The campaign of terror began in earnest in the mid-1960s. In
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
A similar homology applies to the term “terrorism.” During the period of Jewish struggle against the British military in Palestine, “terrorist” had a positive connotation. In the late 1940s, American newspapers ran an advertisement with the headline, “Letter to the Terrorists of Palestine,” wherein the Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht wrote, “My Brave Friends. You may not believe what I write you, for there is a lot of fertilizer in the air at the moment. The Jews of America are for you.” #israel #palestine #hamás
instagram.comViolating the 2009 cease-fire, Hamas and other terrorist groups maintained a steady “drizzle”—tiftuf, in Hebrew—of rockets and mortar shells on southern Israeli towns. After the Muslim Brotherhood’s 2012 victory, that drip became a downpour. On October 24 alone, Hamas fired eighty projectiles at Israel. This
Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
In the second phase of the war, which began in May 1948 and ended in early 1949, Israel—now a country with an official army—would find its forces pitted against the armies of five different countries—Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Egypt.
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
Of course, when Israelis send soldiers into Gaza or the West Bank to deal with violent radicals, innocent Palestinians are killed, property gets destroyed, and the cycle of violence and revenge continues, which is exactly what these radicals are after.
Noa Tishby • Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
“But we must carry on with what we began here sixty years ago, and in doing so save perhaps a remnant.”
Tom Segev • A State at Any Cost: The Life of David Ben-Gurion
THE NEXT THREE WEEKS—known in Israel as the hamtanah (“the waiting period”)—were one of the most stressful periods in Israel’s history. The Egyptians poured five divisions of troops and equipment into the Sinai, each one composed of 15,000 men, 100 tanks, 150 armored personnel carriers, and a supply of Soviet artillery.
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
The genius marketing of Hamas
Gaza operates as an independent state, whose leader has a stated goal to commit genocide against its neighbor
Naturally, Israel has a strict border with this neighbor - what people call a "blockade"
And, Hamas has branded this blockade… Show more