gaza

Netanyahu: Israel, Hamas to enter ceasefire’s second phase soon

December 14, 2025 The Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week that Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire” after Hamas returns the remains of […]

JOECKS: Trump’s Middle East triumph embarrassed the self-proclaimed experts

October 27, 2025 Victor Joecks

A New York real estate developer and TV star just outsmarted America’s highly credentialed foreign policy establishment. Hamas recently returned its last 20 living hostages to Israel. That was part of a stunning Gaza peace […]

BARONE: Trump defies conventional wisdom … so far

October 24, 2025 Michael Barone

“What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.” That was the mordant comment of Lord Melbourne, Queen Victoria’s first prime minister, […]

HARSANYI: Why aren’t ‘Ceasefire Now!’ activists celebrating Trump’s Gaza peace deal?

October 17, 2025 David Harsanyi

Everyone understands that slogans such as “Free Palestine!” and “Ceasefire Now!” are just euphemisms for a Hamas victory. Never has that been more evident than right now. Take New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran […]

HAWORTH: Hamas doesn’t want peace

October 10, 2025 Ian Haworth

The political world is alight with anticipation and excitement after President Donald Trump released his 20-point peace proposal for Gaza, built around three central pillars: immediate de-escalation, humanitarian relief and redevelopment, and a long-term political […]

GINGRICH: The only strategy for peace in Gaza

August 29, 2025 Newt Gingrich

Israeli’s military effort to destroy Hamas is doomed to fail. There are simply too many Gazans willing to join Hamas. If the Israeli army wiped out all of them, there would be worldwide condemnation. There […]

SHAPIRO: Hamas understands the myopia and moral imbecility of the West

August 17, 2025 Ben Shapiro

Just a few weeks ago, it was widely thought that Israel and the terrorist group Hamas were nearing a deal to end the war in Gaza. In that deal, Hamas leadership would agree to go […]

HARSANYI: Europe’s recognition of ‘Palestine’ is a cynical joke

August 10, 2025 David Harsanyi

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced this week that their countries would unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state. The first problem with that is “Palestine” is a fictional place. There never […]

HARSANYI: Welcome to the intifada, America

May 31, 2025 David Harsanyi

Now we know what “globalize the intifada” means. After a pro-Palestinian Marxist was arrested after shooting and killing Yaron Lischinsky, a German-born evangelical Christian, and his American girlfriend, Sarah Milgrim, in front of the Capital […]

SHAPIRO: Sometimes, moral clarity isn’t difficult

February 28, 2025 Ben Shapiro

This week, the world was reminded of the deep and abiding evil that has wormed its way to the center of Palestinian nationalistic culture by the news that the Bibas family — a mother, Shiri; […]