Austrian bank in Iran freezes business fearing U.S. sanctions
Austria’s Oberbank, which, as a result of the 2015 nuclear deal became the first European bank to enter Iran’s financial system, announced it has not moved forward with business trans...
New Jersey
Israel Urges Irish Bank to Shut Accounts of Boycott Group
The Israeli government is pushing for the closure of scores of bank accounts provided by the Irish banking giant Allied Irish Bank (AIB) that fund the promotion of anti-Israel boycotts....
Op-eds
New Jersey Divests From Top Danish Bank after It Boycotts Israeli Companies
New Jersey announced that it will divest from Danske Bank, Denmark’s largest bank, after the bank announced that it would not invest in two Israeli companies, Benjamin Weinthal ...
Op-eds
New Jersey Bans Business with Danish Bank for Israel Boycott
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced on Wednesday at a menorah-lighting ceremony that the state has divested all of its investments from the Danish bank Danske due to its boycott of Israe...
Op-eds
S. 1241: Modernizing AML Laws to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
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Legislative Testimonies
Colorado Sanctions Danish Bank for BDS Activity Against Israel Companies
Colorado has added Danish banking giant Danske to a blacklist for its anti-Israel business activities. Danske Bank has faced criticism and economic penalties for barring two Israeli defe...
Op-eds
New Jersey Fails to Enforce Anti-BDS Law with Danish Bank
The State of New Jersey has come under fire for allegedly not punishing a giant Danish bank that engages in anti-Israel economic activity. Danske Bank, the largest bank in the Scan...
Op-eds
Managing Terrorism Financing Risk in Remittances and Money Transfers
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Legislative Testimonies
Congress Ups Ante with New Iran Sanctions
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Policy Briefs
ISIL’s Virtual Planners: A Critical Terrorist Innovation
On December 19, Anis Amri plowed a hijacked truck through the Christm...
Op-eds
Khamenei Threatens Reprisal Over Sanctions
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei...
Policy Briefs
Coming to America
Millions of people want to come to America. Actually, it’s tens of millions or perhaps hundreds of millions. Some Americans believe our borders should be open — that everyone has a &l...
Op-eds
We Got Lucky … This Time
At approximately 9:35 a.m. on Saturday, September 17, a garbage can exploded along the route of the Seaside Semper Five Marine Corps Charity 5K Race in Seaside Park, New Jersey. Fortunately, no o...
Op-eds
Happening Now
FDD senior fellow Thomas Joscelyn discusses the recent terror attacks in New Jersey and St. Cloud. ...
Op-eds
Congress Mulls Next Steps as Iran Sanctions Unwind
On January 16, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verified that Iran had met its preliminary nuclear commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal. The...
Policy Briefs
How Congress Became the Fall Guy for Obama’s Iran Deal
One of the more astounding features of the current controversy over the Iran nuclear negotiations is the extent to which Congress is being set up to take the blame if the...
Op-eds
A Bad Deal
We are in an odd situation. President Barack Obama is trying to coerce and cajole Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, to compromise on his nuclear quest without using America’s only...
Op-eds
Is Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal Unraveling?
President Obama’s nuclear agreement to slow down Iran’s drive to become a nuclear-weapons power faces tough resistance from Senate Republicans and Democrats because of massive loophol...
Op-eds
Iran’s Delays and Deceptions
Just before Congress recessed for the holidays, 26 senators — 13 Democrats and 13 Republicans, led by Senators Robert Menendez (D., N.J.) and Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) — introduced the Nuc...
Op-eds
FDD Welcomes Bipartisan Senate Sanctions Bill Against Iran
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON -- In an effort to hold Iran accountable to the nuclear agreement it reached last month in Geneva with the P5+1 countries, a bipart...