The small, cheap, and technologically simple drones used by Hamas in the October 7 attack caused major damage. Clearly, Israel was not adequately prepared to confront the threat posed by the “poor man’s air force” possessed by terrorist organizations. What conclusions should Israel draw from this lapse, and to what other areas do they apply?

INSS Insight No. 1772, October 26, 2023

By Liran Antebi and Matan Yanko-Avikasis

The use of drones by Hamas at the outset of its terror attack in the western Negev, which developed into the Swords of Iron war, illustrated the enormous danger posed by these devices, although they are based on simple, cheap off-the-shelf technologies. It is imperative to examine ways of dealing with this threat and other readily available technologies that could also pose strategic threats, for example, AI (artificial intelligence) applications.

The Drones Used by Hamas: The Attack “Vanguard”
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The Israel Defense Forces’ novel chemical device produces a foam explosion that can seal off gaps and tunnel entrances

ByDominic Nicholls, TELERAPH,    25 October 2023 • 9:12pm<
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Israel will use novel “sponge bombs” as it fights through the network of Hamas tunnels under Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has been testing the chemical bombs, which contain no explosives but are used to seal off gaps or tunnel entrances from which fighters may emerge.

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by Con Coughlin, GATESTONE  •  October 26, 2023

• The hundreds of millions of dollars the Qataris have given Hamas during the past decade have been instrumental in helping the terrorist group to develop the infrastructure that enabled it to carry out its murderous assault on Israel in the first place.
• Qatar would like the world to believe that it is acting as an honest broker with its efforts to secure the release of the Gaza captives. But the reality is that it deserves to be condemned by the West as a state that sponsors global terrorism, so long as it maintains its indefensible support for Hamas.

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The Caroline Glick Show IN Focus

BY YEHEZKEL LAING    October 23, 2023

The sick thrill of antisemitism has a price

BY David Mamet

I grew up in a tiny Jewish enclave on Chicago’s South Side. When I first saw New York, in the Sixties, I was awed as by no subsequent marvel of nature: stretching north from Columbus Circle, up the West Side, was a Jewish metropolis.

New York, in my lifetime, had always been a Jewish city: the rhythms, the accent, the humour always felt to me like home. Because they were home. The populace, of whatever ethnicity, was formed or noodged by Yiddishkeit, much as the Chicago of my youth was by the culture of the Irish and the Poles.

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Israel has surrendered land, but it hasn’t received any peace

By Sean Durns – – Tuesday, October 17, 2023 

OPINION:

There is a saying that has become popular in recent years: When someone shows you who they are, believe them. The barbarity of Hamas and other Iranian proxies leaves no doubt about their murderous intentions. Islamists consider any Jewish social and political equality an “occupation.” History tells us as much.

On Oct. 7, Hamas and other Gaza-based terrorist groups launched hundreds of rockets and infiltrated the Jewish state. More than 1,400 Israelis were murdered, thousands wounded, and hundreds taken hostage and brought back to Gaza. At one music festival, more than 260 attendees were shot, beaten, and stabbed to death. Women were raped on the corpses of their friends.

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Turkish President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a sign showing the evolution of lands in Israel on maps at his party’s group meeting in the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara on October 11, 2023. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)

Speaking to a gathering of his AK party faction in parliament, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that Israel “can view Hamas as a terrorist organization along with the West. The West owes you a lot. But Turkey does not owe you anything.”

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TOI     SEPT 12. 2023

US said to transfer armored vehicles, weapons to PA to clamp down on West Bank terror

Are Jewish towns equipped to fend off ‘first strike’ attack by surrounding PA forces?

by Frontline News Staff   October 24, 2023

Hundreds of Israeli citizens Thursday blocked a convoy of armored vehicles and weapons to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Shechem. This, despite initial IDF orders to facilitate safe transfer for the materiel.

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by: Yishai Gelb

In the midst of an escalating conflict, the world is witnessing a struggle that transcends regional boundaries, evolving into a profound clash of civilizations. This analysis delves into the intricate alliances shaping the Ukrainian-Russian and Israel-Palestine wars, offering insights into the potential scenarios of a hypothetical World War III.

Examining diplomatic nuances in the Middle East and tensions within Muslim minorities in the West, the article explores the strategic moves of Hamas and the imperative for Israel to reshape its narrative. The evolving global landscape and the clash of cultures are thoroughly examined, highlighting the broader ideological struggle unfolding on a global scale.

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Reticence to condemn Hamas amounts to collusion against Israel. Hesitancy to express explicit support for Israel at this time, which also will mean unequivocally backing Israel in the many months ahead of tough fighting to crush Hamas, is tantamount to siding with the enemy.

 By  David M. Weinberg       10-22-2023 19:54

After the Nazi-era-like rape, mutilation, and pillaging of 1,400 Israeli Jews in one day by Hamas, two weeks ago, this is what Cambridge University had to say: Breathe easy, we’re “always available to provide emotional support.”

Professor Kamal Munir, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for University Community and Engagement of that venerated, celebrated, beacon of integrity and intellectual status – the University of Cambridge! – wrote to “all staff” that “Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the recent events in Israel, Gaza and the Middle East.”

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The same country now protecting Hamas’s senior leaders has donated billions to American universities. Here’s why.

By Eli Lake October 24, 2023

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Moshe Feiglin: “We are going to win because we are the people of the infinity. But we also have to save Am Yisrael from its own leaders.”

By Yoni Kempinski, INN

Former Knesset member Moshe Feiglin, spoke to Arutz Sheva-Israel National News on the October 7 terrorist attack in southern Israel, which left 1400 men, women, children, and babies murdered, and many thousands injured.

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When faced with a supremely evil foe, the most “just” thing you can do is win. Opinion.

By Porf. Gil Troy, INN      Oct 25, 2023, 6:53 AM (GMT+3)

(JNS) Predictably, world sympathy for Israel is ebbing already. The recent Big Lie that Israel bombed a Gaza hospital only accelerated this sadly familiar process, even as it proved how quick the media is to blame Israel first. Admittedly, the Gaza situation is messy in both moral and military terms, but liberal democrats worldwide must wake up and grow up. If the Constitution is not a suicide pact, civilization cannot be a suicide pact either.

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By Jim Hoft, GATEWAY   Oct. 24, 2023 10:00 am

Ep. 33 Looks like we’re actually going to war with Iran. Are we ready for this? pic.twitter.com/Ap09hWnvnj

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 23, 2023

On Monday night Tucker Carlson dropped episode 33 of his show on X with guest Col. Douglas MacGregor.

“Looks like we’re actually going to war with Iran. Are we ready for this?” Tucker said during his latest episode.

Iran has repeatedly threatened the United States after its proxy army Hamas launched a terror attack on Israel and killed more than 1,300 Jews. Iranian proxies attacked US troops in Syria and Iraq.

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By Dr. Vladislav L. Inozemtsev*, MEMRI

Demonstration in Hebron, on October 20, 2023 (Source: Ramallah News)

As Israel was attacked by Islamic extremists from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, dozens of world leaders called Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu or expressed their solidarity with the Jewish state in another manner, except for Russian President Vladimir Putin – the two leaders did not speak until October 16.

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T. Belman. China and Russia support the TSS because the 1.8 billion Muslims in the world support it. This is the same reason the US and the UN support it.

No one would shed a tear if Israel was destroyed except the US. But, given the poll of American youth, that is changing. Mike Leven explains how it came to be that Hamas is so powerful in the US attributing it to the Muslim Brotherhood. But they are not alone. Marxist ideology has taken over the universities of America. Add to that the Globalists and you have a perfect storm.

ACCEPTING THE TSS WILL NOT SAVE iSRAEL iT WILL HASTEN HER DEMISE

JEWS, BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID.

By John Nolte, THE JEWISH VOICE Oct 24/23

Polling shows that a majority of those aged 18-24 believe that Hamas’s massacre of 1,200 Israeli civilians in Israel was “justified.”

Buy guns, America…

In the immortal words of Keanu Reeves: Lots and lots of guns.

This Harvard Caps Harris Poll was taken before the death toll increased to 1,400.

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