‘Not in the National Interest’: U.S. Withdraws from UNESCO
U.S. Withdraws from UN Agency: The State Department announced on July 22 that the United States was withdrawing from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
Gideon Sa'ar
U.S. Should Promote Security Agreement as Precursor to Israel-Syria Normalization
Israel and Syria may be inching toward a breakthrough, with ongoing security discussions signaling the potential for a peace agreement after decades of hostility. According to Israeli sources, talks between...
Policy Briefs
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
‘We Reject Any Notion of Equivalence’: Rubio Condemns Sanctions on Controversial Israeli Ministers by U.S. Allies
Two Right-Wing Ministers Sanctioned: Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement strongly condemning five U.S. allies for jointly sanctioning two right-wing Israeli cabinet...
Flash Briefs
Pro-Hamas Assailant Murders 2 Israeli Embassy Staffers at DC Jewish Event
Killer Shouted ‘Free Palestine’: Two Israeli Embassy staffers were murdered by a gunman shouting “Free Palestine” at a Jewish event in Washington, DC, on May 21. Elias Rodriquez,...
Flash Briefs
A ‘Legal Process to Persecute Israel’: UN Court Holds Hearings on Israel’s Block on Aid Into Gaza
UNRWA Ban at Heart of Case: Hearings are ongoing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague over questions relating to Israel’s legal obligations concerning the...
Flash Briefs
‘Unwavering Commitment to Peace’: Paraguay Designates Iran’s IRGC a Terrorist Organization
Expands Hamas and Hezbollah Designation: Paraguay designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization on April 24. The Latin American nation also...
Flash Briefs
Syria Interim Authorities Reportedly Arrest 2 Leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Arrests Follow Abbas Visit to Damascus: The Syrian interim government’s security forces have reportedly arrested two leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group....
Flash Briefs
A ‘Ticking Bomb’: Israeli Eliminates Iran-Linked Terrorist in Beirut
‘A Real and Immediate Threat’: Hassan Ali Mahmoud Bdeir — a member of both Hezbollah’s intelligence Unit 3900 and of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force...
Flash Briefs
IDF Clashes With Gunmen in Southern Syria
Israeli Troops Attacked: IDF troops operating in southern Syria were attacked near the Israeli border on March 25. The IDF said that the soldiers were fired upon by at least seven...
Flash Briefs
‘No Impunity’: Israel Strikes Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Damascus
Daylight Sortie Over Syrian Capital: The Israeli Air Force struck a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) command center in Damascus on March 13. The site, located in the Dummar suburb...
Flash Briefs
U.S. Conducts Bomber Task Force Mission as Iran Threat Looms
U.S. B-52 Flew with Israeli and British Fighters: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it had conducted its third bomber task force mission in the Middle East in two weeks...
Flash Briefs
Bridging the Gap
Turkey Between East and West
Legislative Testimonies
Lebanon seizes funds bound for Hezbollah at Beirut airport
On February 28, Reuters, quoting three anonymous and unidentified sources, reported that authorities at Lebanon’s Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport seized $2.5 million in cash destined for Hezbollah.
Op-eds
Netanyahu calls for the demilitarization of southern Syria
On February 23, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for southern Syria to remain demilitarized in the wake of the collapse of the Bashar al Assad regime. “We will not allow forces from the...
Op-eds
Final Living Israeli Hostages in Phase One of Ceasefire Freed, Hamas Returns Remains of Shiri Bibas
Six Hostages Freed, Including Two Held for a Decade: Israel welcomed home on February 22 six hostages held captive by Iran-backed terrorist organization Hamas. Tal Shoham, Avera...
Flash Briefs
Turkey Marginalized? How Trump’s Middle East Strategy is Rewriting Alliances
Nearly a month into Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. President, we are beginning to see the contours of his foreign policy in the Middle East. Having campaigned on a promise to prioritize American...
Op-eds
Hamas Reportedly Willing to Release All Israeli Hostages in Single Exchange Once Second Phase of Ceasefire Begins
Hamas Willing to Release All Hostages Under Phase Two of Ceasefire: A senior Hamas leader has said that the Iran-backed terrorist group is willing to release all remaining Israeli...
Flash Briefs
‘Hamas Executed a Mother and Her Two Children in Cold Blood’: Bibas Family Bodies Reportedly Included in Upcoming Hostage Release
Bibas Family Said to Be Among Hostage Remains: Hamas will release the bodies of four slain Israeli hostages on February 20 and six living hostages two days later, the Iran-backed...
Flash Briefs
‘Look Like Holocaust Survivors’: Three Israeli Hostages Released After 490 Days in Hamas Captivity
Three Israeli Hostages Free: Israel welcomed home three hostages on February 8 who had been held captive in Gaza by the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist organization following its mass...