Yakov Katz, a veteran military correspondent and author, delves into the complexities and strategic innovations of the IDF's urban warfare tactics in Gaza.  Western militaries are keenly observing and learning from Israel's response to new forms of warfare, where the battlefield extends below the surface and involves combatants disguised as civilians. Katz explains the moral and technological challenges faced by the IDF, emphasizing their efforts to adhere to international law under...

Fighting Under a Microscope | IDF's Tactical Precision Redefines Urban Warfare with Yaakov Katz

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Link to Montana Tucker socials: hoo.be/montanatucker There is little doubt that Israel is losing the global battle for the hearts and minds of Gen Z. From US campuses to the streets of London and Amsterdam, the young people of the West are increasingly siding with the death squads of Hamas. And if it’s not some passing radical phase, cosplaying revolutionaries.With increasing numbers chanting for the destruction of Israel, the need for advocates to tell the real story is critical. To sho...

Zombies vs. Zionists: The Gen Z Divide | Montana Tucker on Being a Proud Jew in the Face of Ignorance and Conformism

It’s been eight months since the October 7 Massacre, and still the residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz, a mile away from Gaza, have not had time to mourn. This tight-knit community was the hardest hit, with over a quarter of its people massacred or abducted on October 7.Professor. Jonathan Dekel-Chen and his family were residents of Kibbutz Nir-Oz. He wasn’t at home that gruesome weekend. But his son Sagui Dekel-Chen, 35, a US-Israeli citizen, was taken hostage as he fought to hold back the terrorist...

GIVE ME BACK MY SON | Hostage Father's Urgent Plea

Student radicals protesting on campuses around the world, Israel condemned for everything that’s wrong with the world. I hope you’re having deja-vu. The massive anti-Israel protest movement didn’t come out of nowhere, and its accusations against the Jewish state are nothing new. They have deep roots. And for that, we have to go back to Soviet Russia, to see how the USSR planted the seeds of the ideological movement that has captured Western campuses and is weaponizing them against the Jews.&n...

History on Repeat | Izabella Tabarovsky on how Student Protests are Same Old Antisemitism

The United States’ support for Israel was considered, to use a phrase of President Biden, ironclad. But that has been thrown into question by the US administration’s historic decision to suspend a delivery of weapons to Israel in order to pressure it not to wage a major offensive against Hamas in Rafah. The announcement sounded alarm bells about the nature of the US-Israel alliance. About Israel’s strategic dependence on Washington and what Israel needs to do to maintain its military independ...

Fighting Under a Microscope | IDF's Tactical Precision Redefines Urban Warfare with Yaakov Katz

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