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June, 2024

  • 6 June

    Netanyahu at the border with Lebanon: “We will restore security – one way or another”

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the border with Lebanon in the north of the country, from where he stated that Israel is ready to take strong action in the area. Israeli border towns in the north, many of which have been evacuated, are often targeted by rocket and …

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  • 6 June

    Charting the Radical Right’s Influence on EU Foreign Policy

    Despite embracing democracy, radical-right parties pose a significant challenge to the EU’s fundamental values. European leaders and institutions must address this challenge to safeguard democracy in the EU and ensure a more effective foreign policy. A New Political Landscape The political landscape in the European Union (EU) is changing rapidly. …

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  • 5 June

    Iran Update, June 4, 2024

    A senior Hamas official responded negatively on June 4 to the latest Israeli ceasefire proposal for the Gaza Strip. Hamas appears unlikely to accept a proposal that does not meet the maximalist demands that Hamas has maintained since December 2023. Hamas Political Bureau member Osama Hamdan said Hamas cannot agree …

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  • 5 June

    Russia Holds BRICS Games Amid Heightened Geopolitical Divergences – OpEd

    At the beginning of 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin recieved the baton of BRICS chairmanship, according to the decision adopted by the 15th BRICS Summit in August 2022, and in an acceptance statement underscored the fact that the association’s priorities include promoting youth exchanges, cooperating on frequent cultural interaction through …

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  • 5 June

    Moscow’s First Move Against NATO Could Take Place In Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago – Analysis

    Given Moscow’s bellicose rhetoric about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and threats to attack one or more of its members if the West continues to support Ukraine, many in Russia and the West have been speculating about where such a Russian move might occur. Most have focused on Poland, …

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  • 5 June

    Spotlight on Terrorism :
    Hezbollah, Lebanon and Syria
    May 27 – june 3, 2024

    This past week Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 56 attacks on military and civilian targetsin northern Israel, using anti-tank missiles, mortar shells, UAVs and various types of rockets,including heavy rockets, and their firepower increased. An IDF unmanned aircraft was shotdown and an IDF post was attacked at close range. There were …

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  • 5 June

    Summary of ISIS Activity around the Globe in 2023

    In 2023, there was a sharp decline (about 50%) in the scope of ISIS’s terrorist activityaround the world compared with 2022.2 The downward trend in the volume of activity hadcontinued since 2020. However, 2023 saw the sharpest decline. E_091_24Download

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  • 5 June

    Gaza: The Donkey and the Fate of Western Civilization

    Blackened smoke in the background, the raging inferno ripped through tents long after Israel had bombed another designated “safe” zone for evacuated civilians from north of Gaza. A charred body, of a boy or a girl, pulled from the wreckage, still burning. It’s the “bigger shoah,” the bigger Holocaust, Matan …

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  • 5 June

    ISIS tells Americans they’ll ‘drink their blood’ in terrifying promise to attack

    ISIS has told Americans it wants to “drink their blood” in a twisted message promising attacks on the US. Circulating on pro-Islamic State messaging channels the statement follows warnings of attacks on the major sporting events this summer including the T20 World Cup and Paris Olympics. Titled “An open letter …

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  • 5 June

    The Dangerous Myth of Deglobalization

    Misperceptions of the Global Economy Are Driving Bad Policies Aconsensus is emerging that the world is cleaving into blocs—not only geopolitically but economically, too. In 2020, the economist Douglas Irwin wrote that “the COVID-19 pandemic is driving the world economy to retreat from global economic integration.” In the years since, …

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