Why Hamas Won’t Accept a Cease-Fire Deal
And why Israel needs to win.
June 5, 2025
Why Hamas Won’t Accept a Cease-Fire Deal
And why Israel needs to win.
After the now-familiar flood of contradictory reports about negotiations to free the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza, it became clear that Hamas had rejected the latest proposal brought to it by the American envoy Steve Witkoff. Jonathan Spyer explains why Hamas rejected an offer that included the exchange of ten hostages for 1,236 Palestinian prisoners and a 60-day respite from the fighting.
June 5, 2025
Hamas Would Rather Starve Its People Than Lose Control over Them
The propaganda war against humanitarian aid.
Faced with the Violent Reality of the Anti-Israel Movement, Liberals Point Elsewhere
But deflection might be a step on the road to recognition.
A Black Jackal Spotted in the Negev
The real biblical “fox.”
The Man Who Founded Hasidism
The search for the Ba’al Shem Tov.