Gaza sealift all about saving face in Washington There is no need for piers, ships or aircraft to get food into the Gaza Strip. There are lots of roads available. ByGwynne Dyer March 12, 2024 The U.S. Army vessel General Frank S. Besson prepares to depart Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia on Saturday en route … Continue reading Not exactly a shining moment for U.S. in Gaza
#1 – Israel-Hamas Ceasefire 22 November 2023 Israel-Hamas Ceasefire By Gwynne Dyer – Author, Historian & Independent Journalist There are really three parties to the ‘pause’ – nobody is officially using the word ‘Author, Historian & Independent Journalistceasefire’ – that brings at least a temporary end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip. Two of … Continue reading Dyer on the “Pause”; West Bank Eruption? A Left-Wing Jew & the War
Rahat, Israel, a Bedouin town in the Negev Desert.Credit…Photographs by Ofir Berman for The New York Times New York Times OPINION – THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN #1 – The Rescuers Rahat, Israel, a Bedouin town in the Negev Desert.Credit…CreditPhotographs by Ofir Berman for The New York Times By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist, reporting from Rahat, … Continue reading Giving Thanks for Those Defying Hell & Sowing Hope — “From the River To The Sea”
GWYNNE DYER: A short war 50 years ago in Israel Gwynne Dyer — October 5, 2023 In 1973, 50 years ago today, Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, coincided with Ramadan, the Islamic lunar month of fasting. But nobody raised an alarm in Israel when it was reported, two days before the … Continue reading Two views: Recalling the Yom Kippur/Ramadan War- Half a Century Later