Israel SitRep: October 30, 2024
Israel SitRep: October 30, 2024 ...
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U.S. Should Sanction Iran’s Brutal Judge Iman Afshari
The death sentences keep coming from Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court. In July, the court’s presiding judge, Iman Afshari, pronounced the dreaded verdict for Pakhshan Azizi, a prominent...
Op-eds
How To Pose as a Reasonable Critic of Israel (With a Little Help From the Media)
Mark Perlmutter is an orthopedic surgeon from North Carolina. He is Jewish but believes that Zionism is “sadism” and “the moral equivalent of Nazism.” Feroze...
Op-eds
China and the U.S. Are Careening Toward a South China Sea Crisis
A failure of deterrence risks pushing the region into deeper conflict.
Op-eds
Prime Minister Netanyahu Departs for Washington, Seeking Bipartisan Support
Latest Developments Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington on a scheduled visit on July 22, one day after President Joe Biden announced his exit from the 2024 presidential race....
Flash Briefs
The Surprising National Security Role of America’s “Best Idea”
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s former bodyguard, who once reportedly confronted a bear at a mountain retreat while Putin slept through the ordeal, was appointed secretary of the...
Op-eds
The US presidential debate shows Middle East is not in focus
Trump’s main focus is in discussing Iran, and beyond that his main manifesto is that exhibiting a kind of America first strength will deter adversaries.
Op-eds
5 Things to Know About Chinese Drone Company DJI
Chinese drone manufacturer Shenzhen DJI Innovation Technology Company Limited (known simply as DJI) controls over 70 percent of the global drone market, perfectly illustrating the fusion of China’s economic...
Insights
China is main beneficiary of West’s futile energy transition push
Consumption of fossil fuels is as strong as ever as they remain irreplaceable
Op-eds
Antisemitism in Schools Shows Need for Stronger Enforcement of Title VI and Accountability Policies
A Jewish teacher hid in a locked classroom on May 16 when 400 anti-Israel student protesters rampaged through a Bronx high school campus, just one week after the House convened a hearing on K-12 antisemitism....
Policy Briefs
Biden Blocks Arms to Israel While Promising Future Support
The Biden administration notified Congress on May 14 of a future $1 billion arms package for Israel. That package reportedly includes “$700 million in tank ammunition, $500 million...
Flash Briefs
White House Denies Withholding Intelligence on Hamas From Israel
The White House on May 13 denied reports that it is withholding sensitive intelligence from Israel that could help the Jewish state prosecute its war against Hamas. Citing four unnamed...
Flash Briefs
What Biden didn’t say about antisemitism
What aspects of the surge in hatred would have convinced a besieged Jewish community that the leader of the free world is not just an ally, but someone who fundamentally grasps the nature of contemporary threats?
Op-eds
Crack Down on Anti-Semitic K–12 Curricula
It’s not just on campus: even in primary and secondary education, Jews are often portrayed as privileged whites and Zionist colonial oppressors.
Op-eds
California teachers caught sharing pro-Hamas propaganda
On campuses, numerous pro-Palestinian groups celebrated the Oct. 7 massacre of 1,200 Israelis as an act of “resistance” while blaming Israel for the outbreak of violence. However, it...
Op-eds
IDF demolishes home of terrorist who killed Sgt. Maxim Molchanov
This demolition process is one of the tools Israel uses against terrorism. The IDF stresses that this is not about revenge, but deterrence.
Op-eds
Israel-Hamas war: Meet the IDF artillery key to the Gaza war
In Gaza, the IDF is beating Hamas, with its ground forces advancing further. Key to this success is Israel's artillery units.
Op-eds
Washington Should Sanction Chinese Companies Providing Vehicles to Russian Military
Moscow revealed last week that its military has received over 500 Chinese-made off-road vehicles and soon plans to get nearly 1,600 more. This is not the first time that Russian forces have acquired Chinese-made...
Policy Briefs
Seven ways China can benefit from the Israel-Hamas war
Serious aggression by China in Taiwan or elsewhere won’t be as shocking to those in the West given what’s going on.
Op-eds
Gaza and the De-Colonization Narrative
Western views of Arab society often get one major thing wrong – Arab agency.