Zionism

September 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran rallies proxy groups and allies to vote against Israel ahead of UN speech

Iran is rallying its proxy groups, including Lebanon's Amal Movement and Iraqi allies, to oppose Israel ahead of the UN General Assembly session.

September 17, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iran’s Assassination Plots Against Jews Persist Despite the West’s Leniency on Regime

The French police recently charged a French-Algerian dual citizen and his partner for allegedly conspiring to assassinate Israelis and Jews in Paris, Munich, and Berlin — all at the behest...

September 16, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The Houthi missile attack is Iran’s latest move

It’s worth thinking of the attack in light of Iran’s overall war against Israel in the region using its proxies rather than seeing it in a purely Houthi-centric context.

September 16, 2024 | Ahmad Sharawi |

‘Carry a Quran With a Knife’: How Growing Extremism Threatens Jordan – and Its Security Partnership With Israel

Escalating rhetoric from Islamist groups such as Hamas and the Islamic Action Front, the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, is pushing Jordanian society toward radicalization. Unfortunately, Jordan's monarchy has decided to appease, not challenge, them

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 8, 2024 | |

Jordanian Terrorist Kills Three Israelis in Attack at West Bank Border Crossing

A gunman identified as a Jordanian national shot and killed three Israeli men on September 8 at the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank.

September 6, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Polio vaccination campaign gives lie to claims of Israeli ‘genocide’

It’s hard to think of another state, particularly one enveloped in a war of survival, which would go to such lengths to protect children in the combat zone from a devastating illness.

September 4, 2024 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Israel Complied with UN Resolutions; Peace Never Came

With demands that Israel leave Gaza’s Philadelphi Corridor and limit its operations in the West Bank, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the Jewish State “to comply with its relevant obligations,” adding that “only an end to the occupation… will bring an end to the violence.”...

August 31, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran celebrates Hezbollah and other proxy attacks on Israel

Despite Iran’s diplomatic offensive on other fronts, Iran is continuing to ring Israel with threats and increase the pressure on Israel from Hezbollah and its other proxies in the region.

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 28, 2024 | Joe Truzman |

Israeli military launches extensive operation against West Bank terrorist groups

On Monday, August 27, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israeli Security Agency (ISA), and Israel Police launched a counterterrorism operation against Palestinian armed factions and their associated...

August 26, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hezbollah’s plodding war of attrition on Israel will continue – this is how

Hezbollah doesn’t mind waiting for weeks or months to attack because it knows this puts Israel and the US on alert.

August 26, 2024 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Prepared Israel gives Hezbollah yet another beating

Hezbollah fails to hit ‘strategic’ target Israeli media identify as Mossad and IDF military intelligence HQ

August 25, 2024 | David Daoud |

After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

For almost a month, the Middle East and the international community waited on edge for Hezbollah’s retaliation for Israel’s assassination of its military commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut on...

August 21, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

From “harsh punishment” to “tactical retreat”—time isn’t on Tehran’s side

The Islamic Republic has scaled back its rhetoric against Israel and pivoted away from “hard revenge,” instead shifting to “strategic ambiguity.” Tehran believes time is on its side, and its retaliation...

August 14, 2024 | |

Israel Strikes Rocket-Launching Post in Gaza Used by Hamas to Attack Tel Aviv

Israeli Air Force jets struck more than 40 targets in Gaza on August 14, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. Among the sites hit was a rocket-launching position located in a humanitarian...

August 7, 2024 | Ahmad Sharawi |

Jordan’s Top Diplomat Walks the Tightrope in Tehran

Jordan's leadership faces a critical challenge: maintaining domestic stability while balancing its sovereignty and commitments to Western allies.

August 4, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

The Islamic Republic prepares to avenge Ismail Haniyeh

“Bloodlust” is a term cascading across the Iranian media space this week: “Bloodlust is commanded,” declared Jam-e Jam newspaper, connected to Iran’s state-sanctioned...

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 2, 2024 | |

Malaysian Prime Minister Slams Facebook for Removing Post Praising Haniyeh

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim strongly criticized Meta Platforms — the parent company of Instagram and Facebook — after his Facebook post mourning the assassination...