In recent history the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas have confronted each other in Armed conflict in 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2021. In each of those encounters Hamas was way outgunned and Israel got way the better of it. In 2014, Operation Protective Edge, a conflict that lasted 51 days Israel inflicted a one sided

Israelis were shocked by the attack by Hamas on their Country on October 7, 2023. They shouldn’t have been. Israel has been humiliating the Citizens of Gaza for a long time. On matters big and small. Regulating the amount of food they let into Gaza. Using the amount of food they let in as a

The American Press has it all figured out. The relationship between the Muslims residing in Gaza and the Jews in Israel should be defined by the Muslim’s attack on the Jews in Israel last Saturday. Nothing else matters. That is the point from which we should measure right and wrong…according to the American Press which

Let’s do basics and then see if we can add value to the back and forth on whether Israel is capable of solving its own problems without the USA kicking in more firepower and cash. Gaza borders Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. It occupies an area about one tenth the size of Rhode Island.