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June 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

What a BBC article tells us about Israel’s Lebanon challenge

The report about this small village is symbolic: It almost gets at the truth but it refuses to fully uncover how Hezbollah has destroyed the life of villages like this.

June 6, 2024 | |

Iranian Protester Partly Paralyzed After London Attack

An Iranian dissident may have permanently lost the ability to walk after Tehran loyalists assaulted him in London, The Jewish Chronicle reported on June 5. Navid Bavi, 32, to whom...

June 3, 2024 | David Adesnik |

How the UN Got Away With Wildly Inflating the Casualty Numbers in Gaza—and the Media Bought It

On May 6, a U.N. office reported that more than 9,500 women and 14,500 children had been killed so far in Gaza. The office had been reporting similar figures for nearly two months. Yet on May 8, the...

May 30, 2024 | |

Maryland Court Issues Restraining Order Against U.S.-Based Iranian Diplomat

A Maryland court issued a temporary restraining order on May 28 against an employee of Iran’s Interests Section in Washington — the Islamic Republic’s de facto consular office...

May 21, 2024 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Butcher Is Dead. What Comes Next for Iran?

The unexpected death of the Iranian president may be the vent that allows a volcano of rage to explode. Reuel Marc Gerecht explains.

May 16, 2024 | Craig Singleton |

Security Risk

The Unprecedented Surge in Chinese Illegal Immigration

May 16, 2024 | |

Prominent Iranian Film Director Flees Iran Following Prison Sentencing

Renowned Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof fled to Europe after a Tehran court sentenced him to eight years in prison, he announced on May 13. The sentence, which also included...

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 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Lebanese political leader sounds the alarm on Hezbollah

Lebanon may be tired of the excesses of Hezbollah and how it is dragging the country into conflict.

May 1, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hezbollah’s war has destroyed South Lebanon, BBC report reveals

Beautiful Southern Lebanon could have been tourist center, like Italy or Greece, but Hezbollah destroyed it.

April 30, 2024 | |

Iranian IRGC Agents Murdered Teen Protestor Whose Death Was Ascribed to ‘Suicide,’ Leaked Document Reveals

A leaked document from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) revealed that a young female protestor whom the Tehran regime claimed had taken her own life in 2022 was...

April 24, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran’s president in Sri Lanka, as Argentina seeks arrest of Iran’s interior minister

The AMIA suicide bombing occurred on 18 July 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, a Jewish Community Center.

April 5, 2024 | Alan Goldsmith |

The Urgent Need for UN Reform

The UN’s response to October 7 makes reform more urgent than ever. UN reform used to be a bipartisan priority — it must now be again.

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 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Tehran claims to be ‘self-sufficient’ in building drone engines

Iranian Defense Minister also praises Qatar’s role in the region; Doha hosts Hamas, and Iran has frequently met Hamas leaders in Doha

March 3, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Houthi sinking of Rubymar ship off Yemen is a blow to the West

More thought needs to be put into what to do when and if ships are struck by missiles. Letting ships slowly sink is not a good solution.

February 27, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

Tightening the Belt or End of the Road? China’s BRI at 10

February 7, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Andrea Stricker

Exploiting America’s Declining Pressure: Iran’s Nuclear Escalation Over Time

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January 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The secret Houthi plan to move missiles, drones beyond Red Sea

The Houthis have moved weapons toward the coast to expand their area of operations and target western navies operating in the area.

December 17, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

What would a maritime security force mean for the Red Sea?

The Iran-backed Houthi attacks have only escalated in the past week by firing on Eilat, having begun in October to match the Hamas massacre.