Poised to Strike
Israel prepares for a final push into Gaza—but will it be stymied by criticism from abroad and discontent at home?
Benny Morris
· 11 min read
Gaza
A collection of 67 posts
Israel’s Perfect Failure
Israeli intelligence and the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023.
Uri Bar-Joseph
· 19 min read
The Druse Connection
The ongoing Arab–Israeli war appears to be entering a new escalatory phase, in which the eye of the storm has shifted to Syria and Yemen, as well as back to Gaza.
Benny Morris
· 11 min read
A Cartoonish View of History
Joe Sacco’s graphic works provide vivid and moving depictions of the terrible suffering in the Strip. But his accounts of the causes of that suffering are simplistic and one-sided in the extreme.
Benny Morris
· 18 min read
Hamas Should Never Be Decriminalised
The campaign to remove Hamas from the UK’s list of proscribed organisations is not about defending free speech or political dissent. It is about legitimising jihadist warmongering.
John Aziz
· 7 min read
Jihadism Is the Problem
The media’s obsessive focus on the Israel–Palestine conflict obscures the broader picture of the ubiquity of jihadism in the Middle East, and the crucial role it plays in stoking and perpetuating turmoil and strife.
John Aziz
· 8 min read
Making Israel Great Again?
The apparent abandonment of Ukraine and Adam Boehler’s negotiations with Hamas have raised serious doubts about Donald Trump’s commitment to Israel.
Benny Morris
· 8 min read
Lessons for Western Militaries from the Gaza War
Israel’s experience in Gaza provides a sobering preview of what high-intensity urban warfare can entail, and how modern militaries must evolve to achieve decisive and ethical victories in any future conflict.
Andrew Fox
· 22 min read
Israel–Gaza: A War Between Cousins
Both Israelis and Palestinians have a reasonable claim to live in the Holy Land, based on deep local roots.
John Aziz
· 8 min read
A Kinder, Gentler Eliminationism
Peter Beinart has responded to the 7 October massacre and subsequent Gaza war with a deeply duplicitous book.
Susie Linfield
· 18 min read
Gaz-a-Largo
So far, Donald Trump is the only political leader to have publicly pinpointed the basic problem with Gaza.
Benny Morris
· 12 min read
Hamas and the Red Cross
What remains of the ICRC’s ostensible commitment to “neutrality, impartiality and independence” has been destroyed by the Gaza war.
Gerald M. Steinberg
· 9 min read
The Ceasefire Deal
As Israel and Hamas begin to implement the ceasefire deal, both the immediate and the longer term future remain unclear.
Benny Morris
· 12 min read
Keeping BDS Out of Academia: A Canadian Case Study
Recordings from a recent Brock University faculty union meeting illustrate the tactics that anti-Israel activists use to co-opt ostensibly neutral academic institutions.
Jonathan Kay
· 10 min read
Jesus Wasn’t Palestinian
Palestinians’ history, culture, and connection to the land are valid in their own right. We don’t need to appropriate or falsify Jewish history.
John Aziz
· 6 min read