FoII

Confronting Hamas' Lies and Media Strategy on Gaza's Border

Working Paper

Actualidad Económica, May 21

Iran: Trump Has Done the Right Thing

The problem is Iran, not the White House.

2018-05-21 by Rafael Bardaji

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FOII's intervention at the UN Human Rights Council

Colonel Kemp's Testimony at the Emergency Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Deteriorating Situation in Gaza

Your failure to admit that Hamas is responsible for every drop of blood spilt on the Gaza border encourages their violence and use of human shields. It makes you complicit in further bloodshed.

2018-05-18 by Colonel Richard Kemp

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La Gaceta, May 17

Hamas and the Exploitation of Death

Nonetheless, we must remember it forcefully: Nations have all the legitimacy, protected by international law, to defend themselves against aggression. The poor and innocent Palestinians appearing in those images are neither so poor nor so innocent. They may be oppressed, but by their own corrupt and totalitarian rulers, whether in Gaza or in the West Bank.

2018-05-17 by Rafael Bardaji

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The Telegraph, May 15

Hamas are using their own people as expendable tools. Don't fall for their games

All of this is no doubt hard to fully understand, especially if you are conditioned to see Israel in a bad light. But those who wrongly accuse Israel of using too much force play into the hands of Hamas.

2018-05-15 by Colonel Richard Kemp

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Conservative Home, May 15

Hamas needs dead Palestinians at Israel's borders

This week's operations, which are larger in scale than any seen previously, could result in greater numbers of Palestinian casualties than we have already seen. If they do, it is important to remember that Hamas is not only the party responsible, but one one that wanted such an outcome in the first place.

2018-05-15 by Rafael Bardaji and Davis Lewin

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Libertad Digital, May 14

Israel's Strategic Challenges

If the Europeans had treated Israel as a regular partner, with its strengths and weaknesses, but fully capable of making its own decisions, the conflict with the Palestinians would have ended years ago.

2018-05-14 by Rafael Bardaji

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