October 7 should have been an open-and-shut case of moral condemnation. During peace and holiday, invading Hamas, gunmen murdered, tortured, mass raped, decapitated, and mutilated some 1,200 Israelis. The vast majority were unarmed women, children, infants, and the elderly.

Some movies are worth watching more than once. The one now playing in the Middle East isn’t one of them.

The transfer of hostages to the Red Cross comes as both Israel and Hamas accuse each other of violating a truce that was extended two days.

“Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.” — George Santayana

When Israel began conducting airstrikes in Gaza, everyone knew there was going to be displacement.

New York Times bestselling author Joel Rosenberg weighs in on growing fears of a multi-front war and Israel’s delayed ground invasion of Gaza on ‘FOX News @ Night.

By: Noah Rothman – nationalreview.com – November 20, 2023 When the Israel Defense Forces finally reached the notorious command-and-control node that Hamas located in and under the Shifa hospital complex, the Associated Press declared that Israel struggled to provide evidence of the “traces” Hamas might have left behind in a “hospital packed with patients.” Though Hamas itself has boasted of...

By: Becket Adams – nationalreview.com – November 19, 2023 The difference between the many recent pro-Palestinian rallies and Tuesday’s March for Israel in D.C. is night and day. On Tuesday, one of the largest gatherings of American Jewry in U.S. history took place in Washington, D.C., where an estimated 290,000 people descended on the National Mall to stand in solidarity with...

By: Jim Geraghty – nationalreview.com – November 16, 2023 On the menu today: News that TikTok users are approvingly quoting a 2002 letter from al-Qaeda terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, and insisting that bin Laden makes a lot of legitimate points, is the sort of thing that makes you wish gullible young people would go back to eating Tide Pods....

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – November 15, 2023 On Israel, hundreds of federal workers try to undermine his policy. News reports say that no fewer than 500 appointees and staff from 40 agencies, including the National Security Council and the Justice Department, have sent Mr. Biden a letter demanding that he call for a cease-fire and “de-escalation” between...