A recent poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) from May 1-4, 2025, highlights the reality of Palestinian public opinion amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, now 19 months in from its start with…
As Air Force One departed the Middle East on Friday, April 16, concluding U.S. President Donald Trump’s first international tour, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) commenced “Operation Gideon’s Chariots” — a new major offensive targeting Hamas positions across the Gaza…
Recently, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) redoubled its historic vendetta against the state of Israel and opened a hearing into the Israeli blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza. At the hearing, the United Nations (UN) leapt to condemn Israel…
The recent escalation between Israel and the Iranian-backed Houthi in Yemen reflects the venerable tribal principles governing the region since biblical antiquity. In punishing evil intentions, “You shall not show pity; life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth,…
I teach a weekly class on Zoom every Sunday morning from 11:00 a.m. PDT through 12:30 pm, and I then post it on YouTube two hours later. (As of May 2025, now at 67 episodes.) The class is a current events…
An administrative law judge ruled on Friday that Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported under the Immigration and Naturalization Act. Before we celebrate that decision too much we have to remember that there will…
Since Hamas’ brutal attacks against the state of Israel and the Jewish people on October 7th, countless political actors and pundits have attempted to curry support for the Palestinian cause by re-framing Hamas as a cohort of embattled freedom fighters…
What a difference an election makes. Last week the new leaders of Hamas threatened to stop releasing hostages because of imaginary Israeli violations of the cease-fire agreement. When President Trump demanded that all hostages be released by Saturday or “all…
Working for decades in the counterterrorism field, I found it surpassingly difficult to get the average American government official to believe that Islamists simply hate us, not transactionally, but absolutely. No one could wrap their heads around the notion that…
