-
Aug 12, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Tomas Avenarius |Christian Ultsch |Limor Simhony
In The Spectator, columnist Limor Simhony Philpott comments angrily that many Western governments and organisations only criticise Israel: “No word was said about Hamas, or that their use of schools is the reason such buildings are targeted by the IDF. ... Hamas hopes that Israel will be pressured into dropping the pursuit of its members. This will allow them to continue to rule Gaza and to carry on their campaign of terrorism against Israel with the ultimate goal of annihilating it.
-
May 21, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Peter Rásonyi |Vladimiro Zagrebelsky |Amílcar Correia |Limor Simhony
21 May 2024The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant as well as three Hamas leaders. The main charges against the Israeli politicians are starvation of civilians, attacks on a civilian population, extermination and murder. The ICC accuses Hamas leaders of hostage-taking, rape, torture, extermination and murder. Israel and the US have reacted with outrage.
-
May 21, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Peter Rásonyi |Vladimiro Zagrebelsky |Amílcar Correia |Limor Simhony
21 May 2024The application by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant as well as three Hamas leaders has electrified the international community. Israel, the US, the UK and Germany have criticised the bid saying it equates the leaders of a democratic country with terrorists. Commentators weigh in.
-
May 7, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Francesa Borri |Limor Simhony |Bostjan Videmsek |Boštjan Videmšek
The radical Islamic Hamas has, in its own terms, agreed to a mediated proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the proposal fell far short of Israel's demands, but that he would send a high-ranking negotiating delegation to Egypt. For the time being he has allowed the offensive on Rafah to continue, with the Israeli army controlling parts of the city and the Palestinian side of the border crossing.
-
May 7, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Francesa Borri |Limor Simhony |Bostjan Videmsek |Boštjan Videmšek
The ground offensive has already begun, Delo fears: “The start of the forced evacuation of the exhausted, hungry, sick and traumatised residents of Rafah, who have already been internally displaced several times, can be seen as the beginning of the long-expected major Israeli ground offensive that could unleash a new chapter of unspeakable horror in Gaza.
-
Mar 26, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Ralph Dekkers |Limor Simhony |barbara Kramzar |Rieke Havertz
Commenting in The Spectator, social scientist Limor Simhony is fiercely critical of the demand for a ceasefire: “The UN resolution is highly unlikely to result in the release of hostages by Hamas. Throughout the war, UN officials have been consistently and vehemently anti-Israeli, while offering only weak condemnations of Hamas. ...
-
Nov 15, 2023 | 
spectator.co.uk | Limor Simhony Philpott |Limor Simhony
Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments Late on Tuesday night, about a week after the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) encircled Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, Israeli forces entered the complex in what has been described as a ‘targeted operation against Hamas’. IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said that troops are operating specifically within the western area of the hospital, one of the largest medical facilities in Gaza. Or Unlock more articles REGISTER...
-
Nov 11, 2023 | 
spectator.co.uk | Limor Simhony Philpott |Limor Simhony
Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments Who will rule Gaza once the war is over? Israel, so far, hasn’t provided an answer. The country’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been clear that his aim is to wipe out Hamas. He said this week that Israel will claim responsibility for security in Gaza for an ‘indefinite period’, in order to stop Hamas from rearming and establish long-term security. Or Unlock more articles REGISTER...
-
Nov 10, 2023 | 
spectator.co.uk | Limor Simhony Philpott |Limor Simhony
Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments As the IDF continues to close in on Hamas in the heart of Gaza, the US announced that Israel will implement daily four-hour ‘humanitarian pauses’ in fighting in the north of the strip. Hours after the announcement yesterday, during a press conference, the Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant spoke rather differently about the pauses. Or Unlock more articles REGISTER...
-
Nov 7, 2023 | 
conservativehome.com | Limor Simhony
Dr Limor Simhony Philpott is Research and Policy Manager at the Antisemitism Policy Trust. When Hassan Nasrallah said last week that the war is “100 per-cent Palestinian, not regional,” this would not have pleased Hamas. Nasrallah, leader of the Iranian-backed, Lebanon-based militant organisation Hezbollah, is reluctant to widen the organisation’s involvement in the war between Israel and Hamas. When Hamas launched their attack, which killed over 1,400 Israelis, it knew that Israel will retaliate.
