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April 24, 2024
Economic Security is National Security
In response to the overt economic and political coercion by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the U.S. government has initiated strategic decoupling from the People’s Republic of China through the narrow application...
April 24, 2024
Khamenei’s war aims
I’m sure you’ve heard commentators describe the Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel as “rivals” engaged in a “tit-for-tat” conflict. That misinterprets reality. Ali Khamenei, Iran’s “supreme...
April 23, 2024
Pressure mounting on U.S. with troops under attack in Syria and Iraq, plus blasts on PMF base
Violent explosions rocked the Kalsu base in Iraq on April 19 , resulting in at least one fatality and eight wounded, but it remains unclear who exactly is responsible as U.S. Forces and Israel...
April 23, 2024
Hezbollah Targets Israeli Coast with Drone attack
Hezbollah targeted Israel with a series of attacks over the Passover holiday which began in Israel at sunset on April 22. Attacks from Lebanon began around sunset at seven in the evening when sirens sounded...
April 22, 2024
Understanding Israel-Hezbollah Clashes Since October 7
Eighty thousand Israelis have evacuated their homes near the country’s northern border as Hezbollah rockets rain on their communities. Yet, Israeli forces are drawing the most fire on the Lebanese...
April 22, 2024
Crack Down on Anti-Semitic K–12 Curricula
Anti-Semitism is spreading in K–12 school districts. Even in primary and secondary education, Jews are often viewed as privileged whites and oppressors, with Israel branded as an egregious example of...
April 21, 2024
Iran, next time, the target could be your nuclear sites
The Iranian ayatollah regime attacked Israel directly from its own territory, deploying hundreds of UAVs, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. This was a significant departure from the usual Iranian...
April 20, 2024
Israel’s secret weapon
Mark Dubowitz is chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. In 2019, he was sanctioned by Iran for his advocacy. Memo to the White House: Time to retire President Biden’s...
April 20, 2024
Iran’s Nuclear Calculus Has Now Become More Dangerous
The rising tensions between Iran and Israel have provoked understandable foreboding. On April 1, an Israeli airstrike killed a senior Iranian commander in Damascus. Last weekend, Iran...
April 19, 2024
Iran and its network of militias threaten to destabilize Jordan
Iran has sought to leverage its militias and proxies, including Lebanese Hezbollah, to destabilize Jordan, reported the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat on April 16. There...
April 19, 2024
College Presidents Are Losing the Battle against Campus Antisemitism
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April 19, 2024
Israel prepares for potential escalation at its northern border amid Iran tensions
Israel’s 91st division, which is responsible for securing the northern border with Lebanon, carried out a large-scale exercise focused on various scenarios that could develop into a future war. The drill...
April 19, 2024
Israel contends with rocket fire, pushes more aid to Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces carried out strikes on 25 targets in Gaza between April 18 and 19, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The airstrikes targeted a variety of sites, most of them defined as...
April 19, 2024
The Islamic Republic’s internal messaging chaos
In an unprecedented escalation on April 13, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched some 331 projectiles from its soil toward Israel, including 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles, and 110 surface-to-surface...
April 18, 2024
U.S. Presidential Elections Loom Over the Iranian Rial
On March 25, 2024, as Iranians celebrated Nowruz (Persian New Year), the black market rate of the Iranian rial plunged to a record low. Despite sanctions relief and infusions of cash, the Islamic Republic’s...
April 17, 2024
History has been made as Arabs fought alongside Israel
Iran’s Islamist ruler Ali Khamenei made history with his unprecedented direct attack on Israel on Saturday night, but not, perhaps, in the way he intended. By dispatching a barrage of more than 300...
April 17, 2024
US Army ships heading to Gaza, arrive in Crete
US Army ships heading for the Gaza Strip to build a temporary pier or floating dock have arrived in Crete, according to vessel-tracking websites. The ships left Fort Eustis on the James River on...
April 17, 2024
Listening to our enemies
One of the many ways last weekend’s drone and missile attacks on Israel could have been worse: If Iran’s rulers had instructed their U.S.-based operatives to simultaneously carry out a terrorist attack,...
April 17, 2024
Hezbollah claims to target IDF base with Burkan missile
The Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah on Wednesday claimed it targeted the headquarters of the IDF’s 91st Division in Biranit, near the Lebanese border, with a Burkan missile, according...
April 17, 2024
Hezbollah’s drones and missiles may become increasingly effective
A Hezbollah drone and missile attack on April 17 wounded 14 soldiers and 4 civilians in the village of Arab al-Aramshe in northern Israel. The first and second drone attacks on April 16 near...
April 17, 2024
Hezbollah-Israel tensions grow as drones, airstrikes increase
On April 16, Hezbollah launched two drones that crossed into Israel and struck near the community of Beit Hillel in the Huleh valley two miles from the Lebanese border. The pro-Iranian Al-Mayadeen media claimed that...
April 16, 2024
Australia Shows That Hamas’ Terrorism Pays
Terrorism pays. That is the message Australia’s government is sending by considering recognizing a Palestinian state in the wake of Hamas’ October 7 attack...
April 16, 2024
The path that led to Iran’s attack on Israel was one of US appeasement
To understand how we got to Iran’s attack against Israel last weekend, you have to look back at the policy of appeasement pursued by the Biden administration since 2021. To begin with, his campaign...
April 16, 2024
Quiet before the storm: Is escalating Israel-Iran violence on the way?
The Iranian attack on Israel on April 13-14 involved not just Iran but also Iran’s proxies. Iran operationalized Hezbollah and the Yemenite Houthis to simultaneously carry out the attacks....
April 16, 2024
What Iran’s attack on Israel means for global energy
Iran-Israel direct confrontation will last months, not days The Iran-Israel direct confrontation is not over. Currently, the oil market does not correctly reflect the risks to disruption of oil supplies,...
April 15, 2024
How Biden helps Iran pay for its terror by refusing to enforce current sanctions
President Biden has spent his three years in office making it clear to Tehran’s terrorist regime that America won’t make it pay a price for attacking our allies, bankrolling Hamas and expanding Iranian nuclear capabilities...
April 15, 2024
Why Israel’s failure to strike back at Iran could lead to NUCLEAR WAR
There is no going back to the days before October 7, 2023 - before Hamas stormed across Israel's borders to murder, rape, maim and kidnap innocent civilians...
April 15, 2024
Putting U.S. Power Behind Israel Will Keep Iran at Bay
Until Iran’s barrage of missiles and drones against Israel, the two countries had avoided open military intrusions into each other’s territory. Tehran most often acted through proxies, and...
April 15, 2024
Between Iran and Rafah, IDF considers next steps
Israel Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi went to Israel’s sprawling Nevatim air base in the Negev to visit the pilots and air crews that played a key role in defending Israel when Iran attacked it with 350...
April 15, 2024
A pawn in a dangerous game: Hezbollah’s role as an Iranian proxy
Hezbollah stands at a crossroads after Iran’s attack on Israel. Tehran launched drones and missiles from multiple directions; Hezbollah is a key Iranian-backed terrorist group. However, its role...
April 15, 2024
US Central Command’s crucial role in downing missiles, drones
On Monday, US Central Command released details of its unprecedented role in confronting the drone and missile threats to Israel on Saturday night and Sunday. “CENTCOM forces, supported by US...
April 15, 2024
After attacking Israel, Iran counts on Russia’s support moving forward
Iran is hoping for Russian support in the wake of its massive attack on Israel. The Iranian Foreign Ministry praised Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday and noted a phone call between...
April 15, 2024
Twenty Years of Israel-U.S. Air Defense Investment Pays Off
On the evening of April 13, Israelis were told that Iran had launched nearly 300 drones and missiles to strike the country within a few hours. It was around eleven in the evening, and for millions of...
April 15, 2024
Iran’s Cheap ‘Kamikaze’ Drones Are Actually a Global Threat
Excerpt Among the weapons Iran used in its unprecedented attack on Israel on April 13 were approximately 170 armed one-way attack drones. This was part of a barrage of about 350 drones and missiles. And...
April 14, 2024
The epic fail of Biden’s doctrine vs. Iran — no consequences
President Biden needs to face reality: His policies of appeasing Iran while waging political warfare against Israel led Tehran to conclude it could launch a massive attack on Israel and face no consequences. As...
April 14, 2024
The Big Question: Will Israel Hit Back at Iran?
Tehran did not heed President Joe Biden’s warning to not “strike Israel” and launched 200 explosive drones and ballistic missiles against the Jewish state on Saturday. The attack was the...
April 14, 2024
The Gulf’s New Regional Vision Makes Room for Israel
Nearly six months ago, Hamas upended the Middle East equilibrium. Now, with the war in Gaza still raging, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has charted a new vision for regional security, one that rejects...
April 14, 2024
PRC shadow looms as the Solomons head for election
On April 17th the Solomon Islands, a country of around 700,000 people in the South Western Pacific, will hold elections. Until recently, elections in the Pacific Islands generally passed unnoticed in world...
April 14, 2024
Getting to know the defense systems that keep Israel safe from Iranian threats
Israel’s air and missile defenses were used to an unprecedented degree overnight to intercept hundreds of threats from Iran. “Last night, Iran initiated an attack against Israel, launching over...
April 14, 2024
Why did Iran choose drones as method of attack?
The decision by Iran to use drones to target Israel on April 13, lifts a curtain on a new era of drone warfare. Drones have been used for years by many countries. For instance, Israel was one of the...
April 14, 2024
Iran’s proxies target Israel: Here’s what to know about them
Iranian pro-government media said in the early hours of April 14 that it had attacked Israel on four fronts. This included attacks by Iran itself using drones and missiles, as well as threats from...
April 14, 2024
Punished from four directions’: This is how Iranian, Arabic media covered the attack
Media in the Middle East have focused on the Iranian attack on Israel that began on April 13 and continued throughout the night. This is a historic evening in the region and the media of Iran...
April 14, 2024
How Iran’s drones became a threat to the Mid East and world
Iran’s drone threat has been increasing in recent years. Reports on the evening of April 13 that Iran had launched drones targeting Israel are the latest example of how the Iranian drone threat is...
April 13, 2024
Iran’s terror-enabling supreme leader only opens the door for Israel to hit back hard
After years of using its terrorist proxies to strike Israelis, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei launched a direct attack Saturday against the Jewish state. More...
April 13, 2024
Time to Tell Russians They Are No Longer Safe
Russia has launched a propaganda crusade to cynically argue that even though the Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K) took credit for the recent Moscow concert hall terror attack...
April 12, 2024
Nicaragua’s charade at the ICJ
The solemnly named International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has become an arena for the world’s despots and authoritarians to strut and grandstand, projecting their own abuses—torture, censorship,...
April 12, 2024
Ukrainian Parliament Passes Mobilization Bill But Punts on Demobilization
A long-delayed bill on mobilization passed its second and final reading by the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday. Although Kyiv punted on the contentious issue of demobilizing troops currently...
April 12, 2024
Hamas’ Enablers in the Turkish Government
Turkey’s patronage of Hamas is well-established and widely known. Ankara has hosted the terrorist organization inside of its borders since 2011. Since Hamas carried out deadly terrorist attacks...
April 11, 2024
Danger knocking on the door of Lebanon’s Christians once again
The Christians of Lebanon find themselves defenseless against the existential threat that is coming their way from Islamist Iran and its Hezbollah militia. This week, Pascal Sleiman, a father of three...
April 11, 2024
Worried about an Iranian attack? That’s exactly what it wants
A week of Iran’s threats to attack Israel has caused social media to lurch from one theory to another about when Iran’s supposed attack may come. Iran has threatened to “punish” Israel...
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