The abortive excellent adventure that Mohamed and Hussein tried to embark upon demonstrates yet again the importance of Trump’s concerns about unvetted mass migration.
Rather than militarily virtue signal with ineffective naval patrols as the Biden administration did, the United States and its partners must blockade Hudaydah, and only allow ships to pass that undergo real inspections.
Hezbollah has worked hard, with Iranian backing, to maintain leverage within Lebanese military intelligence in the south of the country, where it has long ensured sympathetic (Shi’ite) officers cooperate with it.
For now, Abbas feels safer living under Israeli security control in Judea and Samaria than being with the masked terrorists of Hamas and PIJ in the Gaza Strip.
In response to the Muslim Brotherhood's violent ideology, a number of pro-Western Arab regimes, such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, have designated the organisation as a terrorist entity.
The Obama administration had sent a fortune in weaponry to the LAF for a fake war in which Hezbollah and ISIS cut their own deal, while Hezbollah’s puppet army pocketed our weapons.
Israel would welcome extensive Gaza emigration, with Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, the prime minister’s envoy, initially presenting the concept to Trump.
Any deal would enable Iran's regime to buy time, surreptitiously advance its nuclear program and 'wait Trump out' in the hope of a more lenient U.S. administration coming to power in the future.
Liberal Jews became more liberal. Traditionalist Jews became more traditionalist. And the Jews of Israel alternated between winning wars against Jihadist armies and trying to get along with them.
Most normal observers would agree that Harris 'wasn't performing well in softball interviews' in the fall of 2024, but that's not what most journalists and pundits were saying at the time.
Both Egypt and Jordan for good pragmatic reasons long ago left the field of active engagement in the conflict, their continued fealty to the 'Palestinian cause' is solely symbolic.
Trump should have no illusion, though: Such a deal would not be a path to peace, but rather a tactical delay to outlast Trump in the hope that a new administration would pose far less a threat.
It’s equally important to realize that this seemingly arcane argument about how broad the sanctions against the ICC should be is really about how they can be rendered toothless and remain purely symbolic measures that do nothing at all.
Palestinian statehood has become almost a religion in which no new developments will ever make those who support it reconsider their unshakeable, almost fanatical faith.
No matter how they’re disguised, American boots are back on the ground and the lives of American soldiers are being risked in a nation building project to create a terror state.
The Qataris do not want the PA in the Gaza Strip to rein in Hamas or to prevent attacks against Israel, instead, they want the PA to act as a front to maintain Hamas's hold on power.
IDF presence in the area has primarily been on the fringes, allowing terror infrastructure to fester and grow, which in turn requires periodic large-scale incursions.
Iran's nuclear ambitions go hand in hand with its broader aspirations: to spread its ideological vision of an ummah (global Islamic nation) under its control, as enshrined in the country's constitution.
Democrat-controlled cities and states like California that have designated themselves as sanctuaries for illegal immigrants vow not to cooperate with ICE to deport even felons.
Most Iranians — 80% of them, according to the Israeli researcher Benny Sabti — oppose the regime and have taken heart from the Israelis’ victories over both Hamas and Hezbollah.
If Trump backs Israel in returning to the battlefield to secure Hamas’s defeat in Gaza, and maintaining its buffer zones in Gaza permanently to prevent the area from threatening the Jewish state in the future, then he will build the foundation for a long-term peace between Israel and the Arabs of the region.
'If Trump clings to Qatar and Erdogan against these allies, he should not then wonder why his true allies, the Saudis and the Emiratis, are drifting towards America's adversaries, China and Russia.'
While the LAF has redeployed troops to areas south of the Litani River as stipulated by Resolution 1701, this measure remains inadequate as Hezbollah will seek to build its terror army.
Given the mullahs’ passionate belief in their divine mission and the continuing civilizational failure of nerve in Western nations, the Iranian theocrats still believe they will achieve the aims enjoined on them by their faith.
Since Hamas and the PLO have made it clear that the terrorist attacks will continue until Israel is destroyed, the Trump administration has a very simple exit strategy from Phase 3.
Perhaps the most dangerous consequence of releasing prisoners with blood on their hands is the potential to incentivize kidnappings and hostage-taking.
Trump’s return to the White House allows us to address not only the physical threats to Israel but also the attacks on its legitimacy and international standing.
They still think concepts like decisive battle, a maneuverable army and operational plans, which used to be part and parcel of the military profession, are obsolete.
Those who think that the Iran-backed Palestinian terrorist group Hamas will abandon its Jihad to murder more Jews and destroy Israel in the aftermath of the recent ceasefire-hostage agreement are mistaken.
Since Al-Husayini’s history of extremism was exposed, reports are that his appearance has been pulled from Trump’s program, but he will undoubtedly appear again at Democrat or Republican events whom Dearborn’s Shiite Lobby sees as tools for implementing Iran’s agenda.
Per court documents, Rahman accessed and printed two top secret documents on Oct. 17 about 'a U.S. foreign ally and its planned actions against a foreign adversary.'
This was not the result of a negotiation between equals. If an armed robber puts a gun to your head and says, 'your money or your life,' your decision to give him your money would not be described as a deal.
Concerns are growing about whether the Lebanese Armed Forces can fulfill its obligations to clamp down on illegal Hezbollah activity in Southern Lebanon under the ceasefire agreement.
Make no mistake, with Israel striking a deal, not only will Hamas claim victory, but it also will likely scuttle the final release to continue its leverage and buy time to rebuild.