The Case against Partial Hostage Releases
No deal unless they all come home at once.
August 20, 2025
“I was wrong about Israel.”
A veteran of the U.S. military, the YouTuber Ryan McBeth has made a career of explaining the technical and tactical aspects of current wars. Over the past year and a half, I’ve often found that his videos, based on careful analysis of publicly available information, shed much light on the nitty-gritty of what’s happening on the ground in Gaza. McBeth, however, never held himself out as an expert on Israel or its conflict with the Palestinians, nor considered himself especially pro-Israel.
No deal unless they all come home at once.
“I was wrong about Israel.”
And why it matters.
“We’ve become numb to the crazy.”
Kosher phones aren’t just for Jews.
A veteran of the U.S. military, the YouTuber Ryan McBeth has made a career of explaining the technical and tactical aspects of current wars. Over the past year and a half, I’ve often found that his videos, based on careful analysis of publicly available information, shed much light on the nitty-gritty of what’s happening on the ground in Gaza. McBeth, however, never held himself out as an expert on Israel or its conflict with the Palestinians, nor considered himself especially pro-Israel.
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