Ali had been there since the start of the war, October 7th. He had also crossed the border into Israel with the first wave of attackers and had seen a lot of Jews killed but he hadn’t killed anyone. He had shouted ‘Long live Allah!’ and waved his gun and…

Is it a sound choice? Hamas leaders are guilty of the death of over a thousand Israelis. They are guilty of inciting Palestinians to rage, rage, rage against their neighbors. Guilty of striving hard to put in the minds of their brothers and sisters that the only way to freedom is to get…

Israel keeps advancing in Gaza. Aided by superior technology, their fierce determination is driving them forward. Hamas needs to surrender but it won’t, trapped as they are in their belief that the bleeding and suffering of Palestinians will enrage the world and lead to a cease fire. But it doesn’t look like…

The dead keep piling up. Israel keeps pushing in. So why doesn’t Hamas surrender? Estimates of the dead in Gaza are rough approximations. Eleven thousand, so far? So why doesn’t Hamas say, ‘we started this fight, we have lost.’ Why doesn’t Hamas say, ‘the human cost that so outrages the world was brought…

To Hamas – You are the cause of enormous bloodshed. Nothing justifies the killing you did on October 7th, aided by the repressive and brutal regime in Iran. And you, knowingly, used your people as human shields, to protect you from the wrath of Israel. You have devalued and dehumanized your own people…

Is the only Republican candidate who is confronting Trump’s supporters head on. ‘You’re not willing to face the truth,’ he says directly to them. Christie is unafraid of the cries of Trump partisans asking him to shut up. He waits for the wave of outrage to simmer down and he says…

Trapped in Gaza. Not able to see beyond its borders. It made a deal with Iran — supply us and train us — and we’ll hit Israel, your archenemy. ‘We’ll hit them good so it hurts a lot. We’ll convince our long suffering people, that it’s okay to die for the cause. That…

I didn’t intend to write a blog today, since I’m in the thick of a writing project, but I couldn’t resist. I saw clips of your address to the nation from the Oval office, yesterday, and then read the entire transcript. Congratulations. I was especially impressed by the fact that you, yourself…

The enduring conflict won’t come to an end next week, next year or a decade from now. It will fester for a long time, with intermittent eruptions like the one we’re living through now. Over the years, both parties have made mistakes. Grave mistakes. But Israel has managed to develop and prosper as…