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Hasbara Has Failed Us

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

Philadelphi Tunnel Vision

Ruthie Blum
It beggars belief that Israeli defense chiefs with the highest security clearance have been leaking to the media transcripts of top-secret meetings with Prime...

Bennett Visits Bahrain as Arab Ties Deepen

Michael Johnson
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett visited Bahrain’s capital Manama on Monday, marking the first such trip by an Israeli leader to the Persian Gulf...

Houthis Show Reach with UAE Attack

Michael Johnson
Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a series of attacks against the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi Monday, escalating tensions between the Iranian-backed group...

Putin Escalates Campaign in Ukraine, Testing Biden

Michael Johnson
Russia continued a military build-up in eastern Ukraine this week, deploying additional forces to areas it illegally occupies and launching offensive military exercises in...

Iranian Diplomat Sentenced in Belgian Terror Plot

Michael Johnson
A court in Belgium convicted an Iranian diplomat for the attempted bombing of a 2018 Iranian opposition group Thursday. Antwerp Criminal Court sentenced Assadollah...