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October 29, 2024 | |

Iran Executes German-Iranian Dissident Who Lived in California

Tehran executed Jamshid Sharmahd, a German-Iranian dual national who lived in Los Angeles for some two decades, Iranian state media reported on October 28. Iranian security forces...

October 27, 2024 | Joe Truzman |

Israel launches retaliatory strikes against Iranian military facilities

In the early morning hours of October 26, Israeli fighter jets conducted airstrikes targeting military facilities throughout Iran. This operation, codenamed “Days of Repentance” by the Israeli...

October 24, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

BRICS showcases non-Western world order emerging

The expansion of BRICS into countries that are close to the West shows how many states are hedging their bets on this non-western group of powerful economies.

October 22, 2024 | David Adesnik |

UN-Backed Monitors Say Access to Food Improves in Gaza

A new quarterly report from a UN-backed monitoring group says that only 6 percent of Gazans face “catastrophic” food insecurity, the lowest figure reported since the start of the war. The assessment...

October 21, 2024 | Jonathan Schanzer, Natalie Ecanow

How the U.S. Should Respond to the Death of Yahya Sinwar

It’s time to put pressure on Qatar, a U.S. ally that has provided refuge to Hamas leaders.

October 16, 2024 | Bradley Bowman, Cameron McMillan, Lydia LaFavor

U.S. Deploys THAAD Battery to Israel

An advance team of U.S. military personnel and equipment arrived in Israel on Monday as part of the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery as Israel considers its response...

October 16, 2024 | Toby Dershowitz, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Iran Should Stay on the Global Terror Finance and Money Laundering Blacklist

On October 21, the plenary of the Financial Action Task Force, or FATF, will convene in Paris. Should the organization that sets global standards for countering money laundering and terror finance...

September 18, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

From chaos to fear: Hezbollah’s dilemma

Hezbollah faces crisis after thousands of pagers exploded across Lebanon and Syria, killing ten and wounding thousands, including the Iranian ambassador, causing chaos and fear.

September 14, 2024 | David May, Melissa Sacks

The Fundraising Shortcut Ripe for Abuse

Did tax-exempt money help activists release maggots and mealworms on the Israeli prime minister’s delegation to Washington, DC, in late July? The perpetrators reportedly hailed from the Palestinian...

September 5, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi, Sophia Epley

U.S. Marines in Turkey Assaulted by Nationalist Youth Group

Two U.S. Marines in Turkey were assaulted on Monday by more than a dozen members of the Turkish Youth Union (TYU), a secular nationalist youth group opposed to U.S. and European Union influence in the...

September 3, 2024 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

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.

August 30, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

The Nazification of anti-Zionism

It’s designed to make audiences, aided by the ubiquitousness of social media, despise all Jews.

August 29, 2024 | |

Israel Urges West to Shore Up Jordan Against Iran

Israel urged Western countries on August 29 to help shore up Jordan against destabilization efforts by Iran. On the second day of an Israeli security sweep of the West Bank, Israeli...

August 21, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

Iran Is Shockingly Close to Nuclear Breakout Potential; The World Must Act

The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will soon issue new reporting on Iran’s nuclear program from a summer of inspections at Tehran’s nuclear sites. The new data...

August 13, 2024 | Enia Krivine |

Will Israel restore security to the north?

If Hezbollah mounts a significant attack, Israel should declare war and establish a fully demilitarized zone between the border and the Litani River.

August 12, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

Iran: The Next Nuclear Weapons State?

U.S. Intelligence Community Drops a Bombshell Regarding Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Work: An astonishing U.S. intelligence report just revealed a grim truth: The Islamic Republic of Iran may...

August 9, 2024 | Lydia LaFavor, Ryan Brobst

First B-52H Bomber Deployment to Romania With Cross-Theater Operations in CENTCOM

The United States operated two B-52H Stratofortress long-range strategic bombers from Romania for the first time on July 21 and, in another first, forward deployed one of the B-52H aircraft just days later...

August 3, 2024 | David Adesnik |

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...

August 1, 2024 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Two Assassinations and a Transformed War

Israel just took out Hamas and Hezbollah leaders deep inside enemy territory. Now Iran is threatening to retaliate. What comes next?

July 30, 2024 | Jonathan Schanzer, David Daoud

Hezbollah Attack Threatens Full-Scale War With Israel

The conflict may be past the point of containment.