Secretary of State Tony Blinken visited the Middle East again last week, proclaiming that it was the last chance for the Israelis and Hamas to make a cease-fire deal and recover the hostages that Hamas took during its October 7th…
Within 24 hours, Hezbollah’s most senior military commander and Hamas’ political leader were assassinated in the capitals of Lebanon and Iran, respectively. Israel took responsibility for the first strike but declined to comment on the second attack, despite accusations from…
On the morning of July 21, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) sent out the first round of 1,000 draft orders to men between the ages of 18 to 26 in the ultra-Orthodox “Haredi” Jewish communities across Israel. The order followed…
This week, Hamas, Fatah, and 12 other Palestinian factions met in China and signed the Beijing Declaration, which outlined their plan for post-war governance in Gaza and the West Bank. Israel has also met with allies this month to formulate…
The Biden administration’s $230 million Gaza pier, which took months to build and only operated for about 25 days, is being quietly shut down and moved to the Ashdod corridor. Pier Operations In May, supplies began flowing into Gaza through…
During a recent call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the United Kingdom’s newly elected Prime Minister Kier Starmer (Labour) stressed that he supported a Palestinian state, and could recognize one early in the process towards statehood. Meanwhile, the new Foreign…
The Biden administration and reportedly even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are considering giving the Palestinian Authority/Palestine Liberation Organization/Fatah (collectively, the Palestinian Authority) some leadership role in a post-Hamas Gaza. But statements from the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the past…
Israel Victory. How Zionists Win Acceptance and Palestinians Get Liberated By Daniel Pipes (Wicked Son, 336 pages, $31) Dr. Daniel Pipes is an academically elegant as well as a bold and strategic thinker. He is the founder and President of…
The news of the four Israeli hostages rescued last week in Gaza resurrected latent hopes across Israel amid weeks of increased attacks by Hezbollah along the northern border and a rising Israel Defense Force (IDF) death toll in Gaza. The…
