Emet News Service

Those who blithely advocate a “two-state solution” between Israel and the Palestinians invariably avoid addressing many seemingly intractable obstacles facing such a resolution to the conflict. The facts that current Palestinian dictatorships are harshly authoritarian and corrupt—and their   read more ...

"Operation Breaking Dawn" vividly underscored the pernicious paradox that has characterized Israel over the last five decades. On the one hand, the country displays indisputable tactical and technological brilliance. On the other, it is chronically afflicted by gross strategic imbecility. While   read more ...

Summary ... The double standards imposed on the IDF are yet another symptom of international anti-Semitism. As of this moment, a fragile truce holds in southern Israel. After Hamas volleyed 600 missiles at Israeli civilian targets on Saturday and Sunday [May 4-5, 2019], prompting Israel to attack   read more ...

Leave it to Hamas to make nonviolence violent. This is what happened over the weekend [March 3-4, 2018] as thousands of Gazans swarmed the Israeli border crossing on what they called a "march of return." It's not just that the Israeli Defense Force claims to have video showing peaceful marchers   read more ...

Summary ... Hamas and the other terrorist organizations have frequently made use of hospitals and other medical facilities in Gaza for various military purposes. That is because they know the IDF does not attack medical facilities, and using a medical facility provides their terrorist operatives   read more ...

The feeling of disconnection between the government and the army has never felt higher than when our unit awoke this morning [July 16, 2014] to hear the embarrassing, demoralizing, and disheartening news. Israel agreed to a ceasefire while Hamas refused the offer with righteous indignation vowing   read more ...

Summary ... Those involved in the Israeli-Arab peace process — well at least all those except Israel — have been quick to try to repaint Hamas as a political party, preferring to ignore its well-earned "terrorist organization" label. Back as far as July 2010 senior intelligence officers of the   read more ...

Summary ... In what can only be termed an incredible development, senior intelligence officers at US Central Command (CENTCOM) are recommending that Hezbollah and Hamas be designated as political parties instead of terrorist organizations. The stance is at once provocative, controversial and at   read more ...

Summary ... As the official "guardian" of the articles of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) consistently interprets them against Israel, no matter who is on the other side. In this case, by reclassifying terrorists as politicians, the ICRC knowingly   read more ...