Turkey’s FM criticizes Israel’s stance on two-state solution amid Hamas support
By not condemning October 7, Ankara backs Hamas and also continues to pay lip service to a two-state concept that Ankara has sabotaged.
Gaza War
Hamas Rocket Chief Killed in Gaza Strike
Israeli forces killed a senior Hamas rocket commander in the central Gaza Strip on March 6, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet said in a joint...
Flash Briefs
Israel: North Gaza Still Too Dangerous for Civilians to Return
Israel said on January 13 that it was still too dangerous for Palestinian civilians evacuated from the northern Gaza Strip to return. Given ongoing fighting between Hamas and the...
Flash Briefs
Most Israelis Want Out of Post-War Gaza Governance, Poll Shows
Latest Developments A significant majority of Israelis do not want to permanently retake the Gaza Strip, a poll found on December 17. The poll published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem found that...
Flash Briefs
Israel’s modern warfare: How IDF tech closes the loop on terrorists
Modern warfare provides commanders with more access to technology, enabling strike cells to coordinate fire against terror targets.
Op-eds
Gaza War Boosts Solidarity Between Israeli Arabs and Jews
Israel’s Arab minority is rallying to the country in record numbers during the Gaza war, a poll published on November 10 found. The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) survey found...
Flash Briefs
The key figures leading Israel’s military campaign to destroy Hamas in Gaza
Here are the masterminds directing each aspect of the IDF operation
Op-eds
Israel’s Outside-the-Box Options
A war in Gaza right now is a war on Hamas’s timeline and initiative. Israel should consider seizing the initiative by making unpredictable moves elsewhere first.
Op-eds
Report from the Gaza Front: A New Playbook
I spent the first days of the war on the Gaza border, mostly near Kibbutz Zikim. On the fifth day, October 11, I went to the Gaza border city of Sderot and spent time in the community, speaking with locals...
Op-eds
Erdogan Pushes for Another Hamas Flotilla
Turkey’s Ministry of Defense announced on October 12 that it plans to ship humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. While Ankara did not specify how the aid will be delivered, the move...
Flash Briefs
Israel Intercepts Rocket-Making Material En Route to Gaza From Turkey
Israeli customs authorities revealed on September 14 that their agents intercepted 16 tons of explosive material on its way from Turkey to the Gaza Strip in July. According to the...
Flash Briefs
Halevi Takes Charge of IDF With An Eye on Iran and Domestic Politics
Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi assumed command of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday, bringing both command experience and an intelligence analyst's caution to a role likely to be tested on multiple fronts against both the regime in Iran and those trying to thrust the IDF into domestic politics.
Flash Briefs
Hamas as Tehran’s Agent
Since the late 1980s, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been plying the Hamas terrorist group with cash and weapons while also teaching it how to be self-sufficient. With hundreds of millions of dollars...
Op-eds
Book Review: The Never Ending War
One ideological goal that has animated foreign policy decision-making over the past three U.S. administrations has been a desire to retreat from “forever wars.” For Israel, such a fantasy-driven ambition...
Op-eds
Marxist-Leninist Party Sues German Banks Over BDS Account Closures
The Marxist-Leninist Party in Germany filed a lawsuit against the Deutsche Bank and the Postbank on Wednesday in the West German city of Essen, claiming the closure of the party's bank accou...
Op-eds
German Banks Close Accounts For Marxist-Leninist Party With Ties To Palestinian Terrorists
The Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany announced on Thursday that the Deutsche Bank and the Postbank shut down all of the party's bank accounts in Germany. The anti-Israe...
Op-eds
NY State Probes Deutsche Bank For Link To Palestinian Terrorist Group
The Office of the New York State Comptroller on Friday opened an investigation into accounts Deutsche Bank holds for a German political party that allegedly provides organizational support to the...
Op-eds
‘German BDS hurts Israeli and Palestinian workers alike’
The 700,000 member Histadrut labor federation urged the German GEW union (The Education and Science Workers’ Union) on Sunday to stop its attacks on Israel and focus on advancing the condit...
Op-eds
European Affairs: BDS spreading like wildfire in Europe?
To fathom the potency (or lack thereof) of the BDS movement targeting Israel, the diverging and converging paths of its activity in the US and EU can be quite telling. First, the diverge...
Op-eds
Does Germany’s Pro-Iran Deal Diplomatic Offensive Endanger Israel?
Germany's diplomatic corps has embarked on a pro-Iran deal lobbying campaign, attempting to sway Americans by invoking Berlin’s guarantee of Israel’s security. The No. 2 German d...