Israel in Conflict

Note: In the course of researching The Guardian article, I came across information (below) from B'Tselem regarding at least 12 members of the Daghmash family killed by Hamas September 14, 2008. Given Hamas's long history of killing those it deems Israeli collaborators , it shouldn't be ruled out that the people below were actually killed by Hamas operatives. * * * The Guardian's Article Per the article,  Salem Doghmosh (سالم دغمش), age 19, was reportedly shot dead while trying to retrieve the body of his older brother Mohammed Mohammed Doghmosh (محمد دغمش), age 26, reportedly shot dead Montasser Doghmosh (منتصر دغمش), their father, reportedly shot dead Mohammed Farid (محمد فريد), age 47, distant cousin of the Doghmosh brothers, was also reportedly shot dead Reported Incident Date: November 22, 2023 * * * Per a September 9th, 2025 report in The Guardian , "Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and...

فتحي حمّاد لـ«الحياة»: لا وجود للقاعدة في غزة الإثنين, 01 نوفمبر 2010 هان الحسيني   نفى وزير الداخلية في حكومة «حماس» فتحي حمّاد أي وجود لتنظيم «القاعدة» في قطاع غزة، وقال: «نحن سددنا كل الثغرات، ولا نريد التعامل مع القاعدة». وأقر بحدوث اختراقات في صفوف الحركة، وأشار الى انه تتم ملاحقة أي عميل من دون التفريق بين فصيل وآخر أو عائلة وأخرى، لافتاً إلى أنه يتم التعاطي مع العملاء قضائياً. واستبعد حرباً إسرائيلية على غزة، معتبراً أن الوضع الدولي والإقليمي غير مناسب. Fathi Hammad to Al-Hayat: There is no presence of Al-Qaeda in Gaza Monday, November 1, 2010 Han Al-Husseini The Minister of Interior in the Hamas government, Fathi Hammad, denied the presence of Al-Qaeda in the Gaza Strip, and said: “We have closed all the gaps, and we do not want to deal with Al-Qaeda.” He acknowledged that there have been breaches within ...

Attacks against West Bank Palestinians by Israeli settlers vs Attacks against Israeli civilians by West Bank Palestinians, 2010-2019, UN OCHA Report link to underlying data Jewish Extremist Violence in the West Bank vs Palestinian Violence in the West Bank, 2018-2022, Israel Security Agency link to underlying data

Updated October 27, 2024 Is there statistical evidence to suggest that the proportion of a country that is Muslim corresponds to the degree to which that country is democratic? In this analysis, I compared two datasets: one, the  Democracy Index score of each country , and, two, the portion of each country that is Muslim . I then analyzed  the two datasets . On doing so, I found a moderate, statistically significant negative correlation indicating that a higher Muslim proportion of a country corresponds to a lower Democracy Index score: R: -0.5163 R2: 0.2666 N: 167 p:  < .00001 (result is significant at p < .01) Are Muslim-majority countries becoming more or less democratic over time? If we assume that a hopeful goal for Muslim-majority countries is to become more democratic, is there evidence to suggest that they are becoming so? I looked at this as well, again using Democracy Index scores, this time for 44 Muslim-majority countries....

Summary Members of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), the de facto government of Gaza, exert total or near-total control over every aspect of Gazans' lives, including medical infrastructure and journalism. The internationally-designated terrorist group has, from its inception, made a policy of systematically crushing dissenting voices. Hamas's media manipulation has contributed to a widespread but false belief that, in the current conflict (beginning October 7th, 2023), the Israeli military and government have systematically targeted civilians with munitions (or fired indiscriminately) and have engaged in attempted mass starvation. This manipulation is possible because casualty information flows from Hamas-controlled medical infrastructure to the UN and various humanitarian organizations, which, intentionally or not, support Hamas's use of lawfare (the use of legal systems and institutions to damage or delegitimize an opponent) against Israel. This strategy would not...

Text of post: Al Jazeera condemns the assault on its journalist Laith Jaar by Palestinian Security Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns the assault by a member of the Palestinian Authority's security on its correspondent, Laith Jaar, in the West Bank while he was covering the Israeli bombardment of the Tulkarm refugee camp. According to Laith's testimony, security officer Ahmad Ghassan Quzah assaulted him and threatened to shoot him. The Network also condemns the subsequent detention and arrest of Laith by the national security, while filing a complaint against the security officer who assaulted him. The Network consider this action is part of a systematic incitement campaign against Laith and Al Jazeera's coverage. Text from second page of post: This attack and arrest represent a serious escalation and a clear violation of journalists' rights, adding to the Ongoing systematic targeting of our reporters in the Palestinian territories, particularly following the il...

The below is an analysis of the medical workers who are signatories of a letter sent to President Biden on October 2nd, 2024. Many of the below doctors and medical workers have publicly spoken about their time in Gaza. Their stories are often harrowing accounts of time spent in hospitals in a war zone. The information compiled below is not meant to discredit those medical workers but to question their interpretation of chaotic events they witnessed. Many of the medical workers are Muslim or are affiliated with countries with populations largely hostile to Jews which may color their own perceptions of events, making them more likely to blame Israelis for suffering actually caused, directly or indirectly, by Hamas or other militant groups inside Gaza. Because we know that Hamas are willing to kill their own people and, because they are aware that controlling the narrative is so important, it is plausible that they are intentionally killing their own people or are deliberately d...