Author: Mattes

Just thought you’ll like to know: Blogs, YouTube: the new battleground of Gaza conflict The recent battle in Gaza between Israel and Hamas wasn’t only fought with bullets, bombs, and missiles, but also with...

What is there to say: One by one the justifications given by Israel for its latest war in Gaza are unravelling. The argument that this is a purely defensive war, launched only after Hamas broke a six-month ceasefire has been...

Possible Obama envoy backs Hamas outreach “If the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas continues to hold and a Hamas-P.A. reconciliation emerges, the Obama administration should deal with the joint Palestinian leadership...

Perle Explains Don’t miss Richard Perle’s comprehensive but remarkably unpersuasive explanation in The National Interest Online of how neo-conservatives, least of all himself, really exercised very little influence...

Hamas stopped the rockets and mortars, but Israel only tighten it’s death grip. From Israel’s own website: Rockets: Mortars:...