“We can all too easily look back on scenes of unthinkable horror perpetrated by those who would do anything rather than give the Jews their due.” —Thomas Cahill, “The Gifts of the Jews“ In “How to Do Things with Words,” philosopher J.L. Austin makes a useful distinction between two […]
Iran stepped up its threats to avenge a suspected Israeli airstrike last week that killed a number of senior commanders, warning Sunday that Israeli diplomatic posts around the world are now “legitimate” targets for a retaliatory attack. A senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iran‘s official news agency Sunday that none […]
A search for weapons in Ibillin, a town in northern Israel, revealed a far more valuable cache. Border police officers came across a collection of unregistered antiquities while conducting a weapons search at a suspect’s home in March. The officers from the Border Police and Northern District Police were searching homes in Ibillin as part […]
Military strength deters. Period. You don’t need to watch Ronald Reagan’s “There’s a bear in the woods…” campaign ad to get that point. The defenseless nation is very quickly no longer a nation. Furthermore, the more strength it projects, the less it has to use it, either in its own defense or the defense of […]
LEUVEN, Belgium (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the measures the Israeli government has announced to expand the flow of aid into Gaza are welcome but may not be enough to meet the Biden administration’s demands for dramatic improvements in humanitarian conditions in the territory. Blinken said that opening more […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran‘s commander of the powerful Revolutionary Guard General Hossein Salami said Friday “no threat will go unanswered” in retaliation for the airstrike widely attributed to Israel that destroyed the Iranian Consulate in Syria’s capital and killed seven of the guard’s members, including two top generals. This came after thousands marched chanting […]
The Hamas terrorists behind the Oct. 7, 2023, jihadist raid literally view their female Israeli captives as horses and other animals — to be “ridden.” During a recent press conference, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari stressed that Hamas members could be heard in their own (now captured) recordings referring to their female captives as sabi […]
McDonald’s announced Thursday it will purchase the franchise rights to 225 restaurants in Israel as boycotts against the chain continue. The company is buying the franchises from Alonyal Ltd., which operates them in Israel and employs around 5,000 people. The transfer of ownership will take place over the coming months, Alonyal said, and McDonald’s plans […]
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in a series of Israeli strikes were transported out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt on Wednesday ahead of their repatriation, Egypt‘s state-run Qahera TV reported. The deadly strikes have renewed criticism of Israel’s conduct in the nearly six-monthlong war with Hamas, […]
JERUSALEM — In 2023, days after the October 7 terror attack on Israel, President Joe Biden told the international media he had “no confidence in the numbers that the Palestinians [were] using” for their civilian death counts. Fast forward a few months to March, 2024, and Biden was calling for a “red line” on the […]
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