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October 26, 2023
Iran-backed Iraqi militia says it is ‘ready for a war of attrition,’ called Israel its ‘enemy’
Hezbollah Brigades, an Iranian proxy that operates a powerful militia primarily in Iraq but also in Syria, said it is “ready for a war of attrition that may extend for years,” and described Israel,...
October 26, 2023
Israel May Tread Carefully With a Two-Front War Threat
Israel has prepared for the possibility of a multi-front war for a decade. Historically, Israel has faced off against threats from the north and south. In 1967 and 1973, it defeated large conventional...
October 25, 2023
Blood Money: Stopping the Cash That Underwrites Terror
Terrorism fundamentally depends on two things: violence and money. None of its violence, like Hamas’ massacre of Israelis, happens without the funding to make it possible. Some of that money comes...
October 25, 2023
Rocket fire targets Eilat as IDF units continue to train for operations
A rocket fired from Gaza targeted the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Wednesday, headlining the 19th day of the war between Israel and Hamas that began after a surprise Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that...
October 25, 2023
Hopeless on Gaza
On Sept. 11, 2001, some of al Qaeda’s victims jumped from the World Trade Center’s windows. Better to fall to their deaths than be consumed by hellish flames. That stomach-churning image, more vivid...
October 24, 2023
Israel Has No Choice But to Destroy Hamas Through a Ground Incursion
Israelis will not be safe until the Israel Defense Forces disable Hamas, which can only be done by sending troops into Gaza. Until October 6, the prevailing wisdom in Israel was that previous rounds...
October 24, 2023
Israel strikes 400 targets in Gaza, as Hezbollah fires anti-tank missiles
Israel continued to strike targets in northern Gaza overnight between Monday and Tuesday, as the war between Israel and Hamas entered the eighteenth day of fighting. According to a statement from the IDF...
October 24, 2023
Did Hamas just prove the Abraham Accords right?
Four days after Hamas began its massacre of Israeli civilians, King Abdullah II of Jordan addressed his country’s parliament, telling lawmakers that Jordan’s “compass...
October 24, 2023
Elon Musk, Hypocrisy and Verifying the Iranian Supreme Leader
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October 24, 2023
Washington should brace for new Polish preferences in arms suppliers
The recent ouster of Poland’s government at the ballot box signals some significant potential changes to the security posture of NATO’s strongest ally in Eastern Europe. Under the next Polish government,...
October 24, 2023
A Second Week of War: Israel’s Ground Forces Wait on Two Fronts
The second week of the war between Hamas and Israel began on October 15 with expectations for a ground incursion into Gaza, and ended on October 22 with Israeli forces on the border of Gaza and the border...
October 24, 2023
Russia’s FM in Iran seeks closer ties
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pushed for stronger ties with Iran during a visit this week. Russia’s state media said that the Russian official “discussed expanding bilateral cooperation within...
October 23, 2023
Biden must take Iran threat seriously — and wage economic war
Iran-backed militias are shooting at American troops in Iraq and Syria and getting away with it. On Monday morning, the militias targeted US bases with attack drones for the third time in a week. The...
October 23, 2023
The Real Gaza Hospital Crisis
The media firestorm over whether Israel attacked the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza is over. It was an errant rocket shot by the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad group that exploded near the compound. But another media...
October 23, 2023
Iran-backed attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria increase
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria continue to increase threats and attacks against US forces. On Sunday reports said that rockets targeted Ain al-Asad base, at least the sixth attack...
October 23, 2023
Iran looks for a plan on day 17 of the war
Iran was searching for a way to keep the initiative against Israel on Monday, the 17th day of the war. It has tried to mobilize the militaries in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, and it has enabled Hezbollah...
October 23, 2023
Gallant: Israel preparing Gaza op from air, land, and sea
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel is “preparing thoroughly for the next step – a multilateral operation in the air, ground, and sea,” during a tour of the Ashdod Navy base. IDF spokesman...
October 23, 2023
Here’s how to fix the supplemental’s shortcomings on Taiwan
The White House submitted a $105 billion supplemental spending package to Congress on Friday. The proposal seeks to help three beleaguered democracies — Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan —...
October 23, 2023
Biden’s Iran Policy Is About to Change—One Way or the Other
Last week Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo reportedly told House Democrats that the $6 billion ransom the Biden administration agreed to send Iran—oil payments that had been...
October 22, 2023
Erdogan’s Damning Response to the Hamas Attacks
Days following the October 7 terrorist attacks, carried out by Hamas in Israel, killing over 1200 Israeli citizens, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi...
October 22, 2023
Biden must reverse course on letting Iran sanctions lapse — or watch weapons pour into Gaza and Russia
Washington and its European allies just declined to prevent the expiration of UN missile and drone penalties against Iran. That decision will likely spur more missile and drone testing, production and...
October 22, 2023
Hezbollah’s threats to Israel harm Christian Lebanese villages
Hezbollah has been increasing attacks on Israel in the last two weeks after Hamas carried out a massacre on October 7. The Hezbollah attacks are a result of Iran’s desire to create a multi-front war...
October 22, 2023
Post October 7th – what Israel needs from the US and the International community
The world has become almost too comfortable attacking Israeli policies, especially as it relates to the disputed West Bank. Yet, the criticism goes beyond Israel’s military control of the West Bank....
October 22, 2023
The hidden danger in Khamenei’s multi-phased plan: will Iran go nuclear?
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October 22, 2023
The Hamas Disinformation Campaign Against Israel Is Also Brutal
Hamas launched a disinformation assault on Tuesday. Following a week of shock and outrage stemming from its Oct. 7 massacre of more than 1,400 Israelis, the terrorist group backed by Iran needed to turn...
October 21, 2023
Inside Hamas’ propaganda game
As the war in Israel rages, an ongoing struggle to control the narrative of the conflict is unfolding between Hamas and the Jewish state. This propaganda battle is not novel, as it has long been observed...
October 21, 2023
How Iran keeps the initiative in attacks on Israel, US in MidEast
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October 21, 2023
Forget the Bomb and Help Iranians Fight Their Regime
Just three weeks before Hamas’s gruesome attack on southern Israel, the first anniversary of Iran’s “Women, life, freedom” movement quietly passed on September 16. Even in the heat of events in...
October 21, 2023
How War Could Engulf the Entire Middle East
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October 20, 2023
Israel’s Tech Advantage Created Complacency
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October 20, 2023
Why Erdogan Is Unlikely to Cut Ties With Hamas
Since Hamas carried out its barrage of deadly attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, Turkey has come under the spotlight for its relationship with the Islamist militant group. Ankara has been a material...
October 20, 2023
Biden is being played by Hamas, Iran and Qatar — with American and Israeli lives at stake
Despite telling the world Hamas is evil, President Joe Biden is pursuing policies of appeasement toward the terrorist group’s two largest patrons and, in so doing, undermining American and...
October 20, 2023
Iran mobilizes proxies for drone war on US and Israel – analysis
Iran has encouraged its terrorist proxy forces in Iraq, Yemen and Syria to begin a drone war against US forces and Israel. On Thursday drones and rockets targeted Ain al-Asad base in Iraq. This is...
October 20, 2023
In the war against Hamas, Israeli drones are key. Here is why
In the early hours of the war against Hamas, Israeli pilots who fly large drones played a key role in helping to identify and track terrorists and defend the state. Waves of attackers assaulted...
October 19, 2023
U.S. warship intercepts missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthis
A U.S. warship intercepted three missiles over the Red Sea that were fired from Yemen by the Iran-Backed Houthis today. The Houthis have threatened to attack both the U.S. and Israel as the latter retaliates...
October 19, 2023
Hamas, Israel, and the danger of safe havens
The Hamas terrorist group shocked Israel by carrying out a coordinated assault unlike anything the world has seen since Lashkar-e-Taiba’s terror assault on Mumbai in 2007 or al-Qaeda’s attack on 9/11....
October 19, 2023
Hamas used Iranian-produced weapons in October 7 terror attack in Israel
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recovered Iranian-produced weapons used by Hamas inside Israel during the Oct. 7 terror attack. While many of the weapons used in the attack were manufactured in...
October 19, 2023
Israel’s picturesque, ghostly North awaits next phase of war
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October 19, 2023
Ukraine Now Has ATACMS — But Will Soon Need More
The U.S.-provided Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, has already demonstrated significant value for Ukraine, which employed the system for the first time on Tuesday. But unless Kyiv receives...
October 19, 2023
Biden’s plan to expose nuclear secrets to Moscow and Beijing
Excerpt In a stunning decision to potentially expose vital national security secrets to America’s top adversaries, the Biden administration last month quietly invited Russia and China to send...
October 19, 2023
Iran continues to lie about hospital explosion to fuel conflict
Iran’s regime has mobilized its media machine quickly, after Hamas claimed an explosion at a hospital in Gaza had led to hundreds of deaths from an Israeli airstrike. It is now known, and widely...
October 18, 2023
Showdown in Gaza
Israel is readying itself to face off against Hamas and other groups that have had time to fortify the Gaza Strip. This is not the first time Israel has operated on the ground in Gaza; Israel sent troops...
October 18, 2023
U.S. offers $5 million reward for Shabaab’s deputy emir
The U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice Program is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Abukar Ali Adan, the deputy leader of Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch in...
October 18, 2023
How to save Gazan lives
Much of the media is now moving briskly on from the atrocities committed by Hamas with Tehran’s assistance – the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust – to the plight of Gazans. Why must...
October 18, 2023
What Israel can learn from the battle for Mosul
Israel’s fight against Hamas has been compared to the war against Isis between 2015 and 2019. That war was largely waged in Iraq and Syria, and one of the most important battles was the struggle to retake Mosul from the Islamists in 2017. ...
October 18, 2023
Eyeless in Gaza
“… Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver;Ask for this great deliverer now, and find himEyeless in Gaza …” —John Milton, Samson Agonistes ...
October 18, 2023
US law requires Biden to impose sanctions on Hamas for using human shields
Orde F. Kittrie is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a law professor at Arizona State University. He previously served for over a decade in legal and policy positions...
October 18, 2023
Analysis: Islamic State strikes in western Uganda
Over the last week, the Islamic State, through its Central Africa Province (known locally as the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF) has conducted and officially claimed two ambushes against civilians in...
October 18, 2023
Iran-backed Shia militias target 2 U.S. bases in Iraq
Iran-backed Shia militias have targeted two U.S. bases in Iraq as the war between Israel and Hamas escalates. The attacks took place as Hezbollah Brigades, a dangerous Iranian proxy, threatened U.S. forces...
October 17, 2023
Overwhelmed: The IDF’s first hours fighting the terror waves on Oct 7
The yellow gate of Kibbutz Beeri is burned. It is half open now and IDF vehicles flow back and forth. What was once a thriving community is now empty of civilians. The fields are full of gear,...
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