Middle Orient

Hamas fired two rockets at Tel Aviv today, the first time in several months, after Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 19 Palestinians, ahead of the expected resumption of ceasefire negotiations on Thursday. There are no reports of casualties in Israel. The two rockets were launched from …

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated that Israel has announced plans for a proposed settlement in the occupied West Bank, emphasizing that this is a response to the growing global recognition of Palestinian statehood, Al Jazeera reports. “No anti-Israel or anti-Zionist decision will stop the development of settlements,” said Smotrich, …

Edwin Montagu’s memoir on anti-Semitism of the current (British) government – Submitted to the British Cabinet, August 1917 I have chosen the above title for this memorandum, not in a hostile sense, not at all to quarrel with an anti-Semitic point of view that could be defended by my colleagues, …

Abstract: The fall of the Islamic State’s caliphate in Iraq and Syria significantly impacted the group’s ability to fundraise through territorial control. Despite this loss, the group retained substantial financial reserves, estimated between $10 million to $30 million, some of which were stored outside its immediate area of operations. These …

Abstract: Throughout its rule, the Islamic State employed an ideologically driven system of control and persecution, resulting in widespread gendered violence perpetrated by and against men, women, and even children. On the 10th anniversary of the start of the group’s genocidal campaign against the Yazidi community, Islamic State ideology persists, …

As countries around the world pressure Iran not to strike Israel — Tehran blames the Jewish state for the bomb that killed Haniyeh on July 31 — China was, in effect, publicly goading Iran to act. Hamas is a proxy of Iran. Iran’s regime believes that it is no one’s …

During the past week Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 59 attacks on military and civiliantargets in northern Israel. A civilian was killed and 14 were injured by the interception of aHezbollah UAV launched at the Western Galilee. Hezbollah announced 14 operatives had been killed. A senior commander in Hamas’ militarywing was …

The signposts are there for all to read: The West – in deliberately overlooking such explicit markers – cannot then complain, or escape, the ensuing consequences. No, the “tin ear” is not some new western derangement – a unique mass collapse of sanity – that we are living through. It …

Ce discours dérangé que Bibi Netanyahou a prononcé devant une session conjointe du Congrès le mois dernier : Je n’arrive pas à le chasser de mon esprit. Cela n’a rien changé – ni le Premier ministre israélien ni ses hôtes ne semblent vouloir ou avoir l’intention de changer quoi que …

Dans une lettre adressée au Premier ministre, Lloyd George, le 23 août 1917, Edwin Montagu, le seul juif de son gouvernement, écrit que la déclaration Balfour «provoquera en définitive un terrain de ralliement pour les antisémites, de tous les pays du monde… il semble inconcevable que le sionisme soit officiellement …