Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine

November 10, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Mustafa Barghouti: ‘Resistance’ succeeding in West Bank, Israel’s war will fail

Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti’s interview with Iran media provides insights into how some Palestinians today view the war unfolding in Gaza and Iran’s role.

September 12, 2024 | |

Israel Eliminates Three Palestinian Islamic Jihad Members in Tulkarem

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out an airstrike that eliminated three Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) members on September 11 in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. PIJ identified...

June 18, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Terror groups in Gaza compete with Hamas to carry out attacks on Israel

These groups worked together in Gaza and had their eyes on the post-war period. Now, these groups are filling the breach and the vacuum.

June 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hamas sees daily small attacks as success in Gaza

Even if Hamas saw most of its 24 battalions shattered and saw losses mount to include between half and two-thirds of its October 7 manpower, the group has clearly not been shocked into defeat.

May 30, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hamas’s weapons: What have the terrorist group got in their arsenal?

Hamas has been stockpiling weapons for decades in Gaza; almost every building has either weapons or other types of terrorist infrastructure inside.

May 8, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The Netzarim corridor has become a magnet for Hamas attacks

Even if the attacks don’t harm anyone and not all of them are reflected on the ground the way Hamas describes them, they symbolize the way Hamas wants to wage the next phase of its war.

April 5, 2023 | |

Palestinian Rioters Attack Israeli Forces at al-Aqsa Mosque

Latest Developments Palestinian rioters armed with fireworks, batons, and stones barricaded themselves in the al-Aqsa Mosque Tuesday night and refused to exit peacefully, prompting Israeli...

September 20, 2022 | Joe Truzman |

Hezbollah smuggling weapons to the West Bank amid surge in militant activity

Amid a major uptick in militant activity in the West Bank, FDD’s Long War Journal has confirmed with a senior Israeli military official that Hezbollah has been smuggling weapons into the West Bank. The...

August 6, 2022 | Joe Truzman |

Operation “Breaking Dawn” in Gaza Enters its Second Day

More than 24 hours after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) eliminated Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) northern Gaza commander Taysir al-Jabari, Palestinian militant organizations have fired more than 449...

June 8, 2021 | Julia Schulman |

Why Cutting off Aid to Hamas Is Insufficient

Congress should take concrete steps to ensure that UNRWA does not become a pass-through for funding to terrorists.

August 3, 2020 | David May, Benjamin Weinthal

Why Congress must follow Germany and brand BDS anti-Semitic

Ending the boycott of Israel

June 15, 2020 | David May, Joe Truzman

Trump Must Hold Hamas’ Terror Proxies Accountable

By employing HAA as a proxy, Hamas can carry out terrorist attacks while maintaining plausible deniability.

August 7, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Major German university students say BDS continues Nazi boycott

The student parliament at the Goethe University in Frankfurt on Thursday condemned the BDS campaign for duplicating the Nazi-era movement’s boycotts of Jewish-owned businesses. &ld...

June 12, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germans Demonstrate Against Frankfurt Anti-Israel Event

An estimated 200 activists, including politicians from several German parties, protested on Friday near an anti-Israel conference in Frankfurt. The demonstrators, under the banner of &ld...

May 2, 2016 | Grant Rumley

Barack Obama’s West Bank Strongman: Mahmoud Abbas

Amid all the preparations for a French-led ...

July 8, 2008 | Tony Badran The Middle East Review of International Affairs

Lebanon’s Militia Wars

Lebanon's civil war was a complex, multisided battle whose implications still shape the country's politics today. This article analyzes the forces involved domestically and the course o...

June 28, 2006 | FrontPage Magazine

The Non-Recognition “Recognition”

"Led on by gushing reports filed on June 27 by the Associated Press (AP) and Agence France-Presse (AFP), media outlets report that Hamas and Fatah have reached a new agreement "implicitly recogni...

November 9, 2004 |

Backgrounder: Yasser Arafat


Backgrounder: Yasser Arafat

The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
Backgrounder: Yasser Arafat