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
Gaza
A collection of 72 posts
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
After the Ceasefire
The new state of play in Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas, following the US-brokered ceasefire with Lebanon, the weakening of Hezbollah, and the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
Benny Morris
· 10 min read
The West Is Next
If we are to fight for liberty for everyone—including Muslims—we must be serious about being ready to stand up to Islamists like Hamas, who seek to revive Islamic imperialism.
John Aziz
· 9 min read
From Terror Tunnels to Suicide Drones
Military innovations in the current Middle East conflict are changing the nature of warfare and are likely to be widely copied around the world in the future.
Benny Morris
· 12 min read
The Shifting Sands of War
A detailed look at the past year of war between Israel and its adversaries, as the battleground has shifted from Gaza to Lebanon and now to Iran.
Benny Morris
· 26 min read
Death of a Deluded Man
Yahya Sinwar should be remembered above all as a failure whose fetish for Jewish—and Palestinian—blood turned Gaza into dust and rubble.
John Aziz
· 10 min read
Over-Learning the Lessons of Iraq
Russia, Iran, and the failure of US resolve.
Oscar Clarke
· 10 min read
Towards a Post-Hamas Future
The events of 7 October did not benefit Palestinians in any way.
John Aziz
· 8 min read
From Gaza to Iran: New Fronts in Israel’s Ongoing War
The war that Hamas launched on 7 October 2023 has devolved into a regional conflict with wide and possibly calamitous international repercussions.
Benny Morris
· 13 min read
Tragedy and Half-Truths: A Gaza Diary
Atef Abu Saif’s ‘Don’t Look Left’ provides a vivid account of the horrors of daily life in the Gaza Strip, yet omits to mention Hamas’s role in the war.
Benny Morris
· 15 min read
The Pros and Cons of Targeted Killing
By striking Shukur and Haniyeh in the capital cities of Lebanon and Iran respectively, Israel has sent Iran a humiliating and painful message.
Andrew Fox
· 11 min read
Double Effect and Human Rights in War
The flawed moral reasoning of the ICC’s panel of legal experts would have approved the arrests of Churchill and Eisenhower.
Nigel Biggar
· 6 min read