Quds Day

April 5, 2025 | David Daoud |

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem’s Quds Day speeches

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered two speeches to commemorate Quds Day last week. This annual event, begun by Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is held on...

March 31, 2025 | David Daoud |

Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: March 24–March 31

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous activities and operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between March 24 and 30, 2025. On Friday, unknown actors again fired rockets at northern...

March 31, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Pro-Iran militias parade for ‘Quds Day’ in Iraq

Pro-Iranian militias from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) took part in Quds Day events in Iraq on March 28.

April 10, 2024 | David Daoud |

Hezbollah’s expected Response to IRGC-QF Gen. Mohammad Zahedi’s killing

According to the Syrian Army, at 17:00 hours on April 1, Israel launched an airborne attack from over the Golan Heights, targeting a building in Damascus that it described as the Iranian consulate...

April 8, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: April 8, 2024

Israel SitRep: April 8, 2024 Today’s Issue: IDF Ground Forces Withdraw From Southern Gaza, Leaving Only Nahal Brigade | IDF Completes Another Stage in Preparations for War in North | IDF Eliminates...

April 3, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel beefs up air defenses, calls on reservists as Iran vows to avenge IRGC assassinations

On April 3, the Israel Defense Forces said they were increasing manpower for their air defenses by calling up reservists. Israel operates a complex, integrated and multi-layered air defense array that...

February 27, 2024 | Jonathan Schanzer, Mark Dubowitz

Preventing a Ramadan Explosion in the Holy Land

How Israeli self-restraint and American diplomacy can ward off potential escalation during the upcoming Muslim holy month.

April 20, 2023 | |

Israel Opens First Permanent Embassy in Turkmenistan

Latest Developments Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen inaugurated Israel’s first embassy in Turkmenistan during a visit to the Central Asian state on April 20. Cohen is the first Israeli foreign...

April 13, 2023 | Enia Krivine |

All Eyes on the Iranian Regime as ‘Quds Day’ Dawns in the Middle East

Israel has deployed thousands of officers in Jerusalem and in the vicinity of the Temple Mount and the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound ahead of this Friday’s “Quds Day,” a yearly event manufactured by the...

April 13, 2023 | |

Iran and Its Proxies Prepare to Mark Quds Day, Raising Tensions in Jerusalem

Latest Developments “Quds Day” (Jerusalem Day) is tomorrow, the last Friday of Ramadan. The Islamic Republic of Iran established this day of protest in 1979 to oppose Israel’s sovereignty in Jerusalem...

March 21, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer, Natalie Ecanow

Pray for Peace This Ramadan

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins March 22. It celebrates the month during which Muslims believe Allah revealed the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad. The holiday, marked by fasting and prayer, is intended...

August 7, 2022 | FDD Experts |

Assessing Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Military Capabilities After the August 2022 Conflict

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is the second-largest terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip after Hamas. Over the years, PIJ has strengthened its military capabilities with significant assistance from Iran, and particularly the Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Until the United States killed him in 2020, Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani personally supervised this military build-up. Today, the Quds Force continues to fund and arm PIJ under the leadership of Esmail Qaani.

December 15, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany must stop cozying up to Iran

It should sever its relationship with a series of Iranian organizations

September 30, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The German ‘anti-Semitism commissioner’ who enables BDS, Jew-hatred and Iran

Rabbi Cooper of the Wiesenthal Center said re Blume that 'the job of an anti-Semitism commissioner is to fight it and not spread it.'

July 30, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Asaf Romirowsky

Germany needs legislation to punish companies for pro-BDS activity

German regional governments and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration continue to ignore the federal parliament’s 2019 resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign targeting...

July 29, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Mercedes-Benz Must Crack Down on Antisemitism and Support for Iran

Political leaders in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg have shown no desire to end their promotion of BDS and support for the clerical regime in Tehran.

July 14, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal, Dr. Charles Asher Small

Germany needs to confront Iranian regime’s antisemitism

Berlin should take the lead in punishing the Islamic republic's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei with economic sanctions and a cessation of diplomatic relations until Tehran recognizes Israel's right to exist.

June 1, 2021 | Tony Badran |

Who Started the Gaza War?

America did

December 3, 2020 | Varsha Koduvayur, Akhil Bery

Curb Your Enthusiasm for an Israel-Pakistan Peace Agreement

While Pakistan has good reasons to normalize relations with Israel, domestic and geopolitical compulsions stand in the way.

June 30, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German–Iranian dissidents urge MP to resign from antisemitic BDS NGO

Nouripour should quit due to "his Iranian identity: there is only one dictatorship in this world that has an antisemitic state doctrine, namely the Islamic Republic.”