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…
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…
Threats to the United States and its citizens from the Islamic Republic of Iran and its terror proxies have reached a fever pitch, with no clear U.S. policy for how to stop it. Tehran is perched on the nuclear threshold,…
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…
The Israeli Air Force is systematically degrading Hezbollah’s capabilities while preparing for a full-scale war, according to a former IAF commander. On Aug. 25, the IAF launched a significant preemptive strike against Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, following intelligence that…
Iran’s nuclear weapons program has crept closer and closer toward breakout. The U.S. Director of National Intelligence reported in July 2024 that Iran has “undertaken activities that better position [Iran] to produce a nuclear device, if it chooses to do…