Middle East Experience

Judaism must continue to be a symbol of peace and acceptance of others.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Hate is anti-Jewish: Remaining human in the face of war

Iran has a long-term plan and it includes trying to weaken Israel through long slow wars in Gaza and Lebanon. 
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Tehran's hidden message: Why an Iranian official visited war-struck Beirut

UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon will not move from the border area despite five of their members being wounded and damage to facilities during the Israel-Hezbollah war, their spokesperson told AFP on Saturday. Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), also said that an Israeli escalation against Lebanese militants Hezbollah in past weeks risked turning into "a regional conflict with catastrophic impact for everyone", and that the only solution was "diplomatic".
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: UN peacekeepers to remain in Lebanon: spokesman

Two soldiers were wounded during combat, a combat officer from the Military Engineering School, and a reservist from Battalion 9203.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF Strikes 280 terror targets, eliminates 250 terrorists responding to Yom Kippur attacks

At this time of forgiveness, why should we forgive those who do not stand with us in our hour of need?
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: No forgiveness for those who don't stand with Israel

The $10 drink shares a name with Yahya Sinwar, the terror group’s leader and architect of its Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Palestinian-owned Oakland cafe features drink named for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the UN chief on Sunday to move peacekeepers deployed in south Lebanon out of "harm's way", saying Hezbollah was using them as "human shields".His call to UN chief Antonio Guterres came a day after the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) repeated its refusal to withdraw from the border area after five of its members were wounded in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Netanyahu tells UN to move Lebanon peacekeepers out of 'harm's way'

Iran's top diplomat said Sunday there would be "no red lines" in defending the country's people and interests, but efforts would continue to "contain an all-out war in our region".Israel has vowed a response to Iran's October 1 missile attack which Tehran said was in retaliation for the killing of militant leaders in the region and a general in its Revolutionary Guards.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iran FM says 'no red lines' in defending itself

A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said on Sunday the military carried out an air strike a day earlier on a marketplace in Khartoum, leaving 23 people dead.The market is near one of the main camps in the Sudanese capital, where the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been fighting the military as part of a civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Sudan rescuers say air strike killed 23 in Khartoum market

Palestinians trapped in northern Gaza, where Israel is battling Hamas, are grieving for loved ones lost to the relentless bombardment while also facing food shortages and a medical crisis. Hospitals are running out of supplies and emergency responders are often unable to reach people trapped under debris."The number of dead is high, and people are under the rubble, missing," Muhammad Abu Halima, a 40-year-old Jabalia resident, told AFP."For over a week there has been no hope, no water and no means of life," he said.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Palestinians in Gaza's Jabalia grieve and try to survive