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In-Depth Issues:
The IDF's New Strategy: All Borders Must Have Buffer Zones, Defense Achieved through Offense - Yonah Jeremy Bob ( Jerusalem Post)
The IDF General Staff on Monday conducted a full strategic review of security challenges facing Israel.
Among the most important conclusions was that all of Israel's borders must have a built-in buffer zone.
The military has also adopted a policy of preemptive offense to achieve most of its defensive needs.
Currently, IDF forces periodically attack hostile forces in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon to prevent them from reconstituting into the larger threats they posed before the war.
The IDF goal in Gaza is to completely disrupt any military rehabilitation by Hamas.
In Lebanon, it is trying to keep Hizbullah completely out of southern Lebanon.
In Syria, the IDF is trying to keep Syrian military forces out of a buffer zone.
Israel Sabotaged Iranian Missiles and Hacked Air Defenses, Iranian Analyst Says ( Iran International)
Iranian analyst Saeed Leilaz told Eqtesad Online in an interview published Tuesday: "We saw that 120 to 150 rocket launchers exploded the moment they were activated, and Iran's entire air defense system was hacked."
"From a security standpoint, it can easily be said that the Islamic Republic of Iran was brought to its knees."
Michael Pregent, a former U.S. intelligence officer, told Iran International that
"The systems they're using are Russian. Israel already knows how to hack them and conduct cyberattacks to infiltrate, manipulate data and disable defense assets."
"If Iran is trying to replenish its air defense systems and return to its previous capacity, it's basically reinstalling the same system - one that Israel can take down again."
Iran's Use of Cluster Munitions Against Israel Violated International Humanitarian Law ( Amnesty International)
Iran's use of cluster munitions in its missile attacks on Israel was a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, Amnesty International said Thursday.
Iranian forces fired ballistic missiles whose warheads contained submunitions into the Tel Aviv area on June 19, Beersheba on June 20, and Rishon LeZion on June 22. The ordnance left multiple impact craters.
"Cluster munitions are inherently indiscriminate weapons that must never be used. By using such weapons in or near populated residential areas, Iranian forces endangered civilian lives and demonstrated clear disregard for international humanitarian law," said Amnesty senior director Erika Guevara Rosas.
Hamas Terrorists Seen Feasting Underground - Einav Halabi ( Ynet News)
IDF Arabic-language spokesperson Lt.-Col. Avichay Adraee released footage on Wednesday that "exposes the daily life of Hamas operatives in underground tunnels during the ongoing war."
"While Hamas leadership falsely accuses Israel of orchestrating a 'starvation campaign,' the videos show operatives boasting about their meals underground."
Hamas operatives are seen proudly displaying their food supplies, which include fruit, rice, and meat. One man remarks, "I ate five bowls of rice today."
U.S. Seizes $2 Million in Cryptocurrency for Hamas ( U.S. Justice Department)
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday announced the seizing of $2 million in cryptocurrency held by Tether Limited and Binance Holdings accounts connected with Buy Cash Money and Money Transfer Company, a Gaza-based money transfer business involved in financially supporting Hamas - a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi said, "By seizing millions in cryptocurrency, the Justice Department is aggressively dismantling the financial infrastructure of terrorism and refusing to allow our digital currency platforms to become safe havens for terrorist financing."
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How Can Israel Be Criticized for Stopping a Massacre? - Col. (ret.) Yigal Carmon ( MEMRI)
The massacre of the Druze in Syria was no tribal accident. Syrian President al-Sharaa praised the jihadi perpetrators who had carried out a deliberate Islamist attack on minorities.
The isolationists in the U.S. hastened to criticize Israel for its stopping of the massacre, calling Netanyahu a madman.
How can Netanyahu be criticized for stopping a massacre?
The next massacre is already on its way.
The writer, former counter-terrorism advisor to two Israeli prime ministers, is founder and president of the Middle East Media Research Institute.
Palestinian Press in West Bank Calls for Hamas to Cede Power in Gaza ( MEMRI)
An editorial in the PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida on June 23, 2025, said: "Hamas must hurry up and hand over the hostages immediately, and explicitly declare it is ceding power in Gaza."
In a June 4 column in Al-Ayyam, Ashraf Al-Ajrami, a former PA minister for prisoner affairs, wrote that Hamas leaders "continue their manipulations aimed at retaining control of Gaza, believing that the rules of play that applied before Oct. 7 will somehow become relevant again."
"If some force that purports to carry out resistance does not care about the lives and the suffering of the people, its resistance is evil - because ultimately, any resistance or national struggle are meant to defend the people and their rights and afford them a life of dignity, not to treat civilians as fuel for achieving the purposes of some organization."
In a May 25 column in Al-Ayyam, Palestinian journalist Akram 'Atallah implored the Hamas leadership to realize that the Oct. 7 attack was "an act of collective suicide" that has left the Palestinians with two main choices: "to sacrifice Hamas" and thereby save the people, or "to sacrifice the people and its future" in order to save Hamas.
Israel Keeps Trade Flowing despite War ( Jerusalem Post)
With rockets falling and tens of thousands of reservists in uniform, Israeli exporters managed to ship $150 billion worth of goods and services in 2024, only a 1% dip from the previous year.
Bank of Israel forecasts project that output will expand by 3.5% in 2025 and 4% in 2026.
Technology services, which account for more than half of Israeli exports, rose 3% in 2024 and another 10% in the first quarter of 2025, according to the Israel Export Institute.
Israeli defense manufacturers posted a record $15 billion in overseas sales, a 13% increase fueled by European demand for air-defense systems.
Venture funding, which cooled briefly after Oct. 7, is now within 10% of its pre-war pace.
The Eyes and Ears of the Israeli Air Force - Avi Ashkenazi ( Jerusalem Post)
The Nachshon Squadron is the eyes and ears of the Air Force.
It knows how to plan and execute any operation that requires air activity, from attacking in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, or Iran, and landing forces deep in Syria, to rescuing the wounded from the battlefield.
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News Resources - North America, Europe, and Asia:
- U.S. Withdraws from UNESCO - State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce
On Tuesday, the U.S. informed Director-General Audrey Azoulay of its decision to withdraw from UNESCO, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Continued involvement in UNESCO is not in the national interest of the U.S.
UNESCO works to advance divisive social and cultural causes. Its decision to admit the "State of Palestine" as a member state is highly problematic, contrary to U.S. policy, and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Israel rhetoric within the organization. U.S. withdrawal will take effect on December 31, 2026. (U.S. State Department)
See also U.S. Pulls Out of UNESCO Again - Amy Wang
In 2017, during his first term, President Trump pulled the U.S. out of UNESCO, citing anti-Israel bias. The U.S. rejoined UNESCO in 2023 under President Biden. President Reagan withdrew the U.S. from UNESCO in 1984. The U.S. rejoined in 2003 under President Bush.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar thanked the U.S. for its "moral support and leadership. This is a necessary step, designed to promote justice and Israel's right for fair treatment in the UN system, a right which has often been trampled due to politicization in this arena."
(Washington Post)
See also The U.S. Dumps UNESCO Again - Editorial
The Trump Administration withdrew from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) again on Tuesday. For years UNESCO has pushed an anti-Israel agenda that would be at home at university encampments. There are many problems in the world, but UNESCO's approach has gone more to stoking divisive rhetoric than bridging cultural understanding. UNESCO long ago stopped serving U.S. values and interests. It can now do its work with someone else's taxpayer dollars. (Wall Street Journal)
- U.S. Envoy Urges Syrian President to Embrace a More Inclusive Approach or Risk Losing International Support - Samia Nakhoul
U.S. envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack on Tuesday urged Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to recalibrate his policies and embrace a more inclusive approach after sectarian bloodshed last week, or risk losing international support. Israel has vowed to protect Syria's Druze minority in the southwest, encouraged by calls from Israel's own Druze community.
(Reuters)
- Columbia University Disciplines 80 Students for Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests - Matt Lavietes
Columbia University has disciplined nearly 80 students for participating in a May pro-Palestinian protest at the university's library. Columbia said Tuesday that "sanctions from Butler Library include probation, suspensions (ranging from one year to three years), degree revocations, and expulsions....Disruptions to academic activities are in violation of University policies and Rules, and such violations will necessarily generate consequences." (NBC News)
News Resources - Israel and the Mideast:
- Hamas Conducting Campaign to Exaggerate Reports of Famine - Danny Zaken
In a last-ditch effort to apply international pressure on Israel, Hamas is conducting a broad campaign that includes exaggerated and biased reports of famine. It has shut down several food distribution points operated by international organizations in areas it controls and is systematically targeting those trying to bring in supplies from Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) centers under Israeli supervision, including shooting incidents and arrests of food seekers. While hunger does exist in Gaza, its scale is far less than reported. Nonetheless, these reports influence global media and American public opinion, which in turn increases pressure on Israel.
Saud, a Gaza resident in his 50s, told Israel Hayom that Hamas had shut down two food distribution points he used to visit. "The few that remain are far away and overcrowded. Often, I don't get there in time before they close, and sometimes there's no food left....Hamas members are mainly focused on stopping people from reaching the humanitarian aid centers. There have been several shooting incidents on roads leading to those places, carried out by [Hamas] Izz ad-Din al-Qassam fighters." (Israel Hayom)
See also Israel Says 950 Aid Trucks Waiting Inside Gaza for Distribution - Emanuel Fabian
A senior Israeli security official on Tuesday blamed UN bodies for not collecting and distributing food and supplies in Gaza. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said 950 trucks worth of supplies are waiting to be collected by the UN from the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings.
"We understand that action is required to stabilize the humanitarian situation," the official said, adding that there may be difficulties with access to food in some areas, an issue that needs to be solved. The official said that COGAT had sat down with UN officials to try and work out the deliveries of the mounting aid that has been allowed into Gaza but not distributed. It was agreed that the UN would distribute 70-80 trucks on Tuesday, but in practice, only 30 were taken in. The UN has requested that
Hamas police escort the convoys, something that Israel cannot agree to.
The official said Israel can determine that there is no widespread famine in Gaza based on how much aid was reaching Gazans, saying, "We know the calorie value of each truck that enters, and how many people it is enough for." In the past month, an average of 71 trucks entered Gaza each day, COGAT said. (Times of Israel)
- IDF: Artillery Misfire Led to Mistaken Hit on Gaza Church - Yonah Jeremy Bob
The Holy Family Church in Gaza City was hit by a misfired artillery shell last Thursday, the IDF reported Wednesday. Three people were killed and several others were wounded in the incident. The strike was caused by a malfunction in the munition and not by human error, the IDF said.
(Jerusalem Post)
Global Commentary and Think-Tank Analysis:
Gaza
- Israeli President Herzog: Israel Is Acting in Accordance with International Law in Gaza - Nava Freiberg
During a visit to Gaza on Wednesday, President Isaac Herzog told Israeli troops: "We are acting here in accordance with international law. We are providing humanitarian aid in accordance with international law. Those trying to sabotage that humanitarian aid are Hamas and its operatives, who are willing to do anything, essentially, to stop our forces from dismantling infrastructure that could harm us and our civilians."
The president said he was briefed on "extensive efforts to ensure humanitarian aid reaches the people of Gaza - despite the danger, despite the pain of knowing our hostages are still held in brutal captivity....Even in the midst of war, we are doing everything possible to help civilians in need - in keeping with international law, and our Israeli and Jewish values." (Times of Israel)
- Israel's UN Ambassador: Hamas Causes the Crisis and We Get the Blame
Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said in an interview published Wednesday that "Hamas causes the crisis, and we get the blame. We're not ignoring the suffering in Gaza - but the blame lies with Hamas, not Israel....People see the images, they hear the outcry - but they don't check the facts."
"Look at the quantities of food entering [Gaza] through Kerem Shalom, through humanitarian convoys, through aid centers - there is a constant flow of food. But Hamas hijacks aid, disrupts distribution, and prevents civilians from accessing relief - and then blames Israel....We're not the problem, we're the target."
"How can they have the audacity to talk about a ceasefire without demanding the release of those held in Hamas's terror tunnels? How can you claim to stand for international law while ignoring the hostages as they languish in conditions that defy human comprehension?" Danon described the UN's silence as a "moral collapse of the highest order." (Jerusalem Post)
- I'm a War Scholar. There Is No Genocide in Gaza - Maj. (ret.) John Spencer
In his New York Times July 15 op-ed titled "I'm a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It," Omer Bartov accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. As a professor of genocide studies, he should know better. Genocide is defined by specific intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group in whole or in part. Bartov did not even try to meet that high legal bar.
I am a war expert. I have led soldiers in combat. I have trained military units in urban warfare for decades and studied and taught military history, strategy, and the laws of war for years.
Since Oct. 7, I have been to Gaza four times. I have interviewed dozens of commanders and soldiers on the front lines. I have reviewed their orders, watched their targeting process, and seen soldiers take real risks to avoid harming civilians. Nothing I have seen or studied resembles genocide or genocidal intent.
Bartov claims that statements by Israeli leaders prove genocidal intent. He begins with Prime Minister Netanyahu's comment on Oct. 7 that Hamas would "pay a huge price." That is not a call for genocide. It is what any leader would say after the worst terrorist attack in the nation's history.
Israel has taken extraordinary steps to limit civilian harm. It warns before attacks using text messages, phone calls, leaflets, and broadcasts. It opens safe corridors and pauses operations so civilians can leave combat areas. It tracks civilian presence down to the building level. I have seen missions delayed or canceled because children were nearby. I have seen Israeli troops come under fire and still be ordered not to shoot back because civilians might be harmed.
Israel has delivered more humanitarian aid to Gaza than any military in history has provided to an enemy population during wartime. Israel has supported hospitals, repaired water pipelines, increased access to clean water, and enabled over 36,000 patients to leave Gaza for treatment abroad.
No military operation is judged solely by body counts. If we used Bartov's logic, every major war would be called genocide. War is destructive and ugly. But it is not automatically a crime.
Nations must follow the rules of distinction, proportionality, and take all possible care to avoid civilian harm. Israel is doing that. I have seen it. What is happening in Gaza is tragic. But it is not genocide. And it is not illegal.
The writer is chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point. (X)
Iran
- Iran's New Ruling Elite Won't Compromise on Their Nuclear Ambitions - Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh
The Israel-Iran war has weakened the institutions of the Islamic Republic substantially and looks likely to launch a new generation of leaders. That's bad news for Israel and America. While Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his minions have tried to claim victory over Israel, the overwhelming sentiment among them is surely not pride but shame.
The loss has greatly diminished the supreme leader's stature, and the consequences of defeat will catapult little-known, hard-core believers into the ruling elite. These men won't compromise on the regime's nuclear-weapon ambitions.
The Islamic Republic is unlikely to construct large enrichment plants such as Natanz or rely on mountains to protect its atomic assets. U.S. and Israeli satellite and aerial reconnaissance is too good, and construction times for new underground facilities are too long. Numerous, easily concealed surface facilities are now a better bet - so long as the regime can neutralize foreign spies in Iran.
Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former Iranian-targets officer in the CIA, is a resident scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Ray Takeyh is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. (Wall Street Journal)
- Israel and Iran's Nuclear Program after the War - Dr. Raz Zimmt and Maj.-Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman
The Israeli and American attack on Iran substantially rolled back Iran's nuclear capabilities. Iran is no longer considered a threshold state - one capable of enriching uranium to 90% weapons-grade material within two weeks of a political decision to do so. However, the war left Iran with residual capabilities that may be enough to support rebuilding efforts or even a covert breakout.
The airstrikes severely damaged the three main facilities associated with Iran's uranium enrichment program, to the point where their rehabilitation is unlikely. Most of Iran's active centrifuges were likely destroyed, and Iran's production capabilities were damaged - although its extensive knowledge and expertise in this field remain.
It can be assessed that Iran's motivation to obtain nuclear weapons has increased in light of the lessons learned from this war. This conflict has served to starkly illustrate the failure of Iran's deterrence doctrine against Israel and the U.S. Yet a decision to pursue a nuclear weapons breakout remains highly risky for Iran due to the threat of further military strikes by Israel or the U.S., and the demonstrated ability of Western intelligence to penetrate Iran's nuclear program.
In addition, Israel - and potentially the U.S. - has shown a clear willingness to use force to prevent Iran from rebuilding its nuclear infrastructure and from advancing toward weapons capability.
However, the Iranian regime has already misjudged the intentions and capabilities of both Israel and the U.S., and it may miscalculate again.
Preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons has been and remains the central goal for preserving the national security of the State of Israel. Israel cannot accept a nuclear-armed radical regime that seeks its destruction. This objective must be achieved while preserving Israel's ability to continue a comprehensive campaign against Iran to weaken the regime, limit its malign regional activities, and restrict its missile capabilities.
Raz Zimmt, a veteran Iran watcher in the IDF, is Director of the Iran and the Shiite Axis program at INSS, where Tamir Hayman, former head of the IDF Intelligence Directorate, is the executive director.
(Institute for National Security Studies-Tel Aviv University)
Syria
- Making Sure Damascus Learns the Right Lessons from the Suwayda Clashes - Andrew J. Tabler
Sparked by a Bedouin ambush against a Druze vegetable seller, major armed clashes broke out in Syria's southern Suwayda province on July 13. Newly deployed government forces committed serious human rights violations. To find a diplomatic path out of the bloodshed, Washington will need to increase the pressure for accountability in Damascus - while keeping Israeli enforcement options open in the meantime.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa deployed forces in the name of restoring order, protecting residents, and bringing the long-autonomous Druze-majority province under central government control. Instead, some of these forces committed field executions, rape, arson, looting, and other crimes and forms of humiliation. Druze concerns include the state's attempts to deploy outside forces to a province that has been controlled by Druze militias for over a decade.
The latest clashes demonstrate that Damascus remains unwilling or unable to control its forces, particularly when deploying to minority-dominated areas. Moreover, reports from Suwayda indicate that the government is still using foreign fighters in its ranks, despite the Trump administration's exhortations to prioritize their removal. The administration needs to press Sharaa on immediately addressing the radicalization and lack of discipline exhibited by the Defense Ministry and security forces.
The new clashes will greatly complicate further U.S.-sponsored disengagement negotiations between Syria and Israel, as well as the central government's ongoing integration talks with the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who have proven so crucial to fighting the Islamic State.
Washington's cessation of sanctions and engagement with Sharaa still provide a momentous opportunity to rebuild Syria and move it away from the Iranian-Russian axis. Yet this is being greatly undermined by the actions of government forces, whose composition, command, control, and conduct must all be dramatically improved before Sharaa can build the trust necessary to unite Syria under one stable government for the first time in over a century.
The writer, a senior fellow at The Washington Institute, is former director for Syria at the National Security Council and former senior advisor to the U.S. special envoy for Syria. (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
Palestinian Arabs
- The Taybeh Church Fire Libel: Retractions Don't Undo Damage of False Narratives - Zvika Klein
On July 14, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, flanked by Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and 20 foreign diplomats, stood beside Taybeh's 1,500-year-old Church of St. George near Tulkarm and pronounced that "radical Israeli settlers" had tried to torch it. Within hours, wire services were selling the image of Israeli arsonists gleefully burning down an ancient church. Four days later, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee arrived to survey the "crime scene."
There was one small problem: the Taybeh Municipality's own video showed that the supposed arsonists, teenage farmhands from the adjacent Jewish ranch, were running toward the flames to fight the fire. One of them was promptly rewarded with a hail of stones from the villagers.
Binyamin Regional Council spokesperson Eliana Passentin, who is an archaeologist, decided to see the "charred ruins" for herself. She walked the perimeter with her cellphone recording and found nothing but a blackened strip of weeds. "I don't see any signs of a fire," she says in a video. "I don't see a church burned down here. Even on the outer walls, there are no signs of fire. Someone has an interest in making you believe Jews burned a church." Such fabrications corrode trust with Christian friends.
Huckabee has since clarified on X that he did not assign blame and merely condemned whoever set the fire. But the damage had been done. Lazy journalism does more than mislead readers; it fuels diplomatic spats, hardens sectarian resentment, and distracts from the real persecution Palestinian Christians face inside the Palestinian Authority, where church lands are routinely expropriated, Christian history is scrubbed from textbooks, and believers are driven abroad. (Jerusalem Post)
- Jews Did Not Burn the Church - Bassam Tawil
Last week, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh in the West Bank, where he was told by local leaders that Jewish "settlers" had burned down the ancient Church of Saint George. There is no evidence, however, that Jews were behind the alleged arson. In fact, Jews living near the village actually helped extinguish a fire that was lit by Palestinians to prevent Jewish shepherds from grazing their cattle.
On July 22, Huckabee clarified that he did not blame Jews for the arson: "Investigation reveals no damage to ancient church in Taybeh & investigation of origin of fire continues. I have NOT attributed the cause of fire to any person or group as we don't know for sure." Huckabee should be commended for understanding that the Palestinians had lied to him when they claimed that Jews were behind the arson.
A Jewish resident commented: "No 'nationalist crime' event by Jews was carried out, no church was set on fire, and no cemetery was desecrated. Exactly the opposite - Christian Arabs from the village of Taybeh set fire to open areas four times in one week to prevent Jews from grazing there."
"The event that sparked the uproar happened on July 7. For the second time that week, Arabs from the village set a fire that began spreading rapidly....The flames also spread toward the village, but the farm residents insisted on fighting to extinguish that hotspot as well...and they stopped the fire just before it reached the line of houses, where, among other things, there is a church and an ancient cemetery....This is a fact, not an interpretation. See the drone photo that shows it clearly."
All those who rushed to blame Jews for "burning down" a church should apologize for endorsing this new blood libel. Many in the media and the international community do not appear to be familiar with the Palestinians' long-time practice of spreading lies and fabrications with the purpose of vilifying Israel and demonizing Jews.
(Gatestone Institute)
Observations:
- If the Israeli government's intentions and actions are truly genocidal, why hasn't it been more methodical and vastly more deadly? It could have bombed without prior notice, instead of routinely warning Gazans to evacuate areas it intended to strike. It could have bombed without putting its own soldiers, hundreds of whom have died in combat, at risk.
- The death count isn't higher because Israel is manifestly not committing genocide, a legally specific term defined by the UN Convention on Genocide as the "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such." Note the words "intent" and "as such." Genocide does not mean simply "too many civilian deaths" - a heartbreaking fact of nearly every war.
- It means seeking to exterminate a category of people for no other reason than that they belong to that category: the Nazis and their partners killing Jews in the Holocaust because they were Jews, or Hamas on Oct. 7 intentionally butchering families in their homes and young people at a music festival because they were Israelis.
- Over a million German civilians died in World War II, victims of war but not of genocide. The aim of the Allies was to defeat the Nazis, not to wipe out Germans simply for being German. I am aware of no evidence of an Israeli plan to deliberately target and kill Gazan civilians.
- What is unusual about Gaza is the cynical and criminal way Hamas has chosen to wage war. In Ukraine, when Russia attacks, civilians go underground while the Ukrainian military stays aboveground to fight. In Gaza, it's the reverse: Hamas hides and feeds and preserves itself in its vast warren of tunnels rather than open them to civilians for protection. These tactics are war crimes in themselves.
- We know how the U.S. would operate in similar circumstances. In 2016 and 2017, the U.S. aided the government of Iraq in retaking the city of Mosul, which was captured by the Islamic State three years earlier and turned into a booby-trapped, underground fortress. As the Times reported on March 28, 2017, "American airstrikes have at times leveled entire blocks - including the one in Mosul Jidideh this month that residents said left as many as 200 civilians dead." I don't recall any campus protests.
- Wars are awful enough, but the term "genocide" can't be promiscuously applied to any military situation we don't like.
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