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September 19, 2024 How Mao is Outsmarting Madison in American K-12 Classrooms In a legislative blitz last week, the House of Representatives passed 25 bills to counter Beijing’s growing influence and protect Americans from threats associated with everything... September 18, 2024 International donors are complicit in Hamas’ presence in Gaza – and key to its demise In late August the Israel Defense Forces carried out a precision airstrike on gunmen who had sought to hijack an aid convoy. The IDF said it had targeted a vehicle in a convoy that was full of armed men.... September 18, 2024 Iran Is Using Foreign Islamic Centers to Spread Terror and Hatred; the World Must Close Them Last month, Germany announced that it would deport Mohammed Mofatteh, the former director of Hamburg’s Shi’a Islamic Center, which local authorities had ordered shut down five weeks earlier for propagating extremism, and for its financial links to Hezbollah. ... September 18, 2024 Al Qaeda strikes the Malian capital The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s West African branch, claimed responsibility for a coordinated assault in Mali’s capital city of Bamako yesterday. The attack comes as JNIM... September 18, 2024 Why Hezbollah’s pager op. losses could lead to new phase of war Tuesday marked the largest single-day loss for Hezbollah in the 11 months of its conflict with Israel, which began when it attacked the North on October 8. This has also taken the largest toll on the organization... September 18, 2024 From chaos to fear: Hezbollah’s dilemma On Tuesday, Hezbollah faced an unprecedented challenge as thousands of pagers it had acquired for its members began exploding across Lebanon, Syria, and other places. These explosions killed... September 18, 2024 IDF prepares for possible Hezbollah escalation after pager op in Lebanon The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deployed in northern Israel are at “peak readiness” amid growing tensions with Hezbollah, the commander of the IDF’s Northern Command said on September 18. Major General... September 18, 2024 Hamas is an idea They say you can’t kill an idea. Who are they? Quite a few people mouth this bromide but let’s focus for a moment on Josep Borrell, the European Union’s top diplomat. A 77-year-old Spanish socialist,... September 18, 2024 Egypt’s Self-Made Crisis The Philadelphi Corridor remains a key source of tension in current Israel–Hamas cease-fire negotiations. Israel insists that it must retain control of the territory... September 18, 2024 Orienting Economic Statecraft for China’s Military-Civil Fusion: LiDAR in the Field In 2015, China updated the concept of “military-civil fusion” to national strategy. Over the past five years, the United States national security apparatus has been trying to catch up to... September 17, 2024 Talk of US Iraq withdrawal is disconnected from ISIS threat The bulk of U.S. forces will depart Iraq over the next two years, leaving only a residual force in the semiautonomous region of Kurdistan to provide security to Iraqi Kurds and sustain U.S.... September 17, 2024 Iran rallies proxy groups and allies to vote against Israel ahead of UN speech Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian is heading to New York to attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Prior to his departure, the Iranian regime was seeking to... September 17, 2024 Hezbollah’s worst nightmare: Chaos in its ranks Hezbollah is known as a disciplined group. Highly trained, the group invests heavily in its recruits. It is not known to waste them as cannon fodder. It views itself as an elite organization, and... September 17, 2024 Why Israel is shifting focus to returning evacuees to the North Israel’s Security Cabinet updated the objectives of the war to include “returning the residents of the North securely to their homes.” This comes two weeks after Israel’s defense minister... September 17, 2024 Iran’s Assassination Plots Against Jews Persist Despite the West’s Leniency on Regime The French police recently charged a French-Algerian dual citizen and his partner for allegedly conspiring to assassinate Israelis and Jews in Paris, Munich, and Berlin — all at the behest... September 17, 2024 Large-scale attack targets Hezbollah fighters In what appears to be the most extensive breach of Hezbollah’s communication system by the State of Israel, pagers assigned to members of the Lebanese group exploded on September 17, injuring... September 17, 2024 IDF rotates reserve infantry brigade to Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor In a deployment type that has become routine, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) moved the 5th Brigade, a reserve infantry unit, into the Netzarim Corridor, the IDF said on September 16. It’s part... September 17, 2024 The Abraham Accords are not about Palestinians Many pundits blame the Abraham Accords for throwing Palestinians under the bus, arguing that peace between Arabs and Israel enraged Palestinians and set the stage for Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel ... September 16, 2024 Israel inches closer to decision on northern operation against Hezbollah Amos Hochstein, a senior advisor to President Joe Biden, held meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant on September 16. The meetings happened... September 16, 2024 US and Iraqi forces kill Islamic State leaders The US military and Iraqi Security Forces killed four Islamic State (IS) leaders during an August 29 raid in western Iraq that resulted in the wounding of seven American soldiers. One of the IS leaders... September 16, 2024 How Israel Lost a Battle to Al Jazeera — and How It Must Do Better Next Time ... September 16, 2024 On Abraham Accords anniversary, Iran pushes Gulf ties Iran’s new Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi is pushing for closer ties with the Gulf countries, according to Iranian state media on Monday6. This push comes on the four-year... September 16, 2024 The Houthi missile attack is Iran’s latest move The Houthi missile attack on Israel on Sunday was an important move for the Iranian regime. The attack was part of Iran’s overall war against Israel in the region, using its proxies, and not... September 16, 2024 ‘Carry a Quran With a Knife’: How Growing Extremism Threatens Jordan – and Its Security Partnership With Israel Maher al-Jazi, a truck driver and former member of Jordan’s military police, shot and killed three Israeli security officers September 8 at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan. Agreement... September 15, 2024 Houthis claim ‘hypersonic’ missile used in Israel attack. What are hypersonic missiles? The Iranian-backed Houthi group claimed on Sunday to have launched a hypersonic ballistic missile at Israel. While there is no evidence that the claim is accurate, it is clear the Houthis managed... September 15, 2024 Five key challenges for Israel after latest Houthi missile attack The attack on Israel on September 15 by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen is another example of how Israel faces new and numerous threats during this long war that Hamas launched on October... September 15, 2024 Why isn’t Biden enforcing his own sanctions against Iran? The Biden administration periodically promulgates new sanctions against Iran and its proxies. That is a sound policy. But sanctions without enforcement are easy to circumvent. Case in point: Last... September 14, 2024 Now that the IDF has defeated Hamas in Rafah, what comes next? Over the last month, the IDF has cemented the defeat of the Rafah Brigade of Hamas. This is an important achievement and an example of how difficult defeating the terrorist group has become. Rafah... September 14, 2024 The Fundraising Shortcut Ripe for Abuse Did tax-exempt money help activists release maggots and mealworms on the Israeli prime minister’s delegation to Washington, DC, in late July? The perpetrators reportedly hailed from the Palestinian... September 13, 2024 Russia retakes some territory in the Kursk region “The Russians have begun counter-offensive actions” in Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday. Although information about Russia’s progress remains fragmentary,... September 13, 2024 Hezbollah’s Vengeance for Shukr was a propaganda exercise from start to Nasrallah’s speech Hezbollah’s promised retaliation for Fuad Shukr, its military commander assassinated by Israel on July 31, finally came this Sunday. But the great vengeance promised by Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah... September 13, 2024 IDF’s multi-front challenge: From Rafah to Lebanon The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) completely dismantled the Rafah Brigade of Hamas, the IDF said on September 12. The announcement came as Israel faced off against increasing attacks from Hezbollah in Lebanon.... September 13, 2024 Afghanistan and Gaza: Tragedy and farce Keen-eyed readers of this column will know that I am fond of occasionally quoting Karl Marx’s observation that history repeats itself, “the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” In those... September 12, 2024 Hamas On The Ropes: A Progress Report The Israel Defense Force (IDF) announced today, September 12, that the southern army of Hamas in Gaza, called the Rafah Brigade, had been dismantled ... September 12, 2024 Hamas murder of Israeli Hostages threatens Canadian interests Sobs pierced the air. At the recent funeral of 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem, his mother delivered a searing eulogy that captured the national trauma spurred by the murder of... September 12, 2024 Beijing Is Listening as Americans Threaten Taiwan We appreciate Elbridge Colby’s letter “The U.S. and Taiwan Must Change Course” (Sept. 3) responding to our op-ed “Can Taiwan Count on the U.S. if Trump Wins?” (Aug. 29). Mr. Colby, whom... September 11, 2024 In Ukraine, Time To Call Putin’s Bluff on Using Western-Made Missiles Inside Russia The British foreign secretary, David Lammy, and his American counterpart, Antony Blinken, are visiting Kyiv today to discuss potentially lifting the existing restrictions for Ukraine to use Western-made long-range missiles inside Russia... September 11, 2024 After 9/11, We Went to War Against the Terrorists. The Terrorists Won. TWENTY-THREE YEARS AGO TODAY, al Qaeda, supported by their Taliban allies, murdered nearly 3,000 Americans. In response, the United States not only invaded Iraq and Afghanistan but also sent combat troops... September 11, 2024 IDF targets Hezbollah’s Radwan Force commander The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted an airstrike on a Hezbollah commander in the group’s elite Radwan Force, the IDF said on September 10. Mohammad Qassem Al-Sha’a was targeted in the town of... September 11, 2024 Iranian President Pezeshkian’s visit to Iraq boosts economic ties and diplomacy The new Iranian president is leading a high-ranking delegation to Iraq this week. President Masoud Pezeshkian began a three-day visit to Iraq on Wednesday morning, according to Iranian state... September 11, 2024 What does Hezbollah hope to achieve with its war of attrition? This week, just like the last few weeks, Hezbollah continued its attacks. The Iranian-backed terrorist group knows that it must keep up the pressure because Iran is closely monitoring the Gaza... September 11, 2024 Twenty-three years into the long war Twenty-three years ago, on the sunny morning of Sept. 11, 2001, close to 3,000 people were murdered on American soil by 19 terrorists. I knew two of the victims. One was working in the World Trade Center.... September 10, 2024 How to Give Americans Back Control of Their Digital Identities Our digital infrastructure is becoming more vulnerable. A single cyberattack on Ticketmaster exposed data from over 500 million customers. Chinese state-affiliated hackers secretly accessed email... September 10, 2024 IDF focuses on eliminating Hamas commanders The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted an airstrike targeting three Hamas commanders who had moved their operations to the humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip, the IDF said on September 10. Hours later,... September 10, 2024 Don’t over-concentrate US forces in the Middle East US military bases in the Persian Gulf confront two problems. The first is the growing missile and drone capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The other is that some Arab partners restrict the Pentagon’s... September 10, 2024 Turkey’s ‘Islamic’ offensive against Israel grows as Gaza war rages Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been one of the most outspoken anti-Israel voices in the world since the October 7 massacre. Not only did Ankara not condemn the terrorist attack, it... September 10, 2024 Israel faces surge in security incidents as threats rise on all fronts Three Israelis were killed by a terrorist at the Allenby Bridge crossing on Sunday. The next day, 13 suspects were detained on the Trans-Israel Highway (Highway 6) in a security incident. One of the... September 10, 2024 Egypt Has Violated Its Peace Treaty With Israel. It Must Face Consequences Is Egypt in violation of its 1979 peace treaty with Israel? It would appear so. In 1979, Egypt made history as the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel, building on a set of two foundational... September 9, 2024 Analysis of IAEA Iran Verification and Monitoring Report – August 2024 This report summarizes and assesses information in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) quarterly report, dated August 29, 2024, Verification and monitoring in the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of United Nations Security Council resolution 2231 (2015), including Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). ... September 9, 2024 Qatar Must Extradite a Hamas Terrorist Excerpt Following the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in late July, Hamas’s de facto foreign minister Khaled Meshal was the presumed frontrunner in the contest for...

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