the Iranian-backed Houthis seized the Yemen […]
Hamas regularly employs barbaric and illegal tactics during war, creating extremely dangerous conditions for Israeli soldiers to carry out targeted attacks in their ground operation, and significantly increasing the risk of civilian casualties. These are some of the tactics that Hamas employs that go against all ethics and principles of conduct in war: Hamas is […]
In the context of the Israel-Hamas conflict, the United Nations has not held back in their anti-Israel bias. Since the October 7th massacre, various UN agencies have continued their partiality with largely disproportionate condemnation of Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, and extremely muted to non-existent critique of Hamas, a designated terrorist organization […]