Basem Naim

March 3, 2025 | |

Qatari Advisor’s Comments on Gaza Ceasefire Highlight Gaps With U.S. and Israel

Qatari Official Urges Parties to Negotiate Phase Two: Countering the U.S. and Israeli positions,Majed al-Ansari, a senior advisor to the Qatari government, stated in a March 2 interview...

March 1, 2025 | |

‘No Progress’: Hamas Rejects Israeli Proposal to Extend Phase One of Ceasefire

Phase One of Ceasefire Ends: Hamas said that it rejected Israel’s proposal to extend phase one of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which expired on March 1. During the first phase...

February 27, 2025 | Toby Dershowitz, Will Erens

Al Jazeera platforms Hamas’s “resistance” at annual conference

On February 15, the Qatar-funded news organization Al Jazeera gave a platform to two Hamas officials at its 16th annual Al Jazeera Forum. The event, “From the War on Gaza to Change in Syria: Shifting...

December 3, 2024 | |

‘All Hell to Pay’: President-elect Trump Issues Strident Demand to Release Hostages in Gaza

A Change in Rhetoric: President-elect Donald Trump issued a forthright statement on December 2, warning that “there will be all hell to pay” if the remaining Israeli hostages...

November 22, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi, Sophia Epley

State Department Warns Turkey Against Hosting Hamas Headquarters

U.S. discomfort over Turkish support for Hamas has reached a new threshold in the wake of reports that the Iran-backed terrorist organization is moving its headquarters from Qatar to Turkey, which is a...

July 31, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Ismail Haniyeh’s Killing in Iran Brings Israel Closer to Victory

The death of Hamas’ leader leaves the organization headless and less able to develop a strategy going forward.

July 15, 2024 | |

Fatah-Hamas Unity Talks Scheduled in China as Both Factions Condemn Each Other

With China attempting to boost its influence in the Middle East, Hamas and Fatah leaders will meet in Beijing next week to conduct another round of Chinese-led unity talks that have...

March 18, 2024 | Toby Dershowitz, Max Friedman

Friends in Low Places? Behind South Africa’s New Genocide Case Against Israel

Shortly before South Africa accused Israel in the International Court of Justice of committing genocide in its post-Oct. 7 counteroffensive against Hamas, the South African ruling party, the African National...

May 28, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Terrorist Organization Hamas Runs BDS Campaign From Gaza

Israel’s government does not occupy the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. In 2005, the Israeli government withdrew from Gaza.

September 25, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany’s Jewish Problem

With anti-Semitism on the march, Germany's politicians and opinion makers are grappling with what went wrong with the country's seven-decade-long struggle to come to terms with its past...

April 15, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

German Event with Iran Envoy ‘Legitimizes Evil’

A German government ministry and an evangelical church academy provoked outrage in the US and Germany by inviting the Iranian ambassador – allegedly involved in the massacre of Kurds &ndash...