A few thoughts on the hopeless situation in the Gaza Strip, the pain over our hostages, and a divided Israel that, after 22 months, still doesn’t know how to move forward.

“UNRWA must be held accountable for teaching hate, encouraging hate, fostering hate and praising those who commit maiming and murder,” Richard Heideman, an attorney for the plaintiffs, told JNS.

Israel stands at a strategic crossroads: Where is the Gaza conflict headed now?

Israel’s goal should be not to be seen as the “good guys.” It should be seen as too expensive and painful to attack.

Israel’s president demands that the world hold Palestinian terror groups accountable for starving Israeli hostages.

Hezbollah’s propaganda training of Hamas included how to counter the Israeli narrative, how to train social media influencers and how to train schoolchildren to produce their own content.

“The political echelon also lacks the resolve to pursue Hamas’s defeat—making it easier to pass blame onto the IDF.”

The media’s reversal of perpetrators and victims has brought Hamas in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah closer to state recognition.

On the failure of negotiations, the new role of the US, and the tension between military strategy and political pressure.