Why Is The U.S. So Keen To Get Turkey Back Into The F-35 Program?
Ankara has and is taking visible steps to decouple itself from upholding the values and security priorities of the NATO alliance.
Politico
OpenAI Deactivates Iranian ChatGPT Accounts Involved in Influence Operation
Latest Developments OpenAI announced on August 16 that it deactivated several ChatGPT accounts engaged in a covert Iranian influence operation. The artificial intelligence (AI) company said that it...
Flash Briefs
Google Report Exposes Iranian Hacker Attacks on Israeli and U.S. Targets
The Iranian regime has stepped up its malicious online attacks against Israel and the United States — including against both parties’ political campaigns — according to an...
Flash Briefs
How To Pose as a Reasonable Critic of Israel (With a Little Help From the Media)
Mark Perlmutter is an orthopedic surgeon from North Carolina. He is Jewish but believes that Zionism is “sadism” and “the moral equivalent of Nazism.” Feroze...
Op-eds
U.S., Israel, and UAE in Talks on Postwar Gaza Governance
Latest Developments Representatives from the United States, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) met in Abu Dhabi last week to discuss plans for postwar Gaza, Axios reported on July 23. Emirati...
Flash Briefs
Israel helped avert a famine in Gaza but gets no credit
This is the headline you never saw: “Famine averted in Gaza; Israel and UN facilitate surge of humanitarian aid.” The news is true, anchored in data collected by the leading global authority...
Op-eds
War Between Israel and Hezbollah Drawing Closer, U.S. Says
Escalating clashes on the Lebanese border could erupt into a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah in the coming weeks if Hamas and Israel fail to reach a cease-fire, Politico...
Flash Briefs
The looming war so gruesome it would make Gaza look like child’s play
Less than 72 hours before the first debate of the US presidential election, Joe Biden‘s White House is bumbling. On Sunday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles...
Op-eds
Reports Claim U.S. Delaying Munitions to Send Message to Israel
The Biden administration is pausing shipments of offensive weapons to Israel due to its objections to military operations in Rafah, senior U.S. officials told journalists on May...
Flash Briefs
Egypt Opposes Coalition to Secure Gaza Aid Deliveries
Cairo does not support Israel’s efforts to establish an international peacekeeping force in Gaza, a high-ranking Egyptian government official told Sky News on March 30. Instead,...
Flash Briefs
U.S. Weighs Funding Multinational Peacekeeping Force in Gaza
The Biden administration is deliberating options for post-war Gaza, including possibly funding a peacekeeping force in the enclave, senior U.S. officials told Politico in a March...
Flash Briefs
Israeli Troops to Provide Protection for Gaza Aid Pier
Israel agreed on March 26 to provide security for U.S. military personnel building a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, Politico reported. The plan,...
Flash Briefs
What would a maritime security force mean for the Red Sea?
The Iran-backed Houthi attacks have only escalated in the past week by firing on Eilat, having begun in October to match the Hamas massacre.
Op-eds
Stop With the Nice Words on Qatar
David Barnea, the head of Israel’s Mossad, announced Saturday that he was withdrawing the Israeli negotiating team from the Gulf Arab emirate of Qatar. The announcement signaled the end of the hostage...
Op-eds
Israel and Ukraine Face Shared Cyber Threats
Russia is responsible for recent cyberattacks against Israel, a senior Ukrainian official told Politico on November 10. Victor Zhora, deputy chair of the State Service of Special...
Flash Briefs
FBI Director Warns of Increased Risk of Iranian Cyberattacks
Latest Developments FBI Director Christopher Wray said on October 31 that Iran is likely to pose an increased cyber threat to U.S. critical infrastructure as the war between Israel and Hamas continues....
Flash Briefs
Erdogan’s Damning Response to the Hamas Attacks
Turkey’s president is widening the gulf between Ankara and her Western allies and partners.
Op-eds
Israel Strikes Terrorist Targets in Lebanon as UK Prime Minister Visits
Israel carried out precision strikes against Hezbollah sites in Lebanon in the early hours of October 19, a day after the terrorist group carried out numerous attacks on Israel....
Flash Briefs
Ukraine Might Finally Get ATACMS. Here’s What That Means.
Media reports suggest Washington may soon grant Kyiv’s longstanding request for the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS. While not a silver bullet, ATACMS would provide Ukraine with valuable...
Op-eds
French Twist
Emmanuel Macron cozies up to the Chinese Communist Party