by jpitney | Oct 23, 2023 | Israel, Journalism, Journalists
From the Committee to Protect Journalists: The Israel-Gaza conflict has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, launching air...
by jpitney | Oct 18, 2023 | Foreign Policy, Israel, Terrorism
Mark Murray at NBC: A majority of American college students blame Hamas for the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, and two-thirds describe the attack as an act of terrorism by Hamas, according to a Generation Lab poll of two- and four-year college students. The findings come as...
by jpitney | Oct 18, 2023 | Israel, Public Opinion
Quinnipiac Poll: In the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel and Israel declaring war on Hamas, an overwhelming majority of voters (85 percent) are either very concerned (49 percent) or somewhat concerned (36 percent) that the war between Israel and Hamas...
by jpitney | Oct 14, 2023 | Israel, Journalism, Journalists, Middle East
From the Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ is investigating all reports of journalists killed, injured, detained or missing in the war, including those hurt as hostilities spread to neighboring Lebanon. In the first seven days of fighting, at least 11 journalists...
by jpitney | Oct 9, 2023 | Foreign Policy, Higher Education, Israel
Jewish News Service: Jews for Liberation is one of dozens of Harvard student group signatories to a joint statement of Harvard “Palestine solidarity groups on the situation in Palestine.” “We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely...
by jpitney | Oct 7, 2023 | Foreign Policy, International Relations, Israel, Nixon
Hamas attacked Israel on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. In 1973, Richard Nixon prevented Israel’s annihilation. From the Nixon Foundation: Richard Nixon’s role, and that of those within his Administration, in the Yom Kippur War has been credited...
