Israel SitRep: August 19, 2024
Today’s Issue: | Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad Claim Responsibility for Sunday Night’s Explosion in Tel Aviv | Hezbollah Confirms Deaths of Two Operatives on the ‘Road to Jerusalem’ | IDF...
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Israel SitRep: August 7, 2024
Today’s Issue: | Hezbollah Fires About 30 Rockets at Northern Israel on Tuesday, 19 Israelis Wounded | IAF Eliminates Hezbollah Anti-Tank Commander; Gallant: If You Kill Israeli Civilians, You’ll Pay...
Israel at War Situation Report
Israel SitRep: July 17, 2024
Today’s Issue: IAF Strikes Some 25 Terror Targets Throughout Gaza | Hezbollah Launches About 40 Rockets at Kiryat Shmona, Dozens Toward Other Locations in Israel’s North | Since Start of War, IDF Has...
Israel at War Situation Report
Khan Yunis rocket fire is a wake-up call
Hamas continues to control most of Gaza, with the exception of the corridor along the Egyptian border and the Netzarim corridor.
Op-eds
Aiming to Boost Supply of Clean Water, Israel Connects Power Line to Gaza Desalination Plant
In a bid to boost the supply of clean drinking water to the Palestinian population in Gaza, Israel on July 2 connected a power line to a main desalination plant in the strip,Reuters...
Flash Briefs
UN Secretary General Abuses His Authority
Along with ISIS, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram, Israel will be put on a UN blacklist
Op-eds
Turn-Key Alternatives to Replace UNRWA Immediately
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Memos
Some UNRWA Funding Resumes, Despite U.S. Ban
France announced on March 28 that it has budgeted 30 million euros ($32.4 million) for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The United States and 15 other countries,...
Flash Briefs
U.S. Bans UNRWA Funding for One Year
President Joe Biden on March 23 signed into law a one-year ban on U.S. funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The measure, passed overwhelmingly by Congress...
Flash Briefs
Close Down UNRWA
Western nations must not continue to contribute to a UN agency that is effectively controlled by a terrorist organization.
Op-eds
A Different Kind of Russian Threat – Seeking to Install Its Candidate Atop Telecommunications Standards Body
For the billions of digital devices that people the world over use each day, technical standards provide rules that ensure a device produced in one country can run software developed in a second country,...
Op-eds
The UN Has Now Spent $81.6 Million at the Four Seasons Damascus
The United Nations released new procurement data last week showing that its agencies spent an additional $11.5 million last year at the Four Seasons Damascus, for a total of $81.6 million since 2014. The...
Policy Briefs
Gaslighting Nations—Erdogan Makes a Mockery of U.N. General Assembly—Again
The term “United Nations,” which U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt coined in 1942, reflected a commitment, articulated in the Declaration of United Nations, to “defend life, liberty,...
Op-eds
Shabaab recommends black seed and honey to combat coronavirus
On Mar. 30, Shabaab warned Somalis not to take the AstraZeneca vaccine for the coronavirus. The warning came in the form of a three–page statement, which was published in both Arabic and English. Instead,...
Op-eds
The United Nations: Erdogan’s Favorite Platform for Trolling the World
The United Nations General Assembly, which meets every September, offers authoritarian heads of state their favorite platform for trolling the world. For this year’s 75th annual session, Turkish president...
Op-eds
Coronavirus Pandemic Impacts Turkey’s Approach to Displaced Syrians
The offensive launched by Russian- and Iranian-backed forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad in February to capture Syria’s rebel-held Idlib region forced almost one million people to flee their homes, causing...
Op-eds
Notable German Journalist Under Fire for Comparing Israel to its Enemies
Professor Steinberg added “ If Schapira is seriously interested in the treatment of minors worldwide, including by Israel, she should look at the facts, and not propaganda. And she should apologize."
Op-eds
Fixing the United Nations
The United Nations was created in the wake of World War II by the major Allied nations that had prevailed – at an enormous cost in blood and treasure -- over the Axis powers. Its foun...
Op-eds
The U.N.’s Parade of Dictators
Founded in 1945 to promote global peace, human dignity and freedom, the United Nations is celebrating its 70th anniversary — with a parade of dictators. The ceremonies will peak on Monday,...
Op-eds
Bad Move to the U.N.
Having failed to produce a deal after six months of bargaining in Vienna, the Iran nuclear talks now appear headed for a venue even less auspicious for the U.S. and its allies: the United Nations...