Hamas
October 20, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Only yesterday terrorist operatives ambushed Israeli troops in Rafah, killing Major Yaniv Kula and Staff Sergeant Itay Yavetz, and wounding three others. The IDF responded with strikes on some twenty targets, mostly in the central part of the Gaza Strip, after which it announced that it will return to abiding by the cease-fire. The IDF attributed the attack to Hamas. The linked Times of Israel stories includes photos of the
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October 18, 2025 — John Hinderaker
This is revealing: The national body of Students for Justice in Palestine backed Hamas’s grisly public executions of fellow Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, posting “Death to the Occupation, Death to Collaborators” on Instagram. SJP’s Instagram post concluded with this: Between exploiting Gaza’s youth for money using desperately needed aid to the killing of their own people in service of Zionism, collaborators have no place in a liberated future. Death
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October 16, 2025 — Scott Johnson
In January 1933 the Oxford Union voted 275-153 to approve the motion: “That this House refuses in any circumstances to fight for King and Country.” The proposition became known as the Oxford oath. Winston Churchill was not amused. While others counseled that it be dismissed as youthful folly, he declined to ignore the proceedings at Oxford. Rather, he declared it “a very disquieting and disgusting symptom” and proceeded to explain
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October 15, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Have you heard the news that Hamas has emerged from the tunnels and gone on a murder spree since the ceasefire took effect? Having withdrawn to the agreed perimeter, the IDF is not on hand to engage with Hamas. Instead, Hamas has donned its uniforms and seized on the opportunity to focus on those it deems its domestic opponents. The gentlemen on their knees below were not accorded much in
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October 14, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Since agreeing to, and partially carrying out, a cease fire and return of Israeli hostages, Hamas has resumed its reign of terror in Gaza, with a series of public executions of political foes. President Trump is unhappy. He told reporters today that “They will disarm or we will disarm them.” The New York Post’s editorial board has questions: “We do not need to limit ourselves to the Israeli terms and
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October 13, 2025 — Scott Johnson
President Trump announced his 20-point peace plan on September 29. He announced on social media: I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan. This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting
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October 12, 2025 — Scott Johnson
As part of the phase one deal brokered by President Trump between Israel and Hamas, Israel is to receive 20 living hostages taken by Hamas and 28 corpses of hostages killed by Hamas. Hamas gets 2,000 prisoners released from Israeli detention, 250 of whom are terrorists sentenced to life in prison for murdering Israelis. The New York Post has a good story on the terrorist murderers here. In his It’s
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October 9, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Roger Simon has a Substack piece on the cease fire announcement in Gaza, to which he has added this sobering update: This is a time when I don’t particularly like being prescient. Just a few days ago, I posted “Gaza–Genuine Peace or a Hudna?” A hudna, for those who missed it, is a tactical pause to allow Islamic forces to regroup. Minutes ago, the following was posted by Amir Tsarfati
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October 9, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Amit Segal is the proprietor of the It’s Noon In Israel newsletter and one of Israel’s most knowledgeable journalists. In today’s newsletter — a few minutes old as I write — he declares “The Gaza War Is Over.” I have borrowed the thumbnail photo on the home page of a hostage family in Washington from today’s newsletter (photo credited to Amichai Stein). I thought readers might find his analysis of
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October 9, 2025 — Scott Johnson
President Trump made the news of the day with his announcement on Truth Social (at the bottome via the White House X feed). This is the text with my own comments interpolated: I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan. This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw
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October 7, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Today is the second anniversary of Gaza’s sneak attack on Israeli civilians, one of the most horrific massacres in modern world history. Around the globe, anti-Semites gathered to celebrate the great victory for Islam that the October 7 massacre represents. What follows is a very partial list. In England: More than a dozen protests will be held at British universities to mark the October 7 anniversary. They include events to
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October 7, 2025 — Scott Johnson
It is two years to the day since Hamas launched its invasion of Israel. The object was murder, torture, and the completion of the Nazis’ project of genocide. Support for Hamas’s project by the Nazis among us has served to clarify where we are today — not in a good place. In his foreword to The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William Shirer called “the capture of most
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October 4, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Hamas has responded to President Trump 20-point peace plan with the statement below. The statement requires some interpretation. As far as I can tell, no one but President Trump reads this as an acceptance of Trump’s plan. The related Al Jazeera’s headline — we have Al Jazeera down as a more forthright Hamas supporter than the rest of the media — headlines its story Hamas agrees to parts of Trump’s
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September 29, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Not just a tweet, but an anti-Hamas tweet. In the U.K., freedom of speech is fast becoming a thing of the past. From the Telegraph: Pete North, 47, was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence on Thursday night over a meme that he posted on X. *** The image, which Mr North posted on X in August, depicted a Palestine flag with the text: “F— Palestine. F— Hamas.
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September 27, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Middle East Forum executive director Gregg Roman reports that two NATO warships are escorting the current Greta flotilla on a collision course not with the Israeli navy (and the principles of international maritime law). The “Global Sumud Flotilla” challenges challenging Israel’s (legal) maritime blockade of Gaza. As Italy’s frigate Alpino and Spain’s patrol vessel Furor steer this convoy of over fifty civilian vessels toward the twelve-nautical-mile limit of Israel’s sovereign
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September 23, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Violent riots have broken out across Italy, and a “general strike” supported by some labor unions has inhibited transportation. The rioters are showing support for Hamas and for anti-Semitic terrorism. This video is from the train station in Milan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwB7X1_l-UE I hope as many as possible of these criminals will be incarcerated and, where possible, deported. What are they protesting against? Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of my favorite politicians,
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September 13, 2025 — Scott Johnson
The Washington Free Beacon salutes Senator Tom Cotton in connection with his close encounter with the Man from Al Jazeera. The Free Beacon awards him its coveted BEASTMODE recognition in “Tom Cotton Eviscerates Al Jazeera Reporter Roaming Senate Halls: ‘What Do You Say About Working for a Terrorist Sympathizing Network?'” In her story Meghan Blonder provides some background and pulls the quotable quotes deriving from the close encounter. I am
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