Tag: war
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Opinion | IDF Faces a Harsh Reality in Southern Gaza
[ad_1] Khan Younis, Gaza What is happening in southern Gaza—and as important, what isn’t happening—threatens to leave the Middle East violently unstable for years. The battle for Khan Younis is forcing Israel to face a harsh reality: Hamas likely won’t be totally annihilated. And Israel’s two goals, killing Hamas’s leaders and rescuing all the hostages,…
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Opinion | No Menorahs, Please
[ad_1] Is allowing a Hanukkah celebration really an endorsement of killing? [ad_2] Source link
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Opinion | Israel Faces Pressure to Yield to the ‘Terrorist Veto’
[ad_1] There is a tension between Israel’s two objectives of eliminating Hamas as a political and military force and recovering the innocent civilians kidnapped on Oct. 7. Weighing these competing priorities, Israel decided to pause its anti-Hamas military campaign in exchange for the return of some hostages. This policy’s wisdom is debatable. A greater hazard,…
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Opinion | The Proxy Wars Take to the High Seas
[ad_1] Houthi rebels seized an Israel-linked ship in mid-November. There may be more maritime terrorism. [ad_2] Source link
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Europe’s far right flexes anti-Brussels muscles as it opens EU campaign
[ad_1] FLORENCE, Italy — Europe’s right-wing leaders fired the opening salvo of their promised EU-wide election campaign at a rally of the hardline Identity and Democracy (ID) group in Florence on Sunday. Following the surprise win of anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders in November general elections in the Netherlands, the ID’s Euroskeptic firebrands vowed to change…
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Opinion | Hamas Holds Everyone Hostage
[ad_1] The civilized world is rejoicing at the release of hostages by Hamas, especially the sight of young children reunited with parents after seven weeks of hell. But that relief shouldn’t blind us to the way the jihadists are manipulating human sentiment to achieve their terrorist aims. The killers are releasing a dozen or so…
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Israeli hostages released and ‘transferred to Egypt’ amid war ‘pause’
[ad_1] “We said that we are ready for this state to be demilitarised, and there can also be guarantees of forces, whether NATO forces, United Nations forces, or Arab or American forces, until we achieve security for both states, the nascent Palestinian state and the Israeli state,” Mr Sisi said during a joint news conference…
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Opinion | Uncivil Servants: Foreign Policy Bureaucrats Target Israel
[ad_1] The Biden administration faces a wave of internal dissent against its support of Israel. On Nov. 14, more than 500 staff members and political appointees from about 40 government agencies sent a joint letter to President Biden criticizing his administration’s policy on the Gaza war, according to the New York Times. It was the…