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May 11, 2016 How New York can help stop Europe’s rampaging Israel boycotters Co-written by Asaf Romirowsky In America, the odious boycott, divestment and sanctions movement targeting Israel remains largely confined to university humanities departments, l... May 10, 2016 Terrorism, Missiles and Corruption: The Risks of Economic Engagement with Iran Download the full testimony here... May 10, 2016 German mayor embroiled in row over anti-Semitic bank account The mayor of Stuttgart, who served as one of the patrons of an event celebrating Israel’s 68th birthday on Wednesday, defended his city’s ownership stake in the BW bank that provides... May 10, 2016 German Jews call for dismissal of self-declared Jew-hating pastor The city of Bremen’s Jewish community blasted the local Evangelical Church for its failure to fire a pastor who openly declares himself an anti-Semite and plays a key role in stoking hatred... May 9, 2016 Understanding the Promise — and Limits — of Sanctions Co-written by Peter Feaver Last week, David Francis and Lara Jakes published a ... May 9, 2016 DEFCON 3 FDD President Clifford May reacts to New York Times Magazine profile of White House aide Ben Rhodes. Watch the latest video at video.f... May 6, 2016 Iran Still Owes $53 Billion in Unpaid U.S. Court Judgments to American Victims of Iranian Terrorism The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on April 20 that nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian government funds must be turned over to injured survivors and families of Americans killed in the 1983 bombing of... May 6, 2016 Money Laundering For The Mullahs The Islamic Republic of Iran has mounted a full court press to persuade the global financial community to overlook its long rap sheet of financial crimes. In recent weeks, two of the Islamic Repu... May 5, 2016 Turkish Prime Minister Falls Victim to Palace Coup After a week of open strife within the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erd... May 5, 2016 Iran’s Parliamentary Elections are No Victory for “Moderates” Iranians cast their votes Friday in runoff elections for the quarter of parliamentary seats still in contention from February’s first round. The complete tally... May 4, 2016 Iran Accountability Week Introduction: Chairman Munson, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to appear before this distinguished committee. I applaud the Canadian Parliament for t... May 4, 2016 How much ruin is there in a nation? People think early European immigrants to America were seeking religious freedom. In fact, they sought escape from religious persecution. Not quite the same thing. The policy not to mole... May 3, 2016 Turkey Moves to Strip Kurdish Deputies’ Immunity Turkey set the stage for stripping Kurdish parliamentarians of their immunity Monday, when a parliamentary committee... May 3, 2016 The Buck Sexton Show FDD senior fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross discusses the death of Bin Laden and the state of al-Qaeda five years later. ... May 3, 2016 Inside Story FDD senior fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross comments on the five year anniversary of Bin Laden's death. Watch the show... May 3, 2016 Moderation Is a Misnomer in Iran Proponents of a nuclear deal with Iran have expressed hope that it would put Tehran on a more moderate course. President Obama, on the eve of the deal, suggested that it could "strengthen the han... May 2, 2016 Barack Obama’s West Bank Strongman: Mahmoud Abbas Amid all the preparations for a French-led ... May 2, 2016 Hate Preachers on Qatar Campus: Obama Gives Qatar Undeserved A+ on Fighting Incitement “Kill the infidels... Count them in number and do not spare one.” Blatant religious incitement of this sort feels like such a caricature of radical Is... May 2, 2016 Giant Austrian bank shuts down BDS account One of Austria's largest companies – the Erste Group – closed a bank account held by BDS Austria. The Vienna-based BDS Austria announced on Friday on its ... May 2, 2016 Iran: Former IRGC Commander Reveals Its Meddling in Elections Mansour Haghighatpour, an Iranian parliamentarian and former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander,... April 29, 2016 Exclusive: Israeli envoy slams Austria’s hosting of Palestinian hijacker terrorist The Austrian government and organizations that enabled a Palestinian terrorist to hold an April talk in Vienna faced a firestorm of criticism from Israel’s ambassador and the local Jewish c... April 28, 2016 IAEA Takes a Light Touch on Iran’s Heavy Water The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the international community... April 28, 2016 Hezbollah: Iran’s Henchmen in Brazil Across Latin America, Iran’s public face appears innocuous: mosques, cultural centers... April 28, 2016 How the Islamic State’s Propaganda Feeds Into Its Global Expansion Efforts Co-written by Bridget Moreng and Nathaniel Barr Even before the dramatic blitzkrieg... April 27, 2016 German Pastor declares himself an anti-Semite A pastor for the Lutheran Church in Bremen, Germany who boasted that he is an anti-Semite has prompted the Simon Wiesenthal Center to call for his dismissal. The pastor, Volker Keller, w... April 27, 2016 Exclusive: French government indicates giant bank violates anti-BDS law The French embassy in Israel announced that an account held by Campaign BDS France with Credit Mutuel bank appears to violate the law. "The French opposition against any form of boycott... April 27, 2016 Obama is Right: The Gulf Arabs Ride Free on Terrorism President Obama missed the last real opportunity of his administration to urge the Arab Gulf monarchies to finally adopt a no-tolerance rule toward all terrorist groups and to end the inexcusable... April 27, 2016 The Mr. Rogers Doctrine Barack Obama last week visited Saudi Arabia, an unusual nation with which the United States has had a relationship that can be accurately characterized as both strategic and strange — and o... April 27, 2016 Why Bashar al-Assad, the ‘Teflon Don’ of the Middle East, Can’t Be Touched John Gotti may have once held the title, but the late Gambino crime family boss had nothing on the “Teflon Don” of the Middle East, Bashar Assad. Had Gotti li... April 26, 2016 America’s News HQ Chairman of FDD's Leadership Council R. James Woolsey discusses Pres. Obama's Saudi visit. ... April 25, 2016 It’s the Proliferation, Stupid As the world prepares for a possible fifth nuclear weapons... April 25, 2016 The miniaturization myth Co-written with Peter Vincent Pry On March 9, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, a paranoid psychopath, displayed a nuclear missile warhead he threatens to launch against the Un... April 22, 2016 Iran Space Launch Underscores Patient ICBM Plan Iran launched a new satellite rocket called “the Simorgh” on Tuesday, according to U.S. officials. Th... April 22, 2016 As Israel asserts Golan control, the move is a civil war’s one point of agreement With Syria’s civil war raging on in its sixth year, neighboring Israel has largely managed to keep a comfortable distance from the bloody conflict, in no small part thanks to the Jewish sta... April 21, 2016 Obama Seeks to Repair Rocky Relationships in Gulf President Barack Obama was holding talks Thursday with leaders from the six-nation bloc of Persian Gulf countries in an effort to repair relations and bridge differences over issues ranging from... April 21, 2016 Report: Obama Seeks Meeting With Iranian President President Barack Obama has sent two letters to senior Iranian leaders in recent months requesting a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, according to Persian language reports recently t... April 21, 2016 Is al-Qaeda Back in Afghanistan? Al-Qaeda is ostensibly the reason the United States got involved militarily in Afghanistan more than a decade ago. But as the war in Afghanistan progressed, al-Qaeda receded as a target and seemi... April 21, 2016 Islamic State Committing ‘Cultural Genocide’ by Selling Priceless Antiques to Westerners Expert witnesses, while testifying before a House panel about the unprecedented level of looting and destruction of priceless antiques by jihadist groups across the Middle East, identified collec... April 21, 2016 Despite Coalition Military Gains, No End in Sight in Anti-IS Campaign The Kurdish Peshmerga commander sat on a couch at his headquarters in Sulaymaniyah. On a nearby table there was a bowl of dried fruit and nuts. Two large sniper rifles lay on the floor by his des... April 21, 2016 Special Report with Bret Baier FDD Executive Director, Mark Dubowitz, joined Special Report with Bret Baier to talk about the recent Supreme Court Ruling on Bank Markazi v. Petersen, with which it upheld its decision to force... April 21, 2016 IS Terror Group Raises Millions from Plundered Relics The Islamic State (IS) may have raised as much as $100 million by digging up and selling priceless antiquities from territory it controls, according to experts consulted by a U.S. congr... April 20, 2016 Statement by Mark Dubowitz on today’s Supreme Court ruling on Bank Markazi vs. Peterson Washington, DC -- This ruling is a victory for American victims of Iranian terrorism, and a strike against the Iranian regime that has long been a state sponsor of terrorism. Hopefully there will... April 20, 2016 Testimony of Sheryl Saperia on Bill C-6 Good morning, distinguished members of the committee. On behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a think tank focused on national security and foreign policy, thank you for inviting... April 20, 2016 Saudi Clerics’ Rhetoric — and Implications for Global Security President Barack Obama’s meeting Wednesday with King Salman of Saudi Arabia... April 20, 2016 A spy’s story After a long and extraordinary career, Gen. Michael Hayden has written “Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror.” Both a memoir and a primer on modern espionag... April 20, 2016 Why is President Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia important now? US President Barack Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week for meetings with King Salman and other leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council appears first and foremost to be about reassuranc... April 20, 2016 Peshmerga troops running on empty in fight against ISIS Kurdish Peshmerga forces – arguably the most effective ground troops battling the Islamic State terror group in Iraq – have been fighting for the past three months without a paycheck,... April 20, 2016 Backlash grows over Obama’s Iran concession The Obama administration’s hint that it was considering allowing Iran to access directly or indirectly U.S. dollars drew furious, negative reaction from both sides of the aisle. On Monday,... April 20, 2016 Amid rumors, White House rules out giving Iran access to US dollar The Obama administration will continue to block Iran’s access to the dollar or the U.S. financial system, its top sanctions official said amid speculation to the contrary. ...... April 20, 2016 Victims of Terror Can Seize Iranian Money, Supreme Court Rules Victims of terrorist attacks that were backed by Iran, and members of their families, can collect nearly $2 billion in Iranian money held by a bank in New York, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wedne...

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