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February 22, 2024
Kurdish solidarity delegation from Germany visits Israel
The October 7 massacre has led to an outpouring of solidarity with the Jewish victims and Israel among some groups. For instance, Kurdish people in the Middle East have suffered the same types...
February 22, 2024
Can pro-Palestinian activism recover after embracing Hamas?
Following the Hamas October 7 attack on Israel, there has been an outpouring of support for Hamas in the West. Much of this support takes the form of various types of protests that have hijacked...
February 22, 2024
What Biden must do to punish Putin for Navalny’s murder
Russian President Vladimir Putin has in the last two years caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people, from innocent civilians in Ukraine to the poorly trained conscripts he uses as cannon fodder...
February 21, 2024
Hezbollah increases attacks on northern Israel
Hezbollah in Lebanon launched rockets and an anti-tank missile at Israel on February 21. Sirens sounded in Metula in the eastern Galilee of northern Israel beginning in the early afternoon. Metula is one...
February 21, 2024
Murder in the Gulag
While Tucker Carlson was marveling over the opulence of Moscow’s subways, Alexei Navalny died in the “Polar Wolf” prison camp in northern Siberia. Mr. Navalny was Russia’s most prominent dissident,...
February 20, 2024
Supporting Ukraine and Israel Will Help Deter Aggression Around the World
The U.S. Senate voted 70-29 last week to approve more than $95 billion in assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The bill’s fate in the House of Representatives remains uncertain....
February 20, 2024
Jihadi History: Al-Qaeda’s failed mobilization efforts in Central African Republic
In early 2014, when observers and researchers were sounding the alarm about a potential genocide in the Central African Republic (CAR), al-Qaeda attempted to throw itself into the ring by trying...
February 20, 2024
Israeli Air Force struck 31,000 targets in four months of war
The Israeli Air Force has struck 31,000 targets on multiple fronts since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas, according to new data released by the IDF. The report, which covers everything from...
February 20, 2024
‘The month of Rafah’: Will Israel’s talk lead to defeating Hamas in Gaza?
The month of February 2024 should be remembered as the month of “Rafah,” considering all the talk and focus on the southern Gaza City that has gone on so far. This area along the Egyptian...
February 20, 2024
Hezbollah Terror Plot in Brazil
Excerpt This article examines a thwarted Hezbollah terror plot targeting Jewish sites in Brazil,orchestrated by two Brazilian nationals of Middle Eastern descent, facilitated byHezbollah’s shift in...
February 20, 2024
Hezbollah’s threats to northern Israel: The evolution of drone warfare
On Monday, February 19, a drone carrying explosives struck a field near Arbel in northern Israel. This is around 30 kilometers from the Lebanon border, which meant the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had...
February 20, 2024
IDF shifts forces as rocket threat is reduced in Gaza
Israel continues to withdraw reserve units that were part of the ground operation in Gaza. The 646th Reserve Brigade had been fighting in the Gaza Strip for several months, the IDF said in a statement...
February 19, 2024
The ICJ’s New Chief Judge Has a History of Bias Against Israel
Excerpt The proceedings at the International Court of Justice are even more of a travesty than Israel’s defenders realize. The court began hearings Monday on meritless claims that international law...
February 19, 2024
Iran claims to add two new ‘stealth’ ships to IRGC Navy
Iran held a ceremony recently to mark the addition of two new patrol ships, the Shahid Sayad Shirazi and Shahid Bagheri ships, to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy. Iran has two...
February 19, 2024
Russia’s worrisome invite to Hamas, PIJ and its implications
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said over the weekend that Russia invited Palestinian factions to meet in Moscow at some point in late February, the latest Russian move to increase...
February 19, 2024
How the US can ground Iran’s ‘terrorist airlines’
The Biden administration has a unique opportunity to step up its campaign against anti-American regimes in Venezuela, Iran and Nicaragua. Recent actions demonstrate that serious application...
February 18, 2024
Can Hamas recruit more terrorists amid surmounting losses in Gaza?
On Friday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant shared further details about the 12 UNRWA employees accused of participating in the October 7 attack on Israel. The details are important because they...
February 18, 2024
Ending Dependence on Russia’s Nuclear Sector
Nearly two years after Russia invaded Ukraine, Russia’s state-run nuclear conglomerate, the Rosatom Corporation, raked in $14 billion dollars in annual revenue in 2023. U.S. and European purchases...
February 17, 2024
Deceptive normalcy: A border town with a front-row seat to the Gaza carnage
The border of Gaza today is green, and farm equipment tills the fields on Israel’s side. The pastoral scene is a stark change from four months ago after Hamas militants’ rampaging...
February 17, 2024
Part III – Hezbollah’s narrative on Al-Aqsa Flood: Tailored to appeal to specific Western sensibilities
Final in a three-part series. You can read part one here, and part two here. Sanitizing the Resistance Axis and its Objectives ...
February 17, 2024
Iran pushes threats from Yemen to Lebanon
Iran continues to push its proxies to increase their threats from Hezbollah in Lebanon to the Houthis in Yemen. A new report on 60 Minutes, for instance, includes statements by the commander of the US 5th Fleet that Iran is actively advising the Houthis in their attacks...
February 17, 2024
Trailblazers: IDF’s engineers transform the North
The Upper Galilee in winter is far removed from the peace and tranquility of the coastal plain near Haifa and Tel Aviv. The area along the Lebanese border has been under daily rocket attacks since October...
February 17, 2024
Turkey is a sanctuary for terrorism financing
Since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks against Israel, much of the international focus on Turkey has centered on its patronage of Hamas. Along with Qatar and Iran, Turkey provides the terrorist...
February 16, 2024
The Taiwan Catastrophe
Washington and its allies face many potential geopolitical catastrophes over the next decade, but nearly all pale in comparison to what would ensue if China annexed or invaded Taiwan. Such an outcome,...
February 16, 2024
America must wake up to Putin’s lies
Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia may have sputtered, but it has not died. Ukrainians are willing to fight for their freedom, but they need weapons and ammunition to do so. Whereas...
February 16, 2024
California teachers caught sharing pro-Hamas propaganda
On campuses, numerous pro-Palestinian groups celebrated the Oct. 7 massacre of 1,200 Israelis as an act of “resistance” while blaming Israel for the outbreak of violence. However, it...
February 15, 2024
Israel again contends with Hamas’ use of human shields in hospitals
The Israel Defense Forces is in control of most of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis following a difficult two-month battle against Hamas opposition therein. Khan Younis hosts an extensive tunnel network...
February 15, 2024
Israel’s deadly dance with Hezbollah has become a chess game
Israel carried out an airstrike in Lebanon on February 14 that eliminated “a senior commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces, his deputy commander, and an additional terrorist operative in...
February 14, 2024
Hackers are Taking Advantage of Gaps in U.S. Cybersecurity Policy
When you press the power button on your computer, it turns on because a specialized code called firmware turns this stimulus into a signal the computer can understand. Firmware is constantly at work because...
February 14, 2024
Iran media claims Hezbollah supplied with Iran’s ‘Almas’ missiles
Iranian pro-government Tasnim News said on February 14 that Hezbollah recently presented evidence that it is using the Iranian-made Almas anti-tank missile. The report says that Iran provided Hezbollah...
February 14, 2024
Deadly rocket attack in North shows Hezbollah undeterred
Deadly rocket fire targeting northern Israel on February 14 illustrates that Hezbollah is not deterred and is escalating attacks on Israel, seeking to target communities deeper inside the country....
February 14, 2024
Sinwar agonistes
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, mastermind behind the Oct. 7 invasion of Israel and the worst single-day slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, is believed to be lurking within the subterranean labyrinth that...
February 14, 2024
Does Hezbollah’s Silence Link the Attack on Safed to Israel’s Strike on Nabatiyeh?
Last Thursday, Israel reportedly attempted to assassinate two high-ranking Hezbollah members: Ali Karaki, identified by media outlets as a “Hezbollah military commander” but, more significantly, “the...
February 14, 2024
Rocket fire from Lebanon strikes IDF base
Several rockets fired from Lebanon on February 14 landed in the northern Israeli city of Safed, where the IDF’s Northern Command base is located, killing one soldier and wounding eight others....
February 14, 2024
Russia Wants Texas to Secede
Does the Kremlin really use psychological operations to sow chaos in America, or is that just the stuff of conspiracy theorists? Russia’s recent reaction to the crisis at the Texas border suggests the...
February 13, 2024
Lebanon is using Hezbollah to blackmail Israel on border talks
War once again looms between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah. After the last conflict between the two adversaries, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted Resolution 1701, which installed...
February 13, 2024
The Robust North Korea Sanctions Mirage
As a key component of its effort to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia, the Biden administration has sought to isolate Moscow...
February 13, 2024
Israeli forces renew efforts to solidify defeat of Hamas
The border of Gaza four months into the war is the quietist it has been since Hamas launched its attack on October 7. Many fields along the border where Israeli farmers often plowed right up to the fence...
February 13, 2024
Part II – Hezbollah’s narrative on Al-Aqsa Flood: Tailored to appeal to specific Western sensibilities
Increasing International Pressure on Israel ...
February 13, 2024
It’s Harder to do Business in China Now—and That’s a Good Thing
Among the multiplicity of risks facing the Chinese economy, such as a tumbling stock market, a failing real estate sector, high local indebtedness, and skyrocketing youth unemployment, the greatest...
February 12, 2024
A Palestinian Authority that rewards terrorism has no place in Gaza
The Biden administration wants a “revitalized” Palestinian Authority to take responsibility for postwar Gaza. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh just announced a plan to launch...
February 12, 2024
Israel rescues two hostages in Gaza raid
The Israel Defense Forces rescued two hostages in a raid into the southern Gaza city of Rafah on February 12. “This was a complex rescue operation under fire in the heart of Rafah, based on highly sensitive...
February 12, 2024
Why the EU Could Sanction Tucker Carlson
THE IDEA THAT THE EUROPEAN UNION may consider sanctioning Tucker Carlson for his interview with Vladimir Putin—first floated by Guy Verhofstadt, a liberal member of European...
February 11, 2024
What’s at stake for Israel, Hamas in Rafah showdown?
Rafah has now become a symbol of the war in Gaza after four months in which Israel has defeated most of the Hamas battalions in Gaza. This is because it is now an objective for Israel’s potential...
February 11, 2024
What is Iran’s strategy against Israel amid FM’s Middle East trips?
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is on a regional trip, visiting Lebanon and Syria over the weekend. He is also scheduled to arrive in Qatar. In Lebanon, he threatened Israel but...
February 9, 2024
Detect and destroy: The IDF unit protecting Israel from rockets
When rockets are fired at Israel by terrorist groups such as Hamas, the launches are detected, and the sound of sirens sends Israelis running to shelters. Since the war in Gaza began, more than 10,000...
February 9, 2024
Why India will face political and trade hurdles as long as Iran’s Islamic regime remains in power
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February 9, 2024
The inevitable war between Israel and Hezbollah
While the world remains focused on Gaza, a senior Israeli official recently claimed that the country stands “closer to war than ever” on its northern border, as an ongoing low intensity conflict heats up...
February 9, 2024
Hezbollah rocket barrages target northern Israel
Hezbollah targeted Israel with two barrages of rockets on Feb. 9. The rocket fire by the Iranian-backed terrorist group in Lebanon has taken place every day during the week of Feb. 5-9. Israeli soldiers...
February 9, 2024
Rafah in Israel’s sights as next Gaza moves loom
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that Israel will target the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the last major area held by Hamas in Gaza. “It is impossible to achieve the goal of the war...
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