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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,...
October 17, 2023
Israel war: Why wouldn’t Egypt want Gazan refugees?
As Israel prepares to invade Gaza to destroy the terrorist group Hamas, Jerusalem is calling on civilians living in the coastal enclave to seek refuge in Egypt. Cairo,...
October 17, 2023
Biden enriched Iran by more than $50 billion. Here’s how to turn off the spigot
The shocking news came just over a week ago, on October 7: Iran’s proxy terror force Hamas had flooded across Israel’s border and within hours had slaughtered hundreds of Israelis. While the...
October 17, 2023
Cash, corruption, crumbling dams — that’s China’s Belt and Road Initiative, 10 years in
Xi Jinping’s Third Belt and Road Initiative Forum — and the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) itself — launched on Tuesday, featuring a long guest list that includes Vladimir...
October 16, 2023
Putin’s cynical offer to mediate in the Middle East is a farce
Following the largest Middle East escalation in decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to mediate the Israel-Hamas conflict. “What matters now is to stop the bloodshed,” he said. “Russia...
October 16, 2023
Iran media celebrates Sderot evacuation in bid to unite against Israel
Israel’s decision to evacuate Sderot on Sunday, as well as 28 other communities on the northern border, has raised eyebrows in pro-Iranian media. Al Mayadeen celebrated this turn of events,...
October 16, 2023
Will China-Russia summit impact Israel’s war with Iran-backed Hamas?
While the US retains extra focus on the Middle East this week, and Israel considers when to initiate its ground incursion into Gaza, Russia and China are holding talks. The talks between two major global...
October 16, 2023
How America can help Israeli missile defenses ASAP
In the space of just 20 minutes, Hamas launched more than 2,200 rockets into Israel the morning of Oct. 7 as its fighters began to massacre civilians. This unprecedented barrage pushed Israeli missile...
October 16, 2023
Hamas seeks to set Middle East ablaze
Hamas planned a massive attack on Israel that was designed to massacre as many civilians as possible, while also striking at Israeli military posts along the Gaza border. It may not have known how much...
October 16, 2023
Iran May Exploit Israel’s War To Sprint To Nuclear Weapons
It’s an ominous prospect: The Islamic Republic of Iran may seek to exploit Israel’s preoccupation with the Gaza counteroffensive against Hamas to break out of its nuclear nonproliferation obligations. This...
October 15, 2023
Hamas’s Enablers Should Take Gaza Refugees
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October 15, 2023
Arab world has opportunity to take responsibility for Gaza’s future after Hamas attacks
Suddenly, the Arab world has a chance to show that its concern for the Palestinians is real. When Israel is done crushing Hamas, there will be a political vacuum in Gaza. Not surprisingly, Israeli...
October 15, 2023
IDF seizes EFPs, RPGs, and other weapons from Hamas
The Israel Defense Forces seized a large cache of weapons, including what appears to be deadly armor piercing explosively formed projectiles, or EFPs, from Hamas during a recent raid in Gaza. The presence...
October 15, 2023
The Shadow Unit: Meet the Hamas division likely holding Israeli and American hostages
On Oct. 7, a significant attack by Palestinian terrorist groups led by Hamas resulted in the abduction of approximately 155 civilian and Israeli soldiers in southern Israel. Although the exact...
October 15, 2023
On the Gaza Border, Chaos and a Question: How Will Israel Defeat Hamas?
Israel has begun moving into the next phase — ground operations against Hamas — after the terrorist group murdered more than 1,000 civilians. I spent the first week of the war driving back and...
October 15, 2023
Shabaab hosts massive pro-Palestine protests in southern Somalia
A few days after publicly supporting the Hamas-led invasion of Israel, Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, hosted massive pro-Palestine protests in its strongholds in southern Somalia’s...
October 15, 2023
Israel Enters the Gray Zone
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October 14, 2023
Israel launches targeted killing operation against terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a statement confirming the successful elimination of Merad Abu Merad, a commander responsible for leading Hamas’ air operations. Along with Merad, the...
October 14, 2023
One week since the war broke, initial conclusions, and where we are heading? – analysis
Israel experienced one of its most challenging hours in history last Saturday, undoubtedly more challenging than the founding of the state. This is a time for unity and mutual strengthening; the time...
October 13, 2023
America cannot ignore the Middle East
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October 13, 2023
The War After the War Between Wars
The latest phase of the war between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran was bloody and brutal. It began on October 7 with a surprise attack by the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group out of the Gaza...
October 13, 2023
The BDS Campaign Embraces Hamas’ Massacre — and the World Will Remember
The brutality of Hamas’ slaughter of Israeli civilians has put anti-Israel activists in a bind: Should they condemn atrocities against Israel, or should they defend Palestinian actions as extreme as killing...
October 13, 2023
IDF prepares for ground offensive in Gaza
While the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue to strike Hamas military targets across Gaza after the terror group’s brutal assault on southern Israel, the IDF is now preparing for a ground offensive....
October 13, 2023
Al-Qaeda’s North and West African branches respond to the Hamas-led invasion of Israel
In a joint statement released online, al-Qaeda’s branches in North Africa and West Africa, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), respectively,...
October 13, 2023
Israel’s Outside-the-Box Options
Excerpt No one needs to lecture the Israel Defense Forces on the difficulties a large-scale ground incursion into Gaza will entail. As the IDF knows all too well from a number of major operations over...
October 13, 2023
Lax Sanctions Enforcement Has Yielded a Windfall for Iran
Hamas’ horrific attack on Israel has prompted a debate within Washington about U.S. policy toward Hamas’ top external patron—and the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism—the ...
October 13, 2023
How the Pentagon can help Israel now
Following Hamas’ horrific terror attack on Israel this past Saturday, the Biden administration has moved quickly to send Israel weapons and strengthen U.S. military posture in...
October 13, 2023
America’s Middle East Imperative: Contain Iran
When the warriors of Hamas broke out of their fiefdom in Gaza to kill and kidnap Israelis, a historic failure of imagination came painfully into view. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s...
October 13, 2023
Report from the Gaza Front: A New Playbook
I spent the first days of the war on the Gaza border, mostly near Kibbutz Zikim. On the fifth day, October 11, I went to the Gaza border city of Sderot and spent time in the community, speaking with locals...
October 13, 2023
Israeli Intelligence Failed, But So Did Hamas
It’s now clear that a rare Israeli intelligence failure enabled the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas to overrun the border and carry out the coordinated and bloody assault that claimed more...
October 12, 2023
False hope and fracture kept Israel from seeing Hamas’ evil plan
In the aftermath of the Hamas terrorist attack that left 1,300 dead, Israelis are shocked and saddened. A war is imminent, and Hamas is not likely to survive it. But when the dust settles, there...
October 12, 2023
To Support Israel, We Must Reverse Course on Iran
When adversaries tell you what they want, it is best to believe them. For decades, the regime in Iran and its terrorist proxies like Hamas loudly demanded, “Death to Israel. Death to America.” The...
October 12, 2023
What Americans Need to Know about the Next War
lobal disorder is growing rapidly even as domestic political support for the post-war order that America’s power underwrote is diminishing. The prospect of a direct war between two or more of the world’s...
October 12, 2023
Why Did Hamas Go All-In?
Israel is at war. The time for investigating the events with which it started will come. Tough questions will need to be answered: Where was the intelligence warning and why was Israel not prepared to...
October 12, 2023
The Miscalculation of Hamas
Hamas came at dawn and murdered with abandon. It had the element of surprise. Israel was unprepared. This was unprecedented. Israel’s security barrier breached; Israeli communities and military...
October 12, 2023
Canada must secure the release of hostages without funding Hamas
“I hear them coming. I don’t know what will happen.” These were among the final words of Canadian-Israeli dual national Vivian Silver, sent to a friend via text message on Saturday, as members...
October 12, 2023
The Threat of Hezbollah Joining Hamas and Why Israel and the US Should be Prepared
Long before Hamas captured a string of towns in southern Israel, gunning down residents or taking them as hostages, Hezbollah planned to launch a similar attack in the north. Hamas is a Palestinian organization...
October 12, 2023
Point: United States Must Stand by Israel in Its Hour of Need
Last weekend, the world watched with horror as hundreds of Hamas terrorists breached Israeli territory to slaughter Israeli civilians. They killed no fewer than 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped more...
October 12, 2023
Was Biden’s Speech as Pro-Israel as You Think?
There is only one word that mattered in President Joe Biden’s remarks on the terrorist attack on Israel—and it was a word he didn’t say. For those who care about actual U.S. policy rather than...
October 12, 2023
Will Iran Goad Hezbollah Into War with Israel?
Excerpt On Wednesday, air raid sirens forced thousands in northern Israel into bomb shelters. It turned out to be a false alarm, but the fears were warranted. While Israel contends with Hamas to...
October 12, 2023
Erdogan’s love for Hamas threatens Israel
While the vast majority of Turkey’s Western allies were quick to condemn Hamas’s vicious terrorist attacks in Israel, Ankara took an ambiguous approach. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a day after...
October 12, 2023
Iran wanted Saudi Arabia to drop Israel — but failed miserably
At first glance, Thursday’s first-ever phone call between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi might suggest the two predominantly Muslim nations...
October 11, 2023
Shabaab celebrates Hamas-led invasion of Israel, calls people to jihad
Joining other al-Qaeda branches around the world, Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, expressed jubilation for the Hamas-led invasion of Israel in a new statement. Shabaab thus joins al-Qaeda’s...
October 11, 2023
Other Iraqi groups, figures join the fray warning the United States against support for Israel
The chorus continues to grow of various Iranian-backed groups and individuals entering the fray to openly threaten the United States over its support for Israel’s counter-attack against Palestinian militants. Hadi...
October 11, 2023
Another Iraqi Shia militia threatens the United States over involvement in Israel
Hezbollah Brigades, an Iranian proxy that operates primarily in Iraq but also in Syria, has joined the chorus of so-called ‘Islamic Resistance’ groups in issuing threats against the United States as...
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