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Rafah Holds The Key To Jerusalem

On May 6th this year, after months of waiting, the IDF surprised Hamas forces by launching a night time invasion of Rafah, taking the international crossing by sunrise. What was billed as a potential bloodbath, went as smoothly as anyone could hope for, proving Israel’s detractors once again wrong and boosting public morale. With all […]

Ramadan, Rafah, and the Centrality of Jerusalem

Ramadan approaches. It looms over everything Israel and the IDF are trying to accomplish against the Amalek of our generation – both in Gaza and Lebanon. The fear of an out of control war, triggered by the IDF’s invasion of Rafah, the last Hamas stronghold seems to be an almost pychological-spiritual roadblock holding us back […]