Posts Tagged: human shields
The Terrorist Semi-States of Hamas and Hezbollah
The terrorist threat that Israel faces is an unusual one because the terrorist organizations seeking to destroy it control their own territory, making them a...
Israeli Envoy Hails ‘Unprecedented’ UN Condemnation of Use of Human Shields by Terror Groups
Israel’s UN envoy has hailed the General Assembly’s passage on Tuesday of an update of its Global Counter Terrorism Strategy that features a condemnation of...
Alan Dershowitz: Why Does the Media Keep Encouraging Hamas Violence?
This article was first published in The Hill. If this were the first time that Hamas deliberately provoked Israel into self-defense actions that resulted in the...
IDF’s Underground Gaza Wall May Change Hamas Terror Strategies
Time may be running out for one of Hamas' main weapons against Israel: its cross-border terror tunnels. By 2019, according to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) assessments,...
Media Malfeasance Exposed in ‘Eyeless in Gaza’
During Operation Protective Edge in 2014, Hamas operatives burst into the Associated Press (AP) Gaza bureau and threatened its staff. But the journalists never reported the incident. This...
UN Says ISIS Using Hostages as Human Shields in Mosul
Islamic State fighters have taken “tens of thousands” of men, women and children hostage in the city of Mosul, and executed at least 232 people...
IDF Commander: Hamas Transformed the Gazan Civilian Sector Into War Zone
Speaking last week at the International Ground Forces Ceremony in Latrun, IDF Col. Uri Gordin -- who commanded the Nahal Brigade during Operation Protective Edge...
Israel Tells UN to Worry About Abbas & Hamas, Not Jewish State
Israel told the United Nations on Wednesday to worry more about Hamas and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, than the state of Israel's democracy. The comments...
United States Attack in Syria Parallels Israel’s in Gaza
The air attack by American and Arab forces against ISIS and other terrorist targets parallels Israel's air attacks against Hamas terrorist targets in Gaza. According...
Was Israel Justified in Going After Hamas Terrorist Tunnels? The Key Question for Any Legal Proceeding
The key question—both legally and morally—in evaluating Israel's recent military actions is whether the Israeli government was justified in ordering ground troops into Gaza to...
How the International Community Facilitates Hamas’ Use of Human Shields
How many times have you heard on television or read in the media that the Gaza Strip is "the most densely populated area in the...
Hamas Terror Manual Says ‘Presence of Civilians Are Pockets of Resistance,’ Codifying Policy of Using Gazans as ‘Human Shields’
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday revealed their discovery of a Hamas manual on 'Urban Warfare' that showed how its Al-Qassam Brigades understood Israel's military...
Gaza is Out of Joint: the Wages of War in Israel/Palestine
There is no moral high ground during a war. The wages of war, to adapt John Milton, is death. But the reason for fighting and...
Gaza Resident: I am Angry at Hamas, There is No Democracy Here
A Gaza resident identified only as Ahmed on Wednesday evening blamed ruling terror group Hamas for the current suffering in Gaza. In a phone interview...
