Bret Stephens: No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza. The Charge Is Obscene
If the Israeli government's intentions and actions are truly genocidal, why hasn't it been more methodical and vastly more deadly? It could have bombed without prior notice, instead of routinely warning Gazans to evacuate areas it intended to strike. It could have bombed without putting its own soldiers, hundreds of whom have died in combat, at risk.Seth Mandel: The Enablers of Hamas’s Starvation Strategy
The death count isn't higher because Israel is manifestly not committing genocide, a legally specific term defined by the UN Convention on Genocide as the "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such." Note the words "intent" and "as such." Genocide does not mean simply "too many civilian deaths" - a heartbreaking fact of nearly every war.
It means seeking to exterminate a category of people for no other reason than that they belong to that category: the Nazis and their partners killing Jews in the Holocaust because they were Jews, or Hamas on Oct. 7 intentionally butchering families in their homes and young people at a music festival because they were Israelis.
Over a million German civilians died in World War II, victims of war but not of genocide. The aim of the Allies was to defeat the Nazis, not to wipe out Germans simply for being German. I am aware of no evidence of an Israeli plan to deliberately target and kill Gazan civilians.
What is unusual about Gaza is the cynical and criminal way Hamas has chosen to wage war. In Ukraine, when Russia attacks, civilians go underground while the Ukrainian military stays aboveground to fight. In Gaza, it's the reverse: Hamas hides and feeds and preserves itself in its vast warren of tunnels rather than open them to civilians for protection. These tactics are war crimes in themselves.
We know how the U.S. would operate in similar circumstances. In 2016 and 2017, the U.S. aided the government of Iraq in retaking the city of Mosul, which was captured by the Islamic State three years earlier and turned into a booby-trapped, underground fortress. As the Times reported on March 28, 2017, "American airstrikes have at times leveled entire blocks - including the one in Mosul Jidideh this month that residents said left as many as 200 civilians dead." I don't recall any campus protests.
Wars are awful enough, but the term "genocide" can't be promiscuously applied to any military situation we don't like.
The reason is both simple and demonic. The deterioration of conditions for civilians under Hamas’s thumb has convinced the terror group to keep the war going and to try to bring the enclave to calamity.Andrew Fox: Is Gaza Starving?
And why is this even a workable strategy for Hamas? Here, the answer implicates all those Western leaders who carp and lecture Israel to Hamas’s benefit.
The European Union reportedly decided that Israel’s actions in Gaza violate a 25-year-old Israel-EU trade agreement, opening the door to sanctions. British Foreign Minister David Lammy threatened UK action against Israel for the situation in Gaza. The EU then threatened to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, again over the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
“Other steps could be suspending an aviation agreement, blocking imports from settlements, limiting scientific and technological cooperation, and curtailing travel for Israelis in the visa-free zone known as Schengen, according to a leaked document sent by the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, to member states,” the AP reported.
Notice the consistent element of all these stories? That’s right, they all assume Israel is fully to blame for the situation. There is no real threatening of Hamas; on the contrary, the push for Israel to let Hamas-linked UN agencies take over the aid delivery amounts to material support for Hamas.
And yet this whole issue proves why destroying Hamas must be a priority for all involved. If there is a cease-fire or if Israel relents on Hamas-linked aid delivery, there will be a temporary amelioration of the possible hunger crisis. But Hamas will hoard the aid and resell some for astronomical markup. In other words, Hamas’s strategy is to keep the people of Gaza perpetually close to a hunger crisis because that triggers international pressure on Israel to let Hamas restock its own shelves and refill its own coffers.
Hamas’s near-unprecedented monstrousness is being sustained by the supposedly humanitarian West, which is sacrificing the lives of Gazan civilians out of irrational animosity toward Israel.
Conclusion
The question “Is Gaza starving?” cannot be answered with a simple yes or no. It demands an understanding of how we arrived at this humanitarian impasse. Gazans are not starving in the sense of a biblical famine caused by crop failure; they are starving in a man-made hellscape where more than enough food exists but too often fails to reach the people who need it most. Enormous quantities of aid have poured into Gaza, theoretically enough that no one should go hungry, yet tens of thousands of civilians are going hungry because of deliberate obstruction, chaos, and mistrust.
Israel is not blameless: the hardline strategy of besieging Hamas has resulted in strangling Gaza’s economy and, for a time, even its aid lifeline, leading to substantial civilian suffering.
The UN and international NGOs, for their part, have been shamefully inflexible, loftily and hypocritically prioritising principles of neutrality (as they apply to Israel alone) to the extent of allowing aid to remain unused while people starve, and either underestimating, not caring, or encouraging the manner in which their own systems were compromised and manipulated by Hamas (in breach of their lofty neutrality claims).
Hamas, of course, bears primary responsibility for all suffering in Gaza. Not only did it spark this war, but it also consistently prioritises its military agenda over the welfare of Gaza’s population, profiting from shortages and deliberately perpetuating the crisis. The international community, despite pouring in aid funds, has at times made political blunders, as demonstrated by the ill-timed ceasefire letter that has likely prolonged the fighting.
Is Gaza starving? Many Gazans are, tragically, suffering from starvation in the literal sense: children with swollen bellies, parents skipping meals for days. This should not be dismissed, but it is not because there is no food to be found; it is due to a collective failure to deliver the food to the people. The world’s media often presents it in the simplest terms (“Israel is starving people”). The reality is far more complex, a perfect storm of war, blockade, misrule by Hamas, and a paralysed aid system. Understanding this complexity is not about absolving any party of responsibility, but about recognising what needs to change.
What must change, first and foremost, is that the guns should fall silent, temporarily, to enable a full-scale humanitarian effort. A sustained ceasefire, even if unilateral, would enable food distribution to occur safely and provide negotiators with an opportunity to resolve the GHF-UN impasse. Unlike previous temporary ceasefires, at this stage, Israel, having greatly weakened Hamas, could afford to pause and use that goodwill to secure the remaining hostages’ release.
The UN and aid groups must demonstrate flexibility to ensure that aid reaches every family in need promptly. In the longer term, Gaza’s governance and reconstruction will require creative, likely unprecedented solutions, such as an empowered Palestinian Authority, an international mandate, or some hybrid arrangement. These debates are difficult, but they cannot be postponed indefinitely; otherwise, any Israeli victory on the battlefield will be pyrrhic. History shows that wars often end with new realities on the ground, sometimes including population movements or border changes, but any such outcomes here must centre on the return of the hostages and the welfare and wishes of Gaza’s people, not force them into another tragedy.
Currently, saving lives and reducing suffering are the top priorities. No child in Gaza should be dying of hunger when food is available just a few miles away, sitting on a pallet or locked in a warehouse. This is a solvable problem, provided there is political will. Gazans are not starving due to drought or fate; they are starving because humans, both their own leaders and the international community, have failed them. Whilst Israel has no legal obligation to provide aid that will be repurposed by their enemy, stepping up and ending the failure of others should be a moral duty.
Israel speeds up Gaza humanitarian aid flow under global pressure, officials say
Due to widespread looting by armed groups and the risk of aid falling into Hamas' hands, Israel, in coordination with the United States, helped establish the American-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which now operates just five distribution centers—four in the southern Gaza Strip between Rafah and Khan Younis, and one in central Gaza, south of the Netzarim Corridor.Amit Segal: The Price of Flour Shows the Hunger Crisis in Gaza
These centers are secured remotely by IDF forces, who, according to both international reports and soldier testimonies, have at times fired warning shots to disperse crowds surrounding the facilities. These incidents, according to those reports, have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Gazans.
Israeli officials continue to emphasize that Hamas is actively attempting to disrupt the operations of GHF sites to maintain control over aid distribution. On Thursday morning, the IDF reported that Hamas had launched a rocket the previous day toward a distribution center in Rafah, which landed approximately 250 meters from the site.
“Despite the launch,” the IDF said, “the center in the Morag [Corridor] area opened today, and tens of thousands of weekly food packages were distributed to families. This launch adds to the terror groups’ systematic and brutal efforts to sabotage the international aid program and prevent the distribution of humanitarian supplies to the people of Gaza.”
Gaza may well be approaching a real hunger crisis.
Let’s break down why, unlike past lies about the situation in Gaza, new research is a real cause for concern, and what it means for Israel.
Yesterday, Yannay Spitzer, an assistant professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, shared his findings on food prices in Gaza before and during the war. Well aware of the propaganda that Hamas and its international allies have been pumping out of the strip since October 7, 2023, Spitzer noted that “the situation [in Gaza] is radically different from everything up to now.”
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He goes one step further, suggesting that “without immediate change, a state of mass starvation seems inevitable.”
What makes him think that? Spitzer tracked the price of flour, which, as he notes, is “the most essential consumer good.”
The Price of Flour Shows the Hunger Crisis in Gaza
In September 2023, flour, which is sold in 25 kilogram sacks, cost around 47.5 shekels (14 U.S. dollars) in the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah, which until recently was untouched by the Israel Defense Forces and therefore less affected by the war. v Since October 7, 2023, according to Spitzer, flour’s price, per 25 kilogram sack, changed as follows:
January 2024: Over 300 shekels.
January 2025, before the most recent ceasefire: 500 shekels.
During the ceasefire: It dropped back down to 50 shekels—almost its pre-war price.
Why the volatile prices? That’s war—and while a tenfold increase in the cost of flour likely indicates a significant drop in supply, it doesn’t necessarily prove widespread hunger, let alone famine.
But here’s why Spitzer is worried. After the last ceasefire ended in March, the cost of flour shot back up to 500 shekels by the end of April. It then hit 875 shekels by the second week of May, and 1,750 by the end of the month.
Even one of the best media analysts in Israel overlooks the obvious. The FLOUR and food aid is supposed to be free.
— Ron M. (@Jewtastic) July 24, 2025
The AID is all paid for by the INTL community - If we are talking about the cost of FREE flour it's a stain on the @UN, the biggest signal of its failure. https://t.co/CHL2g3bHSw
Israeli journalist @HavivRettigGur: After 22 months of false or misleading reports in Western media, Gaza is now actually approaching catastrophic levels of hunger.
— The Free Press (@TheFP) July 24, 2025
“We are very close to real, actual, desperate hunger in Gaza… It's hard to convince Israelis of that because… pic.twitter.com/ZC804H3Xo0
'The deterioration in the food security situation in Gaza is occuring because the UN and other orgs working under its auspices are refusing point blanc to get into the trucks and drive them'@YaakovLappin says accusations that Israel is withholding aid are 'absolutely false' pic.twitter.com/jxHUre1iWE
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) July 24, 2025
Prices in Gaza are not at all a good indication of the real food situation in Gaza, since the merchants are Hamas and Hamas plays with the prices to manipulate Gazans and the Western media. This Hamas oppositioner explains how it works.https://t.co/78PxKWwena
— Imshin (@imshin) July 24, 2025
US to leave Doha talks as Hamas not acting in good faith, Witkoff says
The United States will examine “alternative options” to bring home the 50 captives held by Hamas as the terrorist group “does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith,” U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff said on Thursday.
“We have decided to bring our team home from Doha for consultations after the latest response from Hamas, which clearly shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza,” U.S. President Donald Trump’s point man in the talks wrote in an X post on Thursday afternoon.
While mediators Qatar and Egypt “have made a great effort, Hamas does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith,” Witkoff stated. “We will now consider alternative options to bring the hostages home and try to create a more stable environment for the people of Gaza.”
“It is a shame that Hamas has acted in this selfish way,” Witkoff added, emphasizing that Washington remains “resolute” in achieving peace.
The announcement came shortly after the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office stated that, “in light of the response delivered by Hamas this morning,” Jerusalem had decided to recall its negotiators for consultations.
The Jewish state appreciates “efforts by the mediators, Qatar and Egypt, and the efforts of envoy Witkoff, to achieve a breakthrough in the negotiations,” the PMO statement added.
Speaking at a state memorial ceremony for Revisionist Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky on Thursday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he remained “determined to achieve all war aims,” including the return of all hostages and Hamas’s complete defeat.
“If Hamas understands our readiness to reach a deal as weakness, as an opportunity to dictate terms of surrender to us that will endanger Israel, it is greatly mistaken,” the prime minister declared in his remarks.
Israeli and American officials say Hamas dug in and toughened its demands in the Doha ceasefire talks in recent days as they believe the international coverage and condemnation of the hunger in Gaza has given them “the upper hand”. Pause now in talks to get Hamas to climb down
— Anshel Pfeffer אנשיל פפר (@AnshelPfeffer) July 24, 2025
Hamas doesn’t want the war to end. It wants a reprieve so it can recover for more war.
— Haviv Rettig Gur (@havivrettiggur) July 24, 2025
Hamas does everything it can, murder, theft and neverending intimidation, to disrupt aid distribution.
Anyone who talks about famine in Gaza and of Israel’s manifest responsibility to prevent… https://t.co/IQzpE4zC43
Not to be blunt or sound rude, but how about you stop wasting precious time on this farce of a “negotiation” with a bunch of Islamic terrorists who have never had any interest in giving you an inch. The hostages are still in Gaza, and they do not have the time for all of you to… https://t.co/8Cimqg0YuN
— Cheryl E 🇮🇱🎗️ (@CherylWroteIt) July 24, 2025
Bishara Bahbah, a Palestinian American businessman working with Witkoff: “My beloved people in Gaza, this morning Hamxs submitted its reply to Israel’s proposal on troop redeployment and prisoner swaps. The response was realistic and constructive. It’s time for Israel to engage… pic.twitter.com/NrL2toMMKm
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 24, 2025
Qatar is not, & was never, an honest broker.
— מיכל קוטלר-וונש | Michal Cotler-Wunsh (@CotlerWunsh) July 24, 2025
Casting it as such before & since October 7 massacre enabled EXTORTION, not ‘a deal’.
Casting it as such now EMBOLDENS all genocidal proxies & supporting criminal regimes to EXTORT all who cherish life & liberty, in a raging WAR of… https://t.co/lkh2FgUio4
On @BBCPolitics #PoliticsLive yesterday, all focus on Labour Gov pressurising Israel to sign a ceasefire agreement, as though Hamas want peace & Israel = problem. I pointed out this distorts reality & ignores that Hamas are brutal war-mongering enemies of ordinary Palestinians pic.twitter.com/i4yc77xUqr
— Claire Fox (@Fox_Claire) July 23, 2025
Dr. Salman al-Daya, Dean of Sharia and Law at the Islamic University in Gaza and a leading religious authority, issues a strong statement condemning Hamas leaders and politicians for holding 2 million Palestinians hostage to advance their agenda: "We are not a herd of cattle." pic.twitter.com/bioKgJsgwN
— Khaled Abu Toameh (@KhaledAbuToameh) July 24, 2025
France to recognize Palestinian state, drawing Israeli reproach
French President Emmanuel Macron stated on Thursday that “consistent with its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East,” Paris intends to recognize a Palestinian state.
“I will make this solemn announcement before the United Nations General Assembly this coming September,” Macron stated. “The urgent priority today is to end the war in Gaza and to bring relief to the civilian population.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “strongly” condemned Macron’s decision “to recognize a Palestinian state next to Tel Aviv in the wake of the Oct. 7 massacre.”
“Such a move rewards terror and risks creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became,” Netanyahu stated. “A Palestinian state in these conditions would be a launch pad to annihilate Israel—not to live in peace beside it. Let’s be clear: the Palestinians do not seek a state alongside Israel. They seek a state instead of Israel.”
Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, stated that “neither international conferences disconnected from reality nor unilateral statements at the United Nations will lead to peace.”
“Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state after the massacre of Oct. 7 and precisely at a time when Hamas is still holding hostages is a disgraceful reward for terrorism,” Danon said. “Anyone who ignores the reality on the ground—that Israel has no partner for peace—harms not only Israel but the stability of the entire region.”
Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, said that Washington “strongly rejects” Macron’s plan.
“This reckless decision only serves Hamas propaganda and sets back peace,” Rubio stated. “It is a slap in the face to the victims of Oct. 7.”
Macron’s recognition of a Palestinian state after the October 7th massacre isn’t diplomacy; it’s moral collapse.
— Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט (@naftalibennett) July 24, 2025
It rewards mass murder and tells Islamist terrorists: kill Jews, and the world will hand you a state.
This shameful decision will be tossed this into the dustbin…
We strongly condemn President Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state next to Tel Aviv in the wake of the October 7 massacre. Such a move rewards terror and risks creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became.
— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) July 24, 2025
A Palestinian state in these conditions would be a…
The French President's pretension to create by mere words an illusionary arrangement in our land is ridiculous and not serious. His statement this evening shows that all the conditions that he himself set a few weeks ago - have evaporated. All that remains is the illusionary…
— Gideon Sa'ar | גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) July 24, 2025
President @EmmanuelMacron,
— עמיחי שיקלי - Amichai Chikli (@AmichaiChikli) July 24, 2025
Here is the appropriate response to your recognition of a Palestinian state as as a reward for Hamas terrorism. pic.twitter.com/Ve6c5Op0hN
Macron’s reported recognition of a Palestinian state in the wake of the October 7 massacre & raging multi-front war criminal Islamic regime in Iran, its genocidal proxies & their collaborators launched intent to annihilate 🇮🇱 - signals continued amnesia of west; emboldens terror… https://t.co/ASWFiRgozz
— מיכל קוטלר-וונש | Michal Cotler-Wunsh (@CotlerWunsh) July 24, 2025
Israel should respond to France’s hostile decision by shutting its consulate-general in Jerusalem, which functions as its de facto embassy to the PA.
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) July 24, 2025
If it wants an embassy to the non-existent state of Palestine, its diplomats are welcome to live in Ramallah. https://t.co/Q9tiQmEnSj pic.twitter.com/lCO7HJdZl9
An alternative is to build a new settlement after every Palestine recognition, named after whichever world leader was responsible for the recognition.
— Rafi DeMogge רפי דמוג (@HeTows) July 24, 2025
Time to lay down the founding stone of Ramat Macron. https://t.co/LTKFMTzEkH
Why wouldn’t Macron grant independence to all the occupied territories and peoples of the French empire: New Caledonia, French Guinea, French Polynesia, Corsica, French basque region, Brittany etc?
— Yair Netanyahu🇮🇱 (@YairNetanyahu) July 24, 2025
Why wouldn’t he grant real independence to west Africa countries that are still…
US 🇺🇲 Ambassador to Israel 🇮🇱 @GovMikeHuckabee:
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) July 24, 2025
“France 🇫🇷 should carve out a piece of the French Riviera, and create a Palestinian state there.”
Many parts of France already look like Gaza.
pic.twitter.com/ny2sEBJAaS
France needs a two state solution. https://t.co/6xJS6rQgee
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) July 24, 2025
Maybe you shouldn’t have encouraged Hamas to increase its demands and reject a ceasefire, then. Israel is trying to get a ceasefire and your foreign secretary’s letter just sabotaged the talks. https://t.co/zwrEWBm5K5
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) July 24, 2025
No, Krishnan. Hamas does not want a “permanent ceasefire.” Its raison d’etre is to wage jihad until Israel is destroyed. It wants a respite on its terms to rebuild its terrorist army and do October 7 again. https://t.co/OPOYrEAV9r
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) July 24, 2025
When the Norwegian Green Party says that they "stand with palestine"
— Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) July 24, 2025
They mean that they stand with the butchers of the Jewish people pic.twitter.com/019sCA1gtL
Waltz UN nomination advances with Democratic support
The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations advanced Mike Waltz’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations by a vote of 12-10 on Thursday with Democratic support, after losing a Republican vote.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) voted in favor of the former national security advisor and congressman from Florida, saying that he would be a “moderating force” within the Trump administration.
“I disagree with Mike Waltz on some issues, including his use of unclassified systems to coordinate sensitive discussions,” Shaheen stated, referring to Waltz’s involvement in adding a reporter to a Signal chat about airstrikes in Yemen.
“Mike Waltz did not represent himself to me as someone who wants to retreat from the world,” Shaheen said. “This is a quality I value in nominees.”
“From 2015 to 2023, the U.N. General Assembly passed 154 resolutions against Israel, versus 71 against all other nations combined. UNRWA in Gaza, with its staff involved in the October 7th massacre, its schools teaching anti-Semitic hate, must be dismantled.
— מיכל קוטלר-וונש | Michal Cotler-Wunsh (@CotlerWunsh) July 24, 2025
The reappointment… pic.twitter.com/sP6XyYBepq
UNRWA will soon run out of money, claims UN official
A UN official says the agency that assists Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, will soon run out of money.
Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari tells the UN Security Council that current forecasts show insufficient funds to sustain operations beyond 2025.
UNRWA was established in 1949 to aid Palestinians displaced during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
The agency provides health and education services to around 2.5 million Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and helps 3 million more in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric urges donors to contribute, emphasizing the agency’s critical role.
UNRWA also claimed last year that it was running out of funds.
Israel has accused the agency of working with Hamas, and has provided documentation of some of its employees taking part in the terror group’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel. Slain hostage Yonatan Samerano was seen being abducted in the back of a white UNRWA jeep on October 7, and other freed hostages have said that they were held in UNRWA facilities in Gaza.
Francesca Albanese was condemned for antisemitism by Germany, France, Canada and the US. She and her friends simply hate Jews. This is the person they are now targeting: https://t.co/OKY1NCoWH5
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 24, 2025
Brazil’s decision to join the legal offensive against Israel at the ICJ while withdrawing from the IHRA, is a demonstration of a profound moral failure.
— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) July 24, 2025
At a time when Israel is fighting for its very existence, turning against the Jewish state and abandoning the global… pic.twitter.com/lfog0oeJF4
⭕️ Terrorists fired a projectile that fell approx. 250 meters from an aid distribution site in Gaza. This site in Rafah is open today and tens of thousands of weekly food packages were distributed.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) July 24, 2025
Hamas and the other terrorist organizations will do anything to sabotage… pic.twitter.com/gyk9xC2sbe
In todays episode of #UNRWAlies, we have @UNLazzarini, the one whose organization employed terrorists that kidnapped and murdered Israelis, saying there are 6,000 trucks of aid waiting to enter Gaza.
— COGAT (@cogatonline) July 24, 2025
1. We meet with the @UN on a daily basis, and they themselves admit that the… https://t.co/hlGJ38u905
Boundless Insights PodCast: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation & The Battle Over Aid in Gaza – with Rev. Johnnie Moore
For years, UNRWA positioned itself as the primary source of humanitarian aid in Gaza. But after October 7, its deep entanglement with Hamas became undeniable. A dozen UNRWA employees participated in the massacre. Up to 10% of its Gaza staff are linked to terror groups. And aid meant for civilians has been diverted, looted, and weaponized to fund Hamas’s war machine.
So what’s the alternative?
In this episode, host Aviva Klompas speaks with Rev. Johnnie Moore, Executive Chairman of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation—a new initiative led by global leaders determined to deliver food and aid directly to civilians, without empowering terrorists.
They discuss what’s happening on the ground in Gaza, how Hamas is manipulating the aid system, and why legacy organizations like UNRWA are fiercely resisting new models of humanitarian relief.
Guest Bio:
Rev. Johnnie Moore, PhD is a human rights advocate and multifaith leader who serves as Executive Chairman of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. He leads the foundation’s efforts to deliver emergency food aid to civilians in Gaza and to engage governments, media, and civil society.
Rev. Moore has spent decades working at the intersection of faith, foreign policy, and humanitarian action, including advocacy for persecuted communities in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He played a key role in the response to ISIS, genocide recognition, and the release of religious prisoners.
A two-time appointee to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, he also helped lay the groundwork for initiatives like the Abraham Accords. He is the author of ten books and lives in Washington, D.C.
Today, the IDF invited dozens of international journalists to the Kerem Shalom crossing inside Gaza, to see for themselves.
— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) July 24, 2025
Hundreds of aid trucks have entered Gaza with Israel’s approval, but the supplies are standing idle, undelivered.
The reason?
The UN refuses to distribute… pic.twitter.com/IqRRAwmTHi
Today, the IDF invited dozens of international journalists to the Kerem Shalom crossing to see the humanitarian aid.
— dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ (@DahliaKurtz) July 24, 2025
I also saw for myself — at that very crossing — as truck after truck rolled in a few months back.
Israel is helping Gazans. It's Hаmаs and UN hurting them. pic.twitter.com/By1PQHB27l
I went to the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing today to see for myself the nearly 1,000 trucks’ worth of aid waiting to be picked up by the UN. Stay tuned 📰 https://t.co/ksnfQP9znx pic.twitter.com/fQgSy9xETB
— Jotam Confino (@mrconfino) July 24, 2025
The Hamas Aid Supply Chain, Explained pic.twitter.com/wOV8RJFJ1D
— The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome (@TheMossadIL) July 24, 2025
Activist charged with seeking to assassinate Netanyahu with RPG
A woman in her 70s was indicted on Thursday for an alleged attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reportedly planning to carry out the attack with an anti-tank weapon.
The State Attorney’s Office filed charges against her with the Tel Aviv District Court for attempting to conspire to commit an act of terror and aggravated murder.
“The defendant, who is involved in political protest activities against the Israeli government, was recently diagnosed with a serious illness and may have only a short time to live,” the indictment read, as cited by Arutz Sheva.
“As a result, she made a decision to assassinate the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, thereby ‘sacrificing’ her life for the struggle against the government and in doing so, ‘saving’ the State of Israel,” the indictment continued.
The defendant attempted to conspire with fellow activists, meeting one of them at her home in late July, the indictment read.
The activist opposed her plan and asked her to wait a few days in an attempt to dissuade her from proceeding, according to the report.
A few days later, the defendant asked him to come over again, and during the meeting, when he tried once more to deter her from carrying out the plan, she asked him to help her acquire a rocket-propelled grenade in order to assassinate the prime minister, according to the indictment.
The woman “also requested his help in gathering information regarding the prime minister’s schedule, movements, location and security arrangements,” it further read.
From the indictment filed against the protest activist who planned to assassinate Prime Minister Netanyahu:
— Amit Segal (@AmitSegal) July 24, 2025
- She was recently diagnosed with a serious illness and may have only a short time to live. As a result, she resolved to assassinate the prime minister, aiming to…
Suspected Bat Yam bus bomber nabbed 5 months after botched attack
A Palestinian terrorist suspected of being behind a botched bus bombing attack in central Israel in February was detained Wednesday by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Nablus, the IDF, Shin Bet and police announced.Eight IDF soldiers hurt in car ramming at central Israel bus stop
In the attack on February 20, three empty buses exploded in quick succession in parking lots in the Tel Aviv suburbs of Bat Yam and Holon, and two more unexploded devices were discovered on additional buses in Holon. No casualties were caused.
Abed al-Karim Snober, who is accused of carrying out the attack, was detained following a months-long manhunt, the IDF and Shin Bet said.
According to the military, an explosion Tuesday in Nablus that was likely caused by the terrorist handling additional explosive devices in his possession, led forces to the apartment where he was hiding. The IDF said Snober was wounded and fled the site.
Overnight, IDF troops, Border Police officers and Shin Bet agents led a 19-hour pursuit after the terrorist, at the end of which he was detained.
The military said Wednesday that during scans at the building where the explosion occurred a day earlier, forces found additional primed explosive devices and destroyed them.
The arrest of Snober came after military prosecutors filed an indictment in April against a Palestinian man on suspicion of helping carry out the bus bombings, identifying him at the time as the brother of the suspected terrorist accused of planting the explosives.
A month earlier, the Police Prosecutions Division filed an indictment against a resident of Holon who transported the bomb-planting terrorist to Bat Yam.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed on Thursday afternoon that eight soldiers were wounded in a car-ramming attack earlier in the day at the Beit Lid/Hasharon Junction, east of Netanya.
According to the military, two of the soldiers were moderately wounded and six other soldiers were lightly injured. They were evacuated to a hospital and their families were notified.
Reports in the morning indicated that a vehicle struck pedestrians waiting at a bus stop on Route 57 at the entrance to the city of Kfar Yona, located between Netanya and Tulkarem in Samaria.
Emergency responders treated the injured at the scene and evacuated two young adults—a man and a woman, both around 20 years old—to Laniado Sanz Medical Center in Netanya in moderate condition with chest and limb injuries. Three others were in good-to-moderate condition with head and limb injuries, and three people were in mild condition. In addition to Laniado, victims were transported to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba and Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera.
The driver fled the scene immediately after the crash, leading Israeli security forces to shut down several Judea and Samaria crossings. The vehicle involved in the incident is believed to have been located in the Beit Lid area.
The Israel Police on Thursday night called on the public to help locate Arkan Khaled, 27, from the central Arab Israeli city of Tayibe, “who is wanted for questioning in connection with the incident.”
🚨WATCH: Driving straight - and suddenly swerves right towards the IDF soldiers at the station https://t.co/XSgkEUTnRw pic.twitter.com/LES5L1AaTe
— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) July 24, 2025
🏥🎥The IDF’s medical facility in southern Syria providing trauma care and extended medical treatment to those in need: https://t.co/rp46MwBaaI pic.twitter.com/bN3ZAL3Qck
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) July 24, 2025
JUST IN 🔴
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 24, 2025
A massive explosion has been reported in Idlib, Syria.
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Call me Back Podcast: Is the real story in Syria actually Turkey?
Last week, we witnessed the eruption of violent aggression on behalf of the Syrian government and local Bedouin tribes against Syria’s southern Druze community, leaving more than 1,400 people dead. The Druze are a community that also has deep roots in Israel, and over 1,000 Israeli Druze citizens crossed the Israel-Syria border to support their brothers and sisters being attacked.
In response, Israel launched a series of strikes against military facilities in Damascus, prompting widespread global criticism. As of Saturday, all sides have agreed to a ceasefire. However, we are still seeing reports and videos on social media of Druze being attacked in Southern Syria.
Many are asking what to make of Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Al Qaeda affiliate who claims to have moderated. People are also wondering to what extent Turkey – a supporter of the new Syrian regime – played a role in what’s unfolded in Syria.
Joining us to discuss – and at time points, debate – these complex questions are Charles Lister, senior fellow and director of the Syria Initiative at the Middle East Institute, and Hay Eitan Cohen Yanarocak, researcher of modern-day Turkey at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University.
Why Are Parts of MAGA Defending The Islamic Republic Of Iran? | Douglas Murray
Douglas Murray, author of "On Democracies and Death Cults," joins me for a compelling conversation about the growing strain of anti-westernism within the MAGA movement, as well as the need to improve our corrupt institutions, rather than burn them all down.
Douglas Murray rips into former MI6 chief’s ‘shocking’ take on Druze massacre
Author Douglas Murray reacts to ex-chief of MI6 John Sawers’s “shocking” take on Israel’s intervention in Syria.
The Druze minority group inhabiting the southern Syrian region of Suwayda has been ruthlessly attacked over the past week by the Syrian armed Bedouin tribe, which resides in the same area.
As a fragile ceasefire holds for now, the devastating effects of the conflict on the Druze are just starting to be seen.
BREAKING: Secretary Kennedy agrees that the genocide accusation in Gaza is completely insane.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) July 24, 2025
A reminder that a Palestinian assassinated RFK Jr.’s father. pic.twitter.com/Quyj8tib5G
This right here, this single commentary and monologue by @ChrisCuomo, has given me more respect for him that I’ve had for many other people in a very long time. This is what’s called crystal clear morality. It’s called integrity. And it’s called truth.
— Cheryl E 🇮🇱🎗️ (@CherylWroteIt) July 24, 2025
Thank you Chris. And… https://t.co/tNw1bYo1se
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: US State Dept. Visa Specialist Arslan Akhtar caught admitting that he helps immigrants break the law and abuses his position regularly. Don't skip the part where he whines that the State Department is filled with "terrible...really garbage" Jewish people.… pic.twitter.com/oFjYmbySQO
— Canary Mission (@canarymission) July 24, 2025
Columbia Uni agrees to pay out around $220 million for violating Jewish students' civil rights
Filmmaker Ami Horowitz discusses Columbia University’s $220 million payout after violating Jewish students’ civil rights.
“It’s not nothing, that’s for sure,” Mr Horowitz told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“Columbia University has a nearly $15 billion endowment, which is larger than 120 countries’ foreign currency reserves.
“Will it break them? No. Will it make them think twice before they allow Jews to be harassed on campus? Yeah, I think it will.”
SHOCKING: Mother Referred To PREVENT After Influencer Trip To Israel
Mother Holly Passmore recounts the shocking story of how she was questioned by PREVENT, the anti-terror organisation after returning from a trip to Israel that was organised by the Israeli embassy, after her trip was flagged as a potential radicalization risk.
Speaking to Talk's Peter Cardwell, Holly highlighted the absurdity of being questioned for visiting a democratic ally.
Anti Israel vs Anti Semite pic.twitter.com/KkGFLOVGAx
— Roadside rant (@roadsiderant) July 24, 2025
Falsely accusing Jews of mass murder is an evil G-d will not forgive you for, but then, he already has a long list of crimes already inscribed in your book of life, chillul ha-shem yourself. https://t.co/mFFjRoh0aa
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 24, 2025
It’s because we don’t want to legitimize your human freak show that uses our conflict for entertainment and to empower genuine lunatics. pic.twitter.com/IFwQlit1ka
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) July 24, 2025
There are more Gazans alive today than there were pre-October 7th.
— Shabbos Kestenbaum (@ShabbosK) July 23, 2025
There is more food going into Gaza on a daily basis than there was pre-October 7th.
If Israel is conducting a genocide, they are doing a fairly poor job. pic.twitter.com/avhBuOoems
There is no evidence the IDF is targeting civilians. Those claims originate from the Gazan Ministry of Health and are blindly repeated by pathetically gullible Westerners like you,@AnaKasparian, who swallow every word fed to them. They have you wrapped around their little finger.… https://t.co/1gsJ0j9HES
— Ant (@AntSpeaks) July 23, 2025
I honestly have no idea how @ShabbosK managed to keep a straight face. I would have burst out laughing at that @AnaKasparian dimwit. Why are all these Jew hating freak shows so mentally unhinged? Cenk is just a deranged oversized sweat gland, and this braindead bimbo is nothing… https://t.co/a7guo10BhW
— Cheryl E 🇮🇱🎗️ (@CherylWroteIt) July 24, 2025
— Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) July 24, 2025
War is always terrible, but that doesn’t make it “genocide” especially when there is such an obvious reason for the situation in Gaza — the terror group Hamas. The legal standard for “genocide” must be what’s called ‘fully conclusive’ — meaning there cannot be another… pic.twitter.com/ZIQQrN9FMS
— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) July 24, 2025
Hungary bans anti-Israel Irish rap group
Hungary banned Kneecap, a three-member band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, from entering the country, saying it constituted a national security risk.
The trio had been scheduled to perform on Aug. 11, the closing day of the annual Sziget Festival (Aug. 6-11), one of the largest music festivals in Europe.
In a post to X, Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said that the decision to ban the hip-hop group was due to “antisemitic hate speech and open praise for Hamas and Hezbollah.”
In a July 11 letter to festival organizers, Hungary’s Minister for European Union Affairs János Bóka cited the government’s “zero tolerance” policy toward antisemitism.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and other government members have often stressed their “zero tolerance” policy, making Hungary arguably the safest country in Europe for Jews at a time of growing antisemitism.
Hungarian authorities were supported by a petition signed by hundreds of members of the country’s musical and cultural community calling for Kneecap to be dropped from the festival.
Kneecap’s Liam O’Hanna, aka Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, 27, the band’s founding member, who performs under the name Mo Chara, was charged under the United Kingdom’s Anti-Terrorism Act when a video emerged online of him displaying a Hezbollah flag and shouting, “Up Hamas, up Hezbollah,” at London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum during a Nov. 21, 2024 concert.
Thank you Hungary for your clear stance against hatred. By banning the Kneecap concert, Hungary rightly refused to give a stage to antisemitism and supporters of Hamas and Hizbulla.
— Gideon Sa'ar | גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) July 24, 2025
A principled stand against terror and antisemitism! 🇮🇱🤝🇭🇺@PM_ViktorOrban @FM_Szijjarto pic.twitter.com/Vo87ToypCn
Iran lobbyist Trita Parsi tends to delete posts when they’re beyond ridiculous, but this is probably a borderline case for him.
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) July 24, 2025
Obviously, this did not happen. https://t.co/kMAOGPdklb
These Moroccan Jews. If only they could be more easily identifiable. Maybe they could wear a badge or something? https://t.co/9EmIWSYQmC
— Richard Ferguson (@richard_agri) July 24, 2025
'wE aRe iNdigEnOuS'😂 https://t.co/oWzewIzhJx pic.twitter.com/v87hDN4YuH
— Adin - عدین - עדין (@AdinHaykin1) July 24, 2025
This was YOUR post on October 7, 2023.
— Cheryl E 🇮🇱🎗️ (@CherylWroteIt) July 24, 2025
You’re a fraud and terrorist sympathizer. You’re a Kapo, not a Jew.
I have no further use for this piece of shit, your honor. https://t.co/1LaOhYfONs pic.twitter.com/66ChtvMeQL
These are 10 year old Jewish children reportedly being targeted by 17 year olds pic.twitter.com/wfIHh9b54z
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) July 24, 2025
She even changed her profile picture to one of her chanting "Death to America, Death to Israel." She’s flaunting it. A serious country wouldn’t let this slide. pic.twitter.com/luAF1kn4cD
— Stu (@thestustustudio) July 24, 2025
This Dr Rahmeh Aladan who is a practicing medical doctor in the UK saying she’s proud of Palestinian “armed resistance”. She calls for the dismantling of Israel and the expulsion of Jews who are part of the “Zionist invasion”.
— Heidi Bachram 🎗️ (@HeidiBachram) July 24, 2025
Anyone want to be treated by her? @gmcuk pic.twitter.com/gBVLrpPhBd
This is the deranged and hateful set of ‘principles’ she was reading out. Violent and vile. pic.twitter.com/SGJLmXl3Uo
— Heidi Bachram 🎗️ (@HeidiBachram) July 24, 2025
🚨 Leftist MASK SLIPS Live
— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) July 24, 2025
He was feeding a pigeon. Seemed harmless…
Until I asked about 'the Jews'.
Then came Mossad conspiracies, Holocaust shrugs, and “only good Jew is a self-hating Jew” logic.
This is your average 'progressive'.
Full story: https://t.co/4i8Il3q7uE pic.twitter.com/5hdWqcguk3
Stuck for something to do with the kids this summer? Pro-terror groupies in Swansea showing what can be done with cars and pots this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/nq3AY8h3Fi
— Starmer Sycophant (@sirwg202110) July 24, 2025
NYC - man identified as Theo Applebaum smirks while removing posters of kidnapped Israelis. pic.twitter.com/loDUM0gNIE
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) July 24, 2025
Drama class in Birmingham yesterday evening. pic.twitter.com/mHbiVZCkGo
— Starmer Sycophant (@sirwg202110) July 24, 2025
Palestinian-American woman goes to the West Bank with her Black friends to volunteer and distribute food and medical supplies.
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) July 23, 2025
Her friends are insulted and called ‘monkeys’ and ‘slaves’ by Palestinians throughout the entire trip, which they complained about.
She gets mad and… pic.twitter.com/VVe2DDYAMn
"He's an Anti-Zionist Too!" cartoon book (December 2024) PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism (February 2022) |
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