The turbulent year since Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel draws to a close, marked by a sharp escalation in conflict between Israel and Iran and its proxies. Four CFR experts assess the changes since the attacks. One year after Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel, Elliott Abrams examines the extraordinary response …
Read More »Still under fire, Israel remembers Oct. 7 victims while grappling with ongoing nightmare
Rockets from Gaza target border region and Tel Aviv in heaviest attack in months, as 1st anniversary of earthshaking assault is marked amid widening war and continuing hostage crisis One year after Hamas-led terrorists embarked on a brutal rampage that shook Israel to its core, a deeply scarred nation stopped …
Read More »Après le pogrom du 7-Octobre: Macron, rallié à la «rue arabe»
Le pogrom perpétré par le Hamas il y a un an est un séisme qui a eu des répercussions en France. «Les images du 7-octobre ont été considérées, entendues comme un appel à la haine des juifs», estime le président du Crif Yonathan Arfi. Mais, le progressisme national préfère en …
Read More »What Israel Has Lost
And How It Can Regain Its Strategic Edge The massacre of October 7, 2023, was one of the most horrific atrocities perpetrated since World War II. On that day, Hamas-led militants kidnapped Israeli children, raped Israeli women, beheaded Israeli men, and burned alive entire Israeli families in their homes. But …
Read More »Israel’s Full-Scale War on Lebanon is Already Here
As Israel escalates attacks across Lebanon, experts say the full-scale war is no longer just a possibility. On Friday night, the bombs struck one after another. Thunderous booms and shockwaves erupted throughout the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Large pillars of smoke billowed from the southern suburbs, visible from well outside …
Read More »The Houthis’ leadership structure
On October 4, the US military said it attacked Iran-backed Houthi military facilities in Yemen. “U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted strikes on 15 Houthi targets in Iranian-backed Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen today at about 5 p.m. (Sanaa time). These targets included Houthi offensive military capabilities. These actions were taken …
Read More »Israel’s deadly bombing of Yemen with UK-made weaponry
British-supplied fighter jet parts linked to “indiscriminate” Israeli attacks on major port, worsening Yemen’s already dire humanitarian situation. Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s port-city of Hodeidah have killed and injured up to 155 people since July and caused more than $20 million of damage to a vital harbour. Most of the …
Read More »Keir Starmer’s 100 spy flights over Gaza in support of Israel
Labour continues the Conservatives’ policy of spying on Gaza despite stopping some arms exports to Israel over war crimes concerns. Britain’s Labour government has ordered 100 spy flights over Gaza to aid Israeli intelligence, it can be revealed. This amounts to an average of more than one a day since …
Read More »Amid Lebanon invasion, UK covers up Israel military training
To protect its ally, Britain’s military is refusing to give details about its coaching of Israeli troops. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has rejected a freedom of information request that would shed light on training it is providing to Israeli armed forces personnel in Britain. The refusal comes as …
Read More »The Middle East’s strategic landscape one year on
Paul SalemVice President for International EngagementPaul Salem While Israel is winning on the battlefield, it does not have a sustainable vision for any of the days — or months or years — after in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, or the region; for the Palestinians, the last year has been …
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