Targeted Killings

Israel may have denied it, but the Eurovision Song Contest factored into the decision to end the fighting against Hamas earlier this month after a bloody three-day round of hostilities, in order to ensure that the event will take place in Tel Aviv as planned.…

The U.S. government has a new, unusual tool in its toolbox of death: a missile designed to kill people not with high explosives but with large, sword-like blades that kill by literally slicing them to pieces. The weapon, nicknamed The Flying Ginsu after a bra…

Under the cover of darkness, the pair of Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters flew low to evade radar detection. Inside, the commandos – disguised as Syrian soldiers and armed with AK-47s instead of their usual M-16s were doing one last review of their equ…

Because our government enjoys punishing people far more than it enjoys accountability, the DOJ is prosecuting another whistleblower. A former language analyst for the Air Force and NSA has been charged with espionage for leaking documents detailing the govern…

from the criminalizing-government-accountability dept Because our government enjoys punishing people far more than it enjoys accountability, the DOJ is prosecuting another whistleblower. A former language analyst for the Air Force and NSA has been charged wi…

As in so many conflicts with no clear winner, Hamas and Israel both declared victory in the latest round of fighting over the weekend.Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) boasted on Monday that they were able to overcome the Iron Dome air defense system …

The final note, for now at least, in the latest round of fighting between Israel and Gaza sounded on Monday night and came from Qatar. The United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Ministry announced $480 million in emergency aid for the two rival Palestinian entities, t…

The Israeli military on Monday warned that war with Gaza could be back on the horizon in days or weeks if Israel did not work to ease living conditions in the beleaguered enclave. Saturday and Sunday saw two days of intense fighting that saw nearly 700 rocke…

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In a first since Israel's last Gaza campaign in 2014, the Israeli army renewed the use of one of the most significant tools against Hamas and Islamic Jihad – targeted killings. >> Subscribe now, save 35% Israel on Sunday killed Hamas activist Hamed al…