Naim Qassem announces the date of Nasrallah’s funeral
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Palestinians
‘Miracle That She Survived’: British Israeli Hostage Tells UK Prime Minister She Was Held at UNRWA Facilities
Refused Medical Care for Gunshot Wounds: Emily Damari, the 28-year-old British-Israeli hostage who was recently released after 15 months of captivity by Hamas, told British Prime...
Flash Briefs
‘Not Accurate’: Jordan Denies Reports of Ordering Deportation of Notorious Terrorist Ahlam Tamimi
Parliament Speaker Denies Deportation Claims: Jordanian Parliament Speaker Ahmed al-Safadi denied February 2 reports that Jordan had demanded Hamas immediately transfer convicted...
Flash Briefs
‘I Was Hounded, Day In, Day Out’: Former UN Advisor on Genocide Was Pressured to Declare Genocide in Gaza
Nderitu Threatened for Not Declaring Gaza a Genocide: The UN’s former special advisor on the prevention of genocide, Alice Nderitu, described in an interview on February 1 the...
Flash Briefs
Iran Conducts Cyberattacks to Terrorize Israelis
The Iranian hacking group Handala last week breached an Israeli electronics firm that operates panic button systems in schools, causing red alert sirens to trigger in at least 20 kindergartens across Israel...
Policy Briefs
Trump’s Second Shot at Peace in the Middle East
REVIEW: ‘One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict’ by David Friedman and ‘The Battle for the Jewish State: How Israel—And America—Can Win’ by Victoria Coates
Op-eds
‘Welcome Them With a Big Embrace’: Three Hostages, Including American Citizen, Released After 484 Days in Hamas Captivity
Three Hostages Free: Israel welcomed home three hostages on February 1 who had been held captive in Gaza by the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist organization following its mass atrocities...
Flash Briefs
Why Does Qatar Keep Helping Terrorists?
Qatar remains one of the world’s foremost proponents of violent Islamist movements and states. The U.S. should treat it accordingly.
Op-eds
Iranian Foreign Minister Meets With Hamas and Qatari Leaders as Support for Proxies Persists
Iran Pledges Continued Support for Hamas: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with officials of the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas in Doha on January 30, as well as Qatari...
Flash Briefs
European Union Restarts Rafah Crossing Monitoring Mission, Egyptians Protest on Border
Latest Developments EU Resumes Rafah Border Missions: The European Union (EU) on January 31 restarted its civil border mission at the Rafah crossing that separates Gaza from Egypt, according to a statement...
Flash Briefs
Will Egypt’s President Become Trump’s Least Favorite Dictator?
Hours after President Donald Trump revealed plans to ask Egypt to enable Palestinian refugees looking to escape the war to enter the Sinai Peninsula from Gaza, Cairo’s Foreign Ministry issued a...
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: January 31, 2025
Today’s Issue: | IAF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Beqaa Valley; IDF: Yesterday’s Hezbollah Surveillance Drone Violates Ceasefire Agreement | IDF Eliminates Gunmen Who Killed Soldier in Jenin; Soldiers...
Israel at War Situation Report
The right to exist
Out of more than 200 states in the international system, the survival of only one of them—the State of Israel—seems to be up for debate.
Op-eds
Israel Releases 110 Palestinian Prisoners, Many Convicted of Terrorism, in Exchange for 8 Hostages
Israel Releases 110 Palestinian Prisoners in Exchange for Hostages: Following the freeing of eight hostages from Hamas captivity on January 30, Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners,...
Flash Briefs
‘Scenes of Abuse and Terror’: Israeli and Thai Hostages Released Amid Threatening Mobs in Gaza
8 Hostages Released: Israel welcomed home eight hostages on January 30 who had been held captive in Gaza by the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group following its assault on Israel...
Flash Briefs
Hamas confirms the death of Mohammad Deif and other senior leaders
On January 30, Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida stated that Israel killed seven of the group’s senior leaders during the recent war that began with Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023....
Op-eds
Palestinian terrorist groups react to Israel’s latest West Bank operation
The Security Cabinet of Israel directed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the Shin Bet intelligence agency, and the Israel Border Police to conduct an operation aimed at “bolstering security” in the...
Op-eds
‘No Return of Terror’: IDF Deploys in Jenin Without End Date
Israel Assesses ‘Iron Wall’ Operation: More than a week after the IDF launched Operation Iron Wall to root out Iranian-backed Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank city of...
Flash Briefs
Qatar Seeks Nobel Peace Prize for Gaza Mediation Despite Enabling Hamas
A Qatari diplomat recently suggested that the emir of Qatar deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the war in Gaza that Doha effectively abetted. In a statement to The Jerusalem Post, Qatar’s...
Policy Briefs
Naim Qassem’s most defiant speech yet as Hezbollah secretary-general
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem’s last speech, delivered on Monday, was his most defiant to date. Qassem spoke one day after the expiration of the November 27 Israel-Lebanon ceasefire deal’s...