France’s Macron Announces Intent to Recognize Palestinian State
French Letter of Intent: French President Emmanuel Macron announced on July 24 that Paris would formally recognize a Palestinian state in September at the UN General Assembly. “In...
English
Keep Qatari Money Out of Post-War Gaza
Qatar is poised to make a comeback in Gaza. On July 10, Israeli media reported that Israel “tentatively agreed” to allow Qatar to help fund Gaza’s reconstruction once a future ceasefire comes into...
Policy Briefs
FDD Connects Anti-Israel Network on Social Media to Iranian Website, Pro-Regime Actor
The “Iran Hayom” network posts anti-Israel propaganda, in Hebrew and English, across X, Instagram, TikTok, Telegram, and YouTube. Its name is a play on the widely read Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom,...
Policy Briefs
Where Was Xi Jinping in Iran’s Hour of Need?
Tehran expected a bulwark from Beijing. Instead it got a bystander.
Op-eds
8 Things to Know About China’s Response to Israel-Iran Conflict
Israel’s military campaign against Iran has exposed the chasm between China’s great power rhetoric and its ability to meaningfully shape events in the Middle East. To be sure, Beijing backs Tehran...
Insights
Iranian and Iranian-Backed Attacks Against Americans (1979-Present)
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the clerical regime in Tehran and its proxies have committed a range of attacks against Americans. This memorandum provides select documentation of these assaults. While...
Insights
10 Things to Know About Tehran’s Propaganda Network, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
Israel struck the Tehran headquarters of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) on June 16, damaging a key regime media organ. IRIB is far from an independent news channel. Rather, it is a tool...
Insights
Tehran Is Fabricating Data Leaks About Israeli Pilots
An alleged hack-and-leak that claims to reveal the names — along with other biographical and professional data — of about 40 Israeli Air Force (IAF) pilots has spread on social media since June 14....
Policy Briefs
China Sides With Tehran but Wields Little Influence in Iran-Israel War
Beijing condemned Israel’s sweeping strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites shortly after they began as a violation of “Iran’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity,” according...
Policy Briefs
We’re training Ukraine’s brave F-16 pilots — here’s what they need to keep fighting
After years of delay, Ukraine’s Air Force is flying the F-16 fighter jets it’s received from NATO — and, during a training visit this month, we saw for ourselves how these “Vipers”...
Op-eds
My Friend Yaron
Yaron Lischinsky was murdered Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., by an anti-Israel militant. I knew him. Let me tell you who he was.
Op-eds
They Came for Peace. Hate Was Waiting Outside.
Last night’s gathering at the Capital Jewish Museum in DC was about peace.
Op-eds
Two Israeli embassy employees murdered in DC shooting attack
On May 21, two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a diplomatic event...
Op-eds
FDD and TeamT5 Reveal That ‘Smiao Network’ Chinese Recruiting Scheme Expands to Target Taiwan
Beijing is using the same online recruiting scheme to target both the United States and Taiwan. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) exposed a likely Chinese intelligence operation earlier this...
Policy Briefs
The ‘nakba’ is not our problem
There is no reason why Jews should be troubled by the neurosis it projects. Their defeat was our liberation, and we should rejoice in that fact.
Op-eds
Kneecap get kneecapped
This is the game the band decided to play. If it didn’t know that spectacle can be your undoing, as well as your ticket to a golden future, they do now.
Op-eds
Time to Reform VOA and Its Iran Programming: Trim the Fat, Keep the Mission
The Trump administration’s decision to eliminate funding for Voice of America (VOA) represents a missed opportunity to reform and enhance the outlet’s capacity to counter adversarial propaganda.
Insights
America’s Adversaries Use AI for Malign Influence, But Not to Great Effect … Yet
Iran, China, and Russia all used Google’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool Gemini to accelerate their influence operations (IO), Google warned in a new report published on January 29. At...
Policy Briefs
Drone attack targets gas field in northern Iraq
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) targeted the Khor Mor gas field in northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region on February 2, 2025. It is the latest kamikaze drone attack on the gas field run by Dana Gas.
Op-eds
The right to exist
Out of more than 200 states in the international system, the survival of only one of them—the State of Israel—seems to be up for debate.