Gaza and the Hamas Objective
And Hamas’ reward in all this? The senior Hamas leadership will be extradited from the ruins of Gaza to join their even more senior compatriots in Qatar.
World Politics
New Zealand’s Sanctions Blunder: Virtue-Signalling Over Common Sense
If we’re going to play the sanctions game, let’s at least aim for consistency. Sanction the PFLP for its terror. Cut off UNRWA until it severs ties with Hamas. It’s much easier to target two Israeli ministers. Meanwhile, the US is watching...and they’re not amused.
Who Is Behind Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Flotilla?
In 2013, Mr Birawi was named by Israel as a Hamas operative in Europe, and is the head of the Europal Forum, which Israel designated as a terrorist organisation in 2021.
An Icy Wind Blows Through the Research Labs
If you read the newspapers you may not know it, but biotechnology is going through a process of collapse.
When Ideas Become Too Dangerous to Platform
Foster’s message was a warning – about how powerful institutions can manipulate public perception, weaponise fear, and suppress dissent, all while cloaking themselves in the language of public good.
Are the Pallies Starting to Wake Up?
“I have never heard of a people when, being exposed to genocide and to this terrifying amount of killing, will come out and protest against a liberation movement that is fighting in their favour.”
China’s Strengths Aren’t That Strong
China’s productivity growth is weak, its exports still rely on foreign inputs, and its AI sector is driven more by policy than by independent discovery.
Take Them at Their Word
If ‘never again’ is to mean anything, it must start with this: when a terrorist organisation says it wants to commit genocide, we must believe it. And then act accordingly.
Ukraine Fails to Accept Bodies
According to the Russian negotiator, the Ukrainian team “did not even arrive at the exchange site”.
A Crusade for Retaining Faith Begins
Arab nations ban Christianity – Western nations must have the courage to protect theirs. Enough of the cowardice. Enough of the multicultural lie. It’s time to draw the line.
Golden Dome: A Defence or an Invitation
Proceeding with Golden Dome adds to deterrence and involves collectively putting together in a layered approach some dozens of existing and new missile defense systems, sensors, interceptors and other technologies, many acquired over the past four decades.
Putin Holds Phone Call With Pope
Kiev is seeking escalation and targeting civilian infrastructure, the Russian president told the pontiff, according to the Kremlin.
Bob Harvey, Putin and the Lermontov
Today, many of these stories remain unverified, their evidence buried in redacted reports and whispers. But as Harvey’s account reminds us, history is often shaped not only by what happens in the open but by what occurs in the shadows.