Does Al Jazeera Collaborate With Hamas?
Al Jazeera’s leadership shake-up has been in the headlines. Will its new executives direct the Qatari state-funded media arm to cease its cozy relationship with Hamas? Allegations have been swirling...
West Bank
Islamic State–linked activity on the rise in Israel and the West Bank
On November 14, the Shin Bet intelligence agency and the Israel Police arrested four residents of East Jerusalem’s Beit Safafa neighborhood on charges of having ties to the Islamic State and...
Op-eds
IDF Arrests 50 Hamas Members in West Bank Planning Imminent Attacks Against Israel
Latest Developments Hamas Cells Busted Across West Bank: Israel announced on November 13 that it dismantled a Hamas terrorist network in the Bethlehem area. During 15 separate West Bank operations...
Flash Briefs
The Flood that Sunk the Palestinian State
When the world needed Palestinian grownups to help solve the problems in Gaza, it found none. The PLO was too corrupt and Hamas too irrational.
Op-eds
US pushes for UN resolution on Gaza to support peace plan
The US is seeking a United Nations Security Council resolution on Gaza “aimed at bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, including by greenlighting an international security force,”...
Op-eds
Norway Pauses Ethical Divestment by Sovereign Wealth Fund Amid U.S. Scrutiny
Parliament Agrees on Pause: Norway’s parliament voted on November 4 to pause ethical divestment by its sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world with over $2.1 trillion...
Flash Briefs
Palestinian Islamic Jihad shows signs of renewed activity in the West Bank
An unidentified Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) field commander announced on October 29 that the organization had launched “Operation Blinding Vision” against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)....
Op-eds
Why Turkey Can’t Bring Peace to Gaza
Ankara’s pro-Hamas rhetoric makes it unfit to help police the Gaza Strip.
Op-eds
The Palestinians Must Apologize to the Lebanese
A Palestinian apology could pave the way for reconciliation by confronting the historical injustices inflicted on Lebanon. On October 26, Palestinian gunmen manning a checkpoint at Beirut’s Shatila...
Op-eds
Jordan’s King Abdullah II Says No Country Will Volunteer to ‘Enforce’ Gaza Ceasefire
‘Peacekeeping’ and ‘Peace Enforcement’: Jordan’s King Abdullah II said that it would be difficult for the United States to persuade countries to join the proposed International...
Flash Briefs
Patient Extremism: The Many Faces of the Muslim Brotherhood
Memos
The Gaza Peace Deal Has One Huge Problem: Hamas Won’t Disarm
As Gaza Ceasefire Begins, Hamas Is Already Reasserting Control Disarming Hamas is key to the U.S.-backed deal to end the Gaza war. The first phase of the agreement signed Oct....
Op-eds
50 Years of Anti-Zionist Propaganda: Why the UN’s ‘Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People’ Must Be Dismantled
Memos
What will the Palestine deal unleash?
Regional peace is a bad bet
Op-eds
Hamas frees 20 hostages in wake of US-backed deal
On October 13, Hamas freed the last 20 living hostages it had held in the Gaza Strip for two years, complying with the deal that it and Israel agreed to on October 8 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt....
Op-eds
The Shake-Up at Al Jazeera: Motion or Real Movement?
Is the shake-up at Al Jazeera mere motion or does it entail real movement away from the media network’s role as a vehicle for pro-Hamas propaganda? Eyebrows around Washington were raised when a recent piece in...
Op-eds
Profiles of notable terrorists Israel will release in ceasefire deal with Hamas
On October 8, Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire and hostage-exchange agreement that was brokered by the United States, with Qatar and Egypt serving as key mediators. Under...
Op-eds
Israel Thwarts Major Weapons Smuggling Attempt From Iran to West Bank Terror Groups
Security Agency Foils Iranian Smuggling Operation: Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, revealed on October 8 that it had foiled an Iranian attempt to smuggle large...
Flash Briefs
Hamasniks in fox holes
They say there are no atheists in foxholes. When it comes to Hamas, that’s not reassuring. Hamas members proclaim themselves jihadis – dedicated to the proposition, clearly stated in the Hamas Charter,...
Op-eds
Spain to Prevent Use of Its Bases for U.S. Weapons Shipments to Israel, Launch Probes Into Companies Advertising Israeli Products
Preventing Use of Bases: Spain has reportedly implemented measures preventing U.S. arms shipments bound for Israel from passing through its military bases. This directive applies...