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Oct 31, 2026, 10:35 PM

How Israel Cut Battlefield Deaths by More Than Half

My IDF Palmar unit medivacing a wounded soldier from Gaza. Photo ©️ T. Book, 2026

Some statistics are easy to skim past. This is not one of them. During the Second Lebanon War in 2006, roughly 15% of Israeli soldiers wounded in combat died of their injuries. In the current war, that figure is 7.1%....

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 29, 2026, 3:12 PM

Belize Slams Israel, Ignores Hezbollah in Corozal

Argentine investigators tracing the commercial fronts behind the 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85 people later mapped a set of Lebanese import-export companies that had already penetrated Central American free zones by the late 1980s. Established primarily by diaspora...

Oct 28, 2026, 7:42 PM

Four Strategic Challenges for the US & Israel the Elections Won’t Change

Even as the votes are still being counted, it is clear that the Israeli elections could profoundly affect relations between the US and Israel as well as the broader Middle East strategic environment. However, whoever the Prime Minister may...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 25, 2026, 1:03 PM

Christians Butchered in Jordan. The West is Quiet

Moral accountability in modern diplomacy relies entirely on a perverse hierarchy of victimhood. Minor, localized provocations by radical Jews in Jerusalem trigger immediate, synchronized international condemnation across every social media ecosystem. Conversely, a wall of institutional indifference meets catastrophic...

Oct 20, 2026, 9:01 PM

Israel and the ‘Start the Clock’ Problem

In a recent religious studies class at Kenyon College, a discussion about American Jews moving to Israel turned unexpectedly to Israel’s role in the Middle East. One student used the conversation to argue that “Israel is always the aggressor...

Oct 14, 2026, 10:38 AM

Netanyahu Was Warned About Hamas – Years Ago

As Israel approaches another election, a succession of reports has revealed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received warnings from Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Israeli security officials about the growing danger of a Hamas attack. He was also...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 11, 2026, 4:30 PM

Palestinian Statehood Threatens Arab Stability

Arab governments must reverse their long-standing support for a Palestinian state. Historically, this so-called “statehood project” has fractured regional sovereignty from within, presenting a direct national security threat to the wider Levant and the Gulf. Palestinian political and military...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 10, 2026, 1:38 AM

Zionism = Racism: The West’s Useful Idiots

Slogans of destruction do not generate their own light; they survive entirely on the patronage of tyrannical regimes. The United Nations General Assembly proved this axiom on November 10, 1975, when 72 states—mobilized by Soviet Cold War machinations and...

Sep 22, 2026, 6:26 PM

Three Years Later, Lebanon Is Where Peace Could Emerge

Three years ago this fall, Hamas' massacre in southern Israel exposed how far Israeli deterrence had eroded. Only months before the attack, Hezbollah pitched military tents on the Israeli side of the border near Mount Dov. Israel's own national...

Sep 22, 2026, 2:27 PM

By the Book: What the Laws of War Actually Say About the IDF

Me (left) and members of my IDF combat medical extraction unit (Palmar) inside Gaza. Photo ©️ 2026, T. Book.

In the flood of accusations levelled at Israel since October 7th, from NAZA to Sheeran, two phrases get thrown around constantly, and understood correctly almost never: "war crimes" and "proportionality." It is worth pausing to ask what that terms...

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