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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...
February 8, 2024
Don’t reward Erdogan
After holding the NATO alliance hostage for nearly two years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally agreed to allow Sweden to join the trans-Atlantic alliance. Washington and other NATO...
February 8, 2024
How actually to compete with China
Fifteen years ago, the federal government poured $535 million into a California-based solar module innovator, Solyndra. That’s a lot of money. In today’s money, it would be enough to cover...
February 8, 2024
Part I – Hezbollah’s narrative on Al-Aqsa Flood: Tailored to appeal to specific Western sensibilities
Part one in a three-part series. “How will I conquer this beleaguered one? He possesses courage, ingenuity, resourcefulness, and tools of war.’ And then he said, ‘I’ll not rob his strength,...
February 8, 2024
As Israel aims for more ‘focused’ operations in Gaza, key questions remain for endgame
JERUSALEM — Israel’s former Defense Minister Benny Gantz said earlier this week that Israeli operations in Gaza will become more “focused” in the future, following months of aerial bombardment...
February 8, 2024
Hamas stronghold in Gaza’s Rafah is key to its survival – analysis
Hamas has been defeated in many parts of the Gaza strip. This is particularly true in terms of Hamas battalions, the organizational tactical level unit that it has used to control areas in Gaza. Of 24...
February 8, 2024
Meet the Israeli tank unit that led the way into Gaza
Master Sergeant Dar Cohen was at home on Friday, October 6. It was Shabbat, and like most Israelis, he was expecting a normal Simchat Torah holiday over the weekend. However, on the morning of October...
February 8, 2024
Target: Kataib Hezbollah – why the latest US airstrike is a gamechanger
US Central Command said on Wednesday evening that it conducted a strike, killing a leader of the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah. It happened on a busy street in Baghdad, and a car was seen in flames...
February 8, 2024
US Congress’ COFA Delay Jeopardizes a Key Element of the ’Free and Open Indo-Pacific’
The U.S. government concluded COFA renewal talks with Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands in 2023. Months later, Congress has yet to approve the funding...
February 8, 2024
The UN agency that’s supposed to aid Palestinian refugees has only made things worse
A growing bipartisan group of legislators is calling to permanently end American taxpayer support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency amid accusations that it took part in the Oct....
February 8, 2024
Israel attempts to assassinate two high-ranking Hezbollah commanders in south Lebanon
On Thursday evening, at approximately 4:30 PM local time, media outlets began reporting on a possible Israeli drone strike in south Lebanon. The details of the strike were slightly unusual. The strike...
February 8, 2024
Iranian-backed Bahraini militias eulogize killed Hezbollah Brigades commander
In a joint statement, Saraya al-Ashtar and Saraya Wa’ad Allah, both Iranian-backed militias in the island Kingdom of Bahrain, sent their condolences to the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades – itself an Iranian...
February 8, 2024
Ukraine’s Hold on Avdiivka Slipping
A Ukrainian military spokesman confirmed today that Russian troops have pressed into northern Avdiivka, a small city in southeastern Ukraine that has been on the front line since 2014. While...
February 7, 2024
The truth of Biden’s ‘revenge’ on Iran
Nearly 72 hours out from President Joe Biden's retaliatory strikes against Iranian-backed militias, who killed Americas and we're left asking: was that it? ...
February 7, 2024
Israel ‘peeling off layers’ of Hamas in Gaza
Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi visited northern Gaza on February 6 and met with IDF commanders and soldiers. He said Israel was continuing to “advance” in the Gaza strip. He also said there is...
February 7, 2024
Close Down UNRWA
Last week, Australian foreign minister Penny Wong indicated that Canberra may soon resume government funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East...
February 7, 2024
U.S. strike eliminates key Kata’ib Hezbollah commander
A U.S. drone strike in the Iraqi capital killed Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) commander Wissam Muhammed Saber, who was “directly planning and participating in attacks” on American troops in the...
February 6, 2024
The Middle East could get even uglier, with Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah ready to wage war on Israel
A brutal war is looming between the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah and Israel. The Iran-backed radicals began firing anti-tank missiles and drones at Israel Oct. 8, one day after Hamas carried...
February 6, 2024
Tyrants and expendable migrants: Dictators play with people’s lives to gain leverage
Illegal immigration through the U.S.-Mexican border is at an all-time high, straining public resources and fueling political tension in the United States. Much of what moves migrants to undertake the...
February 6, 2024
Israel’s war cabinet charts next steps in Gaza
Israeli political leadership says it is beginning to see signs of victory in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told troops on February 5 that 75% of Hamas battalions have been defeated in...
February 6, 2024
As US, Iran trade blows, Afghans and Kurds in Syria may pay price
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq targeted US forces in Jordan on January 27, killing three Americans; the US responded this past Friday, striking 85 targets in Iraq and Syria. Many of the targets were empty...
February 6, 2024
Can US airpower stop the threats in Yemen, Iraq and Syria?
US Central Command has said that the United States carried out airstrikes on two Houthi drone boats on Monday, the latest in numerous US-UK strikes against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. The Houthis...
February 6, 2024
Iranian media lifts veil on Iran’s kamikaze drone program
Iranian pro-government Tasnim News published an important, long article on Tuesday detailing the history and extent of Iran’s kamikaze drone program. The aircrafts are known as “one-way”...
February 5, 2024
US presence in the Middle East at a critical junction
Ever since oil was first found in Persia (now Iran) in 1908, and later in Saudi Arabia (1938), the US has steadily increased its interest and presence in the region, even after the US has become energy...
February 5, 2024
Here’s how to help solve Ukraine’s drone shortage problem
Drones and other unmanned systems are a “central driver” of the Russia-Ukraine war, Kyiv’s top general observed in an op-ed published this month. In terms of battlefield innovation, Ukraine’s...
February 5, 2024
Hezbollah rocket fire continues as US, French diplomats arrive in region
Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Hezbollah about further escalation along Israel’s northern border on February 4 during his visit to the Tel Nof airbase in central Israel. “Each attack...
February 4, 2024
Understanding the Hezbollah threat, by the numbers
Israel is now focused on the threat from Hezbollah, which has fired more than 2,000 rockets and dozens of anti-tank guided missiles and drones at Israel from October 8 to January 9. The Hezbollah...
February 4, 2024
US airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthis shows resilience
A series of important airstrikes on the evening of February 3 targeted the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen. These are one of a series of rounds of airstrikes over the past month that are intended...
February 4, 2024
Biden response strikes only a distraction unless they target, destroy top Iranian military leaders, capabilities
Iran-backed terrorist proxies recently killed three American soldiers and wounded more than 40. After a week of publicly telegraphing their plans to strike back, the Biden administration over the...
February 3, 2024
Why are Iran and its proxies unlikely to be deterred by US strikes?
Iranian pro-government media attempted to ignore the US airstrikes on pro-Iran militias that took place over the weekend. Even though the US struck half a dozen sites with dozens of munitions,...
February 2, 2024
Don’t Forget the Other U.N. Scandal in the Middle East
The bar is high in the competition for worst U.N. scandal. Sexual abuse and exploitation by peacekeepers across Africa? Killing thousands with cholera by polluting the Haitian water supply? Disturbing...
February 2, 2024
This man is Israel’s face and voice to the Arabic-speaking world
On the evening of October 17, ten days after Hamas launched its massive genocidal attack on Israel, there was an explosion in the parking lot of a hospital in Gaza City. Within an hour, a number of media...
February 2, 2024
Should America strike back at Iran?
There’s no denying Iran’s proxy forces are great value for money. The regime’s support for its allied militias, including the Lebanese Hizbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, probably doesn’t exceed...
February 2, 2024
Islamic State describes intense campaign against Shabaab in northern Somalia
In the latest issue of the Islamic State’s weekly Al-Naba newsletter, the global jihadist organization describes in detail a fierce campaign its so-called Somali Province waged against Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s...
February 2, 2024
U.S. strikes target IRGC and affiliated militias in Iraq and Syria
U.S. airstrikes targeted sites in Iraq and Syria belonging to the IRGC and Iranian-backed militias. The strikes are a response to the killing and wounding of American soldiers in Jordan on Jan....
February 1, 2024
Israel’s Day in Court and the Future of Unrwa
Regarding your editorial “The U.N.’s War on Israel” (Dec. 27): The International Court of Justice’s provisional order entirely ignored Hamas’s use of human shields and how that has increased...
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