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Israel, Iran, and Lebanon: What’s Next?

Across the Arab world, Nasrallah is remembered as a tyrant in Lebanon, a butcher in Syria and a fanatic

Lebanon now has the opportunity to take sovereignty back from the hands of Hezbollah

U.S. Ceasefire Call Fails to Resolve Hezbollah Threat

U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, and other world leaders issued a joint statement on September 25 calling for a “21-day temporary ceasefire to allow diplomacy a chance to prevent...

The cautionary tale of Riad Salameh

The downfall of Lebanon’s former central bank governor Riad Salameh is nearly complete. Earlier this month, Lebanese authorities arrested the former financial wunderkind on charges...

U.S. Sanctions Key Iranian Human Rights Abusers

The Biden administration sanctioned 12 people on September 18 for their “violent repression” of the Iranian people, both within Iran and abroad. The sanctions, imposed in coordination...

Iran’s Assassination Plots Against Jews Persist Despite the West’s Leniency on Regime

The French police recently charged a French-Algerian dual citizen and his partner for allegedly conspiring to assassinate Israelis and Jews in Paris, Munich, and Berlin — all at the behest...

Iranians Commemorate Mahsa Amini on Second Anniversary of Her Murder

The second anniversary of the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was marked in Iran and around the world on September 16 amid a media blackout ordered by Iran’s rulers. The young...

Durov’s Arrest Is About Telegram as Russian Weapon, Not Free Speech

So-called free speech activists have jumped to defend Pavel Durov after his arrest, but they conveniently forget Russia’s weaponization of his Telegram platform.

The Story of the Next Lebanon War Starts Now

Beirut, the once-fabled “Paris of the Middle East”, has been down on its luck in recent years. The lack of attention to Lebanon’s decline is now translating into complacency about the combustible...

Iranian Cyber Warfare Targeting Israel Seeks to Exploit Fears of Military Attack

A malicious email sent to Israeli citizens on August 4 purporting to contain “citizen safety” guidelines drawn up by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has highlighted attempts...

War of attrition: U.S. can deter Hezbollah by showing support for Israel

Excerpt If Israel and Lebanon had been teetering on the brink of war for nearly a year, Hezbollah’s strike in Majdal Shams on Saturday, which killed 12 Israeli children, could tip matters over the...

Iran Orchestrating Online Campaign of Threats Against Israeli Olympic Athletes

Latest Developments The Israel National Cyber Directorate announced on July 25 that Iran was behind an online intimidation campaign targeting Israeli athletes competing in the Paris Olympics. Hackers...

Israeli Athletes to Receive 24-Hour Security at Paris Olympics

Latest Developments Israeli athletes will receive 24-hour security at the Paris Olympics that commence on July 26. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced the decision on July 21, one day...

Victorious Left-Wing Coalition in France Pushes for ‘Immediate Recognition’ of Palestinian State

The leader of France’s main far-left party pledged on July 7 to grant “immediate recognition of the State of Palestine” following a powerful showing by a coalition of left-wing...

The jihadi-leftist convergence

Carlos the Jackal was an early adopter

Cognitive Combat

China, Russia, and Iran’s Information War Against Americans

Down and out in Paris and London

It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that while the 2020s may not be the 1930s, they certainly feel like the 1930s.

Israel SitRep: June 24, 2024

Today’s Issue: | 401st Brigade Raids Hamas Training Sites in Rafah Area, Finding Weapons and Tunnel Shafts | Gazans Seeking Medical Treatment Abroad Will be Permitted to Leave Through Kerem Shalom Crossing...

A Rape in Paris

The act of misogyny is a grotesque means for men to remind women of their physical power. It’s also an act of dehumanization, like it was on Oct. 7.

Swedish Hostage Deal Set to Underwrite More Hostage-Taking

As part of a deal to release Swedish hostages in Iran, Stockholm freed Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian official convicted of crimes against humanity for his role in the mass execution of political prisoners...