BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. Gaza Strip: The IDF has continued to expand its ground operations, targeting Hamas strongholds. * In northern Gaza, troops have continued their campaign against Hamas battalions in Jabalya and Shajaiya. They are considered
israelinstitute.nz Rex Ahdar, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Otago No one can approach the Israel/Palestine debate without hesitation. It is fraught with emotion, rhetoric and deeply-entrenched positions. Despite this, I wish in this short article to bring attention to an open letter and to endeavour to
Oved Lobel aijac.org.au The ubiquitous handwringing and condemnation regarding potential Israeli violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is the political and media equivalent of one hand clapping. While there is no evidence to date that Israel has violated IHL despite the devastation of the war – on the contrary,
As I wrote recently for Insight, only a fool would deny that there is a lingering anti-Semitism problem on the extreme fringe of the right. That’s something the centre-right must confront if it’s to provide a safe space for Jews fleeing the left. And they are
Just over four years ago, I wrote that Jews were fleeing Europe again for the first time since WWII. Unbelievably, it’s getting worse: exponentially worse. Even more unbelievably, it’s getting worse as a direct result of the worst massacre of Jews since WWII. It’s as if the
There is simply no denying that anti-Semitism is spreading like a virulent plague across the West. Such open and violent hatred of Jews has not been seen since the Brownshirts romper-stomped through the streets of Berlin. In the USA alone, where anti-Semitism was already by far the
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What happened: On Tuesday night, nine Israeli women and one teenage girl, and two Thai nationals were freed from Hamas captivity. * Those released included three members of the Leimberg family, Gabriela Leimberg
For all their blatherskite about “the right side of history”, artists don’t have a very good track record on the matter. After all, unquestioning allegiance to communism was — and too often still is — de rigeur for the Arts luvvies, for decades. The Italian Futurists, like Marinetti, were early thought-
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What happened: A third group of hostages, comprising 14 Israelis and three Thai nationals were freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip yesterday evening. * The Israelis included nine children, two mothers,
There may have been more outright venal popes than the current one, but when it comes to sheer cretinous stupidity, Pope Francis is in a league of his own. At least John XII had the feeble excuse of being a teenager (which is to say, stupid, arrogant and hormonally impulsive)
Was Kurtz onto something? In the doom-laden climax of Heart of Darkness, the malaria-deranged Kurtz utters his famous dying words, The horror! The horror! Exterminate all the brutes! UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps recently pointed out an obvious fact that completely escapes the modern left antisemites bellowing for
If you needed no other argument against lowering the voting age — in fact, if you want an argument for raising the voting age — you need only look at Melbourne yesterday. It was like a scene out of Triumph of the Will, with keffiyehs in place of brown shirts. Hundreds of
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What’s happened: The temporary ceasefire came into effect at 0500 UK time this morning. * Fifteen minutes in, a single rocket was fired out of Gaza, which was intercepted by the Iron
As the Australian left spirals deeper into the dark night of its own, drawn-out Kristallnacht, a government that’s been playing with matches is finally starting to smell the smoke. It should come as no surprise to anyone that a movement which kicked off by celebrating the worst massacre
Faith Quintero besacenter.org BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,235 November 21, 2023 Faith Quintero is the author of Loaded Blessings, a family saga that alternates between Inquisition-era Spain and modern-day Israel. It’s among the Federalist’s top books of 2019 and was a Montaigne Medal
As The BFD reported recently, it was revealed that several photographers for the mainstream media were suspiciously on the spot for Hamas’ October 7 atrocities. In fact, it is alleged that the photographers, on the payroll of major news organisations such as AP and CNN, were embedded with Hamas terrorist
