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Israel SitRep: June 7, 2024

Today’s Issue: IDF Spokesman: IDF Used ‘Precise Strike’ on Terrorists in UNRWA School, ‘Stopped a Ticking Time-Bomb’ | IDF Continues Operations in Bureij, Deir al-Balah, Rafah Area, Kills Terrorists,...

April 12, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn |

U.S. Should Sanction Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)

In an interview last week with Bloomberg’s Eli Lake, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi...

September 1, 2016 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Iran Gives Green Light to Direct $1.7 Billion from U.S. to Military

A debate has raged in recent weeks over whether the Obama administration’s $400-million payment to Iran in January – part of a $1.7-billion ...

September 1, 2016 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Iran Gives Green Light to Direct $1.7 Billion from U.S. to Military

A debate has raged in recent weeks over whether the Obama administration’s $400-million payment to Iran in January – part of a $1.7-billion...

December 15, 2015 | Michael Ledeen |

Is Iran Retreating From Syria?

My friend and terrific reporter, Eli Lake, has reported that American and other Western defense experts believe that Iran is withdrawing troops from Syria. The Saudis’ London outlet says th...

July 7, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Should America and Israel Let Their Enemies Kill Each Other Off?

As some see it, what’s happening now in the Mideast provides the best excuse the Israelis have had in a long time to just sit back and let their worst enemies rub each other out. Senior Isr...

June 25, 2015 | Thomas Joscelyn

Why Was a Key Benghazi Suspect Free?

On Monday, the Pentagon announced that Ali Ani al Harzi was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Mosul, Iraq. For those who...

February 4, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

Blaming the Victims

There are victims and then there are victims. Too often, I think, we worry about the wrong ones. Start with some of the most powerful politicians of Argentina. They are feeling sorely ag...

January 23, 2015 | Michael Ledeen |

Americans as Hostages and Targets

There are several American hostages in Iran, and the Tehran regime uses them very cruelly and relentlessly in its dealings with the U.S. government, as The Washington Post angr...

July 23, 2014 | |

Ending Iran’s Support of Hamas Must Be Part of Any Final P5+1 Nuclear Deal

European Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, left, and Iranian Foreign Minis...

July 16, 2014 | Michael Ledeen

What if They (The Bad Guys) Believe They are Winning?

We discount many of our enemies’ public statements as sheer propaganda, or bravado, or just stuff “for domestic consumption,” but what if it’s what they actually believe?&...

May 27, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda’s Nigeria Franchise

When Hillary Clinton tweeted her support for the more than 200 Nigerian girls held by the extremist group Boko Haram, she probably did not expect that her tenure as secretary of state would soon...

February 10, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence

Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you to discuss the state of al-Qaeda, its affiliates, and associated groups. My test...

February 3, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence

Download the full testimony (PDF). Chairman McKeon...

January 9, 2014 | Thomas Joscelyn

Down the Times’ Benghazi Rabbit Hole

What was the commander-in-chief of the United States armed forces doing through the night of September 11, 2012, while he knew Americans were under jihadist siege in Libya? You won’t learn...

December 20, 2013 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The White House Can’t Have It Both Ways on Iran

Defying a White House veto threat, a bipartisan group of senators rolled out a new Iran sanctions bill Thursday that aims to give America more leverage at the negotiating table in the ongoing nuc...

November 13, 2013 | Mark Dubowitz |

Examining Nuclear Negotiations: Iran After Rouhani’s First 100 Days

Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, Members of the Committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, thank you for inviting me to testify today on this important topic....

May 8, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Disconnecting the Dots in Benghazi

Nearly eight months after terrorists killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, the Obama administration still has not explained who, exactly, was responsible....

January 22, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Debacle in Ben­ghazi

It’s worse than an injustice; it’s a humiliation.

October 25, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

More Al Qaeda Connections in Benghazi

The Benghazi story continues to evolve. CNN reports that multiple al Qaeda franchises, and others with al Qaeda links, are suspected of taking part in the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on t...