The Hamas numbers game: Recruiting new terrorists
As of January 9, Hamas had lost two brigade commanders and 19 of its battalion commanders.
2012 Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip
Hamas as Tehran’s Agent
Since the late 1980s, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been plying the Hamas terrorist group with cash and weapons while also teaching it how to be self-sufficient. With hundreds of millions of dollars...
Op-eds
Book Review: The Never Ending War
One ideological goal that has animated foreign policy decision-making over the past three U.S. administrations has been a desire to retreat from “forever wars.” For Israel, such a fantasy-driven ambition...
Op-eds
Exclusive: Texas Bank Shuts Out Israel Haters
The giant Dallas-based bank Comerica announced on Friday that it will close a bank account held by an anti-Israel organization that promotes boycotting the Jewish state. “Comerica...
Op-eds
Dershowitz Calls on Banks to Close Accounts that Boycott Israel
Renowned Harvard University jurist Alan Dershowitz told The Jerusalem Post on Friday: “The organization [IADL] was founded as a communist front and supported financially by the Soviet Union...
Op-eds
Hamas’s Benefactors: A Network of Terror
Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Deutch, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of these subcommittees, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I tha...
Congressional Testimonies
Hamas’s Benefactors: A Network of Terror
Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Deutch, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of these subcommittees, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I thank yo...
Congressional Testimonies
Gaza Polls Show Abbas Popularity
In a recent poll in Gaza, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas garnered a favorability of 54 percent. The poll, taken in...
Policy Briefs
The War on Israel Is Being Waged by a Hamas-Syria-Iran Troika
While the world powers seek to end Iran’s illicit nuclear-weapons program, the Islamic Republic and its strategic partner Syria are supplying the Palestinian terrorist entity Hamas with con...
Op-eds
One-Year After ‘Pillar of Defense,’ Hamas is on its Heels
By David Barnett One year ago Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Pillar of Defense (PoD) in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The largely aerial assault began...
Policy Briefs
Jihadi Violence in the Sinai Peninsula
By Lauren Schumacher Five jihadists who were allegedly preparing to fire rockets towards Israel were reportedly killed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula earlier today. It is stil...
Policy Briefs
UN for Combating Terror Finance to Convene in Sudan, a State Sponsor of Terror
On Sunday, the leading experts on terrorism finance in the Middle East and North Africa will convene for a five-day conference. The Financial Action Task Force is essentially the United Nations f...
Op-eds
Salafi Jihadist Supporters Protest Hamas’ Arrest Campaign
By David Barnett Supporters of Salafi jihadists in the Gaza Strip are increasing their protests against Hamas both online and in public as some Salafi jihadists...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Responsibility for Rocket Attacks on Israel
The Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC), an al Qaeda-linked group, has claimed credit for a rocket attack on Israel early this morning. Two rockets landed in Sderot, Israe...
Op-eds
Palestinian Jihadist Trainer Killed Fighting for Al Nusrah Front
Co-authored by David Barnett A Palestinian jihadist military trainer and commander who was a member of the Tawhid and Jihad Group in Jerusalem and who previously served with Ham...
Op-eds
Making Sense of Hamas’s Visit to Bulgaria
The arrival of three Hamas representatives in Bulgaria last week – believed to have obtained their visas in Cairo – and...
Op-eds
How Will European-Israeli Relations Look in 2013?
There will be no shortage of rifts and sharp disagreements between Europe and Israel in 2013. During 2012 the EU and Israel clashed over construction of settlements, outlawing Hezbollah within th...
Op-eds
Smugglers Galore
How Iran arms its allies.
Op-eds
Have Obama and Bibi Made Up?
If the past few weeks are any guide, it looks like the open feud between Jerusalem and Washington is over.
Op-eds
The Quality of Morsi
Egypt’s new strongman.