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September 18, 2024 | |

First Female Israeli Soldier Killed in Combat in Gaza

A female Israeli soldier has been killed in combat in Gaza, the first since the war began 11 months ago, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on September 18. In addition to...

September 16, 2024 | David Adesnik |

How Israel Lost a Battle to Al Jazeera — and How It Must Do Better Next Time

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August 26, 2024 | |

Iranian Cyber-Spying Group Posed as Tech Support to Target U.S. Political Officials’ WhatsApp Accounts

Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, reported on August 23 that it blocked a small cluster of WhatsApp accounts used by Iranian cyber-attackers to target officials...

August 21, 2024 | |

U.S. Lawmaker Highlights Plight of Christian Man Imprisoned in Egypt Over Facebook Posts

The plight of a Yemeni man imprisoned in Egypt for participating in a Facebook group composed of Muslim converts to Christianity has been highlighted by a prominent U.S. lawmaker....

August 5, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: August 5, 2024

Today’s Issue: | IAF Eliminates Hamas Minister Who Played ‘Significant Role’ in Seizing Humanitarian Aid Entering Gaza | Kfir Infantry Brigade Completes Training Exercise on Northern Front | IDF...

August 2, 2024 | |

Malaysian Prime Minister Slams Facebook for Removing Post Praising Haniyeh

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim strongly criticized Meta Platforms — the parent company of Instagram and Facebook — after his Facebook post mourning the assassination...

July 24, 2024 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Brazil’s Hezbollah threat: Why sanctioning the terrorist group is crucial

Brazil is a critical node in Hezbollah’s regional activities. However, for years, the Brazilian government has refrained from declaring Hezbollah a terrorist group.

July 9, 2024 | |

Hamas Critic Badly Beaten in Gaza by Masked Men

A Gaza-based activist who opposes Hamas was badly beaten on July 8 by two dozen masked men wielding batons and knives. The assailants, who claimed they were representatives of Hamas’s...

May 28, 2024 | |

Malaysian PM Reaffirms Friendship With Hamas

Speaking at a conference in Tokyo on May 23, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim defended his country’s relationship with Hamas. “Did I promote terrorism?” Ibrahim asked,...

April 6, 2024 | |

Israel Recovers Murdered Hostage’s Body

Israeli commandos on April 6 recovered the body of an Israeli hostage murdered by his Palestinian terrorist captors in the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they...

March 20, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

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Cut its Chinese Communist ties

February 23, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: Feb. 23, 2024

Today’s Issue: Two Hezbollah Operatives Killed in Apparent Israeli Drone Strike | IDF Makes Arrests in Overnight West Bank Raids | IDF Intercepts ‘Suspicious Aerial Target,’ Carries Out Air Strikes...

February 10, 2024 | |

Meta Removes Khamenei’s Instagram and Facebook Accounts

Meta announced on February 8 that it removed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Facebook and Instagram accounts for violating its content policy. “We have removed these accounts...

February 2, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

This man is Israel’s face and voice to the Arabic-speaking world

Avichay Adraee is Israel’s face to the Arab world, as the country seeks to confront Hamas lies with truth.

January 23, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Son of Filipino immigrants among 21 fallen IDF soldiers on Monday

Garin supported his family and was recognized by Southern Command for his outstanding abilities when he was in Givati.

January 19, 2024 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

US Should Sanction Lebanon’s pro-Iran ‘Resistance TV’

On December 27, an Israeli missile hit a home in the Southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, killing brothers Ali and Ibrahim Bazzi and Ibrahim’s wife. Within hours, Al Manar, Hezbollah’s official media...

November 17, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Telesur’s Pro-Iran Propaganda

Disinformation from the Maduro regime should draw just as much attention from the State Department as Russian disinformation does.

October 31, 2023 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Marina Rosenberg

HispanTV Is Iran’s Propaganda Arm in Latin America; Why Is It Still Being Broadcast?

On October 7, Hamas terrorists breached the Gaza security fence, entered Israel, and massacred more than 1,400 people — raping, burning, mutilating, and torturing their victims, including infants, children, pregnant women, the elderly, and disabled people. They also took more than 220 hostages back to Gaza...

October 29, 2023 | Haisam Hassanein |

I’m an Egyptian American who studied in Israel: We can’t let Hamas kill peace along with the peacemakers

In the long litany of death notices that fill my Facebook feed — the friends and family of Israelis I met years ago as the lone Egyptian American studying at Tel Aviv University — one entry popped...

August 23, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Is Russia Now Weaponizing Music?

Russia has resorted to a wide range of tactics to keep nations within its orbit. Now it’s taken to using music to win over foreign public support.