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Sep 4, 2024, 10:08 PM

Gaza Dead End: Better Living Standards Only Long-Term Solution

Getting hostages back safely can be an achievable goal when dealing with a civilized adversary. The thing is, civilized people don’t forcibly kidnap people, hold them hostage and then murder them. Trying to have them released alive from an adversary...

Aug 16, 2024, 5:48 PM

So Much for Rafah Being Hamas’ Last Stand

The arrogance of one man is driving Israel to a crisis it had hoped would never happen...a regional conflict involving Iran and its stooges. Remember back in March when PM Bibi Netanyahu boasted that an IDF action in Rafah would...

Jul 24, 2024, 11:30 PM

Bibi: Give Us More Guns & an Alliance Against Iran

I couldn’t say if I was more embarrassed or amazed by PM Bibi Netanyahu’s long, defiant, applause laden speech to the US Congress. In the end, the money line echoed Ukraine President Zelensky’s frequent request, ‘give us more guns...

Jul 12, 2024, 1:23 PM

US Election: The Alter Kocker Battle of Vanities

The 2024 US presidential election campaign has become a "Bonfire of the Vanities," with both major candidates in it for their own personal ego trips. The importance of this to Israel is how the Jewish state will be supported by...

Jul 7, 2024, 4:43 PM

Two State or One State? The Big Post Bibi Question

Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in more than three decades, a move that could be a fatal blow to a future Palestinian state. Politicians have long held out a two state solution...

Jun 21, 2024, 5:39 PM

Victory Over Hamas Doesn’t Mean Its Disappearance

Hamas is seeking to re-set its position as the power in Gaza. You can bet any future peace deal this terrorist group approves will be one which includes its presence in the strip. From both the Israeli and Hamas perspectives,...

Jun 5, 2024, 3:38 PM

Biden Peace Plan: Unrealistic Convenience for West

Once again Israel is faced with a peace deal that may be a convenience for the west, but could be disastrous for Israel and Bibi Netanyahu’s hold on power. Yet, President Joe Biden, who has put his own reputation on...

May 31, 2024, 7:29 PM

Claim Victory, Find Hostages, Help Rebuild Gaza

You might say this is no longer the Israel-Hamas War but has become the Hamas-Netanyahu War with the PM admitting the conflict may go on until 2025 with him still at the helm and no word of the 100...

May 19, 2024, 6:19 PM

Bad Planning, Messy War- Don’t Repeat Mistake

If you look back at the war’s progress, one critical observation is made: Void of pre and post victory plan, keeping PM Netanyahu in power is the only short-term certainty. The longer it continues the longer he stays, looking...

May 11, 2024, 5:00 PM

Bibi’s Needless Rafah Revenge is Isolating Israel

During the final days of World War 2, Japan was on its knees...their military supplies were low as well as popular morale. All the US had to do was blockade the Island nation and eventually the Japanese would have...

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A London based American journalist with a long wide ranging career spanning print, radio TV and online news.