Kamala Harris
Washington warns Israel against ground invasion into Lebanon
Despite dire warnings about its actions during the war, Israel has repeatedly demonstrated that Washington’s fears are unsubstantiated.
Op-eds
Fracking and the Election: It’s Not About Pennsylvania
Vice President Kamala Harris’s changing statements on fracking have become an important issue in the current U.S. presidential election campaign. Only five years ago, Harris pledged to ban...
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: September 25, 2024
Today’s Issue: | Numerous Projectiles Fired at Israel Wednesday, IDF Carries Out Airstrikes in Beqaa and Southern Lebanon | David’s Sling Intercepts Hezbollah Missile Fired Toward Tel Aviv | Northern...
Israel at War Situation Report
Iran Is Waiting for a President Harris
The mullahs haven’t avenged Haniyeh’s killing because they’re playing a longer—nuclear—game.
Op-eds
Afghanistan and Gaza: Tragedy and farce
You wonder why a Hamas rapist who gets what he deserves is reinvented as an innocent civilian murdered as part of a “genocide,” while Afghan women are transformed into chattels and slaves, and the world remains silent.
Op-eds
FDD Identifies 19 Websites as Part of an Iranian Global Influence Operation
FDD researchers have uncovered the Iranian role in creating a network of at least 19 websites that present themselves as independent sources of opinion and analysis for audiences across the globe. Other...
Policy Briefs
10 Things Washington Should Do to Hold Hamas Accountable
U.S. citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, was executed by Hamas in late August after being taken hostage from an Israeli music festival and held in Gaza for more than 300 days. In response, a bipartisan roster...
Insights
McMaster and commander
Thirteen months as President Trump’s national security advisor
Op-eds
After Brutal Executions, Will IDF Operations to Rescue Hostages Continue?
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on September 1 that they had recovered the bodies of six Israeli hostages from a tunnel in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, including the body of US citizen...
Op-eds
Deterring Iran’s Dash to the Bomb
Monographs
IDF Discovers 150 Tunnels on Egypt-Israel Border as Biden Calls Netanyahu
Israeli forces have discovered and demolished more than 150 tunnels along the Gaza-Egypt border, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced on August 21. Gallant’s announcement...
Flash Briefs
Blinken Departs Middle East Without Ceasefire Deal
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed from the Middle East empty-handed on August 20, having failed to secure an agreement after Hamas rejected the latest iteration of...
Flash Briefs
OpenAI Deactivates Iranian ChatGPT Accounts Involved in Influence Operation
Latest Developments OpenAI announced on August 16 that it deactivated several ChatGPT accounts engaged in a covert Iranian influence operation. The artificial intelligence (AI) company said that it...
Flash Briefs
Readout of FDD Expert’s Trip to Taiwan
Media Calls
Haniyeh’s Death in Tehran Shows Iranian Role in Hamas’ Warfare
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh spent the final hours before his assassination in a Tehran safehouse that belongs to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)...
Op-eds
Kamala Harris Misleads on Gaza Food Shortage
Despite what Harris deceptively implied, the truth is that Israel facilitated a surge of aid that prevented a famine.
Op-eds
Israel weighs response after Hezbollah rocket kills 12 young civilians
Israel’s security cabinet met on July 28 to weigh a response to a Hezbollah rocket that killed twelve children and teenagers on July 27 in the Golan town of Majdal Shams. The death toll is...
Op-eds
Iran increases its attacks in Syria, Iraq against US forces
Iran’s escalation comes as it senses the US is focused on domestic political issues.
Op-eds
Hamas Rejects Proposed Israeli Changes to Ceasefire Deal
Latest Developments Hamas rejected a reported Israeli proposal on July 26 to screen Palestinians who return to the northern half of the Gaza Strip in the event of an agreed ceasefire, accusing Israel...