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June 7, 2024 | |

Biden Administration Warns Israel Against War With Hezbollah

The Biden administration told Israel not to respond to Iran-backed Hezbollah’s escalating attacks, warning that a ground invasion into Lebanon risks drawing in the Islamic Republic...

June 5, 2024 | |

Hezbollah Hits Border Village as Israel Warns of War

Hezbollah wounded at least 11 people in an armed drone attack on the Druze Arab village of Hurfeish in northern Israel on June 5, stoking calls in Jerusalem for escalated retaliation...

May 5, 2024 | |

Israel Shutters Al Jazeera Bureau

Israel carried out a long-threatened temporary closure of Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel on May 5, accusing the Qatari-owned television channel of pro-Hamas incitement. “Al...

May 3, 2024 |

Israel SitRep: May 3, 2024

Today’s Issue: IDF Announces New Senior Appointments | Fragments of Missile From Iranian Attack Found Near Arad | Members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Cell Indicated in Israeli Military Court | IDF’s...

May 2, 2024 | |

Qatar-Owned Al-Jazeera to Close Israel Bureau Pending Israeli Cabinet Vote

Israel’s attorney general, Gali Baharav-Miara, greenlit the closure of Qatar-owned Al-Jazeera’s Israel-based news operations on May 2, allowing the Israeli cabinet to bring the...

April 26, 2024 | Natalie Ecanow |

Washington Should Clip Qatar’s Media Wing

White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre recently criticized a new Israeli law that allows the government to temporarily shutter Al Jazeera’s Israel operations. “If it’s true, a move like...

April 10, 2024 | |

Three Terrorist Sons of Hamas Chief Killed

Israel killed three sons of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, themselves terrorists in the group, in a Gaza airstrike on April 10. Amir, Mohammed, and Hazem Haniyeh were struck in a car...

March 22, 2024 | |

Poll: Hamas Remains Popular Among Palestinians

Palestinian support for Hamas in the West Bank and Gaza remains high, according to a Palestinian poll released on March 20. That support has increased since the Iran-backed terrorist...

March 21, 2024 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Al Jazeera should report, not inflame, the Gaza war

Arab ‘martyrs elevated to heaven’ feature in its nonstop live coverage of ‘the Israeli aggression on Gaza’

March 21, 2024 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The Growing List of Al Jazeera Terrorists

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) arrested Al Jazeera journalist Ismail al-Ghoul on Monday during a firefight with terrorists at Gaza’s Shifa Hospital. The Qatari television channel immediately...

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...

February 27, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

How is Iran exploiting the self-immolation of US airman Aaron Bushnell?

Support for Bushnell’s actions has spread on social media by many people who are either pro-Iran or who claim to be pro-Palestinian.

February 20, 2024 | |

Hezbollah Official: Our Missiles Can Reach All of Israel

A senior Hezbollah official threatened on February 19 that the Iran-backed group’s missiles can reach all of Israel, not only the north. Hassan Fadlallah, who is also a member of Lebanon’s...

February 11, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

What is Iran’s strategy against Israel amid FM’s Middle East trips?

It is clear that Iran, the main backer of Hezbollah and Hamas, is seeking to keep both terrorist groups in play against Israel.

February 9, 2024 | |

Texas A&M to Close Qatar Campus

Texas A&M University announced on February 8 that it will close its campus in Qatar by 2028. “The Board has decided that the core mission of Texas A&M should be advanced...

February 8, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hamas stronghold in Gaza’s Rafah is key to its survival – analysis

For Hamas, holding on to Rafah is a key to continuing to rule Gaza.

February 8, 2024 | The LWJ Editors |

Iranian-backed Bahraini militias eulogize killed Hezbollah Brigades commander

In a joint statement, Saraya al-Ashtar and Saraya Wa’ad Allah, both Iranian-backed militias in the island Kingdom of Bahrain, sent their condolences to the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades – itself an Iranian...

November 29, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Trading terrorists for hostages

Israelis agreed to a bad deal for a good reason

November 28, 2023 | |

CIA and Mossad Directors Seek to Expand Hostage Deal

Latest Developments Mossad chief David Barnea and his CIA counterpart, William Burns, made an unannounced visit to Qatar on November 28 for talks on securing the release of more hostages seized by Hamas....

November 24, 2023 | Natalie Ecanow |

Al Jazeera Must Register as a Foreign Agent of Qatar

Standing in a Gaza hospital this month, an elderly man with a bandaged arm told an Al Jazeera reporter a simple fact: “As for the resistance [Hamas], they come and hide among the people.” The man added: “They can go to hell and hide there.” The reporter promptly turned his back on the man and changed the subject.