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In Gaza, It’s Déjà vu All Over Again

Shoshana Bryen
Eleven years ago, the 2014 Hamas rocket war against Israel ended in a ceasefire. In the ensuing years, Israel and the United States should have...

Resilience and the Modern Israeli Revival

Faerie
Every anti-Israel activist loves the word “decolonisation,” but they apply it selectively. The Jewish people are the ultimate indigenous group of the Land of...

Regrets on the Global Stage as Countries Rethink Bans on Israel

Shoshana Bryen
The timing was extraordinary. As I was moderating a conference entitled “U.S.-Central Asian Relations in the Era of the Abraham Accords,” Kazakhstan announced that...

US-Central Asia Relations in the Era of the Abraham Accords

Ariel CohenShoshana Bryen
The Jewish Policy Center joined with the Energy, Growth, and Security Program of the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC) for a panel to...

The Muslim Brotherhood, not Israel, is the Root of Famine and Genocide

Shoshana Bryen
Hideous video emerged this week showing rape, massacres, famine and torture. No, not in the Gaza Strip; in Nigeria and Sudan. Google it if you...

But the War Isn’t Over

Shoshana Bryen
A heartfelt Shehechaynu for the returned hostages; for their unconquerable families; for the 915 valiant soldiers of the IDF who died, and the thousands injured; for...

What to Do with the Terrorist Trawlers

David M. Weinberg
With President Trump bringing comprehensive peace to the Middle East starting with freedom from Hamas hands of Israeli hostages, only a few minor details...

The Arabs’ Century of Rejecting Palestine

Eric Rozenman
Secretary of State Marco Rubio does not think much of plans by France, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia to recognize a state of...

Israel and The Flotillas

Dan Linnaeus
Israeli blockade enforcements have always taken place outside of but near published boundaries, in international waters, typically 20–100 nautical miles from shore (see endnote)....

Beyond Military Victory in Gaza

David Katz
On March 18th, 2025, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) launched a "focused ground operation" in central Gaza with elements of three army divisions.,  Israel...

Liberation Day Postponed

Shoshana Bryen
There is still confusion about the ultimate result of Israel’s strike in Doha, which struck a meeting of Hamas leaders. Israeli government sources have...

Hamas-Approved Reporters in Gaza Serve the Terrorist Cause, And More So If They Die

Lenny Ben-David
Are there greater international war crimes than invading a country, pledging homicide, committing widespread rape, firing barrages of rockets into civilian towns, infanticide, hostage-taking,...

Hamas Blinks: Why Israeli Force, Not Diplomacy, Brings Hostages Home

Inside Israel Intel
Editor's Note: We generally do not parse internal Israeli politics, but the discussion of the parameters of the possible/impending/promoted hostage deal are important enough...

Gaza War Update

Dan Linnaeus
The IDF holds about seventy-five percent of the Gaza Strip. That territory is mostly cleared, with two Hamas strongholds remaining: Gaza City and the...

Reflections on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Mackubin Owens
Mackubin Owens is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a Marine Corps Veteran.  He writes and lectures widely on issues...