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January 24, 2025
‘Not Written in Stone’: Israel Set to Extend Lebanon Truce Deadline
LAF Takeover Incomplete: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on January 24 said that the IDF withdrawal from southern Lebanon is not likely to be completed in full by the...
January 24, 2025
Just how useful are the ‘useful idiots’?
Ever since political Zionism emerged at the end of the 19th century as a movement to create and sustain a Jewish state in the historic Land of Israel, it has encountered Jewish opposition to its goals....
January 24, 2025
Islamic State calls for jihad in Sudan
“Sudan is forgotten!” reads the headline of the editorial in this week’s Al Naba newsletter, the Islamic State’s weekly publication highlighting its global activities. In the commentary, the terrorist...
January 24, 2025
Israel SitRep: January 24, 2025
January 24, 2025 | Israel at War Situation Report Israel SitRep: January 24, 2025 Today’s Issue: | Israel to Remain in Southern Lebanon Beyond 60th Day of Ceasefire Agreement | IDF Conducts Southern...
January 23, 2025
During Ongoing Jenin Operation, IDF Eliminates Terrorists Who Killed Three Israelis
2 Gunmen Killed by IDF in Jenin: The IDF said it eliminated two Palestinian terrorists during counterterrorism operations in the West Bank who were responsible for murdering three...
January 23, 2025
U.S. Coast Guard Issues Landmark Cybersecurity Rule to Protect Maritime Infrastructure
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a final rule on January 17 establishing minimum cybersecurity requirements for U.S.-flagged vessels and other regulated facilities. The landmark rule aims to strengthen the...
January 23, 2025
‘Shared Challenges’: Israel Considers Sending Russian Weapons Seized From Hezbollah to Ukraine
Legislation Would Transfer Russian Weapons to Ukraine: Acknowledging common threats, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 22.
January 23, 2025
‘Pressing the Gas Pedal’: UN Nuclear Watchdog Chief Warns of Iran’s Accelerating Enrichment
‘Pressing the Gas Pedal’: The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said on Wednesday that Iran is “pressing the gas pedal” on enriching...
January 23, 2025
President Trump Redesignates Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels in Yemen as Foreign Terrorist Organization
Trump Issues Executive Order Redesignating Houthis as FTO: President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 22 which initiated the process of redesignating the Houthi...
January 23, 2025
Trump administration re-designates Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing his administration to re-designate the Houthis in Yemen as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The move reverses a decision by the Biden administration...
January 23, 2025
Attempted Bombing Attack on South African Jewish Community Center Remains Unsolved
The bomb in Cape Town may have failed to detonate on December 5, but it has sparked an independent investigation. South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein announced in mid-January that an independent...
January 23, 2025
Israeli forces eliminate two wanted West Bank gunmen
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday that it located and eliminated two suspects in the northern West Bank village of Burqin who were wanted for murdering three Israelis during a...
January 22, 2025
‘Outside Overseers’: Gaza Ceasefire Crossing Points Crafted
Tentative Rafah Reopening: Pushing back against Arab media reports of a deal to hand over control of the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border to the Palestinian Authority (PA),...
January 22, 2025
‘Den of Antisemitism’: Hamas Held Israeli Hostages in UNRWA Camps
Israeli Hostages Held in UN camp: The three female Israeli hostages released last weekend following the ceasefire in Gaza revealed on January 21 that they were incarcerated in a...
January 22, 2025
How Trump Can Counter Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Will Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei agree to nuclear negotiations with President Trump? According to the Justice Department, the cleric’s minions tried to assassinate Mr. Trump during the campaign. But given the Islamic Republic’s precarious standing in the Middle East, its ever-worsening economy tied to a collapsing currency and shortages of energy and gas, and a foreboding among many regime loyalists about their grip on Iranian society, Mr. Khamenei might be willing to make compromises in his nuclear aspirations in return for softened U.S. sanctions. After all, he has already made Iran a nuclear-threshold state...
January 22, 2025
Russia Touts Illicit Nuclear Work in Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted about Russian civil nuclear work in Iran that runs afoul of U.S. law, but which the Biden administration failed to penalize, at a press conference in Moscow on...
January 22, 2025
U.S. Green Card Holder From Morocco Carries Out Stabbing Attack in Tel Aviv
Four Men Injured in Stabbing Attack: A man who traveled to Israel from the United States on a tourist visa stabbed four Israelis in a terror attack in Tel Aviv on January 21. Israeli...
January 22, 2025
First hostages released, some IDF troops withdraw from Gaza as Israel-Hamas ceasefire begins
The Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, which was hammered out in Qatar in the first two weeks of January, began on the morning of January 19. The Israeli government scrambled to approve the framework for the...
January 22, 2025
The Hidden Renewable Energy in Central Asia
One of the biggest threats to human health, and a major source of air pollution, is regularly hidden in statistical reports as “renewable energy:” the burning of dung, wood, and lump coal. While most...
January 22, 2025
Russia Exploits LA Fires to Sow Discord and Promote False Claims
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, leveled the false claim that U.S. prison inmates were being used as forced labor to fight the Los Angeles wildfires. Her comments were part...
January 22, 2025
Israel SitRep: January 22, 2025
Today’s Issue: | IDF Troops Conduct Raid in Mount Dov, Seize Weapons Including Rocket and Missile Launchers | Iron Wall Counterterrorism Operation in Jenin Continues, Israeli Forces Strike Terrorists,...
January 22, 2025
Israel must prepare for confrontation with Iran after Trump inauguration
The renewed entry of President Trump into the White House signals a new era in Washington, and hopefully in US-Israel relations. The first and most critical and significant issue on the agenda...
January 22, 2025
Unconstrained Actors
January 22, 2025
After Intervention From Milei, Will the Truth Triumph in Probe of Death of Prosecutor Investigating the AMIA Bombing?
Argentina is currently marking ten years since the death of Alberto Nisman, the federal prosecutor who was investigating the July 1994 terrorist bombing of the Argentine-Israelite Mutual Association...
January 22, 2025
Hamas celebrates
As the ceasefire-for-hostages agreement went into effect over the weekend, Hamas terrorists – now wearing uniforms and green headbands, no longer disguising themselves as civilians – ascended from...
January 22, 2025
West Bank terrorism persists, IDF launches operation in Jenin
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), along with the Shin Bet intelligence agency and the Israel Border Police, launched “Operation Iron Wall” against Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Al Aqsa...
January 21, 2025
Kurdish-Led Syrian Democratic Forces Battle Turkish Proxies Amid Calls for Their Dissolution
Battles Near Tishreen Dam Continue: Heavy fighting between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) around the Tishreen...
January 21, 2025
New U.S. Export Controls Seek to Prevent China From Weaponizing Biotech
The United States wants to prevent China from acquiring commercial biotechnologies that could boost its military power, not just its economic growth. The U.S. Department of Commerce released an interim...
January 21, 2025
‘Iron Wall’: Israel Swoops on West Bank in New War Goal
Air, Land Assault: A day after the IDF chief announced imminent West Bank operations, Israeli troops, backed by helicopter gunships and drones, swept into the city of Jenin on January...
January 21, 2025
‘How Can You Do That to Children?’: Jewish Community Daycare Center Torched in Latest Antisemitic Outrage in Australia
Childcare Center Burned in Arson Attack: A Jewish community-run daycare center in Sydney was set alight by arsonists and sprayed with antisemitic graffiti in the early hours...
January 20, 2025
‘Significant operations in Judea and Samaria’: Amid Gaza Respite, Israel Sees a New Front Emerging
Lethal Landmine: IDF Sgt. Evyatar Ben-Yehuda, a 31-year-old reservist, was killed and a company commander seriously wounded when their military vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) on January 20 while taking part in counterterrorism operations near the northern West Bank village of Tammun.
January 20, 2025
Released Palestinians Greeted with Terrorist Flags, Notorious Terrorists Set for Release in Future Rounds
Israel Releases 90 Imprisoned Palestinians Following Recovery of 3 Hostages: Following the January 19 freeing of three Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity, Israel released 90...
January 20, 2025
Iran’s Energy Crisis
Iran is experiencing a systemic energy crisis. While many times in the past, Iran has had gas shortages or refined product shortages, this time Iran is undergoing an energy meltdown, with parallel shortages...
January 19, 2025
After 471 Days of Captivity, Hamas Releases Three Israeli Women on First Day of Ceasefire
Latest Developments Women Held Captive by Hamas for 15 Months: The Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas released three Israeli women on January 19 who its terrorists abducted from Israel into Gaza on...
January 19, 2025
Israel’s Dilemma in Lebanon
The 60-day ceasefire in Lebanon will end on January 26, six days after President Trump takes office. While Hizbullah suffered heavy losses during the two months of fighting from late September to...
January 19, 2025
A Break in the Argentina Murder Case Tied to Iran
Ten years ago, on January 18, 2015, an Argentinian prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, was murdered for investigating the 1994 terrorist bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. That 1994 attack...
January 18, 2025
‘On Guard Ahead of Gaza Deal:’ Houthi Missiles, Stabbing Attack Hit Israel
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched two ballistic missiles towards Israel on January 18, as Israelis marked the Jewish Sabbath one day before the implementation of the Gaza truce and hostage release deal.
January 17, 2025
Israel moves forward with hostage deal
The Israeli government’s Security Cabinet voted on January 17 to approve a hostage and ceasefire deal that will lead to the release of hostages by Hamas. The agreement is widely expected...
January 17, 2025
Syria’s New Rulers Call for UN Peacekeepers Along Syria-Israel Border
Al-Sharaa Says IDF Presence on Border No Longer Needed: Syria’s de-facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, said on January 16 that the new government would welcome UN peacekeepers in the...
January 17, 2025
What Happens in Kyiv Doesn’t Stay in Kyiv
Regarding your editorial “Biden Looks at His Record and Approves” (Jan. 14): It is true that NATO and the broader trans-Atlantic alliance is stronger now than it was when President Biden took office....
January 17, 2025
Syria’s energy sector and its impact on stability and regional developments
Excerpt Syria has the potential to significantly increase its oil and natural gas production, which can provide energy and government revenue that are critical for its stability and reconstruction....
January 17, 2025
PowerSchool Breach Highlights Growing Cybersecurity Risks in America’s Schools
PowerSchool, a cloud-based software provider for K-12 schools, confirmed on January 7 that hackers breached its systems late last year, affecting thousands of school districts across the United States...
January 17, 2025
Hostage Recovery Deal Approved by Israeli Security Cabinet, Awaits Official Government Vote
Hostage Deal Approved by Israeli Security Cabinet: Israel’s security cabinet approved a hostage deal with Hamas on January 17 that will see 33 hostages freed in exchange for the...
January 17, 2025
Israel SitRep: January 17, 2025
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January 17, 2025
Trump must not underestimate Putin’s ambitions to be a modern day Tsar
Excerpt As he prepares to take office, President-elect Donald Trump says he hope to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin “very quickly” in pursuit of a speedy end to the war in...
January 16, 2025
Alawite Fears Ignite Syria’s Coastal Chaos
Violence is spreading in Syria’s Mediterranean coastal region, home to the country’s largest concentration of Alawites, the religious minority whose members include the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad....
January 16, 2025
‘Not Under Pressure or Sanctions’: Tehran and Key European Powers Discuss Resuming Nuclear Talks
Iran and E3 Hold Talks: Diplomats from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom — known as the E3 — met with Iranian officials in Geneva on January 14 to discuss the possibility...
January 16, 2025
Israel prepares for hostage deal with Hamas
A year of talks designed to achieve a hostage and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas appears to have culminated in an agreement on January 16. The negotiations, backed by the United States, mostly...
January 16, 2025
‘The Cruelty of Forced Labor’: U.S. Bans Imports from 37 Chinese Firms Implicated in Uyghur Genocide
The United States has extended its efforts to punish Chinese firms suspected of using forced labor from the country’s northwestern Xinjiang region, where the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority is facing...
January 15, 2025
‘Hamas Finally Agreed’: Israel-Hamas Reach Second Ceasefire and Hostage Deal After 15 Months of War
Hostage Deal Finalized: President Joe Biden announced on January 15 that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a finalized ceasefire deal that would see the release of some Israeli hostages...
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