10 Things to Know About Hezbollah
1. Hezbollah is an Iran-backed Islamist terrorist organization Hezbollah (also spelled “Hizballah”) is a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization and a political party based in Lebanon. The...
Islamism
Gaza and the De-Colonization Narrative
Western views of Arab society often get one major thing wrong – Arab agency.
Op-eds
Hezbollah’s Nasrallah to Deliver Friday Speech
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is scheduled to deliver a speech on November 3, his first public address since Hamas’s terrorist attack on October 7. Nasrallah is due to speak...
Flash Briefs
FBI Director Warns of Increased Risk of Iranian Cyberattacks
Latest Developments FBI Director Christopher Wray said on October 31 that Iran is likely to pose an increased cyber threat to U.S. critical infrastructure as the war between Israel and Hamas continues....
Flash Briefs
Israel SitRep: Nov. 1, 2023
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Israel at War Situation Report
Islamism is a failed ideology. Muslims must embrace the West
Those who came here to escape tyranny are now cheering the tyrants they left behind
Op-eds
Egypt and Jordan Condemn Israeli Response to Hamas Massacre
Latest Developments Egypt and Jordan on October 21 condemned Israel’s military response to the October 7 massacre by Hamas. Speaking at a peace summit in Cairo, the leaders of both Arab nations denounced...
Flash Briefs
Erdogan’s Damning Response to the Hamas Attacks
Turkey’s president is widening the gulf between Ankara and her Western allies and partners.
Op-eds
How War Could Engulf the Entire Middle East
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Op-eds
Why Erdogan Is Unlikely to Cut Ties With Hamas
It seems that the Turkish president is once again ready to burn bridges with Israel.
Op-eds
Lax U.S. Sanctions Enforcement Yields Windfall for Iran’s Terrorist Proxies
Iran’s foreign minister on October 18 called for an embargo of Israel by oil-producing nations to protest Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian also urged...
Flash Briefs
What Israel can learn from the battle for Mosul
Israel’s fight against Hamas has been compared to the war against Isis between 2015 and 2019. That war was largely waged in Iraq and Syria, and one of the most important battles was the struggle to retake Mosul from the Islamists in 2017. ...
Op-eds
Eyeless in Gaza
How the U.S. blinded Israeli intelligence gathering efforts on Hamas and other Palestinian groups inside Lebanon
Op-eds
Analysis: Islamic State strikes in western Uganda
Over the last week, the Islamic State, through its Central Africa Province (known locally as the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF) has conducted and officially claimed two ambushes against civilians in...
Op-eds
Israel war: Why wouldn’t Egypt want Gazan refugees?
As Israel prepares to invade Gaza to destroy the terrorist group Hamas, Jerusalem is calling on civilians living in the coastal enclave to seek refuge in Egypt. Cairo,...
Op-eds
The War After the War Between Wars
The latest phase of the war between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran was bloody and brutal. It began on October 7 with a surprise attack by the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group out of the Gaza...
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
The Miscalculation of Hamas
Hamas came at dawn and murdered with abandon. It had the element of surprise. Israel was unprepared. This was unprecedented. Israel’s security barrier breached; Israeli communities and military...
Op-eds
Canada must secure the release of hostages without funding Hamas
If Ottawa supports a U.S. ransom deal, terrorists would take it as green light to capture more Canadians
Op-eds
Erdogan’s love for Hamas threatens Israel
While the vast majority of Turkey’s Western allies were quick to condemn Hamas’s vicious terrorist attacks in Israel, Ankara took an ambiguous approach. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a day after...