Proportionality is a term commonly invoked to condemn infliction of civilian suffering during war. But just as pervasive is the misunderstanding of how it impacts both the authority to engage in hostilities, and the protection of civilians during hostilities. What…
Vladimir Putin sought to intervene in the Middle Eastern conflict on Thursday by inviting senior Hamas and Iranian leaders to Moscow. In a move condemned by Israel as an “obscene step” that “gives support to terrorism”, Russian officials met with…
Alongside the human toll exacted in Hamas’s devastating October 7 attack lies another casualty – the US-led effort to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Just days before the attack – with the kingdom’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin…
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – A second aid convoy arrived in Gaza as Israel continued striking targets in the region ahead of an expected ground operation in response to Hamas’s October 7 attacks that killed more than 1,200 people inside Israel…
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(October 24, 2023 / JNS) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken released a statement on Monday marking the 40th anniversary of Hezbollah’s Oct. 23, 1983 bombing of the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, that included no mention of Iran.…
In the cotton fields north of Gaza the obscene shriek of a rocket is followed by a boom. A burst of smoke directly overhead and a showering of shrapnel on the road signal that Israel’s Iron Dome defences have scored…
