Middle Orient

As the Biden administration desperately tries to prevent or limit a missile and drone attack by Iran and its proxies against Israel, it would be wise to remember that the Middle East is already awash in Iranian projectiles. Recently, an Iranian artillery rocket fired by Lebanese Hezbollah killed twelve children …

Extreme right-winger and Israeli Minister for National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir has criticized the continuation of negotiations for a prisoner and ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, saying it would amount to surrendering to a terrorist group. In an interview with Radio 103 FM, Ben-Gvir called for halting the delivery of …

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 …