Palestine

Meet the 13 Palestinians Tasked With Governing Gaza After Hamas

Houthis emphasize solidarity and coordination with Iran-led Axis of Resistance

In recent speeches, Abdulmalik al Houthi, the leader of the eponymous Yemeni terror group, reiterated his group’s support for its regional partners in the Iran-led “Axis of Resistance” and held out...

6 Reasons Why Qatar’s U.S. Financial Footprint Warrants Scrutiny

Qatar, a Persian Gulf emirate roughly the size of Connecticut, possesses outsized wealth by sitting atop the world’s largest natural gas reservoir. FDD has meticulously documented that this tiny country...

How Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Influence Global Narratives — and AI Systems

If you ask Google what Al Jazeera is, the answer you receive draws heavily on Wikipedia. The same is true if you ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or many other large language models. Wikipedia has become the working...

Court of Appeals Temporarily Reinstates Sanctions on Antisemitic UN Envoy Francesca Albanese

Reversing a lower court’s decision, a federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated U.S. sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN envoy who, according to the State Department, “has spewed unabashed...

Justice Department Appeals Federal Judge’s Ruling That First Amendment Protections Apply to Sanctioned UN Special Rapporteur

The sanctions imposed by the United States against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for “human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967,” are the focus of a legal...

In Texas K-12 Public Schools, Qatari Money Funded Jewish Conspiracy Content

Foreign influence is reaching into our children’s schools in Texas and around the United States. Kids are being exposed to lesson plans and textbooks stained with propaganda and even antisemitism. Who...

Time to Stop the Music: How Terrorists Exploit Music Streaming Platforms

SADAT: Turkey’s Wagner Group

The SADAT International Defense Consultancy has grown into a key instrument of Turkish influence in Africa and the Middle East.

The Dangerous Failure to Hold Hamas Accountable for Using Human Shields

How international institutions’ silence on Hamas hiding behind civilians incentivizes human shields use, and distorts law and accountability.

Using Facial Recognition Tools To Identify October 7 Perpetrators

Palestinian Authority Double-Speak on Payments to Terrorists Places French and EU Aid Under the Spotlight

French President Emmanuel Macron could not have been clearer.  Standing alongside Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas at a press conference following their meeting in Paris last...

To Prevent Antisemitism in Schools Like Berkeley, Enforce the Rules Already on the Books

At California’s Berkeley High School (BHS), teachers are interrupting their normally-scheduled classroom lessons to talk about the Iran war. Given the Berkeley school district’s dismal...

Gunmen fire at police outside of Israeli consulate in Istanbul

Three gunmen fired on police officers near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 7. The firefight left one attacker dead, two police officers wounded, and two suspects in custody. Footage uploaded to...

Islamist Turkey: A Base for Muslim Brotherhood Jihadism

Naim Qassem says Hezbollah will continue fighting Israel, frames war as defense of Lebanon

On March 13, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gave his second speech since the renewal of Hezbollah’s war with Israel on March 2. The speech marked the anniversary of Qods Day, an event...

Time for Lebanon to Partner with Israel Against Hezbollah

Now that Lebanon and Israel’s interests are so clearly aligned in disarming Hezbollah, the time has come for the two states to cooperate toward this shared goal and lay the groundwork for peace. On...

Civil Service bias against Israel is now undeniable

The Middle East is once again in flames, with Iranian proxies active across the region and Tehran attacking British bases and allies. Yet at this very same moment, Foreign Office staff attended a party...

Russia the Arsonist Wants to Play Firefighter

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to use Moscow’s close ties with Iran to restore calm in the Middle East after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, which he condemned as “unprovoked aggression.”...

The Arab Case for Israel

And Other Essays from a Distant Conflict