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Continuing Operation ‘Strength and Sword’

Barry Shaw 0
Defense Minister Israel Katz: "I have instructed the IDF to seize additional areas in Gaza, while evacuating the population, and to expand the security...

IDF Operations Commence in Gaza

Barry Shaw 0
Around 2:00 AM (local time), the IDF launched an extensive attack on the Gaza Strip from the air. Dozens of targets across the strip...

We’ve Been Here Before and We Can Fix It Again with Leadership

Col. Roy E. Parker USAF (ret.) 0
When President Trump announced he was nominating Pete Hegseth for SECDEF, I initially shook my head in disbelief. Yes, he has combat experience and...

Can Terrorism in Africa be Defeated?

François Baird 0
Summary There is a long history of terrorism in Africa but the increasing growth of terrorism in Africa in the last thirty years, combined...

Israel and Antisemitism: It’s About Crisis Management Not “Image”

Eric Dezenhall 0
It has become clear to me in the year since Hamas’ October 7 pogrom that an alarming number of people in my life —...

Hasbara Has Failed Us

Matthew Feinberg 0
For decades, we’ve relied on the same approaches to explain Israel’s right to exist, believing that if we could just provide enough facts and...

Eroding Trust: CBS News and Oct 7

Joel Himelfarb 0
Why are the American corporate media held in such low regard, with less than a third of Americans expressing a “great deal” or a...

Hezbollah’s Expanding Threat in Africa

Efraim Inbar 0
The IDF is battling Hezbollah in Lebanon to enable Israel’s 85,000 displaced citizens to return safely to their homes. Less known is the significant...

The White House’s Latest Military Aid Deal

Barry Shaw 0
The latest military aid deal from the Biden-Harris Administration to Israel. Fine statements were made by the UN Administration over the recently announced $5.2B military...

China Has Ties to and Supports Hamas: Here Is the Proof

Guermantes Lailari 0
Most people realize that the Islamic Republic of Iran provides money, equipment, training, intelligence, and diplomatic support to Gaza terror groups, as well as...

A Clarion Call: Taiwan and the US Need to Do More

Guermantes Lailari 0
On 2 September, Elbridge Colby, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal...

The “Conquest of the Galilee” Plan

Barry Shaw 0
This was the Hezbollah battle plan for their invasion of the Zionist State (Israel). One of the main lessons Hezbollah learned from the Lebanon War...

Yes to Schadenfreude

David M. Weinberg 0
Everybody who wants to see the West triumph over the radical Islamo-fascist camp led by Iran smirked and smiled just a bit this week...
The Chief of the General Staff approves strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon from the IDF Headquarters Underground Operations Center. (Photo:IDF/X)

How October 7th Changed the Middle East Forever

Sean Durns 0
On the eve of the United Kingdom’s entry into World War I, the British Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, told a friend: “The lamps...

Biden-Harris Plan to Shut Down Migrant Smuggling Route an Empty Promise

Joel Himelfarb 0
In early July, the Biden Administration announced to great fanfare that it had reached agreement with the government of Panama on US assistance in...