Friends, one thing has stayed with me since returning from Israel about one month ago: Israel is a deeply grieving nation, and the trauma continues as Israeli soldiers continue to give their lives on the battlefield, displaced families still are not home, and the nation struggles with what to do. It is an extremely stressful …
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Welcome back, friends! We began the week considering an Israeli's perspective on superpowers and new global alliances. Today's post follows up on that perspective because the Israeli author mentioned "direct connection[s] between the United States, the European Union, and China – and jihadists in the Middle East." What about those Middle East jihadists? What is …
Much has been reported about Israel's failures on October 7, 2023. In the darkest day in Israeli history since the Holocaust, thousands of Hamas terrorists and Gaza citizens flooded across the Israeli border to attack and brutally torture, maim, and murder thousands of innocent citizens. Known for their world-renowned intelligence capabilities and a strong military, …
Ok, let's be more specific...Can Gazans be trusted with a ceasefire as long as Hamas is still around? Perhaps that's an entirely different question. Perhaps not. Is Gaza Hamas and Hamas is Gaza? Is there a distinction between the two? It is very difficult to discern that. Currently, there are crowds of Gazans taking to …
