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Biden blunders on refugees

President Joe Biden earned deserved modest praise for his visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia last week, restoring confidence in core Middle East alliances. But the president made at least one major misstep:...

Biden’s Visit Bodes Ill for Israel

Israel’s caretaker government is unequal to the strategic challenges posed by Team Obama’s policy of punishing friends and rewarding enemies

In Iniochos Exercise, Israel Rehearses Iran Strikes as Saudis Observe

The Greek-hosted Iniochos 2022 military exercise began this week, with Athens welcoming military contingents from the United States, Israel, Cyprus, France, Italy, and Slovenia. The exercise, which also...

Engines of Influence

Turkey’s Defense Industry Under Erdogan

Crypto-Fascists

Cryptocurrency Usage by Domestic Extremists

Biden Can Reset the UN’s Discriminatory Approach to Israel

The United States led when it persuaded the General Assembly to repeal its 1975 vote declaring Zionism to be racism. It should now actively and decisively lead the effort to end the Commission of Inquiry, which the UNHRC created to conclude essentially the same thing.

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Emulating the Palestinians to Advocate Internationally for Taiwan and to Counter China

Is the Biden administration seeking to rejoin controversial UN agency accused of aiding Iran and North Korea?

UNIDO has been accused of helping U.S enemies

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: October

Turkey Returns to Financial Action Task Force ‘Grey List’

This designation shows yet again that NATO member Turkey continues to offer a permissive jurisdiction for terror finance, sanctions evasion, and money laundering under the 19-year rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party.

Turkey Lands on Anti-Money Laundering Watchlist — Again

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Paris-based global money laundering and terror financing watchdog, added Turkey to its “grey list” on Thursday, placing Ankara alongside 22 other jurisdictions,...

The German ‘anti-Semitism commissioner’ who enables BDS, Jew-hatred and Iran

Rabbi Cooper of the Wiesenthal Center said re Blume that 'the job of an anti-Semitism commissioner is to fight it and not spread it.'

Congress Joins European Allies in Targeting Erdogan’s Far-Right Partners

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on September 23 that includes an amendment requiring the secretary of state to submit a report assessing whether Turkey’s Grey Wolves — a far-right militant...

Businessman’s Extradition to U.S. Could Expose Turkish-Venezuelan Collusion to Evade Sanctions

Cape Verde’s constitutional court issued a ruling on September 7 paving the way for the extradition of Alex Saab, a U.S.-designated Colombian-born businessman whom U.S. prosecutors indicted in 2019 for...

U.S. Should Intensify Efforts to Extradite Turkish Money Laundering Suspect

An Austrian court on August 25 tentatively granted Ankara’s request to extradite Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, a Turkish businessman Austrian authorities arrested on June 19 at the request of the U.S. Department...

EU Actions Show Iran Will Pay No Price for Terror

The European Union has made its position on Iran abundantly clear. The attendance of senior EU official Enrique Mora at the inauguration of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi demonstrated that Brussels will...

The EU Is Only Too Happy to Appease Iran

European leaders appear to be eager for a new nuclear deal that would allow them to reap the rewards of investing in the Islamic Republic.

Australia, Canada Take Steps on Hezbollah and Hamas Terrorism Designations

An Australian parliamentary committee recommended on June 22 that the government list the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, an expansion beyond Australia’s current listing of only Hezbollah’s...

U.S. Targets Turkey-Based Money Laundering Schemes With Links to Senior Turkish Officials

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Monday that it will seek to extradite Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, a Turkish businessman Austrian authorities arrested on June 19 for his alleged role in money laundering...

California man imprisoned in Iran is blocked from legal counsel as health worsens, daughter says

The 66-year-old man has been detained by the Iranian government since July 2020