Along with the reasons for Israel’s military and intelligence failures of October 7, there is one question that keeps haunting me: why the body cams? The Hamas terrorists who broke through our border that nightmarish day and raped, burnt, mutilated, and massacred over a thousand civilians came armed not only with guns and grenades but also cameras to film their actions.

I thought I’d seen just about every injustice toward Israel in the American press. But even I was shocked by the November 15th, 2012, edition of The Washington Post.

On June 9, 2006, an explosion rocked the Beit Lahia beach in Gaza. Eight Palestinians were killed and thirty wounded, many of them belonging to the Ghaliya family. The image of eleven-year-old Huda Ghalyia…

Backed by the Singer Foundation, facilitated by the Javelin PR firm, and assisted by tireless volunteers, I’ve been able to present an informed and independent Israeli viewpoint to many millions worldwide. But that privilege has also given me a ringside seat at one of the major—if not ultimately principal—battlefields in this war: the struggle over Israel’s image.

I understand that my subscribers may not want to read about an expanded war effort. My working assumption, though, is that, sooner or later, we will also be at war with Hezbollah.

Since the start of the Gaza War, I’ve conducted dozens of interviews with the international media, including NBC, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox, and have been dismayed—indeed, sickened—by their use of the word “militants” to describe Hamas terrorists.

Israel has to destroy Hamas because the attack of Oct. 7 threatens the country’s existence. If the conflict ends in stalemate or cease-fire, the terrorists will have gotten away with mass atrocities on Israeli soil. We will never be secure from future onslaughts. Tourism and foreign investment will vanish, and many Israelis will raise their children elsewhere.