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November 4, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Chicago Plays Down an Antisemitic Hate Crime

The suspect, an illegal immigrant, shouted ‘Allahu Akbar.’ The victim was headed to synagogue.

November 1, 2024 | David Daoud |

Naim Qassem’s inaugural speech as Hezbollah’s new secretary-general

One day after his surprise appointment as Hezbollah’s new secretary-general, Naim Qassem delivered his inaugural speech from that post—his fourth speech since Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination. Qassem’s...

October 30, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran invests in new Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem

Iran likely believes Israel’s campaign will shift from high intensity to low intensity as it did in Gaza.

October 29, 2024 | David Daoud |

Naim Qassem vows Hezbollah will continue fighting

Naim Qassem, newly appointed as Hezbollah’s secretary-general, has become the centerpiece of the group’s narrative efforts. On October 15, as then-deputy secretary-general, he gave his third speech...

October 29, 2024 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Captured Documents Show Al Jazeera Ties to Hamas, Islamic Jihad

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published captured documents on October 23 indicating that six Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza are members of either Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). The IDF has...

October 13, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

‘We believe in what we are doing’: IDF commando reservists describe a year of war

These were Israeli army reservists who have served for most of the past year in the war against Hamas. They were also among Israel’s elite commandos.

October 9, 2024 | David Daoud |

Naim Qassem: Hezbollah’s New and Subdued Voice

With Israel’s September 27 assassination of Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s voice has been subdued. But it has not, unfortunately, been entirely silenced. The mantle of Hezbollah’s...

October 8, 2024 | |

Hamas Leader Vows Terror Group Will Rise Again as October 7 Attack Loses Public Support in Gaza

The Qatar-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashal said that the Iran-backed terrorist organization would rise “like a phoenix” despite heavy losses after a year of fighting Israel in...

October 1, 2024 | David Daoud |

Hezbollah c’est moi: The Party of God without Hassan Nasrallah

On September 27, the unimaginable happened. At approximately 5:22 p.m. local time, reports emerged of a massive Israeli strike on the predominantly Shia southern suburbs of Beirut, known colloquially as...

September 30, 2024 | |

Hamas Leader in Lebanon Eliminated in Israeli Air Strike Was UNRWA Employee

The leader of Hamas in Lebanon, who doubled up as a prominent educator employed by UNRWA — the UN agency solely dedicated to the descendants of Palestinian refugees — was killed...

September 30, 2024 | The LWJ Editors |

Bahraini militias eulogize slain Hezbollah leader

In a statement released online, two Iranian-backed Bahraini militias eulogized killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah while also promising to take revenge against the “criminal Zionists” for his...

September 28, 2024 | Joe Truzman |

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah eliminated in Beirut airstrike

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Saturday that it eliminated Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, along with commander Ali Karaki, in a Beirut airstrike the previous day. “The...

September 23, 2024 | Edmund Fitton-Brown |

The Houthis have challenged the Rules-Based International System and must be defeated

In my first analysis and opinion piece on the so-called Axis of Resistance, I set the scene by describing Iran’s 45-year trajectory from the Khomeini revolution to its current challenge to...

September 21, 2024 | David Daoud |

Nasrallah throws down the gauntlet to save face for twin telecommunications attacks

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was likely expecting a relatively quiet week. In fact, he wasn’t planning on speaking until October 7, the anniversary of the murderous rampage launched against...

September 21, 2024 | Joe Truzman |

Israel humbles Hassan Nasrallah and Hezbollah

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it carried out a successful airstrike in Beirut on September 20, targeting a meeting involving senior Hezbollah member Ibrahim Aqil and commanders of the...

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 18, 2024 | Caleb Weiss |

Al Qaeda strikes the Malian capital

The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s West African branch, claimed responsibility for a coordinated assault in Mali’s capital city of Bamako yesterday. The attack comes as JNIM...

September 17, 2024 | Joe Truzman |

Large-scale attack targets Hezbollah fighters

In what appears to be the most extensive breach of Hezbollah’s communication system by the State of Israel, pagers assigned to members of the Lebanese group exploded on September 17, injuring...

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 30, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

The Nazification of anti-Zionism

It’s designed to make audiences, aided by the ubiquitousness of social media, despise all Jews.