Khaled Mashal

December 21, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Abdullah in the middle

Why Jordan has not joined the Abraham Accords

December 8, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Neither Here Nor There

Jordan and the Abraham Accords

June 1, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Hamas as Tehran’s Agent

Since the late 1980s, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been plying the Hamas terrorist group with cash and weapons while also teaching it how to be self-sufficient. With hundreds of millions of dollars...

May 25, 2022 | Enia Krivine |

Turkey’s wooing of Israel may lead to Hamas ouster

As Ankara mends fences with pro-Western Arab governments and Israel, Hamas could become collateral damage and may be expelled from Turkey.

October 28, 2020 | Jonathan Spyer, Benjamin Weinthal

America Should Not Sell F-35 Fighter Planes to the Qatari Regime

Israeli energy minister Yuval Steinitz, speaking to the Ynet website on Sunday, expressed concern that despite Jerusalem’s objections, Qatar will eventually acquire state-of-the-art Lockheed Martin...

August 17, 2020 | Jacob Nagel, Jonathan Schanzer

Tensions in Gaza and on Israel’s Northern Border – What Next?

Tensions are once again escalating on the border between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and Israel. What started with explosive-lade balloons has given way to the firing of rockets and even riots at the...

January 22, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Varsha Koduvayur

The Turkish-Qatari Axis Challenges Washington

Turkey and Qatar have become brothers in arms, pursuing joint ventures in illicit finance and promoting extremist ideologies. Washington needs to develop a multipronged response to compel Ankara and Doha to curb their malign conduct.

December 11, 2019 | Aykan Erdemir, Varsha Koduvayur

Brothers in Arms

The Consolidation of the Turkey-Qatar Axis

May 29, 2018 | David May |

South Africa Adds to Its Long Record of Israel-Bashing

South Africa recalled its ambassador to Israel two weeks ago to condemn the “violent aggressio...

May 4, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer |

How Malaysia Became a Training Ground for Hamas

It was like a scene out of the Mission: Impossible series. ...

April 9, 2018 | Varsha Koduvayur

Trump should confront Qatar on its support for Hamas in upcoming White House meeting

As Qatar’s leader – Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani – prepares for a White House ...

October 16, 2017 | Grant Rumley |

Can Anyone End the Palestinian Civil War?

Co-authored by Neri Zilber. Stop us if you’ve heard this story before. The two largest Palestinian factions ...

June 29, 2017 | Grant Rumley |

The Squeeze Is On Against Hamas

Israel, the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank, and several Arab countries are dialing up the financial and diplomatic pressure on Hamas — but they may also be...

June 9, 2017 | David Weinberg |

Qatar vs. Saudi Arabia: How Iran and the Brotherhood Tore the Gulf Apart

The Gulf monarchies face the most serious crisis in their history. It is largely being covered as a diplomatic spat, since several Arab nations terminated their relations with Qatar on Monday to...

May 11, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer

By Hosting Hamas, Qatar is Whitewashing Terror

After getting booted from their first two hotels in Qatar over concerns of violating U.S. terror finance sanct...

May 10, 2017 | Clifford D. May

Fooling many of the people, much of the time

“Hamas Drops Call for Israel’s Destruction,” headlined The Wall Street Journal last week. The New York Times told its readers: “Hamas Moderates Talk on Israel.” And...

May 2, 2017 | |

Hamas’s New Document: More of the Same

Hamas’s outgoing political leader Khaled Meshaal announced the release of a...

April 21, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer

Time for the US to stop Qatar’s support for terror

Secretary of Defense James Mattis is on a Mideast tour to “continue efforts to strengthen regional security architectures.” While his meetings in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel are li...

March 9, 2017 | Grant Rumley |

New Blood for Fatah and Hamas

Palestinian politicians tend to view term limits as casual suggestions. This is especially true in the case of the two largest Palestinian parties: the nominally secular Fatah, which manages the...

February 25, 2016 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Hamas Is Fracturing, And Israel Should Be Worried

The al-Qassam Brigades, the so-called “armed wing” of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, is ...