Thursday

October 21, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

How Iran keeps the initiative in attacks on Israel, US in MidEast

Iran’s foreign minister went to Qatar and met with the Hamas leadership in the first week of the war, pledging cooperation with Hamas.

October 20, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran mobilizes proxies for drone war on US and Israel – analysis

Sanctions on Iran’s missile program ended this week, fueling Iran’s appetite for defense deals and empowering its sense of impunity regarding the supply of weapons to proxies.

July 28, 2023 | John Hardie |

Main Thrust of Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Begun

Ukraine appears to have launched the main thrust of its counteroffensive. The next few weeks will likely determine whether the counteroffensive succeeds or fails.

June 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Exclusive: German Islamic Center Raises Money for Hezbollah

The Al-Mustafa community center in the city-state of Bremen in northern Germany is a major hub for raising funds for the EU and US designated terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon, accordin...

May 12, 2018 | David Adesnik |

America must respond to Iran’s attack on Israel to prevent a regional war

Following an Iranian rocket attack Thursday launched from Syria against Israel that prompted the Jewish state to send warplanes and missiles into Syria to destroy Iranian military targets, the Tr...

December 4, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German University Town Under Fire For Boycott Activity Against Israel

The Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor and pro-Israel advocates in Germany have expressed their disgust and outrage at the southern German city of Heidelberg for its activit...

October 30, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Wisconsin Becomes Latest State To Pass Anti-Boycott Israel Law

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin issued an executive order on Friday barring state agencies from engaging in business with entities that discriminate against Israel. The executive or...

April 4, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Germany Rebukes Institute for Hosting Pro-Hezbollah Academic

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration reprimanded the Max Planck Institute for sponsoring an Islamic propaganda event featuring the pro-Hezbollah US academic Norman Finkelstein....

November 28, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: German bank pulls plug on anti-Israel BDS bank account

The Bank fur Sozialwirtschaft (Bank for Social Economy) has closed the account of a German group that promotes the ...

October 31, 2016 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Clinton Supporters Call on Her to Ensure Obama Refrains From Any Diplomatic Moves Against Israel

Hillary Clinton supporters must call on the Democratic presidential nominee to ensure President Barack Obama refrains from making any diplomatic moves against Israel during the remainder of his t...

April 27, 2016 | David Weinberg

Obama is Right: The Gulf Arabs Ride Free on Terrorism

President Obama missed the last real opportunity of his administration to urge the Arab Gulf monarchies to finally adopt a no-tolerance rule toward all terrorist groups and to end the inexcusable...

March 4, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal

Politicians in Albert Einstein’s German hometown fund anti-Semitic lecture

A municipally funded adult education center in Ulm – the birthplace of Albert Einstein – is slated to host next Wednesday a speaker accused of stoking anti-Semitism and hatred of Isra...

February 18, 2016 | Jonathan Schanzer, Aykan Erdemir

Turkey just received a huge ‘political gift’

but its opponents are warning it could lead to a ‘big war'

February 8, 2016 | Tony Badran |

Expert: White House’s Foreign Policy is Legitimizing Iranian Influence in the Middle East

The Obama administration’s Middle East policy effectively serves as “legitimization of Iranian spheres of influence throughout the region, especially in Iraq and Syria,”...

August 3, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Business As Usual: Austria to Sell Iran Cranes for Possible Use in Hangings

BERLIN – Traditionally, Austrian governments have been the least critical of the Islamic Republic’s human rights violations. Now, Austria’s government plans to rekindle a busine...

February 13, 2015 | Merve Tahiroglu FDD Policy Brief |

UNSC Resolution on IS Finance: A Message to Turkey?

The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution Thursday aimed at targeting funding for the Islamic State (IS) and al-Qa...

October 10, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Time to Kick Turkey Out of NATO?

Makalenin Türkçe çevirisini buradan okuyabilirsiniz. The...

May 5, 2014 | Jonathan Kay |

The Troubling Rise of American ‘Withdrawalism’

Eastern Ukraine is falling to pieces. Suicide bombings remain epidemic in Iraq. Much of eastern Syria now is controlled by an al-Qaeda spin-off group that calls itself “Islamic State of Ira...

April 1, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal Fox News |

Most of Europe Reluctant to Crack Down on Hezbollah Despite Growing Threat

A House hearing on Hezbollah as a global terrorist threat coupled with Thursday’s prison sentence of a Hezbollah member — the first in a European court — brings into sharp focus...

March 21, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Cyprus Criminal Court Convicts Hezbollah Member

A criminal court on Thursday  in the city of Limassol convicted Hossam Taleb Yaacoub of membership in a criminal organization.  The dual Swedish-Lebanese citizen admitted last month tha...