1) The FDD reports that ‘Food Prices Stable in Gaza According to UN’s World Food Program’.
“In late August, a UN-backed hunger monitor, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), formally declared a famine in Gaza governorate, one of four in the coastal strip. The IPC also forecast that famine would strike two additional governorates by the end of September. The stability of lower prices since late August is at odds with the expectation that famine would spread and adds to indications that the IPC declared a famine in Gaza governorate in the absence of sufficient evidence.”
2) UKLFI presents a webinar titled ‘Gaza – The numbers and the sources’.
“The webinar discussed statistics, sources and methodologies on which serious allegations regarding Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza have been based. The speaker, Adv. Jonathan Braverman, is a co-author of an extensive report which provides quantitative-statistical analyses relating to the allegations of deliberate starvation of the civilian population, deliberate killings of civilians, and indiscriminate and disproportionate bombing by the IDF in Gaza. This study includes careful examinations of the statistics provided by Hamas-controlled ministries and the methodologies used by UN agencies and humanitarian organisations. It draws comparisons with data provided in other conflicts and other societies under oppressive regimes. Finally, it reaches conclusions as to the causes of recurrent analytical failures and the lack of subsequent corrective action.”
3) The Alma Center provides a special report: ‘For Years, Iran Planned a Simultaneous Invasion of Israel – Only One Was Carried Out’.
“The massive terror attack by Hamas on the communities surrounding Gaza on October 7, 2023, struck Israel with astonishment, not only because of its unprecedented cruelty but also due to the intelligence and operational surprise. Now, two years after the attack, a central question comes into focus: What was the extent of coordination between Hamas, Hezbollah, and their sponsor, Iran, in the period before the attack, and what explains the fact that Hezbollah, despite its deep involvement in the axis, did not fully join the attack in those critical hours on the morning of the Simchat Torah holiday?”
4) At the JCFA, Tirza Shorr explains how ‘The Red-Green Alliance is the Main Vector of Hamas Support’.
“Especially after October 7, the pro-Hamas axis utilized “woke” left “Zionism is racism” messages as well as “woke right” anti-Jewish conspiracies in social media narratives on TikTok, X, and Instagram – primary news sources for young Americans. Algorithmic amplification of emotional, image-driven content has created viral Hamas propaganda, harnessing the internet’s exponential potential through targeted cyber operations, bot farms, and manipulated social media, weaponizing antisemitism and anti-Zionism while morally implicating Western support for Israel. The Red-Green alliance has managed to penetrate right-wing American non-interventionist quarters, creating cross-sectional solidarity.”
5) At the CTC, Dr Magnus Ranstorp looks ‘Inside Hamas: How It Thinks, Fights, and Governs’.
“For Hamas, survival rests on avoiding total defeat. Absent intrusive inspections and strict dual-use controls, even the IDF expects Hamas to persist as a terror organization. A ceasefire might force disarmament or fold forces into a national framework, but any enforcement gaps will lead Hamas to maneuver and patiently rebuild over years. With strict enforcement, Hamas’ armed capacity fades; without it, the movement entrenches as an insurgency that retains power while wielding enough force to block or shape Gaza’s future.”
6) At the MEF, Jonathan Spyer discusses ‘What Israel Has Learned from Two Years of War’.
“Israel has for the last two years been fighting enemies of the West, ideologically and sometimes also structurally linked to the very same forces that threaten the security and well-being of western societies. The tactics used, even the shape of the battlefield, directly resemble campaigns undertaken by western armies and their allies against comparable Islamist foes less than a decade ago. […]
Yet large parts of western public opinion, and even of western political leadership, reacted to Israel’s response to the October 7 attacks with opprobrium, fury and the desire to isolate and punish the Jewish state.
This solitude, alongside the tactical lessons to be pondered, is perhaps the most notable revelation of the last two years of war. Its meaning, and its implications, will be studied long after the guns in Gaza fall silent, whether that takes place imminently, or in the months ahead.”
