Category: Israel

Does the Resistance Axis believe its propaganda about Israel? The October 7 attack seems to suggest so.

A recurring television advertisement by Klil, an Israeli interior design company, claims that the terrorists “who tried to break, destroy, and upend” Israeli life on October 7 “do not understand the strength…of this country.” It’s a quaint message that is doubtlessly meant to bolster the nation’s morale, battered in that day’s horrendous attack. But the

What to expect in the next phase of Israel’s war against Hamas 

On Friday, the pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas, which has allowed for the exchange of more than seventy Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, came to an end, and the war has resumed. It was always bound to resume because, in response to Hamas’s heinous terrorist attack on October 7, Israel has pledged to

Why Morocco will not cut ties with Israel

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, from the luxury of his exile in Qatar, sparked public anger and controversy by addressing the Moroccan people on November 19 in a video urging them to sever ties with Israel and expel its representative in Rabat amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. “Morocco can correct its mistake and perform a duty,”

The post-October 7 US strategy in the Middle East is coming into focus

What lasting effect have Hamas’s October 7 attacks and Israel’s ongoing response in Gaza had on US strategy in the Middle East? The answer to this question is emerging, and recent days provided two windows into the Biden administration’s approach to the conflict and to Middle East and global security challenges more broadly. Hamas’s expected

David Petraeus on how the US should manage a world of overlapping crises

Watch the full event Online Event Fri, November 17, 2023 • 10:00 am ET David Petraeus on Israel, Ukraine, and the evolution of warfare AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT — A conversation with former CIA director and retired US Army General David Petraeus on Israel, Ukraine, and the evolution of warfare. Europe & Eurasia Israel Middle East