Qatar, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, today plays a central role in the ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. But Yoni Ben-Menachem, a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign…
As the Israel Defense Forces continue their mission to eradicate Hamas from the Gaza Strip, reports suggest that the White House is beginning to realize that Hamas is an obstacle to achieving a deal to secure a ceasefire and release…
The United States must use this week’s Vienna meeting of atomic inspectors to stop Iran’s nuclear program from becoming a black box. Without being able to detect Tehran’s final leap to the bomb, or even how close it might be,…
America’s intelligence chief recently warned that Iran is preparing to take the final steps to produce a nuclear weapon, making it now mostly a matter of Tehran’s choice if and when to do so. This stark departure from routine U.S.…
Hamas’s execution of six innocent hostages, including an American, is a gut-wrenching, harrowing reminder of the savagery inflicted upon Israel on October 7 by the Iran-backed terrorist group. But it also exposes the folly of the Biden-Harris administration’s constantly pressuring…
Despite Israel’s nearly one-year-long war with Hamas in Gaza after the Oct. 7 attacks, security experts continue to sound the alarm that Jerusalem’s greatest threat actually lies to the north in Lebanon, where Hezbollah has developed a sophisticated tunnel system. Hezbollah, an…
In a tragic development, over the weekend, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recovered the bodies of six hostages whom Hamas recently murdered in the tunnels under Rafah. President Biden announced that he is “very close” to a final proposal for…
Hamas’ murder of six Israeli hostages, including a U.S. citizen, is another reminder not only that Hamas remains a genuine danger to Israel, but that it is among the most immoral, illegal, and barbaric armed groups in the world. War,…
U.S.-led security cooperation between Israel and Arab states must be central to counter the growing Iranian threat in the Middle East, according to a report published authored by seven former senior American military officers. The former commanders prepared the report…
During nearly 11 months of war in Gaza following Hamas’ October 7 savage invasion, IDF soldiers have faced some of the most challenging terrain fighting in a densely urban environment, where the enemy wears civilian clothes, uses civilians as human…