Iran’s Ever-Expanding Ring of Fire
Distance does not buy security. Over 1,000 kilometers away from the Jewish State, Yemen’s Houthi rebels or Ansar Allah – the helpers of God – as they style themselves, have made good on...
Levant
Exposing Iran’s Proxy Gambit One Proxy At A Time
As Israeli ground forces expand operations in Gaza, Iran’s proxies are steadily ramping up their military involvement. At the heart of their strategy — or more aptly, Tehran’s — is the...
Op-eds
Eyeless in Gaza
How the U.S. blinded Israeli intelligence gathering efforts on Hamas and other Palestinian groups inside Lebanon
Op-eds
Was Biden’s Speech as Pro-Israel as You Think?
No. Because it was missing the only word that matters.
Op-eds
Biden Backdoors Israel in the U.N., Rescinding Trump’s Recognition of Sovereignty over the Golan
In a move from the Obama playbook, the U.S. is advancing a stealth agenda in the Middle East at the expense of its allies
Op-eds
In Lebanon, Israel and America Are on Opposite Sides
Israel backpedals, while Hezbollah grows bolder
Op-eds
The New Saudi State Sets Off Into Uncharted Geopolitical Waters
Far from being uncooperative, Saudi Arabia under MBS is playing precisely the regional role that Obama and Biden have long demanded—only more so
Op-eds
The New Herodians
Herod the Great’s alignment with the Roman empire led to both the high-point of Jewish power and the destruction of the Jewish state.
Op-eds
U.S. adds Al Qaeda leader in Syria to list of global terrorists
The U.S. State Department added Sami al-Uraydi, a senior leader of Al Qaeda’s branch in Syria, to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. State’s Rewards for Justice program previously offered...
Op-eds
Blinken Builds a Palestinian Hezbollah in the West Bank
Not content with fueling street demonstrations against Bibi in Tel Aviv, the Biden administration looks to ‘Lebanonize’ Israel with a new, U.S.-funded terror army
Op-eds
Rob Malley visits the Gulf, with a bucket of old formaldehyde
A senior US delegation, led by Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley and other counterterrorism and defense officials, traveled to Saudi Arabia recently to participate in the US-Gulf Cooperation Council...
Op-eds
Arsenal
Assessing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
Monographs
America’s military exercise with Israel betrays its true plans
What are we to make of Juniper Oak, the latest and largest-ever joint military exercise held by the US and Israeli militaries in late January, as part of the longstanding Juniper series? Based on the...
Op-eds
Captagon: Assad’s Deadly Drug Of Choice Expands To Israel
Israel’s Ministry of Defense thwarted an attempt to smuggle thousands of captagon tablets into the Gaza Strip last week. The news was overshadowed by soaring tensions, amidst continued unrest in the...
Op-eds
Hezekiah’s Mistake
As Netanyahu tries to manage relations with a fracturing American empire, he would do well to read Isaiah
Op-eds
Will Turkey Pay a Price for Helping Iran Break Sanctions?
So long as Turkey continues to enable adversaries like Iran to evade American sanctions, it will be an ally in name only.
Op-eds
Biden Trashes the Abraham Accords
Bibi wants peace with Saudi Arabia. The Saudis probably want it, too. But the White House has other ideas.
Op-eds
Bibi Wins!
Israel’s political iron man inherits a hatful of tsuris
Op-eds
US strong-arms allies into recognizing Iranian “equities”
On October 26, Amos Hochstein headed back to Lebanon for the “signing ceremony” for the maritime boundary deal Team Biden succeeded in imposing on Israel. Reflecting the farcical nature of what is bizarrely...
Op-eds
Analysis: Al Qaeda ideologue calls for jihad in Sudan, provides guidelines
Earlier this month, Bayt al Maqdis, a jihadi publishing house believed linked to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), released a book compiled of various letters written by the ideologue Abu Hudhayfah...