Norway extends its Israel divestment campaign to the United States
Anti-Zionist ideology has crystallized as the dominant form of antisemitism in this century, with labor unions engaging it, and in some cases, propelling it.
Norway
‘Illegitimate Claims’: United States Condemns Norwegian Decision to Divest From American Manufacturer Over Israel Ties
Norwegian Caterpillar Divestment Tied to Israel: The State Department has strongly criticized the decision of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to divest from the U.S.-based construction...
Flash Briefs
Turkey’s Push for Regime Change in Syria: The Jihadi Highway
Syria’s civil war broke out in March 2011, in reaction to the brutal crackdown by the regime of Bashar al-Asad of popular protests that were part of the wider Arab Spring. In supporting the Syrian...
Op-eds
10 Iranian Jails the Regime Uses To Brutalize Political Prisoners
Iran routinely detains and imprisons citizens who publicly question the regime. The suffering of these political prisoners is immense: Inmates have reported pervasive sexual assault, beatings, sleep deprivation,...
Insights
‘Enmity Against God’: Iran Arrests Hundreds and Executes 3 for Allegedly Spying for Israel
Mass Detentions Unfold: The Iranian authorities have arrested more than 700 people since the conflict with Israel began on June 13, Iranian state media reported this week. The Fars...
Flash Briefs
Iran Executes Alleged Israeli Spy as Regime’s Internet Blackout Persists
A Fraudulent Execution: Iran hanged a 26-year-old man accused of spying for Israel, the Islamic Republic’s state media announced on June 23. According to the Norway-based nonprofit...
Flash Briefs
‘This Is Not Diplomacy, It Is Surrender’: UN General Assembly Demands Unconditional Ceasefire in Gaza
Resolution Against Israel Passed: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) voted 149 to 12, with 19 abstentions, to pass a resolution demanding “an immediate, unconditional and permanent...
Flash Briefs
‘We Reject Any Notion of Equivalence’: Rubio Condemns Sanctions on Controversial Israeli Ministers by U.S. Allies
Two Right-Wing Ministers Sanctioned: Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement strongly condemning five U.S. allies for jointly sanctioning two right-wing Israeli cabinet...
Flash Briefs
Stalin in the subway
What a statue tells us – and should tell President Trump – about Vladimir Putin
Op-eds
Weakened Tehran Regime Hangs Innocent Man on Espionage Charges in Attempt to Show Strength
Pedram Madani is dead. Iran hanged the 41-year-old father of one on May 28 on charges of spying for Israel, a classic judicial fabrication that Tehran has wielded in the past to justify the execution...
Op-eds
‘Total Disconnection From Israeli Technology’: Spain Cancels Major Defense Contract With Israeli Subsidiary
Spain Cancels Weapons Contract: Spain canceled a $325 million contract for anti-tank missiles with a subsidiary of the Israeli defense company Rafael, the Spanish Defense Ministry...
Flash Briefs
We’re training Ukraine’s brave F-16 pilots — here’s what they need to keep fighting
After years of delay, Ukraine’s Air Force is flying the F-16 fighter jets it’s received from NATO — and, during a training visit this month, we saw for ourselves how these “Vipers”...
Op-eds
The U.S. Should Not Sell Weapons to Turkey
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan recently declared Ankara would purchase an estimated $20 billion in American spare parts, ammunition, and electronics for its military. Turkey wants more...
Op-eds
Arsenal of Democracy
Arming Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel While Strengthening the U.S. Industrial Base
Monographs
‘The Top Executioner’: Iran Executed at Least 975 People in 2024
A ‘Surge’ in Executions: Tehran executed at least 975 people in 2024, making Iran the year’s “top executioner in the world per capita,” two human rights groups said in...
Flash Briefs
Syria appoints new president amid widespread diplomatic engagement efforts
In a move that will have significant implications for Syria and its international relations, Ahmed Sharaa was named the country’s president on January 29. The appointment is expected to provide...
Op-eds
Who’s afraid of China? Palau inauguration calls bluff of ‘friends to all, enemies to none’
For all the regional talk of “Pacific family” and “friends to all enemies to none” who did – and who didn’t – show up for the Jan. 16 inauguration of Palau President Surangel S. Whipps Jr....
Op-eds
Deconstructing the Inauguration: No, not that one
We have a country that is geopolitically sophisticated, with close ties to the U.S., Japan and Taiwan, and is in a highly strategic location. So who showed up to Palau’s party, and who didn’t?
Op-eds
Ireland Submits Declaration to Join South Africa’s ICJ ‘Genocide’ Case Against Israel
Ireland Challenges ‘Genocide’ Definition: Ireland formally intervened on January 7 in South Africa’s “genocide” case against Israel at the International Court of Justice...
Flash Briefs
‘Crisis of Confidence’: Sweden Eliminates UNRWA Funding Despite Nearly Doubling Gaza Aid for 2025
UNRWA Cut Out of Receiving Aid: Sweden announced on December 20 that it would stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) — the UN agency solely dedicated...