Left: Al-Shifa'a Hospital, used by Hamas for military-terrorist purposes (Website of the Palestinian Authority's ministry of health) Al-Shifa'a Hospital and Ambulances Used for Military-Terrorist Purposes in Operation Protective Edge 1. Hamas and … [Read more...] about Hamas’s Use Medical Facilities and Ambulances for Military-Terrorist Purposes*
Tunnels Blunder – One of the Biggest Ever Mistakes*
This is nothing less than one of the biggest blunders in the history of the Israeli defense establishment. Right under the nose of the IDF in Gaza, Hamas has formed many underground attack tunnels. Residents of the Gaza vicinity have heard the … [Read more...] about Tunnels Blunder – One of the Biggest Ever Mistakes*
The Muslim Brotherhood: Breaking Rice Bowls
"Wealth and children are an ornament of life of the world." Sura 18:47. Let no one doubt. Within Islam, no censure is assigned to the personal accumulation of wealth. And no known member of the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan al-Muslimun) has been … [Read more...] about The Muslim Brotherhood: Breaking Rice Bowls
Testing, testing, testing…*
The horror of 298 innocents, oblivious to the warfare 33,000 feet below them, blown out of the sky by criminally negligent fanatics supported by Russian Vladimir Putin, forebodes greater catastrophes. The incident is a part of a worldwide scene … [Read more...] about Testing, testing, testing…*
The “Moral Equivalence” – Hamas, ISIS and the Media
Hamas fighting methods in the current round of Israel's Operation Protective Edge illustrate, yet again, the practical and ideological proximity between Hamas and the atrocious radical Islamic organization the “Islamic State” (ISIS). However, Hamas's … [Read more...] about The “Moral Equivalence” – Hamas, ISIS and the Media
Weekly Briefing – July 13-19, 2014
Left: Protesters display placards and banners as they take part in demonstration against Israeli airstrikes in Gaza in central London on July 19, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Carl Court) From ACD A View from the “Emergency Routine” under the Iron Dome … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – July 13-19, 2014
A View from the “Emergency Routine” under the Iron Dome
These lines are written ten days after the beginning of the latest Gaza conflict and thirteen years since the Hamas started launching thousands of rockets from Gaza exclusively into Israeli civilian targets. It has also been nine years since Israel … [Read more...] about A View from the “Emergency Routine” under the Iron Dome
Backgrounder: Students for Justice in Palestine
The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) today exists as a consortium of campus “clubs” throughout the American and Canadian college systems which work to oppose the existence of Israel and to promote Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against the … [Read more...] about Backgrounder: Students for Justice in Palestine
Hamas, the dying shark*
The current battle between Israel and Hamas in Gaza resembles nothing so much as the violent thrashing-about of a mortally wounded shark leaving a trail of blood in its wake. Nothing remains static for any length of time, especially in the Middle … [Read more...] about Hamas, the dying shark*
Economic Sanctions Seldom Work*
The prevention of the proliferation of nuclear weapons, particularly in the case of rogue countries such as North Korea and Iran, is a goal universally accepted by the international community. There is no such unanimity as to what to do to prevent … [Read more...] about Economic Sanctions Seldom Work*