Many are puzzled at the on-again and off-again wars involving Iran and its terrorist proxies- Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. US and Israeli bombing crippled the Iranian regime at the outset, while the IDF took out fifty Iranian leaders, including the Ayatollah with targeted assassinations. A clever cellphone and walkie-talkie plot severely damaged Hezbollah in […]
Trying to Understand the Middle East Muddle
This blog attempts to grasp the context of the current Israeli/Hamas conflict by offering a synopsis of the background history of a poorly understood region of the world. The overview renders some basic knowledge of the very complex mixture of vastly different cultures living there in seemingly never-ending tension. Hopefully, some familiarity may promote a […]
ZACHOR- Coincidence or prescience in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict?
The recent Hamas’ barrage of rockets attacking Israel from Gaza has ignited a conflict reminiscent of the July/August war that occurred in 2014. That’s actually how that seven-week war started. The rocket attacks ignited a massive Israel Defense Forces (IDF) response resulting in collateral and more deaths. Seven years have passed with sporadic hostile incidents, […]
