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April 22, 2024
Israeli Officials Hold Emergency Meeting to Discuss Possible ICC Arrest Warrants
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly held an emergency meeting with advisors on April 18, in response to reports that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the...
April 22, 2024
Hamas Chief Meets Turkish President, Considers Move From Qatar to Turkey
Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on April 20 — the first meeting between the two leaders since Israel launched its...
April 22, 2024
Israeli Forces on Alert for Passover
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are on high alert ahead of the Passover holiday, which begins at sundown on April 22, the IDF said. “During the Passover holiday, the IDF continues...
April 22, 2024
Understanding Israel-Hezbollah Clashes Since October 7
Eighty thousand Israelis have evacuated their homes near the country’s northern border as Hezbollah rockets rain on their communities. Yet, Israeli forces are drawing the most fire on the Lebanese...
April 22, 2024
Israel SitRep: April 22, 2024
Today’s Issue: Aharon Haliva, Head of Military Intelligence, Submits His Resignation | IDF Kills 14 Terrorists and Arrests 15 in Counterterrorism Operation in Nur Shams | Suspect Arrested in West Bank...
April 22, 2024
Passover Eve Massacre in Jerusalem Averted
Hours before Passover began, Israel averted a mass-casualty attack by two Palestinians in Jerusalem on April 22. The two terrorists rammed a car into groups of people in Romema,...
April 22, 2024
IDF Intel Chief Resigns Over Hamas’s October 7 Attacks
The commander of Israeli military intelligences resignation on April 22, citing his responsibility for the failure to anticipate the Hamas rampage that triggered...
April 22, 2024
Crack Down on Anti-Semitic K–12 Curricula
Anti-Semitism is spreading in K–12 school districts. Even in primary and secondary education, Jews are often viewed as privileged whites and oppressors, with Israel branded as an egregious example of...
April 21, 2024
Iran, next time, the target could be your nuclear sites
The Iranian ayatollah regime attacked Israel directly from its own territory, deploying hundreds of UAVs, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. This was a significant departure from the usual Iranian...
April 21, 2024
U.S. Legislators Move to Sanction Iranian Leaders, Oil Trade
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a package of four national security bills on April 20. In addition to providing security funding to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, the bills...
April 21, 2024
Hezbollah Claims to Target Multiple Sites in Northern Israel
Hezbollah claimed to target numerous areas in northern Israel on April 21. The Iranian-backed terrorist group told pro-Iranian media outlet Al-Mayadeen that it struck the northern...
April 21, 2024
Israeli Forces Kill 14 Terrorists in West Bank Raid
Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinian terrorists during a 50-hour weekend raid in the West Bank, the Israeli military said on April 20. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) counterterrorism...
April 20, 2024
Israel’s secret weapon
Mark Dubowitz is chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. In 2019, he was sanctioned by Iran for his advocacy. Memo to the White House: Time to retire President Biden’s...
April 20, 2024
Iran’s Nuclear Calculus Has Now Become More Dangerous
The rising tensions between Iran and Israel have provoked understandable foreboding. On April 1, an Israeli airstrike killed a senior Iranian commander in Damascus. Last weekend, Iran...
April 19, 2024
Turkish Flotilla to Set Sail for Gaza
Israel is bracing for potential maritime trade disruptions due to imminent seaborne aid deliveries to Gaza from Turkey by Turkish charities and pro-Palestinian activist groups. The...
April 19, 2024
Iran and its network of militias threaten to destabilize Jordan
Iran has sought to leverage its militias and proxies, including Lebanese Hezbollah, to destabilize Jordan, reported the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat on April 16. There...
April 19, 2024
Iran Threatened to Reevaluate Nonproliferation Obligations if Israel Attacked Atomic Facilities
A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened on April 18 to reevaluate Iran’s commitment not to develop atomic weapons if Israel attacked...
April 19, 2024
Israel Carried Out Strikes in Iran, U.S. Officials Say
Israel carried out strikes inside Iran U.S. officials told CNN on April 19, reportedly using warplanes with long-range missiles to strike at an Iranian military airbase near Isfahan....
April 19, 2024
College Presidents Are Losing the Battle against Campus Antisemitism
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April 19, 2024
Israel prepares for potential escalation at its northern border amid Iran tensions
Israel’s 91st division, which is responsible for securing the northern border with Lebanon, carried out a large-scale exercise focused on various scenarios that could develop into a future war. The drill...
April 19, 2024
Israel contends with rocket fire, pushes more aid to Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces carried out strikes on 25 targets in Gaza between April 18 and 19, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The airstrikes targeted a variety of sites, most of them defined as...
April 19, 2024
The Islamic Republic’s internal messaging chaos
In an unprecedented escalation on April 13, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched some 331 projectiles from its soil toward Israel, including 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles, and 110 surface-to-surface...
April 19, 2024
Israel SitRep: April 19, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF Continues Pinpoint Gaza Operation, Eliminating Terrorists and Destroying Tunnel Shafts | IDF Announces Targeted Killing of Hamas Internal Security Officer | IAF Destroys 25 Targets...
April 19, 2024
Iran’s Oil Exports Continue to Rise
Iran exported 141.7 million barrels of oil during the first quarter of 2024, a 28 percent increase over the same period last year. Increased oil exports enhance Tehran’s currency reserves and enable...
April 18, 2024
U.S. Vetoes Palestinian Statehood Bid at UN
The United States on April 18 vetoed the Palestinian bid to gain full membership at the United Nations. Twelve members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) supported the...
April 18, 2024
Hamas Leader to Meet With Erdogan in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on April 17 that he plans to meet Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Turkey over the coming weekend, calling Haniyeh the “leader of...
April 18, 2024
Qatar Reevaluates Role as Hamas Mediator
Doha is reevaluating its role as a mediator between Hamas and Israel, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on...
April 18, 2024
Iran Attempts to Destabilize Jordan
Iran has sought to leverage its militias and proxies, including Lebanese Hezbollah, to destabilize Jordan, reported the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat on April 16. There are...
April 18, 2024
White House Defends $10 Billion Sanctions Waiver to Iran Following Attack
The White House on April 15 defended Iran sanctions waivers it last extended in March, giving Iran access to $10 billion in funds. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby...
April 18, 2024
Israel Arrests Terrorists Hiding in School in Northern Gaza
Israeli soldiers arrested Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists hiding in a school in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on April 17. “Over...
April 18, 2024
U.S. Presidential Elections Loom Over the Iranian Rial
On March 25, 2024, as Iranians celebrated Nowruz (Persian New Year), the black market rate of the Iranian rial plunged to a record low. Despite sanctions relief and infusions of cash, the Islamic Republic’s...
April 18, 2024
Israel Foils West Bank ISIS Plot
Israeli forces detained a Palestinian overnight who was planning an imminent attack on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS). Undercover commandos carried out the arrest in Beitunia,...
April 17, 2024
Hamas Obstructs Hostage Negotiations
Hamas rejected all proposals and expanded demands during recent hostage negotiations, Israeli and American officials said on April 14, 15, and 16. Hamas rejected the latest Gaza...
April 17, 2024
Hezbollah Rocket Fire Wounds 18 in Northern Israel
Hezbollah launched a combined rocket and drone attack on northern Israel on April 17, wounding 14 Israeli soldiers and four other people, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. The...
April 17, 2024
The Despotic Duo
April 17, 2024
Israel Promises Response to Iran Attack as World Leaders Urge Restraint
Israel’s war cabinet decided to strike back at Iran “clearly and forcefully” during a closed-door meeting on April 15. The Times of Israel, citing Israel’s Channel 12, reported that the cabinet chose to respond to send a message that Israel “would not allow an attack of that magnitude against it to pass without a...
April 17, 2024
Iran Briefly Closed Nuclear Facilities to IAEA Inspectors
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on April 15 that Iran briefly closed its nuclear facilities to inspectors the day before amid security concerns about possible Israeli...
April 17, 2024
History has been made as Arabs fought alongside Israel
Iran’s Islamist ruler Ali Khamenei made history with his unprecedented direct attack on Israel on Saturday night, but not, perhaps, in the way he intended. By dispatching a barrage of more than 300...
April 17, 2024
Israel SitRep: April 17, 2024
Today’s Issue: 13 Wounded in Hezbollah Attack on Israeli Bedouin Village in North | IDF Kills Two Hezbollah Commanders in Separate Drone Strikes | IDF’s 162nd Division Continues Pinpoint Operations...
April 17, 2024
US Army ships heading to Gaza, arrive in Crete
US Army ships heading for the Gaza Strip to build a temporary pier or floating dock have arrived in Crete, according to vessel-tracking websites. The ships left Fort Eustis on the James River on...
April 17, 2024
Listening to our enemies
One of the many ways last weekend’s drone and missile attacks on Israel could have been worse: If Iran’s rulers had instructed their U.S.-based operatives to simultaneously carry out a terrorist attack,...
April 17, 2024
Hezbollah claims to target IDF base with Burkan missile
The Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah on Wednesday claimed it targeted the headquarters of the IDF’s 91st Division in Biranit, near the Lebanese border, with a Burkan missile, according...
April 17, 2024
Hezbollah’s drones and missiles may become increasingly effective
A Hezbollah drone and missile attack on April 17 wounded 14 soldiers and 4 civilians in the village of Arab al-Aramshe in northern Israel. The first and second drone attacks on April 16 near...
April 17, 2024
Hezbollah-Israel tensions grow as drones, airstrikes increase
On April 16, Hezbollah launched two drones that crossed into Israel and struck near the community of Beit Hillel in the Huleh valley two miles from the Lebanese border. The pro-Iranian Al-Mayadeen media claimed that...
April 16, 2024
Australia Shows That Hamas’ Terrorism Pays
Terrorism pays. That is the message Australia’s government is sending by considering recognizing a Palestinian state in the wake of Hamas’ October 7 attack...
April 16, 2024
The path that led to Iran’s attack on Israel was one of US appeasement
To understand how we got to Iran’s attack against Israel last weekend, you have to look back at the policy of appeasement pursued by the Biden administration since 2021. To begin with, his campaign...
April 16, 2024
UK Fails to Designate IRGC as Terror Group Despite Iranian Attack on Israel
The British government is resisting a campaign by key UK politicians to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. UK Prime Minister...
April 16, 2024
Israel Increases Humanitarian Aid Transfers to Gaza
Israel facilitated the transfer of 126 aid trucks to northern Gaza and the opening of two bakeries there, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on April 16. The effort, led by...
April 16, 2024
Russia Defends Iranian Attack on Israel
Russia on April 14 defended Iran’s attack against Israel, blaming it on the Jewish state’s killing of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general in Syria in an April 1 airstrike....
April 16, 2024
What We Can Learn From Iran’s Attack on Israel
Iran launched an unprecedented direct attack against Israel this weekend consisting of approximately 350 missiles and drones with a combined payload of around 60 tons of explosives, yet only a handful...
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