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January 31, 2025

Neutrality Is Part of the Red Cross’s Mission. But It Always Sides against Israel

Yesterday, it again cooperated with Hamas.

While the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) played a small role in facilitating the transfer of Israeli hostages to the IDF teams who brought them home, its presence gave a tacit blessing to the awful scenes Hamas created during the handovers. Its members were even photographed playing part in the ceremony before Agam Berger’s release. Moreover, it did nothing to aid the hostages, obtain information about their condition, or call for their release during their captivity. Gerald Steinberg comments:

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January 31, 2025

  1. Neutrality Is Part of the Red Cross’s Mission. But It Always Sides against Israel

    Yesterday, it again cooperated with Hamas.

  2. Why Iran Won’t Give Up Its Terrorist Proxies

    The problem with diplomacy.

  3. What Jimmy Carter’s Fondness for “Imagine” Reveals about His Morally Stunted Worldview

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  4. In Judaism, Politeness Isn’t a Secondary Virtue

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  5. The Wonders of a Grand Anglo-Jewish Manor

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