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January 4, 2024
Israel Shifts Tactics in Gaza
Three months into the war in Gaza ,with the defeat of most of the Hamas battalions in northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is preparing for a new phase of fighting. The new phase will focus on...
January 3, 2024
Israel prepares for escalation as fighting continues in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces were on a “high state of readiness in all arenas,” IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on the evening of January 2, after deputy Hamas leader Saleh...
January 3, 2024
Iranian media vows retaliation to Israeli killing of Saleh al-Arouri
Pro-Iranian media in the Middle East have reacted to the killing of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri. The reactions run the gamut from claims that the killing will not go “unpunished” to claims...
January 3, 2024
How Israel’s alleged assassination of al-Arouri ends an era for Hamas
The killing of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut is a game changing event and represents the end of an era for his Hamas organization. For decades Hamas has enjoyed growing impunity...
January 3, 2024
Houthi terrorists meet Iranian officials, coordinate Middle East policy
A Houthi official met with the Iranians this week, according to Houthi-linked media in Yemen. Mohammad Abdul Salam, who is the head of the Iran-backed Houthi negotiating delegation, met with...
January 3, 2024
Were terrorists behind the explosions in Iran?
Iranian pro-government media have claimed that more than 70 people were killed and 170 injured due to “two terrorist explosions” near Kerman’s “Martyr’s Cemetery” on January 3. The...
January 3, 2024
Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and Ethiopia join BRICS, doubling membership
Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt all joined BRICS, an economic group that has increasing clout in the region, earlier this week. BRICS already includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South...
January 3, 2024
Saudi Arabia: The Chimera of A Grand Alliance
Even alliances between countries that share similar cultures and rich, intersecting histories can be acrimonious. France and Israel, for example, provoke vivid and contradictory sentiments for many Americans....
January 3, 2024
13 countries threaten Houthis with military response if attacks against shipping continue
An international coalition of 13 countries said that the Iranian-backed Houthis with “will bear the responsibility of the consequences” if the militia continues to attack ships passing through the...
January 3, 2024
All the Ayatollah’s men
Forty-five years ago this month, a revolution was underway in Iran. It was called an Iranian revolution but its leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had a more ambitious project in mind: the founding of...
January 2, 2024
What China may have learned from Pearl Harbor
The best way to defeat an enemy is never to let it get to the battlefield in the first place. Japan tried to do that to the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor in 1941. No doubt Beijing will...
January 2, 2024
Israel shifts operations in Gaza, seeks to return Israeli civilians to border towns
The new year has seen Israel shifting its forces in Gaza, bringing some troops home and moving others to new areas of operations in Gaza. As Hamas battalions have mostly been defeated in northern Gaza,...
January 2, 2024
Shabaab says it rejects Red Sea access deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland
Shabaab, through its official spokesman Ali Mohamud Rage, vehemently rejected a recent agreement signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland. The landmark deal gives Ethiopia access...
January 2, 2024
Iran stations warship in Red Sea as US aircraft carrier leaves Middle East
Iran’s Alborz warship has passed through the Bab al-Mandab Strait and entered the Red Sea, the country’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday. Iranian warships have...
January 2, 2024
Hamas deputy leader killed in suspected Israeli airstrike in Lebanon
Hamas deputy leader Salih al-Aruri, one of the founders of the Qassam Bridges – Hamas’ so-called military wing – was killed in an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. While the Israelis have...
January 2, 2024
Despite significant losses in Gaza, Hamas has yet to unleash an ace up its sleeve
Since the beginning of the Oct. 7 war against Hamas and its allies in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have not slowed down their efforts to destroy the groups. Numerous leaders from assorted...
January 1, 2024
Hamas’s 2024 New Year’s rocket fire signals war not over
Hamas claimed responsibility for the rocket barrage fired at Israel that occurred just after midnight, as people were ringing in the New Year. Hamas rocket fire had lessened last week, making...
December 31, 2023
New Year, new strategy: How will Iran shift threats to Israel?
Iran has been dictating the tempo of the conflict against Israel for more than a year. It began in the fall of 2022 to heat up threats in the West Bank using Palestinian Islamic Jihad. After...
December 31, 2023
IDF combat engineers, bulldozers: A key weapon in the Gaza war
On October 7, Hamas terrorists attacked dozens of points along the border with Gaza. They broke through the security fence and massacred people in Israeli communities. It took days of fighting to...
December 30, 2023
IDF ‘Ghost’ unit uses new tech to fight Hamas in Gaza
Israel’s new multi-dimensional “Ghost” unit is active in Gaza fighting terrorists using the latest technology. This past week, The Jerusalem Post had a chance to spend an afternoon with the unit...
December 30, 2023
Airstrikes target Iranian militia sites in Eastern Syria
Three airstrikes targeted terrorists in the al-Boukamal region of eastern Syria Saturday morning, killing four members of Lebanese Hezbollah, and two members of Iraqi militia groups. The target...
December 29, 2023
New Jersey man arrested for attempting to join Shabaab, inspired by support of Hamas
The U.S. Department of Justice has arrested an American citizen living in Egypt, who traveled to Kenya to join Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, in the wake of Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 terror...
December 29, 2023
Hamas headquarters in northern Gaza destroyed, IDF strikes Hezbollah
The IDF destroyed a Hamas headquarters in northern Gaza. The command center, which was located within a tunnel network, had electricity and other amenities, illustrating the extensive and sophistication...
December 28, 2023
Will Iran escalate the conflict against Israel, US in the Middle East?
Iran is trying to manage the conflict against Israel in much the same way Israel sought to “manage” the conflict in Gaza over the last decade. What this means is that Iran seeks to bring the war to...
December 28, 2023
Why is Hamas worried about the October 7 narrative of Iran, Hezbollah?
Hamas put out two denials this week about October 7, both of which raised eyebrows. Neither of the Hamas statements denies its crimes on October 7; rather, it is proud of how it massacred civilians and...
December 28, 2023
As Hezbollah Escalates | Israel Should Consider a Ground Invasion of Lebanon
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December 28, 2023
IDF shares findings from hostage shooting investigation as Hezbollah continues escalatory attacks
Hezbollah continued to escalate attacks on Israel on December 28, targeting border communities across the northern Galilee and launching a drone at Israel. The IDF said that a drone caused sirens to sound...
December 28, 2023
Network of Iraqi militias claim responsibility for attack in Israel
The “Islamic Resistance in Iraq,” a network of Iranian proxies, front groups, and other pro-Iranian actors claimed responsibility for attacking an undisclosed target in the southern Golan...
December 27, 2023
Biden needs to strike back hard against Houthis to protect Red Sea — and US influence
Iran is on the offensive. On the day after Christmas, in the space of just 10 hours, US forces in the Red Sea had to shoot down 12 suicide drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two ballistic...
December 27, 2023
Israel-Hamas war: The dangers of an IDF strategy shift in Gaza
Reports this weekend swarmed with headlines that Israel is continuing to consider a strategy shift in Gaza, with the focus on the transition to “low intensity” warfare. Israel has already churned...
December 27, 2023
Iran saw slain IRGC commander as key to regional strategy
Iran and its proxies have put out a plethora of statements about slain Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officer Razi Mousavi. He was killed on Monday in Damascus. Since then Iran’s regime and its...
December 27, 2023
Iraqi government ‘condemns’ retaliatory U.S. airstrikes on Hezbollah Brigades
Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani condemned the three U.S. airstrikes that targeted Iranian-backed Hezbollah Brigades facilities on Dec. 26 and described the U.S. actions as “a clear...
December 27, 2023
Jihadis continue to target civilians in western Uganda
On Christmas day, at least three people were burned alive in western Uganda by militants from the local Islamic State affiliate. The assault marks just the latest attack from jihadis in western Uganda. Men...
December 27, 2023
The Hezbollah Threat Looms Large Over Israel
The sheer brutality of the Hamas attacks of October 7 shocked decent people around the world. Israelis were deeply shaken by the stunning intelligence failure and the Jewish state’s inability to protect...
December 27, 2023
Hezbollah increases attacks, IDF expands Gaza operations
Israel is facing threats on multiple fronts, Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on December 26. The multi-front war is one that Iran has been seeking to bring to Israel’s borders for...
December 27, 2023
Restoring deterrence
The coming of a New Year is an appropriate time for retrospection. I’ve been thinking about December 2001. Like many Americans, I was traumatized by the horrific images of the September 11 attacks. And...
December 26, 2023
How the US can push back against authoritarianism in China and beyond
Government officials and anti-corruption activists from more than 180 countries met this month in Atlanta for the 10th annual conference on the U.N. Convention Against Corruption. With the world’s anti-corruption...
December 26, 2023
The U.N. Piles On Israel
Regarding your editorial “Hamas’s Friends at the United Nations” (Dec. 20): The current conflict has demonstrated how dangerous it is that utterly biased officials can use the imprimatur of the U.N....
December 26, 2023
America is only as secure as its least-secure drone
Recent reports of China’s People’s Liberation Army hackers infiltrating into the networks and systems of dozens of critical U.S. infrastructure facilities — power plants, transportation...
December 26, 2023
Hezbollah attack kills IDF soldier as Israel consolidates control in Gaza
Hezbollah attacks in northern Israel killed an Israeli soldier on December 22 after a December 21 escalation in which Hezbollah carried out an anti-tank missile attack on Avivim in northern Israel....
December 26, 2023
Israeli airstrike eliminates key Iranian general in Syria
The curse of taking a photo with Soleimani claims another victim. Reza Mousawi, a high-ranking IRGC official was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Damascus today. pic.twitter.com/bPcYKj9ea4— Joe...
December 26, 2023
U.S. military strikes Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq after soldiers wounded in drone strike
The U.S. military launched airstrikes in Iraq against Hezbollah Brigades, an Iranian proxy, and allied militias after three U.S. soldiers were wounded, including one critically, when a drone struck a...
December 26, 2023
US airstrikes in Syria are not a game-changer
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December 26, 2023
Egypt’s Gaza Dilemma
Egypt has denied requests to solve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and take in refugees. Several countries have offered cash incentives to Cairo in the hopes it reconsiders, but Cairo has rebuffed...
December 25, 2023
Poland’s media problem just exploded as government makes public-TV channels go dark
The official goal was to “depoliticize” the public airwaves. Instead, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s new government ignited a political bonfire. Poland’s government sent baton-wielding...
December 25, 2023
Hamas, Yahya Sinwar defiant, 80 days into war
Hamas terrorist leader Yahya Sinwar broke his silence on Monday, putting out a message which was reported by several outlets, including the Houthi media’s Al-Masirah...
December 25, 2023
The Hezbollah tunnel threat emerges again
Five years after Israel launched Operation Northern Shield against Hezbollah cross-border tunnels, there are concerns about the Hezbollah tunnel threat again. It’s important to understand the context...
December 25, 2023
Palestinian ambassador in Cairo thanks UAE for diplo efforts
The Palestinian Authority’s ambassador to Cairo, Diab al-Louh, thanked the United Arab Emirates for its diplomatic efforts to push for more humanitarian aid for Gaza. The UN Resolution...
December 23, 2023
Israel’s consul-general in Montreal raises awareness of Hamas crimes
On December 11 Israel’s consul-general in Montreal, Paul Hirschson, posted on X about a Canadian media outlet that seemed intent on not viewing footage of Hamas massacres. “A story about Radio Canada...
December 22, 2023
Arms-build-up ‘ghosts’ that will haunt Joe Biden this holiday season
President Biden may not realize it, but he’ll be visited this holiday season by six menacing “Ghosts of Nonproliferation” — weapons build-ups, particularly of the nonconventional sort...
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