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January 13, 2025 | Bonnie Glick |

What does Donald Trump’s “Hell to Pay” look like?

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that if the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, including seven American citizens, are not released before his inauguration on January 20, there will be “hell to...

November 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Yasser Arafat’s legacy: The death of Palestinian statehood

In many ways, the failure of the Palestinian cause in the last two decades is a result of the decisions of Arafat during the ten years he presided over the Palestinian Authority.

October 11, 2024 | |

Dutch Parliament Votes to Designate PFLP Front Samidoun as a Terrorist Group

The Dutch parliament voted overwhelmingly on October 10 to call for Samidoun, a Canada-based group believed to be a front for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),...

September 18, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

International donors are complicit in Hamas’ presence in Gaza – and key to its demise

To separate Hamas from local people in Gaza, donor countries should mandate that any NGO or UN organisation working in Gaza must monitor and report on Hamas and other groups’ presence in institutions that receive funding.

July 1, 2024 | |

Finance Watchdog Removes Turkey From Grey List Despite Ongoing Support for Hamas

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — an international money laundering and terror finance watchdog — removed Turkey from its grey list of countries that require stricter...

June 26, 2024 | |

Hamas Gunrunner, PIJ Missile Specialist Killed in Israeli Strikes on Gaza

A prominent gunrunner for Hamas and a missile specialist for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) who doubled up as an employee for a leading humanitarian non-governmental organization...

June 25, 2024 | |

Expert Panel Says ‘Imminent’ Famine in Gaza Never Materialized

The panel of food security experts whose assessment last March of an “imminent” famine in northern Gaza was widely reported have now concluded that it never materialized. The...

May 2, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

How Hamas balances Qatar, Turkey and the West

Rumors continue to circulate that Hamas might relocate to host countries, however Hamas has too much to lose by leaving Doha, and the West and Doha have interests at stake.

April 30, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey Cannot Be a Mediator in the Gaza War

The Turkish government led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not shy about its enthusiastic support of Hamas. Last month Erdogan shocked observers after declaring “Turkey is a country that stands firmly behind...

January 23, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi, Jonathan Schanzer

Sanction the Hamas nongovernmental organization in Turkey

The United States government has intensified its efforts to counter Hamas worldwide. Recently, that has included sanctions on entities based in Turkey. The focus is warranted. The government in Ankara...

December 17, 2023 | Cleo Paskal, Col. Grant Newsham

In the Pacific, U.S. bureaucracy messes up against PRC influence operation

I have no idea what the U.S. State Department was thinking. But if the goal was to help honest people in a highly strategic country that is also a close ally protect themselves against Chinese influence...

November 19, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

Three upcoming events that could torpedo Pacific peace

Three things are going on that could turbo charge Chinese strategic expansion in the Pacific. U.S. DEFENCE ARCHITECTURE IN THE PACIFIC The first two involve what are known as the “Compact States”....

October 13, 2023 | David May |

The BDS Campaign Embraces Hamas’ Massacre — and the World Will Remember

The brutality of Hamas’ slaughter of Israeli civilians has put anti-Israel activists in a bind: Should they condemn atrocities against Israel, or should they defend Palestinian actions as extreme as killing...

August 1, 2023 | David May, Melissa Sacks

Dutch Authorities Catch Hamas Financier Red-Handed

Burying their heads in the sand is not an option for Europeans.

May 4, 2022 | Shany Mor |

Andy Levin’s ‘Two-State Bill’ Won’t Support Middle East Peace

Levin’s bill, were it enacted, would never achieve its ostensible goal.

April 7, 2022 | Shany Mor, David May

Israel Is Not Russia, and Palestinians Are Not Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine set off an immediate wave of boycotts and sanctions targeting Moscow. These swift and comprehensive economic punishments have left the frustrated activists of the Boycott,...

December 9, 2021 | David Adesnik, Matthew Zweig

Biden Administration Creates Potential Sanctions Loophole for Assad

The Biden administration in late November lifted a longstanding rule that forbade non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from doing business with the regime of Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad, justifying the...

November 4, 2021 | David May, Jonathan Schanzer

American NGOs Rally Behind Groups Accused by Israel of Terrorism

A battle is raging over Israel’s declaration that six Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGO) are fronts for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a U.S.-designated terrorist...

August 4, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iranian athletes at Tokyo Olympics remember murdered wrestler Navid Afkari

A defector from the Islamic Republic displayed a picture of Afkari attached to a flag: 'We’ll always commemorate him'

April 16, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Diplomatic Arson in the Middle East

The Biden administration’s torching of U.S.-Saudi relations