Tuesday, April 15, 2025

04/15 Links Pt1: Hamas Is Exploiting the Freedoms It Wants to Destroy; Why the UN Must Now Be Placed on Trial; John Spencer on Peirs Morgan!

From Ian:

Why Israel should embrace its role as a regional power
Iran remains the primary long-term challenge. Regime change should be policy, but regime containment must be first. This includes:
Bolstering internal opposition through digital and humanitarian channels;
Continuing cyber deterrence;
Disrupting regional supply lines and proxy funding;
Keeping military options credible and visible;
And most critically, dismantling its nuclear capacity. Diplomacy may stall it, but force must remain on the table.

Engagement from a position of strength is not weakness. If Tehran ever moderates, Israel should be ready to pivot with diplomatic creativity–as long as security guarantees remain ironclad.

Becoming a regional power: Steps to take
National strategy: Form a strategic council on regional influence, composed of defense, diplomacy, economic and tech leaders.
Public diplomacy: Launch an initiative to rebrand Israel regionally, with Arabic content, youth engagement and collaborative platforms.
Infrastructure diplomacy: Lead regional mega-projects in water, food security and AI.
Military doctrine update: Shift from reactive defense to a proactive-plus doctrine with strategic depth.
Educational exchange: Establish scholarship programs for Arab and African students in Israeli universities.

The benefits of thinking bigger
Security: Stable neighbors and joint frameworks reduce existential threats;
Economy: Regional markets and logistics corridors can turbocharge growth;
Prestige: Israel becomes a shaper, not a responder;
Innovation: Diverse partnerships drive tech and research; and
Diaspora Pride: Global Jewish communities see Israel not as besieged, but as a beacon.

The obstacles
Of course, this is not a utopia.
Some Sunni regimes are fragile or duplicitous.
Domestic political fragmentation may block a bold vision.
Iran and its proxies will continue asymmetrical warfare.
Great power rivalries can squeeze policy space.
Regional rivals such as Turkey and Qatar will try to outmaneuver diplomatically.

But as the Arab saying goes, “man jadda wajada”—“He who strives, succeeds.”

And maybe, just maybe, it’s time we stop waiting for the world to hand us legitimacy. Like the Duchy of Grand Fenwick in that delightfully absurd film, we too might discover that acting with audacity creates the reality we seek.

Israel has roared. Now it must lead.
Prof. Efraim Inbar: Time to Revise Israel's Military Doctrine
Israel's original military doctrine, formulated by David Ben-Gurion, emphasized three core elements: deterrence, early warning, and decisive victory. However, Israel suffered major deterrence and intelligence failures in October 1973 and October 2023. In both instances, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) failed to deter its adversaries and Israel's intelligence apparatus did not provide adequate warnings of the impending attacks.

Deterrence is an elusive and problematic psychological concept. Military superiority and the threat of retaliation do not always succeed in dissuading an adversary from the attack. For Hamas, the anticipated benefits of confronting Israel outweighed the costs of potential punishment, as its religious motivations overrode the logic of rational deterrence. Israel underestimated Hamas's resolve to destroy it and its belief that this objective is attainable. Furthermore, Israel failed to recognize that its containment policy, implemented over two decades, had eroded its deterrence.

With regard to intelligence failures, analysts overlooked evidence that did not support existing theories. Israeli intelligence knew about Hamas's attack plan, but this was not effectively communicated to decision-makers with the appropriate context. Analysts misread signals and intentions. In addition, the IDF was overly reliant on technological means of intelligence collection at the expense of human intelligence.

Human beings are inherently fallible. Consequently, we cannot expect to receive early warning about the erosion of deterrence or an imminent attack. Instead, Israel has no choice but to build a better defensive posture while facing a multifront scenario. Israel needs a larger standing army along with larger reserve units in border communities.

The former policy of containment/restraint has proven counter-productive. Containment conveys weakness in a region where the political culture values the use of force. Fear remains the most effective political currency in the Middle East. Kicking the can down the road is rarely a prudent course of action. Despite the inherent risks involved, Israel must use preemptive strikes, a core element of its original military doctrine. Today Israel is paying a staggering price for its delay in mounting a strong military response to the buildup of military capabilities by Hamas and Hizbullah.
Jonathan Sacerdoti: Hamas Is Exploiting the Freedoms It Wants to Destroy
Hamas - the Iranian-backed terror group responsible for the 7 October massacre - is petitioning British courts to lift its designation as a terrorist organization. Aided by British lawyers, Hamas is seeking to launder its blood-soaked record under the false banners of "liberation" and "resistance." This is not mere absurdity. It is a direct assault on the integrity of British democracy - and on the very survival of Western civilization.

We must as a society avoid at all costs giving legitimacy to groups which openly seek the destruction of the very freedoms they exploit. Hamas's legal challenge frames it as a Palestinian Islamic liberation movement. Yet its founding charter, issued in 1988, remains a naked manifesto of genocidal intent. It declares all of Israel an Islamic trust to be reclaimed through jihad, rejects any negotiation, and traffics in classic antisemitic conspiracy theories.

From the suicide bombings of the 1990s, to the relentless rocket barrages against Israeli civilians, to the mass rapes, murders and kidnappings of 7 October, Hamas has been unwavering in its purpose: the annihilation of Jews and the eradication of the Western-style democracy of Israel.

Hamas's attempt to portray itself today as a political movement wronged by Western injustice is not merely dishonest - it is part of a broader strategy of political Islam to manipulate and subvert Western democratic systems. Britain's legal tradition is being cynically weaponized by an organization that would, given the chance, dismantle its very freedoms. If we allow Hamas to succeed in this grotesque charade, we will have surrendered the very principles that make Britain worth defending.


Ben-Dror Yemini: Hamas Data Proves There Was No Genocide in Gaza
Genocide, by definition, entails indiscriminate killing - the mass murder of women, children, infants and the elderly, all with the goal of eradicating a population.

That is not what happened in Gaza.

If it were genocide, there would be no statistical difference between men and women among the dead.

Yet, a breakdown of the casualties by age and gender, based on the list published by Hamas's Health Ministry, shows that across nearly all fighting-age groups, from 14 to 59, men vastly outnumber women among the dead.

In most of these age brackets, the number of male casualties is double or more than double that of females.

In the core combatant age range, from 20 to 44, Hamas data shows 5,850 women were killed, compared to 17,000 men.

Every innocent life lost is a tragedy, and the responsibility lies with Hamas, which initiated this cursed war.
Hamas said to reject Israeli proposal that it disarm as part of 6-week ceasefire
Hamas has turned down an Israeli offer for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip under which the terror group would have been required to disarm, according to a Tuesday report.

According to the BBC, Israel is demanding the release of half of the remaining living hostages in exchange for a six-week truce and Hamas’s disarmament.

“The Israeli proposal relayed to the movement through Egypt explicitly called for the disarmament of Hamas without any Israeli commitment to end the war or withdraw from Gaza. Hamas therefore rejected the offer in its entirety,” an official in the terror group was quoted as saying.

Israel has repeatedly demanded that Hamas relinquish civilian and security control of Gaza, while the terror group insists that any ceasefire deal must end the war and achieve a full Israeli pull-out from the enclave.

Hamas has long rejected talk of disarmament, though its officials have expressed willingness to give up control of the Strip to a transitional body of independent technocrats, such as the one envisioned in the Egyptian plan for the post-war reconstruction of Gaza that was unveiled last month.

Responding to recent reports of progress in ceasefire talks, an official from one of the Arab mediating countries told The Times of Israel on Monday that no breakthrough was currently on the horizon and that “the same elements that have prevented a deal until now are still in place.” People walk past a puddle of water by tent shelters erected near the rubble of collapsed buildings in the Nasr neighborhood in western Gaza City on April 15, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

“Hamas is not going to agree to a complete surrender, but that is still what Israel is demanding,” the Arab official said, echoing an earlier statement from senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri.

“Handing over the resistance’s weapons is a million red lines and is not subject to consideration, let alone discussion,” Abu Zuhri said.

However, he insisted that Hamas is “ready to hand over the hostages in one batch” in exchange for the end of the war and the withdrawal of the Israeli military from Gaza, confirming what a senior Hamas official told The Times of Israel earlier this month.
Hamas claims it lost contact with group holding Edan Alexander hostage
Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades has claimed they have lost contact with the group that is holding American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander following a direct strike at their location, their spokesman, Abu Obeida, said on Tuesday.

“We announce that we have lost contact with the team guarding soldier Edan Alexander following a direct Israeli bombardment targeting their location. We are still trying to reach them,” said Obeida.

“Be prepared, soon your children will return in black coffins,” Hamas said in a propaganda video published on Tuesday.

Hamas reportedly rejects ceasefire proposal
Earlier on Tuesday, Hamas reportedly rejected the Israeli proposal for a six-week ceasefire in Gaza, the BBC reported.

A Palestinian official told the British news agency that the proposal did not mention any end to the war nor Israeli troops leaving Gaza, which were Hamas’s key demands for a ceasefire in exchange for half of the remaining living hostages.

Edan Alexander Hamas video
Hamas released a video of Alexander right before the Passover holiday began in Israel on Saturday.

The terror group published the video as part of its ongoing efforts to carry out psychological terror.

Earlier, a teaser of the video was released by the group with the captions “Soon” and “Time is running out.”

In the video, Alexander blames the Israeli government and the American administration for “deserting” him in Gaza, saying, “I am collapsing physically and mentally.”

“Tell me why. Why am I not at home? Why am I filming my second video? Why?” Alexander asked.


Melanie Phillips: Crunch time
Trump also said that, if Hamas didn’t release the remaining Israeli hostages by the time he took office, he would open up the gates of hell. Three months on, only a few hostages have been released and the gates of hell remain firmly closed.

Moreover Hamas, which was strengthened by the lousy deal that the witless Witkoff inflicted upon Israel at the start of Trump’s presidency, is still playing its infernal manipulative game of dangling the hostages’ unthinkable fate in front of a stricken Israel — which is being forced to go along with the continuous demands for a deal by a White House that refuses to turn the screw on Qatar, the one player in this terrible story that could effect the hostages’ release.

Last week, Trump declared the US would hold high-level "direct" talks with Iran at a "very big meeting”. The talks in Oman turned out to be only indirect. Today, Trump complained that Iran was “tapping us along”. Is anyone confident that he will properly follow through on this insight?

Trump is now perilously close to losing all credibility on the global stage by being portrayed as a bloviator, a busted flush who threatens but never carries through.

Militarily, Iran is on the back foot, reeling from the immense damage done by Israel to its proxy “ring of fire” upon which it relied. That doesn’t mean, though, that it’s been weakened as a strategic grandmaster. It has studied Trump’s weaknesses and worked out how to weaponise them against America and the world.

Because Iran is militarily weak, this is the one opportunity to destroy its nuclear programme before it’s too late. Yet the master manipulators in Tehran — doubtless aided by the institutionalised appeasers who remain in the Beltway — may yet cause the US to pluck defeat out of the jaws of victory.

Like his commitment to Israel, Trump’s wish to end the threat of a nuclear Iran isn’t in doubt. It was Trump, after all, in his first incarnation who saw through the terrible Iran deal brokered by President Obama, pulled the US out of it and restored sanctions.

Trump doesn’t seem to be a man who takes kindly to being made to look weak or taken for a ride. Let’s hope he listens to wiser counsel, and now neutralises the diabolical Iranian nuclear programme that has been allowed by his reckless predecessors to escalate to a crisis threatening the free world.
Experts Warn of Dangers of Open-Ended U.S.-Iran Negotiations
Nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran, which began in Oman on Saturday, have raised questions about the risk of Tehran's exploiting the diplomatic track to gain time and legitimacy for its nuclear program. Prof. Eitan Gilboa, an expert on U.S.-Israel relations at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University, said Iran-U.S. talks contradict longstanding Israeli strategic positions.

"Netanyahu does not believe in negotiations. He does not believe that they will produce an agreement. And if they will produce an agreement, Iran is not going to implement it. Netanyahu has been advocating a military action - preferably only by the United States or by the United States together with Israel....As long as negotiations with Iran are going to be held, there's no military option. Iran is known for exploiting negotiations endlessly to avoid any restrictions about its nuclear program."

Gilboa stressed three key questions: How long will the talks go on for, is the U.S. seeking the complete dismantling of the nuclear program, and would any agreement also cover the Iranian ballistic missile threat.

Netanyahu told the Israeli Cabinet that he had requested that Trump impose a time limit on the negotiations with Tehran and that Israel is fully coordinated with the American administration on Iran.

Gen. Chuck Wald, USAF (ret.), former Deputy Commander of U.S. European Command and a fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, said, "We can't treat the Iranians the way we wish they were. We have to treat them the way they are. I have very little faith that the negotiations are going to work, and I have a real high probability in mind that we're going to have to do something militarily."
Ayatollah Khamenei Will Never Concede Iran's Atomic Program
Many Americans fail to understand that for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, getting bombed is preferable to giving up the bomb. Khamenei knows that conceding Iran's atomic program would anger his core supporters, particularly among the Islamic Revolutionary Guards. The sight of him - known for decades for his willingness to cripple or kill his opponents - going wobbly in the face of Trump threats could provoke his constituents to take to the streets. The mullahs also understand that most Iranians despise them, and an internal insurrection could be around the corner if they are perceived as weak.

Forcing Americans to engage in diplomacy that runs the clock is entirely acceptable to Tehran. Iranian leaders openly discuss their belief that recent regional convulsions and Trump's return to power increase the importance of atomic arms. Khamenei will continue to industrialize Iran's nuclear-weapons capacity. The Islamic Republic is already a threshold state, and as its atomic know-how and highly enriched uranium stockpiles increase, the clear efficacy of bombing Iran subsides.

Khamenei may not even care that much about reinvigorated U.S. sanctions, since Chinese purchases of Iranian crude oil - almost all of Tehran's oil exports - haven't yet been diminished by Trump. Given the tariff war between Washington and Beijing, the odds that China will effectively resist anti-Iran U.S. sanctions have significantly increased.

Is America willing to use force to try to stop Iran's development of an atomic bomb? The Obama-era hope that the clerical regime would somehow change its spots through diplomatic engagement is kaput. For the U.S., diplomacy has become either a diversion, an off-ramp from confrontation, or a prelude to war. Khamenei appears ready for a fight. Is Trump?

Reuel Marc Gerecht is a resident scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Ray Takeyh is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Why Trump nuke deal could be ‘better’ than Obama’s, yet be still more dangerous
What the Trump administration is looking for in a new nuclear deal with Iran is still hazy, but based on envoy Steve Witkoff’s interview with Fox News, it seems that the focuses are limiting uranium enrichment and broader IAEA verification.

It is possible that this broader verification could include first-time access to the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile arsenal.

If Trump can achieve these two goals, they would potentially be sizable wins, and in some ways could be improvements on the Obama-era 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal.

At the same time, they would likely fall far short of ending the nuclear threat from Tehran.

More than that, given the progress that Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made with his nuclear program since 2018, they might still leave a far more dangerous Iranian nuclear threat than what existed after Obama’s deal.

How does all of that make sense?

The bedrock of the JCPOA was that Iran:
1) cut its centrifuge use for enriching uranium by about 75% from close to 20,000 old centrifuges to close to 5,000;
2) ship out its 20% and above-5% enriched uranium stock to Russia (at the time potentially enough for 10 nuclear weapons);
3) commit to staying at less than one third of a nuclear weapon’s worth of low enriched uranium for 10-15 years (depending on how its calculated); and
4) allow the IAEA extensive access to its declared nuclear facilities.

Centrifuges: If Iran’s uranium enrichment would be limited to the same levels this time, it would require greater concessions from Tehran because they now possess 13,355 advanced centrifuges of which 1,660 are IR-6 ones installed at Fordow.

Back in 2015, they had not even mastered operating an IR-4 centrifuge, let alone an IR-6, and were still only using IR-1 and IR-2m centrifuges, which according to some are 10 times less efficient.
Elliott Abrams: In Nuclear Talks, Iran Has Won the First Round
On Saturday, initial meetings between Washington and Tehran took place in Oman on the subject of the Iranian nuclear program. The two sides agreed to continue talks this coming weekend. Elliott Abrams believes that, so far, Iran has come out ahead:
First, the United States demanded direct negotiations while Iran wanted indirect talks. The talks in Oman were indirect, with the Omani foreign minister as go-between. It seems that there was a hello chat and handshake between the U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Aragchi, but no more than that.

Second, the key critique of the JCPOA, the 2015 Obama-Iran agreement, noted that it dealt only with nuclear weapons and ignored both Iran’s support for terrorist proxies and Iran’s missile program. According to press reports, the talks in Oman dealt only with nuclear matters. That is exactly what Iran wants.

Third, the United States appears to be signaling weakness right from the start—abandoning the goal of ending Iran’s nuclear program.

Instead Witkoff has signaled a willingness to accept a JCPOA-style deal, where Iran maintains the capacity to produce the fuel for nuclear weapons, while promising not to use it for this purpose. Abrams continues:
If President Trump wants a quick and dirty deal, Iran will be sure to oblige—in return for an end to some or most U.S. sanctions. Then, once again, there will be an agreement that, [in the words of the first Trump administration’s criticism of the JCPOA], “enriched the Iranian regime and enabled its malign behavior, while at best delaying its ability to pursue nuclear weapons and allowing it to preserve nuclear research and development.”
CENTCOM sends message to Iran—with quote from Israeli rap hit ‘Harbu Darbu’
The U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM), whose Area of Responsibility encompasses 21 nations in the Middle East, Central Asia and parts of South Asia, published a post in Hebrew Monday on its X account, referencing a previous joint drill with Israel.

Embedded in the post was a message clearly aimed at Israeli ears.



“January 2023: Two years ago, U.S. Central Command and the IDF participated in the Juniper Oak 23-2 exercise, a bilateral military drill designed to enhance operational coordination between the U.S. and Israeli militaries. Our units are always ready to operate together because we always train together,” the post read.

The image attached to it showed Israeli and American fighter jets, with the phrase “All units ready”—a clear reference to the popular song titled “Harbu Darbu“—Arabic slang for “War and Pain”—by Israeli hip hop musicians Ness and Stilla.

Ness and Stilla (real names Nesia Levy and Dor Soroker) reached No. 1 on the Israeli charts in 2023 with their drill rap “Harbu Darbu,” which went viral in the aftermath of the Hamas-led Oct. 7 massacre and the ensuing war against the terrorist group.

The lyrics call for revenge against the terrorists who slaughtered some 1,200 people on Oct. 7


In swift reversal, Witkoff says any nuclear deal must ‘eliminate’ Iran’s enrichment
White House special envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday that any agreement with Iran must “eliminate” uranium enrichment in the country and efforts to construct a nuclear program. It was an about-face for Witkoff, who had indicated a day earlier, contrary to Israel’s position, that Washington would be satisfied with a cap on Iranian nuclear enrichment.

“A deal with Iran will only be completed if it is a Trump deal,” Witkoff said in a statement from his office’s official X account. “Any final arrangement must set a framework for peace, stability, and prosperity in the Middle East — meaning that Iran must stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weaponization program.”

“It is imperative for the world that we create a tough, fair deal that will endure, and that is what President Trump has asked me to do,” said Witkoff, who on Saturday commenced nuclear talks with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

It was unclear if Witkoff’s statement came before or after a meeting of top US officials said to have been convened by US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday morning to discuss the nuclear talks.

The statement came as Russia declined to say if it would agree to take Iran’s stock of enriched uranium as part of a nuclear deal, after the Guardian reported Tehran was set to reject a White House proposal that it move its stock to a third country.

When asked at a daily briefing if Russia would accept Iran’s uranium reserves and if Tehran had discussed such a possibility with Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “I will leave that question without comment.”


America makes high returns on investment when it comes to Israel military aid
Despite Israel’s recent promise to eliminate all tariffs on U.S. goods, President Donald Trump has so far refused to eliminate his new 17% tariff on the Jewish state. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House earlier this month, attempting to persuade Trump to reduce or eliminate this tariff.

Trump’s reply? “We already give Israel so much money.”

Mr. Trump, the United States doesn’t give Israel aid; it makes an extraordinarily high-return investment.

It’s true, the United States provides Israel $3.8 billion in aid each year, plus billions more over the last year and a half due to the current war in the Gaza Strip that followed the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7. But this aid isn’t really aid at all. It’s an investment that returns billions of dollars more than its cost in benefits to U.S. security and defense industries. American taxpayers can rest assured that this investment delivers a far greater return than that of U.S. aid granted to any other country.

U.S. support for Israel is crucial for securing American interests in the Middle East because Israel’s enemies—Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis—are also America’s enemies. Israel often does the dirty work of combating these enemies so America doesn’t have to. Furthermore, when Washington does act directly in the Middle East or elsewhere, it often relies on Israeli intelligence, battle-hardened experience and military cooperation to do so.

U.S. support for Israel delivers technological and economic benefits for both countries. Most of this fiscal backing, for example, goes toward buying American military equipment, supporting tens of thousands of American defense jobs.

Arguments on the right and left of the American political spectrum against continued U.S. investment in Israel just don’t stand up to scrutiny. U.S. support for Israel doesn’t contradict American interests in any way, nor does the United States exercise undue influence over Israel because of the support we give it. But suspending investment in Israel, as a contingent of Congress members has proposed, would compromise U.S. security, financial stability and Middle East strategic interests.
One of America’s best investments: US military aid to Israel
Israel is not just a military partner; it is a global leader in technology and innovation dubbed the “Startup Nation.” Dozens of top U.S. companies have established research-and-development centers in the Jewish state to harness its scientific and engineering talent. Intel’s most advanced microprocessors, for instance, were designed in Israel. Technologies fundamental to online security, instant messaging and digital payments, such as those used by PayPal, trace their origins to Israeli innovation.

And indeed, the United States benefits directly. Cooperation between American and Israeli tech sectors have been a critical factor in the success of the U.S. information economy. Unlike other aid recipients, Israel’s innovation ecosystem directly supports the American private sector, creating jobs and economic growth on both sides of the Atlantic.

Beyond military and tech benefits, Israel provides critical solutions to pressing global problems—particularly in water conservation, agriculture and renewable energy. Israel recycles nearly 90% of its wastewater, the highest rate in the world, and pioneered technologies like drip irrigation and reverse osmosis desalination. These are not theoretical innovations—they are already in use in the United States.

Israeli technology powers solar energy plants in California and has been instrumental in building desalination plants to help mitigate the state’s droughts. Given that California provides nearly half of the United States’ fruits, vegetables and nuts, Israeli innovation is playing a key role in sustaining the American food supply. In a time of increasing concern over climate resilience and sustainability, this kind of international partnership is indispensable.

As they generally do with all their attacks on Israel, critics of U.S. military aid to Israel ignore facts in favor of ideology. They overlook the reciprocal relationship between the United States and Israel—one where both nations share intelligence, technology, defense strategies and economic growth. They fixate on a truly minuscule portion of the federal budget while ignoring far costlier programs. In doing so, they try to undermine one of the most productive alliances in modern history.

Whether they realize it or not, those calling for the United States to abandon or weaken the U.S.-Israel alliance are not looking out for America’s interests. To the contrary, if their misguided, neo-Marxist, fascist and/or hate-driven goal to weaken Israel’s ability to defend itself is met, America’s interests would be severely harmed as totalitarian regimes around the world, and particularly in the Islamist supremacist “axis of resistance,” would be celebrating and emboldened.
Dutch F-35s Provide Targeting For Rocket Artillery
Dutch F-35 stealth fighters have, for the first time in Europe, used a data exchange system to transmit targeting coordinates to rocket artillery. The system, developed by Lockheed Martin and known as Keystone, doesn’t appear to have previously been reported, at least under this name.

While we have reached out to Lockheed Martin for more information, the details that have surfaced so far were published by the Dutch Ministry of Defense.

During the course of NATO’s recent Ramstein Flag large-scale exercise, which was run out of Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands, a Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35A found and identified an undisclosed target on the ground. “The aircraft then sent the information to the Keystone system. That automatically transmitted it to a land force unit, which then took out the target via the PULS missile artillery system.”

While the F-35 is a very familiar asset, with the Dutch being very much at the forefront of the stealth jet’s operations and expanding capabilities, the PULS is less well-known.

The Israeli-made PULS (Precise and Universal Launch System) was acquired by the Netherlands to extend the striking reach of its ground forces and was selected in favor of the U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).


Why the UN and International Institutions Must Now Be Placed on Trial
The United Nations, established in the aftermath of the Nazi Holocaust to respond to and prevent crimes against humanity, has subverted its founding charter, rationalizing aggression by Iran-backed proxies like Hamas, while failing to uphold Israel's right to self-defense as a UN member and even equating the Jewish and democratic state to the terror groups trying to destroy it.

The morally disfigured responses by UN bodies to Oct. 7 reflect a decades-long trajectory of corruption in its demonization, delegitimization, and double standards regarding Israel. Since 2015, the UN General Assembly's 140 resolutions against Israel dwarf those against all other nations combined, a stark double standard.

The UN Security Council's failure to unequivocally condemn Hamas's October 7 attack epitomizes the UN's hypocrisy. Resolution 2712, passed on November 15, 2023, called for humanitarian pauses but omitted mention of the attack.

Responding to the corrupt UN-led international system demands U.S.-led pressure. Tools at the U.S.'s disposal include cutting the U.S. 25% share of the total UN budget; promoting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism and its Israel examples; designating Hamas, Iran, and other Iranian proxies as terror entities; and rallying the Community of Democracies (CoD), first initiated in 2000 by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright, to unite democracies by defending sovereign rights and fighting disinformation as a caucus group within the UN.

The UN's failure to uphold its 1949 recognition of Israel's self-determination, and to protect the principle of sovereign equality, necessitates radical reform or a new legal-political framework altogether.
Gerald M. Steinberg: If Moses Freed the Jews Today, the UN Would Condemn Him as a War Criminal
When Jews on Passover retell the 4,000-year-old story of the Exodus from slavery to freedom, they recall Pharaoh's order to murder all male Israelite children - a form of genocide. God then appointed Moses to lead them out of bondage through 10 plagues that devastated the entire Egyptian population.

If these events had transpired today, the powerful "human rights" industry, led by the UN and the NGO superpowers (Human Rights Watch and Amnesty), would issue lengthy reports, hold press conferences, and publish posts on social media platforms condemning Moses and Aaron as war criminals. The International Criminal Court would issue arrest warrants charging the Israelite leaders with genocide.

The successful creation of Israel and its survival remains the core "crime." The 1947 UN Partition Plan (the original two states for two peoples) and the victory of the Jews over the invading Arab armies were spun into nefarious Zionist plots, aided by the imperialist West. For Israel's critics, Israelis have no inherent right of self-defense - all military actions, including after the Oct. 7 atrocities, are automatically and cynically defined as war crimes.

In parallel, Palestinian Arabs are perpetual victims, and any act against the hated Zionists, no matter how brutal, is embraced as "resistance." Today, the EU, NGO and UN network would denounce the ten plagues as a highly disproportionate use of force, and demand the return of the Israelite slaves to their Egyptian owners.


US mission to the United Nations slams extension of Albanese’s tenure
The Trump administration criticized the controversial extension of the tenure of an antisemitic United Nations official.

The U.S. Mission to the United Nations “continues to strongly denounce” the tenure of Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for Palestinian rights, whose term was extended by three years in an opaque process earlier this month under the auspices of the U.N. Human Rights Council, Washington said on Tuesday.

A vocal critic of Israel with a documented history of antisemitic remarks, Albanese will remain in her position through 2028.

Her reappointment was confirmed during a council session in Geneva on April 4.

“The Human Rights Council’s support for Ms. Albanese offers yet another example of why President Trump ordered the United States to cease all participation in the HRC,” the U.S. mission stated.

“Ms. Albanese’s actions also make clear the United Nations tolerates antisemitic hatred, bias against Israel and the legitimization of terrorism,” it added.

Albanese has repeatedly made inflammatory statements about Israel and the Jewish people, drawing widespread condemnation. She has referred to Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” and has called for Israel’s suspension from the United Nations.

She has also been accused of echoing Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Governments, including those of the United States, Canada, France, Germany and Israel, have expressed serious concerns over her rhetoric and conduct.


The Podcaster Asking You to Side With History’s Villains
The idea that right-wing authoritarianism is a lesser evil than left-wing authoritarianism brings Mr. Cooper into conversation with a tradition of historians and writers who view World War II as a clash of two evils in which the atrocities committed by the Germans were not morally different from those that had been perpetrated by the Soviets.

That’s an important frame for Mr. Cooper’s new series, “Enemy: The German’s War,” which Mr. Cooper fast-tracked after his appearance on Mr. Carlson’s show. He released the first episode in January.

“Anyone expecting me to validate their prejudices will be sorely disappointed,” Mr. Cooper wrote in an email. “That goes for people used to dehumanizing Germans as well as for people hoping, since I’ve shown a willingness to engage alternate narratives of the war, that I’m going to excuse or deny atrocities committed by the Third Reich.”

In February, Mr. Cooper posted to X an image of a stack of books, including many mainstream histories, that he said he used to prepare for the show. That stack also featured several books by David Irving, a disgraced British historian who has denied the existence of the Nazi gas chambers and helped popularize the theory about Mr. Churchill’s culpability in World War II espoused by Mr. Cooper on Mr. Carlson’s show.

Mr. Cooper has defended Mr. Irving’s work, even though Mr. Irving was found by a British court in 2000 to have misrepresented and manipulated historical evidence in his books. To Mr. Cooper, he’s an example of “pressure groups” succeeding in censoring questioning voices.

It’s a theme that seems to resonate with him: powerful forces keeping people from knowing the full story, even if the story has been discredited.

Asked in an interview whether it was true that the German account of World War II had been suppressed, the historian Richard Evans, who was a central witness in the case against Mr. Irving, replied with incredulity.

“That’s ridiculous,” he said. “Who are these people suppressing knowledge? It’s just a fantasy.” Mr. Evans pointed to his own three-volume history of the Third Reich as proof.

The first episode of Mr. Cooper’s new series opens with a long reading from “Germany Must Perish!,” a 1941 tract by an American Jewish businessman calling for the mass sterilization of Germans — and a text used by both Nazi war criminals and German revisionist historians to claim that World War II was motivated by a genuine German fear of a Jewish plot to take over the world.

It’s a classic Cooper move — to try to put his listeners in the mind-set of a group considered beyond the pale, to get listeners to understand how they arrived at their justifications.

But to what end? What are the present political implications of trying to empathize with Germans under the Nazi regime, to better understand their own justifications for their crimes?

On a recent episode of the “New Founding” podcast, Mr. Cooper suggested that he worried the accepted American account of World War II ran the danger of providing the United States with the justification for committing crimes abroad.

A friend of Mr. Cooper’s, a history grad student named Alexander von Sternberg, grappled with this in a column, “Darryl Cooper: Revisionist History and Misplaced Empathy.”

Pointing out many errors in Mr. Cooper’s interpretations and the one-sidedness of his framing, Mr. von Sternberg bemoaned the lack of rigor in Mr. Cooper’s approach to sourcing. He also asked why this second-rate argument was being put forward in an attempt to understand the Nazis.

“If the empathy we feel is merely to serve the contrarian impulses so many of us possess, then what kind of empathy is that?” Mr. von Sternberg wrote, voicing the question central to the project of making a podcast for a large audience in 2025 that seeks to humanize the Nazis. “It certainly does not appear to foster a greater, more complex understanding of the human condition. In fact, it simply sounds like a typical way to shift loyalties from one narrative over to another.”
American conservatives turn on Winston Churchill
According to Christopher Galdieri, a professor of politics at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, the theory is used to prop up the argument that modern America would be better off had the US not entered the Second World War. “Pat Buchanan argued the US should have stayed out of World War Two and let Europe figure it out and that the whole world would be better off if that had been what had happened,” Prof Galdieri told The Telegraph. “That’s an idea that used to be at the very fringes of conservative thought that is clearly becoming much more acceptable.” Andrew Roberts, author of the widely praised Churchill: Walking with Destiny was scornful of those trying to rewrite history. “Nothing Cooper or Tucker Carlson has said is new,” he said. ‘A very, very weird world view’ He told The Telegraph: “We’ve had these critiques from Alan Clark, from Prof Maurice Cowling, and also from Patrick Buchanan – and obviously also from people like David Irving. “What it tries to argue is that the British shouldn’t have fought the Second World War, we should have let Hitler take Europe whilst we kept the Empire and allowed Hitler to then have a struggle against Soviet communism. “It takes a very, very weird world view, frankly, to believe in that kind of thing. But also it takes some ignorance of what the world genuinely was like in the 1930s and 1940s, and what the dictators were all about, and what the Western democracies were capable of doing,” he added. “If you allow Adolf Hitler control over Europe in the second half of the 1940s, he would in fact have annihilated all of the Jews in Europe and not just 50 per cent of them.”
UnHerd: Douglas Murray responds to Joe Rogan
Author Douglas Murray sits down with UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to discuss his new book On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel, Hamas and the Future of the West

The conversation also dives into how Murray became the man he is today, reflecting on his journey from university to the present day and the most recent events of his career, such as his viral appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, where he sparked controversy by challenging the shapeshifting Right and the unchecked influence of podcasters.

Join Freddie Sayers as he delves into his new book and uncovers what drives Douglas Murray and why he’s demanding more from today’s media giants. Don’t miss this in-depth look at one of the most provocative authors and thinkers of our time.

00:00 - 01:26 - Introduction
03:16 - 14:50 - The making of Douglas Murray
14:50 - 33:15 - Rogan, America and the death of experts
33:15 - 42:54 - On Democracies and Death Cults
42:54 - 1:05:00 - Israel and Hamas: The moral arguments
1:05:00 - 1:06:02 - Closing thoughts


Douglas Murray Is Asking Real Questions
Murray criticizes the “just asking questions” posture that these people frequently use when spreading their nonsense. He notes that they often disclaim themselves that they are not experts, which is fine, and nonexperts are allowed to have opinions. But Murray asks why the audience should treat those opinions as especially insightful when they aren’t based on much of anything in real evidence. Just because some experts are wrong some of the time doesn’t mean all experts are wrong all of the time, and Andrew Roberts is probably a better authority on Winston Churchill than a podcaster like Cooper.

This is a three-hour conversation, and Murray also devotes considerable time to debunking anti-Israel and anti-Ukraine nonsense from Smith, whose arguments would in a previous era be easily recognized as Chomskyite but in today’s ideological ecosystem are more identified with the right. Rogan invited them both on the show to have the debate, and it was good that they had it and that Rogan’s audience got to hear Murray.

Murray pokes at the funny tendency that critics of U.S. foreign policy have of saying the government is always lying but then quoting government officials when they say things that back them up. He makes quick work of Smith’s mischaracterization of the Gaza blockade based on his actual reporting from the ground. He criticizes Smith, a comedian, for making anti-Israel views part of his “shtick” even though he has only read many biased things about the conflict. He calls out the constant moral equivalence that Smith seeks to draw between the U.S. and every evil regime in the world. It’s a tour de force that, due to its length, required impressive mental and physical energy to perform.
EXCLUSIVE: Douglas Murray responds to Joe Rogan interview controversy
Author Douglas Murray has responded to controversy surrounding his interview alongside Dave Smith on Joe Rogan’s podcast.

“I conceded that experts have got things wrong,” Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi.

“I also said I am certainly not shutting down debate; I am involved in debate.

“What I do believe, and what I think many people have really failed to absorb, is the fact that just because the expert class has let itself down in places on occasion does not mean lack of expertise is more desirable than expertise.

“The counterpart who Joe Rogan brought in for that debate seemed to think that, for instance, not going to a place that you’re talking about was, in some way, a desirable thing.”


'HYPOCRITE!' Dave Smith on Douglas Murray Joe Rogan Debate | Feat Eric Weinstein
Joe Rogan’s debate between Dave Smith and Douglas Murray has dominated online discourse for days, with supporters spinning for both sides as if it was a presidential election debate. Even President Trump himself seemingly picked a team, when he posted a glowing endorsement of Murray’s new book the very next day.

Almost as interesting as the main debate were some of the issues it raised about the way debate has transformed in the digital age. Do you need to travel to a specific country, or experience a war, to have valid opinions about what’s happening there? And should the podcasters who now wield more influence than any TV network be more judicious about who they platform? And who really won Murray vs Smith?

Joining Piers Morgan to debate all this is Professor John Spencer, executive director of the Urban Warfare Institute, who took issue with a number of Dave’s points and felt he was “epically dismantled” by Murray. Plus Dave Smith himself, comedian and host of ‘Part of the Problem’ defends himself, before being delving into deeper discussion on war discourse with Harvard mathematician and podcaster Dr Eric Weinstein.

00:00 - Introduction and monologue
02:50 - Smith on the reaction to his Rogan debate with Douglas Murray
08:40 - John Spencer on why Dave was 'epically dismantled' by Murray
15:45 - Is Israel intentionally killing civilians and children?
21:00 - Smith calls Murray a hypocrite
26:40 - Piers asks: When is a war morally just?
37:10 - Conspiracy theorists on Rogan being platformed
38:49 - Eric Weinstein on heterodox thinkers
48:57 - Weinstein's verdict on the Smith vs Murray Rogan debate
50:30 - Where are we with the Gaza war?




US pilots recall defense of Israel against Iranian attack
Exactly one year after Iran’s first direct attack on Israel in April 2024, the U.S. Air Force published interviews on Sunday with the American pilots who defended Israeli airspace when more than 300 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles were fired toward the country, taking part in the unprecedentedly successful interception effort.

“The radar just lit up,” one pilot described the first moments of the attack. “At that point, we were in an hour-long fight, just trying to destroy whatever we could.”

Another pilot explained, “I received the green light to take off, just another night mission like all the others.”

A third pilot added, “We were out there for a couple of hours with no clear understanding of what was happening, and we thought maybe it was already over.”



“Boards got the first lock, did exactly what he was taught and fired within about 20 seconds,” one pilot recounted about his colleague. The young pilot described his own experience, “I’m going to do this, I’ll be the first one in my formation, and I’m by far the least experienced. I gave someone an opportunity to tell me not to do it. … Nobody answered, so I said, ‘Alright.’”

“The radar identifies another one, and another one. All attacking drones,” another pilot described the battle.

One of the pilots portrayed the scene: “The ground was burning. You could see each of the drones that was hit.”

Squadron commander Lt. Col. Kevin Murphy said, “It took about 45 minutes to fire all the missiles we had before we had to return after running out of ammunition.”

“Three hundred [Iranian] weapons were fired at a target. Only six of them hit. Nobody died. That’s defending our allies. We got to be part of something meaningful and impactful,” another pilot reflected at the end of the video.
Thousands of IDF soldiers reaffirm unconditional service
More than 7,000 Israeli soldiers, both on active service and reservists, have signed a public petition declaring their unwavering commitment to serve in the Israel Defense Forces, regardless of shifting political landscapes or government decisions.

The statement emphasizes that the signatories see their service as rooted in Zionist values and national duty. “We proudly serve our country, regardless of political ideology or leadership,” the petition asserts. “Our commitment to the IDF remains steadfast, no matter who is in power or what policies are in place.”

This declaration comes in response to a wave of advocacy from former security officials and military reservists calling on the government to prioritize the return of hostages held by Hamas, even if it means suspending military activity in Gaza.

Recently, a letter signed by nearly a thousand mostly retired Israeli Air Force personnel—including high-ranking officers and a former IDF chief of staff—urged Israeli leadership to place hostage recovery above ongoing combat efforts. Additionally, more than 250 ex-Mossad members, including former directors, have expressed similar sentiments.

Other groups have joined the growing call for a negotiated resolution with Hamas. Alumni of the IDF’s elite Talpiot program, as well as hundreds of former paratroopers and infantrymen, have backed proposals urging Israel to prioritize bringing home the 59 individuals still classified as hostages. Intelligence assessments suggest that at most 24 of them are still alive.
Iran's goal to destroy Israel is why we're fighting in Gaza, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Iranian regime leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni's post to X/Twitter on Tuesday while visiting northern Gaza.

"I want to tell you what we are fighting for and why we are fighting," he said. "This is a post published today by Iran's dictator, Ayatollah Khamenei, in which he explains why Israel must be destroyed."

Defense Minister Israel Katz, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, Head of the Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Yaron Finkelman and other commanders accompanied Netanyahu to northern Gaza.

Netanyahu received a security briefing from the commanders about the IDF’s operations in Gaza.

Netanyahu, Katz met with soldiers
The prime minister and the defense minister then held discussions with division, brigade and battalion commanders, as well as met with active-duty soldiers and reservists.

“We insist that Hamas release our hostages, and we are determined to achieve all of our war objectives,” Netanyahu said in a statement. “We are doing this thanks to our heroic fighters. They are simply doing an incredible job.”

“This outpost we’re standing on overlooks Gaza, targets the heads of the terrorists, strikes terror infrastructure, and at the same time defends Israeli communities - that’s the approach we’re taking, and these are the lessons we’ve learned,” Katz said in a statement.

“We will never allow an enemy like this to threaten our communities and our citizens. That’s why the current operation is putting pressure on Hamas - first and foremost to release the hostages. And if they persist in their refusal, we will intensify the blows they receive until their defeat and the return of all the hostages," Katz said.


IDF kills Shejaiya battalion successor in fifth targeted strike since start of war
The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) struck Shejaiya in Gaza, killing terrorist Muhammad al-‘Ajlah, the military said on Tuesday.

Al-‘Ajlah succeeded Haitham Rizq Abd al-Karim Sheikh Khalil as commander of Hamas's Shejaiya battalion. Khalil was killed last week.

Al-‘Ajlah was the fifth commander of Hamas's Shejaiya battalion to be killed since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war and the third since the start of the renewed operations in Gaza, the military noted.

Who was al-‘Ajlah?
According to the IDF, al-‘Ajlah served as the commander of a combat support company in the Shejaiya battalion and was responsible for arming the battalion's terrorists with weapons used to carry out terror attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.


IDF: Hamas terrorist involved in Oct. 7, hostage ceremonies killed
The Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) killed Hamas terrorist Hamza Wael Muhammad Asafah in a precision airstrike in central Gaza two weeks ago, the agencies said on Tuesday.

Asafah, a senior member of the Nukhba Force in Hamas’s Deir al-Balah Battalion, infiltrated Israeli territory during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre and subsequently participated in hostage release ceremonies used by Hamas for propaganda purposes. The IDF said he was involved in the return of hostages Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben-Ami and Or Levy.

The joint IDF-Shin Bet operation was carried out after extensive intelligence gathering and aerial surveillance to minimize harm to civilians.

In a separate announcement, the IDF and Shin Bet said that on Sunday night, they killed Muhammad al-Ajlah, the commander of Hamas’s Shejaiya Battalion, in a strike in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. Al-Ajlah had succeeded Haitham Rizq Abd al-Karim Sheikh Khalil, who was killed last week.

Al-Ajlah previously served as commander of a combat support company in the Shejaiya Battalion and was responsible for arming terrorists with weapons used in attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops.

He is the fifth commander of Hamas’s Shejaiya Battalion to be slain since the start of the war on Oct. 7, 2023, and the third since the resumption of major operations in Gaza on March 18, 2025.

The IDF said it took numerous steps before the strike to mitigate civilian harm, including issuing advanced warnings, using precise munitions, and conducting aerial surveillance.

“The Hamas terrorist organization systematically violates international law, using civilian infrastructure and populations as human shields,” the statement read. “The IDF and Shin Bet will continue operating to protect the State of Israel.”


IDF says it killed Hezbollah squad commander in Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces killed a squad commander in the special operations unit of Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon on Tuesday, the IDF said.

The IDF statement about the strike in the Aitaroun area against the squad commander did not name the target. Lebanese media identified him as Ali Beizoun. Lebanon’s health ministry said that one person was killed in the strike and three others were wounded, including a child.

The strike occurred amid high tension in Lebanon between Hezbollah, Israel and the Lebanese army.

The Iranian-backed terrorist group has publicly expressed readiness to enter talks with the Lebanese government on a “national defense strategy,” a move interpreted by some as an attempt to solidify its political role without relinquishing its arms.

Thousands of Hezbollah fighters, as well as the group’s top command, have been killed in an 11-month conflict with Israel that Hezbollah initiated on Oct. 8, 2023. In late November, Hezbollah entered a ceasefire under whose terms it would need to leave Southern Lebanon while Israeli troops were deployed there. The strike was in a part of Lebanon where Hezbollah was supposed to have evacuated under the ceasefire.
Israel Advocacy Movement: Muslims Can’t Believe An Israeli Said This!
Watch until the end… this one is wild!


Here I Am With Shai Davidai: "I snapped" | EP 36 Adiel Cohen
In this episode of Here I Am with Shai Davidai, Shai sits down with Adiel Cohen, an Israeli activist, content creator, and advocate for Jewish identity and Israeli-Arab relations. Adiel shares his journey from growing up in Ramat Gan to becoming a prominent voice against antisemitism and misinformation on social media.

Adiel opens up about his accidental path to activism during the COVID-19 pandemic, where he began responding to antisemitic and anti-Israel content on TikTok. He discusses the challenges of combating misinformation, the nuances of the BDS movement, and the importance of connecting to one's Jewish identity and community as a way to fight antisemitism.

The conversation delves into Adiel’s unique approach to activism, blending humor, education, and storytelling to engage audiences. He also reflects on his recent transition from social media to speaking directly with Jewish communities and college students worldwide, sharing his personal experiences as a reserve commander in the IDF during the October 7th attacks and the subsequent war.




'Hamas-supporting' migrant who called for 'death to all Jews' appears in court for illegally crossing the Channel in a dinghy
An alleged Hamas-supporting Channel migrant said to have called for 'death to all Jews' has appeared in court.

Abu Wadee is accused of arriving in the UK without a valid entry clearance, and appeared at Canterbury Crown Court this morning for a short administrative hearing.

The defendant, said to be a Palestinian national also known as Mosab Abdulkarim al-Gassas, is suspected of being one of the 235 migrants picked up on four small boats in the English Channel on March 6.

He was arrested by Home Office Immigration Enforcement officers at an asylum hotel in Manchester three days later after the Mail on Sunday shed light on the 33-year-old's antisemitic social media posts, images of him holding guns, and his apparent links to Palestinian extremists.

Wadee sat in the glass-panelled dock in Canterbury today, wearing a dark grey prison-issue jumper and holding a cardboard folder apparently containing Home Office documents, flanked by two security guards.

He appeared to wince at various points throughout the five-minute hearing, and spoke only to confirm his name, aided by an Arabic interpreter.

Wadee was remanded back into custody by the judge, Her Honour Judge Sarah Counsell.

He will next appear at the same court on Thursday, when he is due to enter a plea, while the judge will also consider an application for him to be released on bail.


When Hamas came to Canada: Accidental hero finds her pro-Israel voice
Masha Kleiner sits at a campus café, a Star of David necklace prominently displayed against her sweater as well as another necklace showing the map of the State of Israel.

A year ago, she would have never imagined herself as a public figure standing against pro-Palestinian demonstrations with homemade signs or documenting antisemitism across Canada in weekly reports.

Born in the Soviet Union, Kleiner immigrated to Israel in 1990 when the USSR collapsed. After living in Israel for 18 years, she moved to Vancouver in 2008, drawn by the city’s outdoor lifestyle. A pro-Israel march in Vancouver on April 6, 2025. Photo by Erez Linn.

“I love challenges,” Kleiner said. “I love skiing and mountain climbing. Vancouver seemed like a nice adventure because it’s an ideal place for both.”

Her life in Vancouver was quiet. Her daughter was born in Israel, her son in Canada. She worked from home in software development and had little involvement with the Jewish community.

“I wasn’t involved with the community at all,” she explained. “And very few Canadian friends, honestly, because I worked from home. Everything was really nice and pretty relaxed.”

Then came Oct. 7, 2023.

In the initial days, the Hamas onslaught on Israel seemed like a terrible crime that had happened in a faraway place. But soon, her perception shifted dramatically.


Anti-Guardian protesters label the paper an ‘apologist for Zionist genocide’
A protest against The Guardian newspaper is set to take place outside its central London offices tomorrow, accusing the left-leaning paper of being too pro-Israel.

In a poster publicising the demonstration, which is being organised by the Revolutionary Communist Group (RCG), activists accuse The Guardian of being an “apologist for Zionist genocide”.

The advert highlights a few purportedly objectionable passages run by the paper as evidence for the claim, which include reports of “killings and mutilations during Hamas’s rampage in southern Israel”, and the caveat of death tolls as “…according to the Hamas-run health ministry”.

The group also takes umbrage with the paper describing the attacks on Israelis in Amsterdam last year – which made headlines around the world, with King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands described as his country “failing the Jews again” – as “attacks on Israeli football fans”.




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