On the National Mall, American Jewry Became a Small Town in the Midst of a Big Country
The wonderful gathering.
November 16, 2023
Hamas Expected Israeli Restraint. It Got Something Else
A fatal miscalculation.
The IDF’s takeover of al-Shifa hospital is a sign of the speed at which the ground offensive has thus far progressed—although many challenges await, and the hostages have not yet been freed. But Israel’s relative success raises an obvious question: what did Hamas expect to happen, and what did it hope to achieve in the October 7 attacks? Now that some of the terrorist group’s plans and documents have been seized, a better sense is emerging. Yossi Kuperwasser explains:
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Hamas Expected Israeli Restraint. It Got Something Else
A fatal miscalculation.
The White House Just Decided to Give $10 Billion to Iran. Congress Can Stop It
Funding both sides of the Israel-Hamas war.
The Jew Who Wrote One of the Middle Ages’ Most Famous Travel Books
Benjamin of Tudela.
The Dutch Woman Who Helped to Rescue Thousands of Jews during the Holocaust
Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer.