War Crimes or Survival? Israel’s Fight Under Fire (Major Andrew Fox)

Israel’s war in Gaza is reaching a turning point, but is the world being told the truth? Emily Schrader sits down with Major Andrew Fox, former British Army officer and leading defense analyst, to unravel the accusations of war crimes, famine and genocide leveled against Israel. From inside Gaza’s battlefield to the corridors of international law, Fox explains what “proportionality” really means in warfare, why casualty figures are so distorted and how Hamas manipulates civilians as human shields. The conversation dives into the IDF’s transformation under unprecedented multi-front pressure, the moral dilemmas of siege warfare and whether Israel has crossed any legal red lines or if it is being held to impossible double standards. Schrader and Fox also expose Egypt’s role in trapping Gazans, the UN’s complicity in spreading Hamas’s propaganda and the dangerous new wave of lawfare at the ICC and ICJ. They also examine the West’s hypocrisy: why massive civilian casualties in Mosul or Raqqa were excused as “tragic but inevitable,” while every Israeli action is framed as criminal. As Israel fights not only on the battlefield but also in the court of world opinion, one question looms large: can democracies still defend themselves when the rules are rigged against them?