A two-state solution conference with no solution in sight Rather than building a state, the Palestinian Arabs based their national identity on resistance to Zionism. August 3, 2025
How the ‘neutral’ UN is helping Hamas oppress Gazans and fool the world Hamas has managed much of its theft of aid not by attacking the U.N. system but instead by exploiting and even protecting it. August 1, 2025
‘Irredeemably compromised’: Trump admin tells Congress Hamas-linked UNRWA must be dismantled At least 12 percent of all U.N. employees in Gaza are members of Hamas or other terrorist organizations. August 1, 2025
Israel delivers humanitarian aid to southern Syria Druze Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz met over the weekend with Sheikh Muwafaq Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in the Jewish state, at the latter’s home in Julis in the Western Galilee. July 31, 2025
Independent Palestine would be a disaster for Palestinians – analysis Palestinians have long been the world’s largest, if undeserving, welfare case, for decades sucking up more money per capita than any other humanitarian cause. July 31, 2025
US takes ‘massive action,’ sanctions 115 people, entities who smuggle oil for Iran The evasion network operates in 17 jurisdictions globally, including in the United Arab Emirates, Marshall Islands, India, Turkey and Singapore, as well as European Union countries and Switzerland. July 31, 2025
Iranian general was killed in street chase, not airstrike, daughter claims The daughter of a top Iranian general killed in June says her father died in a street chase with Israeli agents, not an airstrike. July 30, 2025
Facing unrest and humiliation, Tehran tightens control over speech The regime has introduced the 'gagging bill' to silence dissent and intimidate the public, yet, Iranians with anonymous social media accounts continue to mock the authorities. July 30, 2025
US silent on American Jew held in Iran for alleged Israel ties The U.S. State Department declined to comment on reports that Iran has jailed two American citizens, both Jewish, on charges of spying for Israel. July 30, 2025
The Muslim Brotherhood: A terrorist organization that the US must designate as one The Muslim Brotherhood has been able to fool many Westerners by pretending that most of its work is based on charity and humanitarian aid. July 30, 2025
US pressures Lebanon to issue cabinet decision to disarm Hezbollah before talks continue Hezbollah has publicly refused to hand over its arsenal in full, but the group has privately weighed scaling it back. July 30, 2025
Could Iran’s water shortage fracture the regime’s hardline base? Unlike the compulsory hijab—which affects only secular Iranians, since the religious wear it willingly—water and power outages do not discriminate. July 29, 2025
Hamas’s dream: Turning Palestinians into a ‘nation of martyrs’ If Hamas leaders really cared about the suffering and pain of their people, they would have released all the hostages, disarmed and relinquished control of the Gaza Strip long ago. July 28, 2025
Saudi ambivalence to Houthis encourages terrorism Essentially, Saudi Arabia’s strategy is based on fear and purchasing quiet, not on a desire to win. July 28, 2025
The Gaza starvation lie This is all about saving Hamas, even if Gazan children have to die unwittingly and unwillingly for the cause. July 28, 2025
French court annuls Assad arrest warrant over ‘presidential immunity’ defense Human rights advocates had hoped the court would create an exception to immunity rules, given the severity of chemical weapons allegations. July 28, 2025
UAE launches water pipeline project to supply Gaza Construction is expected to begin in the coming days and will span several weeks. July 28, 2025
Trump stopped Israel from toppling Iranian regime – report Israel was reportedly preparing to bring down Iran’s regime before U.S. President Donald Trump announced a sudden ceasefire last month. July 27, 2025
Has Macron just laid the ground for a major Middle Eastern war? By recognizing a Palestinian state when multiple Palestinian groups contest Palestinian leadership and Abbas himself is facing his own mortality makes intra-Palestinian civil war likely. July 27, 2025
To save Yemen, destroy its ports? Rather than kill Yemenis in slow motion or engage in occasional Whac-A-Mole with Houthi positions, the Trump administration should simply end Hodeidah and Salif’s ability to function. July 27, 2025
Betrayal from within: Israeli spy for Iran faces life sentence Israeli man accused of spying for Tehran was recruited by Iranian operatives introduced to him by his Iranian girlfriend. July 27, 2025
Khamenei ‘sleeps all day, gets high,’ claims Mossad-linked account A social media account affiliated with Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency launched a scathing attack on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. July 27, 2025
Druze man who raised Israeli flag calls al-Sharaa’s men ‘traitors’ Hisam Abu Assi Mardac says he faces death threats for supporting Israel amid regime crackdowns and jihadist violence in war-torn Sweida. July 27, 2025
‘Iran’s fall is inevitable’ – Prince Reza Pahlavi rallies Iranian dissidents calling for Khamenei’s overthrow Hundreds of Iranian dissident activists plan downfall of the Iranian regime, as Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi says collapse of Ayatollah Khamenei's rule is now inevitable. July 27, 2025
French court to decide if Assad can be stripped of immunity and tried for Syrian chemical attacks In late 2024, a surprise assault by rebels swept into Aleppo and then Damascus, driving the dictator to flee to his ally Russia on Dec. 8, 2024. July 25, 2025
Iran’s fatwa against Trump a declaration of war This is the first time such an actual religious edict aimed specifically at the President of the United States and the prime minister of Israel has been issued by these senior Shiite clerical figures in Iran. July 25, 2025
Iran says it agrees to visit by IAEA technical team in coming weeks Tehran denies seeking a nuclear weapon and says its nuclear program is solely meant for civilian purposes. July 24, 2025
Terrorists fire projectile at Gaza aid distribution site The IDF condemned the attack, describing it as one in a series of attempts by Hamas to disrupt humanitarian aid activities within Gaza. July 24, 2025
Mysterious fires break out across Iran, officials suspect Israel—report None provided evidence to back up their claims that Israel was behind the near-daily explosions. July 23, 2025
‘Iran ready to strike Israel again,’ warns Iranian president Iran's president denies President Trump's claims that Iranian nuclear program was obliterated, but admits it suffered major damage in US, Israeli airstrikes. July 23, 2025
How Israeli assassinations of Iranian scientists set back Iran’s nuclear program The question now is whether Iran has the personnel capable of rebuilding these complex facilities and conducting the scientific work necessary to assemble a functional bomb. July 22, 2025
‘Jihadists surrounding al-Sharaa haven’t abandoned extreme vision’ “The events in Syria provided the whole world with an opportunity to see again what Jolani’s [Ahmed al-Sharaa] ‘base’ looks like,” says Meir Ben-Shabbat, former Israeli national security adviser. July 22, 2025
Iran sends a rocket designed to carry satellites into a suborbital test flight The Ghased, a solid and fluid fuel rocket, was first inaugurated in 2020 by the Guard when it put a military satellite into orbit. July 22, 2025
UK, France and 23 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’ The statement's signatories included the foreign ministers of about 20 European countries as well as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and the EU commissioner for equality, preparedness, and crisis management, Hadja Lahbib. July 21, 2025
Why Al-Jazeera should be designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Hamas knows it can trust Al-Jazeera: the two share the same radical Islamist ideology that calls for the elimination of Israel and replacing it with an Islamist terror state. July 21, 2025
Saudi royal family mourns ‘Sleeping Prince’ after 20-year coma battle Prince Alwaleed was just 15 years old when he suffered a brain hemorrhage in a road collision in London in 2005. July 21, 2025
Palestinian journalism agency blasts Hamas over assaults Hamas terrorists accused of assaulting three Arab reporters in the Gaza Strip, leading Palestinian Journalists Syndicate to openly condemn the terror group. July 21, 2025
Iran to begin nuke talks with European powers in Istanbul Friday Iran announces that it has agreed to begin nuclear talks with Britain, France, and Germany this Friday in Istanbul, after the three countries threatened to reimpose sanctions lifted a decade ago. July 21, 2025
Trump officials blast Netanyahu as ‘madman’ who is ‘bombing everything’ – report Senior Trump administration officials have privately expressed outrage at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent military actions in the Middle East. July 20, 2025
‘This is our Oct. 7,’ Golan Druze say of massacres in Syria Following the massacres in Sweida, a predominantly Druze city in southern Syria, hundreds of Druze living on the Israeli side of the border briefly crossed into Syria without permission out of concern for their families there. July 20, 2025
Iran steps up efforts to rebuild proxy forces after Israel, US strikes Iran is working to rearm its proxy militias in the Middle East following devastating Israeli and US strikes on its military leadership and nuclear facilities. July 20, 2025
Abbas announces PLO council elections by end of 2025 PA President Mahmoud Abbas announced that elections for the Palestinian National Council (PNC) will take place by the end of 2025. July 20, 2025
Iran has rebuilt its air defense network, Tehran claims Senior Iranian military officer acknowledges damage to Islamic Republic's missile defense network but claims Iran has already replaced destroyed missile batteries. July 20, 2025
The US needs a new Yemen strategy – opinion Starving Houthis of weapons shipments requires closing Hudaydah permanently, perhaps even destroying the port. July 20, 2025
Iran agrees to nuclear talks with European powers Iranian state media outlet reports that Tehran and three key European powers have agreed to resume nuclear talks - without setting a timetable for negotiations. July 20, 2025
Syria’s leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to a ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze Reports had surfaced of Syrian government-affiliated fighters executing Druze civilians and looting and burning homes over the four-day violence. July 19, 2025
Iran ‘ready’ to respond to any new attack with ‘bigger blows,’ Khamenei says Iran’s parliament said the country should not resume nuclear negotiations with the US until unspecified preconditions are met. July 19, 2025
Lebanese president nixes normalization with Israel On Friday, President Aoun called on the Israeli military to withdraw from five positions along the Israel-Lebanon frontier, as it impedes Hezbollah disarmament efforts. July 18, 2025
Syria squandered its chance. Reimpose sanctions These systematic attacks targeting religious minorities reveal the true character of al-Sharaa’s government, led by former commanders of Al Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Jabhat al-Nusra. July 18, 2025
Why Iran’s opposition keeps failing People fighting for freedom need more than courage alone; they need a plan and an alternative worth risking everything for. July 18, 2025
Syria’s Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after days of clashes At least 600 people — combatants and civilians on both sides — were killed in four days of clashes, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor. July 18, 2025
Israel says Iran could retrieve enriched uranium from nuclear site hit by US The enriched uranium at Isfahan could potentially be retrieved by Iranians but reaching it would take a very difficult recovery effort, the Israeli official said. July 18, 2025
Arab clan leader in Gaza declares open war on Hamas Abu Shabab may deny working with Israel, but he is believed to have accepted weapons from the IDF; for obvious reasons, he keeps quiet about that. July 18, 2025
Iranian spy discovered in IDF Israeli soldier charged with espionage, after he was allegedly paid by Iran to film the interception of incoming ballistic missiles and missile impact sites. July 17, 2025
US, Israel considering new strikes on Iran – report Latest assessment of impact of US airstrikes reportedly finds that the Fordo facility was destroyed - but Natanz and Isfahan could be repaired in a matter of months, leading US and Israel to gear up for possible resumption of strikes. July 17, 2025
Bad news for terrorists: Lebanon bans banks from dealing with Hezbollah ‘charitable organization’ The United States imposed its latest sanctions on Al-Qard Al-Hassan earlier this month, targeting the institution's senior officials for facilitating Hezbollah's finances, including through shadow accounts to evade existing sanctions. July 17, 2025
Hamas leaders rattled by emergence of clans in Gaza A key tool for empowering these new groups, said Brig. Gen. (ret.) Hanan Geffen, a former commander of the Israel Defense Forces elite Unit 8200 intelligence unit, will be the massive reconstruction effort Gaza will require. July 17, 2025
Syrian forces withdraw from Druze province after Israeli airstrikes Monitor group says 15 Syrian regime personnel killed in Israeli airstrikes to defend Druze minority, as death toll in southern Syria hits 350. July 17, 2025
Congress can crush Iran’s regime without firing a single shot Congress has already introduced much of the legislation needed to bring the ayatollah to his knees, and committee chairmen need only hold markup hearings to advance these bills and send them to the House and Senate floors. July 16, 2025
Iran changed missile strategies that enjoyed a higher success rate by end of war – report Longer-range and even hypersonic missiles were launched from deeper inside the country, at varied intervals and targets. July 16, 2025
