Over the weekend, the 42-day first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire saw the release of three more hostages: American-Israeli Keith Siegal, French-Israeli Ofer Kalderon and Argentinian-Israeli …
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By Thane Rosenbaum
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2/5/25
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President-elect Donald Trump warned Hamas that unless the hostages were returned by Inauguration Day, “All hell will break loose.”
Clearly, without Trump’s return to the Oval …
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By Thane Rosenbaum
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1/22/25
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Outrage dissipates with time. Left unattended, the aggrieved become inured. Allow wrongdoers to go unpunished and forgiveness is presumed. The once extraordinary becomes, improbably, quite ordinary. …
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By Thane Rosenbaum
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9/25/24
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Antisemitism is headed back to school. The summer recess was well spent, with Middle East faculty militarizing their lesson plans and pro-Hamas coffers resupplied by Qatar and Iran. Students have …
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By Thane Rosenbaum
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8/21/24
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America reached a new low this past week simultaneous with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress. Thousands of pro-Hamas activists rioted outside …
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By Thane Rosenbaum
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7/31/24
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You have to hand it to Democrats: They sure know how to throw a party — for Republicans.
In four measly years, Democrats managed to alienate moderates and help transform Republican …
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By Thane Rosenbaum
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7/25/24
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There is a certain kind of person for whom “The West Wing” was dramatic television at its finest. It featured sharp, brainy, political dialogue with a cast walking around the White House …
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By Thane Rosenbaum
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7/3/24
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The good news: Israel’s air defense systems — Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow 3, and its vaunted fighter pilots — assisted by the United States, Jordan, England, France and …
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By Thane Rosenbaum
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4/17/24
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A United Nations fact-finding mission, charged with investigating Israel’s war against Hamas, concluded in a widely disseminated and exploited report that the Israel Defense Forces deliberately …
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By Thane Rosenbaum
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4/10/24
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Beware the Ides of March. Not that Ides! This past Ides of March — give or take a few days.
The infamy of that earlier Ides lives on, 2,068 years later, with a similar drama of betrayal, …
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By Thane Rosenbaum
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4/3/24
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