Daniel Levy, Making Stuff up Again
Ah, Daniel Levy. He is the far left’s favorite analyst of the Israeli-Arab dispute, and he is possessed of some very strange ideas. Several months ago I wrote a long piece laying out a few of his...
View ArticleIt’s A Mixed-Up, Crazy World
For the second time in a week, Hamas gunmen have assaulted a transportation hub supplying Gaza. Last week the fuel transfer station at Nachal Oz was attacked. Today Hamas attacked both the Kerem Shalom...
View ArticleHamas, Unrepentant
Remember, last month, when the credulosphere trembled in excitement at the thought that Hamas had given up its desire to destroy Israel? Khaled Meshaal muttered something about being reconciled to...
View ArticleWhy Iran And Not Hamas?
Senator Barack Obama has staked out positions on both Hamas and Iran that are worth examining. On Hamas, Obama says, “We must not negotiate with a terrorist group that’s intent on Israel’s destruction....
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Isn’t there some way to stop the kidnapping of Isralis like Gilad Shalit and end Hamas’s reign of terror? Well, when the people of Gaza have had enough: “Surely there have to be some who have begun to...
View ArticleRE: The Middle East Vacuum
The Michael Young piece cited by Emanuele Ottolenghi in his insightful post echoes the concerns a number of us have had for some time. Russia’s inroads in the Middle East have been expanding for...
View ArticleHamas as Violent as Ever, EU and Left as Clueless as Ever
In February, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh reiterated that Hamas would never give up trying to militarily destroy Israel, declaring while in Tehran that the “gun is our only response to the...
View ArticleDon’t Be Misled By Iran-Hamas Split
For most of the last decade, Iran treated Hamas as its Palestinian auxiliary force. Iran helped fund the group, and once it seized power in Gaza in a violent coup, it established a steady flow of arms...
View ArticleHas the West Given Up on Isolating Hamas?
Last month, I wrote about the danger Hamas poses to peace in the Middle East on a second, and relatively new, front: its newfound diplomatic clout in the region. Saudi Arabia first began dumping cash...
View ArticleIran: Israel Is Our Target
The capacity of national security experts for self-delusion in the name of supposed sophistication has always been amazing. Some diplomats and self-professed experts suggest that Hamas is now moderate,...
View ArticleReality Check: Hamas Isn’t Moderating
The Sydney Morning-Herald, one of Australia’s major newspapers, can make The New York Times look like National Review. Paul McGeough, its senior foreign correspondent, has a long track record of not...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Israel, Liberals Can’t Handle the Truth
Here is an excerpt from an interview with Charlie Rose and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal that’s noteworthy: ROSE: I think I just heard you say — and this — we will close on this — you believe in the...
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