Every challenge the U.S. faces today – the rise of China, a resurgent Russia, the North Korean nuclear weapons program, Iranian adventurism throughout the Middle East, cyberthreats and many more – all have one thing in common: the need for…
A casual observer could be forgiven for presuming Israel and Hamas again stand on the precipice of war as rockets fly over Tel Aviv and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) strike key Hamas leadership targets in response. Despite the volatile…
On Monday, the U.N. held a hearing and issued a report by its special commission on Israel’s response to the mass demonstrations along its border with Gaza, known as the “March of Return.” The U.N.’s findings, which assert Israel violated…
After eight years of upheaval, the Middle East might seem incurably unstable, violent, and volatile to Americans. It is no surprise many have had enough of the region. But it also beckons with opportunity for those ambitious enough to capitalize…
Gemunder Center Visiting IDF Military Fellow, IDF BG Ram Yavne, was recently interviewed by Malcolm Hoenlein to discuss the threat of the Hezbollah cell on the Golan Heights.
Last month American and U.N. ambassadors toured a Hezbollah attack tunnel stretching from Lebanon into Israel and designed for killing and kidnapping Israelis. These officials saw Hezbollah’s earthworks up close, which is more than can be said for the 10,500 U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon…
Photo Credit: Eliyahu Hershkovitz via Haaretz Politicians, trial lawyers and drafters of reports learn early on that framing an argument is central to the task of persuasion. And so it goes for the report by the U.N. Human Rights Council’s…
Photo credit: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images President Trump’s decision to keep several hundred troops in Syria is a welcome one. But it remains largely defensive, merely preventing the situation from worsening: the return of ISIS; Turkey overrunning our Kurdish partners; or…
The United Nations issued a report last week saying it believes Israel committed “war crimes” in responding to ongoing violence on the Gaza border. The accusations include Israel Defense Forces shooting at non-combatants “knowing they were clearly recognizable as such.” Certainly this…
