Islamism
Under Pressure From Washington, Cairo Resumes Aid to Gaza
Egypt resumed providing humanitarian aid to Gaza on May 26 after more than two weeks of withholding it. With food insecurity in Gaza a major challenge, the Egyptian blockade exacerbated the humanitarian...
Policy Briefs
Mohammad Mokhber: Khamenei’s Confidant
On May 19, 2024, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash. Mohammad Mokhber, the first deputy president, will serve as interim president until Iran holds elections for a new president. Iran...
Policy Briefs
Maximum Support
A New Strategic Direction for U.S. Iran Policy
Memos
Biden’s substitute for victory
At best, it’s a frozen conflict
Op-eds
Jewish Man Facing Execution Under Iran’s Apartheid Laws Targeting Minorities
The U.S. government expressed “deep concern” on May 20 regarding the imminent execution of a young Jewish man in Iran convicted of killing a Muslim during a violent quarrel over...
Flash Briefs
Iran Arrests More Than 260 People at Alleged ‘Satanist’ Gathering
Iranian police announced the arrest of more than 260 people for promoting “satanism and nudity” at a gathering on May 17, Tehran’s state media reported. The detainees, who...
Flash Briefs
Iran’s Raisi joins long list of political leaders involved in mysterious crashes
It isn't expected that presidents should go missing or be involved in crashes. However, historically, a number of important political and military leaders have met their end in crashes.
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: May 15, 2024
Today’s Issue: Israel Calls for Investigation After Video Captures Terrorists Inside UNRWA Aid Distribution Point | IDF Spokesman Hagari: Army Operating in Gaza’s North, Center, and South, Including...
Israel at War Situation Report
Some Campus Protesters Despise America as Much as They Do Israel
The epicenter of campus protests has recently shifted from occupation of buildings and quads, to the disruption of commencement ceremonies as students prepare to leave campus. This provides an opportunity...
Op-eds
Kuwait: Islamists and the end of Arab democracy
Installing democracy in a society without a tradition of liberty is like handing car keys to an unlicensed driver
Op-eds
What Biden didn’t say about antisemitism
What aspects of the surge in hatred would have convinced a besieged Jewish community that the leader of the free world is not just an ally, but someone who fundamentally grasps the nature of contemporary threats?
Op-eds
Israel Shutters Al Jazeera Bureau
Israel carried out a long-threatened temporary closure of Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel on May 5, accusing the Qatari-owned television channel of pro-Hamas incitement. “Al...
Flash Briefs
From Colombia to Columbia, an unceasing war on Israel
The world’s authoritarians are delighting in the opportunity to wield the language of human rights in the faces of gullible Westerners.
Op-eds
Jordan Rejects Hosting Hamas as Pressure Rises on Qatar
A senior Jordanian diplomat on May 2 firmly rejected the suggestion that Hamas could move its political bureau to Jordan if forced to leave its current base in Qatar. “Hamas behaves...
Flash Briefs
The ideological cocktail poisoning American campuses
Woke warriors add neo-Nazism to the neo-Marxist/Islamist mix
Op-eds
Iranian IRGC Agents Murdered Teen Protestor Whose Death Was Ascribed to ‘Suicide,’ Leaked Document Reveals
A leaked document from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) revealed that a young female protestor whom the Tehran regime claimed had taken her own life in 2022 was...
Flash Briefs
Hezbollah Retaliates Against IDF Strike, Launches Barrage of Missiles
Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at Israel on April 26 in retaliation against an Israeli strike that killed two Palestinian Islamist terrorists in Lebanon...
Flash Briefs
Columbia University’s antisemitic tradition is alive and well
Nicholas Murray Butler’s spirit lives on—in both the approach of the current appeasing, spineless and incompetent administration, and in the fetid antisemitic beliefs of the student protesters.
Op-eds
Iranian President in Pakistan, Pledges to Strengthen Ties
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Islamabad on April 22, kicking off a three-day visit to Pakistan. Raisi’s trip comes three months after Iran and Pakistan exchanged airstrikes...