Hamas’s Deadly Escalation at the Gaza Border
The goal: to take a hostage and bargain for the end of the embargo.
October 16, 2018
Hamas’s Deadly Escalation at the Gaza Border
The goal: to take a hostage and bargain for the end of the embargo.
Hamas’s weekly demonstration at the fence separating Gaza from Israel turned bloody last Friday, as operatives used explosives to blow a hole in the barrier and attempted to pass through. The IDF opened fire, killing three and scaring away the rest. Yoni Ben Menachem notes that the demonstrators’ tactics have been growing more aggressive and violent in recent weeks, and the violence is no longer limited to Fridays but is occurring around the clock:
October 16, 2018
How to Get a Better Deal from Iran
Europeans, Democrats, and pushback on the ground.
By Turning against the Jews, Women’s Studies Admits Its Bankruptcy
Celebrating anti-Israel screeds.
How Medieval Rabbis Influenced Their Christian Contemporaries’ Bible Commentaries
When Rashbam talked Torah with monks.
Two Forgotten Poems by a Distinguished Yiddish Poetess
Of refugees and pigeons.