The Third Gulf War has Already Begun

The location and number of vessels in the Straits of Hormuz that were sabotaged by Iran this week send a clear message from Iran to Trump, and the US president will not take that lying down.

Iran’s Grip on Gaza Is Israel’s Nightmare

The latest short, intense flare up of violence between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza appears to have concluded. … So should the latest confrontation be simply filed away as a passing episode in a seemingly endless, if mostly contained conflict? Not quite. Israel’s central dilemma regarding Hamas-controlled Gaza can be discerned behind Israeli decision-making in recent […]

Targeting Terrorist Leaders in Gaza and International Law

Law and strategy relating to a policy for fighting those who, as a London Muslim cleric unabashedly said, “don’t make a distinction between civilians and non-civilians, innocents and non-innocents. Only between Muslims and unbelievers.”

Palestinian Propaganda Rockets Forward

In the ongoing ideological war against Israel, the Palestinians are as usual lying about civilian deaths in the recent rocket attacks from Hamas, and Israel’s response. From May 4-6, Israel responded to the hundreds of rocket attacks from Gaza; four Israeli civilians were murdered. Of the 23 Palestinians killed, 17 were from Palestinian terror groups, […]

Making Sense of Palestinian Logic

A few days ago, the Palestinian Authority (PA), which rules most of the West Bank, refused to accept the tax revenues it is owed by the Israeli government.