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March 14, 2024
Israel Facilitates Entry of Six Aid Trucks Into Northern Gaza
Six trucks of aid from the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) entered northern Gaza on March 12 through a new land route established by the Israeli military. The convoy,...
March 14, 2024
Russia, China, and Iran deepen ties with naval drill
Iran, Russia, and China sent ships that gathered for a naval drill over the weekend. The drill continued this week and illustrates the growing cooperation between the countries. Russia, Iran, and China...
March 14, 2024
How to Ensure Israel Has the Weapons It Needs
March 13, 2024
Palestinian Teen Stabs Two Israelis at West Bank Checkpoint
A Palestinian teen stabbed two Israelis at a checkpoint along a West Bank highway leading to Jerusalem on March 13. Israeli police said in a statement that soldiers from the Israel...
March 13, 2024
Abbas Expected to Name New Prime Minister Within Days
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to appoint a new prime minister within days, according to officials who briefed Israeli media on March 12. On February...
March 13, 2024
Israel Kills Senior Hamas Terrorist in Rafah
Israel killed a senior Hamas terrorist in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on March 13. Muhammad Abu Hasna, a commander in Hamas’s Operations Unit, had diverted...
March 13, 2024
IDF Strikes Hezbollah Terror Site in Syria
The Israeli military on March 12 struck two Syrian army sites where Hezbollah was operating, according to a statement by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The strike was carried out...
March 13, 2024
Israel Kills Hamas Terror Orchestrator in Lebanon
A Lebanon-based Hamas terrorist responsible for orchestrating attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets worldwide was killed in an IDF airstrike on March 13. Hadi Ali Mustafa died near...
March 13, 2024
Shabaab retakes territory as the U.S. sanctions one of its money laundering networks
Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, is steadily undoing progress made by Somali security services in its nearly two year old counter-offensive against the group. Over the last few days, the group...
March 13, 2024
US ships begin long, slow trip to build Gaza dock in unique operation
Several small landing craft ships departed the US this week for the long, slow, trip across the Atlantic to eventually reach their destination off the coast of Gaza. According to USNI, “four...
March 13, 2024
IDF Gaza division commander fighting in Gaza tells politicians: Be worthy of us
Brig.-Gen. Dan Goldfus, commander of the IDF’s 98th Division, held a rare press conference on the Gaza border, where he addressed Israeli politicians on Wednesday and said, “We accomplish many achievements...
March 13, 2024
Local Elections Will Soon Decide Turkey’s Future
It has been less than a year since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won Turkey’s presidential election and secured a third term in office, which will last until 2028. Turkey’s constitution...
March 13, 2024
Israel SitRep: March 13, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF Has Struck More Than 4,500 Hezbollah Targets Since War Began | Hamas Confirms Death of Lebanese Operative in Airstrike | Stabbing Attack Thwarted at Checkpoint near Jerusalem, IDF...
March 13, 2024
The state of the world
The U.S. Constitution mandates that the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union.” The information that President Biden conveyed last week failed...
March 13, 2024
Five Compelling Reasons for the Strategic Divestment of TikTok
Amid escalating concerns over potential Chinese interference in the U.S. election, divesting TikTok from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, offers a balanced, technologically feasible solution that...
March 12, 2024
Israel Thwarts Suicide Attack in West Bank
Israeli forces on March 11 intercepted a Palestinian man who they said was en route to commit a suicide attack in Israel. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet released a...
March 12, 2024
Iranian Official Calls to Expel Israel From Women’s Rights Conference
A senior Iranian official on March 11 called for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to expel Israel from its ranks. In a speech before the commission’s...
March 12, 2024
Going Nuclear on Rosatom
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March 12, 2024
New Maritime Humanitarian Corridor Opens for Gaza
A ship carrying humanitarian aid set sail from Cyprus to Gaza on March 12 as the pilot run for a maritime aid corridor. The pilot ship Open Arms and an accompanying vessel departed...
March 12, 2024
Hamas Warns Gazans Against Cooperating With Israel on Aid Delivery
Palestinians cooperating with Israel to distribute aid in Gaza will be viewed as collaborators and treated with an iron fist, a Hamas-linked website said on March 11. Under Hamas...
March 12, 2024
Another Israeli-U.S. National Killed by Hamas
An Israeli soldier with dual U.S. citizenship was declared dead in absentia on March 12, more than five months after Hamas killed him and took his body to Gaza along with scores...
March 12, 2024
IDF targets Hamas leaders in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces said on March 11 that it had targeted “senior terrorist leaders” in Gaza with an airstrike that took place overnight between March 10 and 11. Among those targeted...
March 12, 2024
How Washington views October 7, Israel’s war on Hamas and what’s next
The winds off the Potomac reached gusts of 30 knots over the weekend. It was a transition from a relatively warm series of march days to drizzle and then biting wind and cold. Nevertheless, spring is in...
March 12, 2024
U.S. Should Tap Remaining Aid Authority for Ukraine
Until Congress allocates funding to replace any donated materiel, the Defense Department does not want to tap its $4.2 billion of presidential drawdown authority to send much-needed military aid to Ukraine,...
March 12, 2024
When Iran Goes Nuclear
Since the October 7 Hamas assault on Israel, Iran’s allied militias and proxies have launched missiles and drones at international shipping and U.S. troops...
March 12, 2024
5 Things to Know About ByteDance, TikTok’s Parent Company
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March 11, 2024
The Dangers of a Rearmed Europe
Since the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s inception in 1949, American leaders have complained that the alliance doesn’t spend enough on defense. John F. Kennedy in 1963 told...
March 11, 2024
Top Hamas Terrorist Targeted, Fate Unclear
Israel carried out a precision airstrike on March 10 to kill the deputy chief of Hamas military operations, but his fate remains unclear. Marwan Issa, second-in-command of the Izz...
March 11, 2024
Biden should draw red lines for Hamas — not Israel
President Biden on Saturday suggested he might cut off US military assistance to Israel if it moved forward with a military operation to dismantle Hamas’ last stronghold in the Gazan city of Rafah. An...
March 11, 2024
Iranian Citizen Planning to Attack Israeli Arrested in Peru
Police in Peru arrested an Iranian citizen on March 7 suspected of planning to murder an Israeli in the South American country. At least two Peruvian citizens are also implicated...
March 11, 2024
Why is Erdogan Meeting With Mahmoud Abbas?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on March 4 in Ankara. Erdogan used the meeting to vilify Israel and position Turkey as a mediator to end the war...
March 11, 2024
Italy Arrests Three Palestinians Planning Terror Attack
Italy arrested three Palestinians suspected of planning terrorist attacks in an unspecified country, Italian police reported on March 11. In the Italian city of L’Aquila, the suspects...
March 11, 2024
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula names new emir; U.S. has $6 million bounty on his head
In a newly released video, Ibrahim al-Qosi, a veteran official within al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), announced the sudden death of AQAP’s emir, Khalid al-Batarfi. At the same time,...
March 11, 2024
Hezbollah Escalates Drone, Rocket Attacks on Israel
Hezbollah said it launched four drones carrying explosives at northern Israel on March 11. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that sirens sounded in the Golan Heights due to a...
March 11, 2024
Removing the Trojan Horse from America’s ports
The Greek legend of the Trojan horse is a tale of deception, a story children everywhere learn as youngsters. Yet America seems to have forgotten what befell Troy, and, consequently, has instead welcomed Trojan...
March 11, 2024
Israel SitRep: March 11, 2024
Today’s Issue: Israel Police Uncover Terror Plot, Make Arrests in Northern Israel | IDF Holds Multi-Branch Supply-Delivery Exercise to Prepare for Ground Maneuvers in the North | Israel Confirms Targeted...
March 11, 2024
Israel targets Hezbollah drones
On March 11, the Israel Defense Forces targeted Hezbollah in Lebanon after two days of increased Hezbollah attacks on Israel. Airstrikes in the Beqaa Valley targeted sites that “belong to Hezbollah’s...
March 11, 2024
Egyptian activist tells ‘Post’ she condemns Hamas and October 7 massacre
“I am keeping my voice heard and fighting Islamists, and I also support Israel. I believe Israel is leading this war on behalf of all of us in the Middle East region,” says Dalia Ziada, an Egyptian...
March 10, 2024
The two-state solution is a dangerous pipedream
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March 9, 2024
Mossad, CIA Chiefs Meet About Stalled Hostage Talks
CIA Director William Burns met his Mossad counterpart to discuss the stalled Gaza hostage talks, with Israel voicing hope on March 9 that progress can still be made. Israeli Prime...
March 8, 2024
Iran has upped its cyberattacks: It’s time for Biden to strike back
Iran has dramatically stepped up its cyberattacks against the United States since Oct. 7, prompting little to no response from the White House. Like the rockets, drones and anti-ship missiles from Tehran’s...
March 8, 2024
Gaza Airdrop Kills Five, Highlighting Distribution Challenges
Humanitarian aid dropped from military planes into Gaza reportedly killed five Gazans and injured 10 others on March 8, apparently the result of one or more malfunctioning parachutes....
March 8, 2024
South Africa Again Attacks Israel at the International Court of Justice
South Africa on March 6 submitted an urgent request that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order Israel to suspend its military operations in Gaza “immediately.” South...
March 8, 2024
Israel SitRep: March 8, 2024
Today’s Issue: Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Islamic Jihad Operative in Friday West Bank Raid | After Rockets Fired From Gaza at Nahal Oz and Sderot, IDF Returns Fire, Launches Airstrikes | IDF Completes...
March 8, 2024
New threats from Iran’s IRGC Quds Force chief
IRGC Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani threatened Israel on March 7. It is the latest threat by the Iranian regime and follows messaging from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad that threaten...
March 8, 2024
A Violent Ramadan Will Jeopardize Israel’s National Security Objectives
This year, the month-long Muslim holiday of Ramadan could bring a measure of calm to the Middle East, rather than escalating tensions as it has in the past. But it will be the calm before a necessary storm,...
March 8, 2024
Meet the IDF women on the front lines of the Gaza war
Women have played an unprecedented role in the war against Hamas. They have also suffered grievously at the hands of Hamas. These twin narratives, of how Hamas targeted Israeli women and also kidnapped...
March 8, 2024
Stop bailing out South Africa’s corrupt leaders
Excerpt South Africa’s current president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has betrayed Nelson Mandela’s legacy of human rights and social justice. South Africa’s citizens suffer through daily power blackouts of...
March 7, 2024
Israel vows to press on against Hamas as conflict faces new hurdles
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at an IDF officers course graduation ceremony on March 7 at a training base in the Negev. “The IDF will continue to operate against all of Hamas’s battalions...
March 7, 2024
Biden to Announce U.S.-Built Gaza Aid Pier at State of the Union
President Biden will announce during his State of the Union address on March 7 that the U.S. military will build a floating pier in the Gaza Strip. The temporary pier will allow...
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