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January 14, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Israel Is Overhauling Its Defense Ideology; Will Arab States Finally Support It?

Israel is perhaps the most muscular and influential power in the Middle East today. When Israel changes its defense ideology, as per the Nagel Committee Report released last week, the region must take...

January 9, 2025 | |

Ireland Submits Declaration to Join South Africa’s ICJ ‘Genocide’ Case Against Israel

Ireland Challenges ‘Genocide’ Definition: Ireland formally intervened on January 7 in South Africa’s “genocide” case against Israel at the International Court of Justice...

January 3, 2025 | |

Israel Attempts to Lure Back International Airlines as Long-Term Flight Cancellations Continue

Israeli Air Law Proposal Seeks to Reduce Cancellation Risks for Airlines: Israel’s Knesset Economic Committee approved a proposal to change Israel’s aviation law on January...

December 13, 2024 | |

‘Peace, Development, and Mutual Understanding’: Paraguay Reopens Embassy in Israeli Capital Jerusalem

Latin American Nation Reopens Embassy in Jerusalem: Paraguay reopened its embassy in Jerusalem on December 12, becoming the first nation to move its main diplomatic mission to Israel’s...

December 11, 2024 | David May |

The Australian Government Allowed Hate Speech Against Jews and Israel; Then a Synagogue Was Burned

Vandals defaced a synagogue in the Australian city of Melbourne in late November, with the phrases “Free Gaza” and “Jews kill babies.” A week later, in early December, two masked...

November 3, 2024 | |

Iran Issues Fresh Threats Against Israel, U.S.

Latest Developments Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei openly threatened both Israel and the United States on November 2, 2024, one week after Israel’s retaliatory strikes targeted Iran’s...

October 26, 2024 | |

Israel Responds to Iranian Missile Attacks, Targeting Military Sites

Latest Developments After nearly a month of warning Iran’s rulers that it would strike at a time of its choosing following Iran’s ballistic missile attack targeting Israel on October 1, Israeli...

October 24, 2024 | |

Sri Lankan Police Arrest Three Locals Over Planned Terror Attack on Israelis

Police in Sri Lanka arrested three locals on October 24 over a planned terrorist attack against Israeli tourists visiting the South Asian island nation. According to the Israeli...

October 17, 2024 | |

Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar Eliminated in IDF Operation

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet intelligence agency confirmed the elimination of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar during an operation in the southern Gaza Strip on October...

October 10, 2024 | |

Israeli Security Cabinet Meets on Iran Attack Response Plan

Israel’s security cabinet convened on October 10 to discuss a potentially imminent counterstrike on Iran. The secretive decision-making forum gathered in Tel Aviv to discuss...

October 9, 2024 | |

Biden and Netanyahu Speak as Israel Prepares Iran Response

Anticipating an Israeli retaliation against Iran for its October 1 missile barrage against Israel, U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

October 8, 2024 | Natalie Ecanow |

Qatari Emir’s Speech at UN Showed Its Loyalty to Hamas; We Must Respond

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has once again accused Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza. In his recent speech to the United Nations General Assembly, al-Thani refused to condemn Hamas — the Iran-backed terror group that instigated the war on October 7, 2023. Instead, he condemned the Jewish State for what he described as “the most barbaric and heinous and extensive” violations of “human values, international charters and norms.”

October 6, 2024 | Joe Truzman |

The Houthis’ leadership structure

On October 4, the US military said it attacked Iran-backed Houthi military facilities in Yemen. “U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted strikes on 15 Houthi targets in Iranian-backed...

October 3, 2024 | |

Biden Supports Proportionate Israeli Response to Iranian Missile Attack

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he supports a proportionate Israeli response in retaliation for Tehran’s October 1 ballistic missile attack against the Jewish state...

October 2, 2024 | |

IDF Suffers First Eight Casualties in Lebanon Ground Operation

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that eight soldiers were killed in clashes with Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists in three separate incidents in southern Lebanon on October...

October 2, 2024 | |

UN Secretary-General Condemns Iran After Israel Declares Him Persona Non Grata Over Earlier Reaction

UN Secretary-General António Guterres belatedly condemned Iran by name on October 2 for launching nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel the previous day, apparently updating an...

October 2, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: October 2, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Iran Strikes Israel with Ballistic Missiles; IDF: ‘We Will React When and Where We Decide’ | IDF Kills Two Hezbollah Commanders in Targeted Strikes on Tuesday | More Than 150 Terrorist...

October 1, 2024 | |

Israel Vows Retaliation Against Tehran Regime

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retaliation against the Tehran regime for the Iranian ballistic missile salvo of October 1. “Iran made a big mistake this evening,...

October 1, 2024 | Mark Dubowitz |

The threat of all-out Middle East war looms: two scenarios

Air raid sirens are sounding throughout northern and central Israel, as Hezbollah unleashes new rounds of missile attacks on the Jewish State and Israeli Defense Forces stage raids into...

September 27, 2024 | |

Netanyahu Slams United Nations Antisemitism in General Assembly Speech

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned what he called “moral confusion” in the United Nations (UN) on September 27, during his address on the third day of the UN...