Originally published on August 8 Israel today is showing that an horrific war begun will be horrifically won or lost, as with most wars in history. The lesson? Don’t even think of starting such a war unless you are prepared to finish it. For Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart or anyone else to feign moral indignation only shows… Read More Hamas and Iran. Get Real.
“These things that happened to them were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.— 1 Corinthians 10:11 From historian Tom Holland’s masterpiece, Dominion. “Not even the gift of the Promised Land had been able to keep Israel from idolatry. ‘They chose new gods.’ In book after book… Read More As Israel Goes, So Goes It For Christians
“Donald Trump has pulled off one of the greatest feats of his presidency by securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas—just nine months into his return to the presidency. From Iran and Israel to Ethiopia and Egypt, Kosovo and Serbia, and Pakistan and India, Trump approaches foreign policy through direct negotiation, economic leverage, and personal… Read More “One of the greatest feats of his presidency”.
Andrew Fox – former British Army officer and an associate fellow at the Henry Jackson Society – returns to _The Brendan O’Neill Show_. Andrew and Brendan discuss the real reasons Gazans are going hungry, why Hamas’s casualty figures can’t be trusted and how the rush to recognise a Palestinian state is only prolonging the war.
As Witness: Nobel Peace Prize winner, Bob Dylan. Antisemites (even Christian ones) and Jihadists both call him a fraud. After all, he is not always on their side. And God knows he can’t think for himself! Opinion Courtesy of Electronic Intifadah 2016: Controversially, musical genius Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize for literature last week.… Read More When Times Change Many Change.
Proportionality in all conflicts is to be desired as I have stated many times over many years. War is hell. Hamas knew what it was doing. It was deliberately trying to provoke a war by a vicious sneak attack in a period of relative stability. Proportionality is the ideal, but history shows it is seldom… Read More The Consequences of Hamas’ War
Wikipedia. “Since 2001, Palestinian militants have launched tens of thousands[1][2][3][4] of rocket and mortar attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip as part of the continuing Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The attacks, widely condemned for targeting civilians, have been described as terrorism by the United Nations, the European Union, and Israeli officials, and are defined as war crimes by human rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. The international community considers indiscriminate attacks on civilian targets to be illegal under international law.[5][6] Palestinian… Read More Will They Ever Stop if Not Stopped?
January 15, 2025 at 12:27 p.m. EST “Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal, in a major breakthrough that includes the release of Israeli hostages, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations. The first phase of the agreement, brokered by the United States, Qatar… Read More Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire, release of Israeli hostages, senior U.S. official says
Provocateur extraordinaire By Stephen Hand, editor, Catholic Critique. The 1566 Catechism of the Council of Trent states: “This guilt [for the death of Christ] seems more enormous in us than in the Jews, since according to the testimony of the same Apostle: ‘If they had known it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory’;… Read More Towards A Critique of E. Michael Jones
The Jewish Prolife Foundation: “Perhaps our Arab brothers are now fulfilling their role as they contend with us, reminding us that our birthright is contingent upon maintaining holiness. Holiness can be restored to Jerusalem in several ways. Israel can become self sufficient and God dependent again by manufacturing her own military hardware and instituting a… Read More Jewish Prolife Foundation: “cease to enable abortion, other lifestyle practices that violate morality”.
11.26.24. Jerusalem. Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a cease-fire deal, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday. The agreement, which passed in a 10-1 vote in Israel’s cabinet, is set to take effect Wednesday at 4 a.m. local time, pausing the year-long conflict in southern Lebanon and northern Israel that has escalated in recent weeks. Still,… Read More Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a cease-fire deal.
Did “Hamas actually want Israel to invade Gaza? Is there a danger that this tragic situation will strengthen the hand of the ultra-nationalist Israeli right? How should the international community respond to the war between Israel and Hamas?Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart last year were joined by Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari to address all… Read More Can Israel Ever Live Peacefully With Gazans Again?
Analysis / Opinion by Brendan O’Neill of Spiked Online. O’Neil has defended Catholics as well against instances of unfair hate-inspired “news” and black legend-like propaganda. He is author of the new book After the Pogrom.
Israel, Gaza and Lebanon, proportionality and preemptive strikes. Fr. Charles McCarthy, a Melkite Catholic priest in Massachusetts, argues that it might be a “mortal sin” to vote for either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris in this 2024 Presidential election, since each, he says, are in various ways complicit in “grave evil” by supporting and enabling… Read More A Melkite Catholic Priest Bound to Infuriate Many.
*|* What’s next for Syria’s Christians After Assad’s Fall? (Opinion) Previous. Hamas and Hezbollah. How They Were Formed and Which Nations Support the Terror Groups. Netanyahu speaks on Israel’s view of its own history. | Also Vantage with Palki Sharma 10/7/23 Hamas launched large-scale attacks into Israel. What is Hamas, the terror organisation that governs… Read More Hamas, Hezbollah and Israel
Updated. Andrew Doran and Mary Eberstadt | First Things | 9.5.24 Candace Owens, a Catholic convert and former pundit at the Daily Wire, has come under fire for anti-Semitic rhetoric, including promoting the “blood libel” charge and linking Judaism to pedophilia. She is not alone among Jew-bashers with large online followings trying to claim the label of “Catholic right” these days (notorious anti-Semite Nick Fuentes and… Read More Candace Owens Doesn’t Speak for Catholics
“Pro-Hamas and Hezbollah extremists violently attacked American Jews in Los Angeles and the politicians ordered the police to do nothing to defend them.” — Mark Dubowitz By JNS STAFFJune 24, 2024, 1:46 pm. Los Angeles City Hall. (JNS) Early Sunday morning, The Los Angeles Times dubbed Karen Bass “mayor of the city of the eternal future”… Read More Los Angeles mayor, Biden DOJ failed to protect Jews amid ‘pogrom’ in LA
Opinion. Peter Robinson and Douglas Murray. The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam, was published by Bloomsbury in May 2017. It spent almost 20 weeks on The Sunday Times bestseller list and was a Number 1 bestseller in non-fiction. It has subsequently been published in more than 20 languages worldwide and has been read and… Read More October 7, Gaza and the Case for Israel
No food, no water, no electricity, no escape as attacks intensify overnights Pope Francis repeated his call for a ceasefire in Gaza and called on Hamas to release hostages, invoking God, in a series of tweets addressing the conflict on Sunday. “In God’s name, I beg you to stop: cease using weapons,” Francis said. “I hope that avenues will… Read More Pope Francis has called for an immediate halt to the conflict in Gaza
National Review: “Billions of dollars of aid have flown into Gaza while it has been under Hamas’s control, but instead of going to help alleviate the suffering of its people, the money has been diverted by Hamas to fund its terror operations. The group has dug up water pipes to repurpose them as rockets to… Read More Hamas Is to Blame for Gaza’s Problems
If the West has too often acted unjustly throughout the world —and it certainly has— this fact can never make genocidal Hamas right. “Hamas never wanted peace with Israel.” The Christian Post. “It was — and is — the mission of Hamas to obliterate Israel, not make peace with Israel. As noted in an October… Read More Genocidal Hamas
“The left has really let us down.’ Why many American Jews feel abandoned Like many American Jews, Jonah Goldman sides politically with the left, including its push for the rights of Palestinians. During college, he was active in J Street, the liberal Jewish advocacy group that opposes the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and lobbies… Read More ‘The left has really let us down.’ Why many American Jews feel abandoned.
Ron Paul. “On the eve of what was to be a highly-scripted visit by President Biden to Israel and Jordan, an apparent bombing of a hospital in Gaza tore the plan to shreds as anger at Israel and the US exploded in the region. The Arab leaders he was scheduled to meet in Jordan all… Read More Biden’s Highly Scripted & Disastrous Middle East Trip.
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