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October 25, 2023
Experts React: Assessing the Israeli Intelligence and Potential Policy Failure - Center for Strategic and International Studies

Commentary by Published October 25, 2023 The devastating Hamas attack surprised Israel and represented a massive failure for its intelligence services. A collection of CSIS experts examine different aspects of this failure. Jessica Davis explores the failure to detect the attack’s financing, decades after 9/11 made terrorist financing a priority. Tricia Bacon argues that the

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October 25, 2023
User Clip: DWS on Israel Condemnation - C-SPAN

October 25, 2023 | Clip Of House Session, Part 2 This clip, title, and description were not created by C-SPAN. 2023-10-25T16:23:56-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/7f9/001/1698265539_001.jpgDWS on Israel Condemnation DWS on Israel Condemnation Report Video Issue *This text was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning. More information aboutUser Clip: DWS on Israel Condemnation 11 Views Program ID: 531374-4 Category: House Proceeding

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October 25, 2023
Expert Views: US diplomacy and the Israel-Hamas war - Middle East Institute

Gerald M. Feierstein Gerald M. Feierstein US must lead the way back to a multilateral political process to end the Israel-Palestine conflict The Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7 and its aftermath have left Israelis and Palestinians alike traumatized and uncertain of what will come next. In the short term, U.S. diplomacy must focus on

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October 25, 2023
Twenty-Eighth Term Member Conference - Council on Foreign Relations

Emma M. Ashford Senior Fellow, Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy, Stimson Center; CFR Term Member Max Boot Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Steven A. Cook Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies and Director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars

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October 25, 2023
House Session, Part 2 | October 25, 2023 - C-SPAN

October 25, 2023 | Part Of U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives 2023-10-25T15:31:41-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYjAzXC8wMDFcLzE2OTgyNjIzMjNfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19The House debated and voted on a resolution condemning the Hamas attack on Israel, passing with bipartisan support. The House debated and voted on a resolution condemning the Hamas attack on Israel, passing with bipartisan support. Report Video Issue Go to

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October 25, 2023
Parsing disinformation in the Israel-Hamas conflict | Brookings - Brookings Institution

The war between Israel and Hamas militants operating out of Gaza has produced horrific images, but also misinformation and disinformation about actions on both sides. This mis- and disinformation spreads through social media like X, the former Twitter, and confuses our understanding of what’s happening. On this episode of The Current, Valerie Wirtschafter, a fellow

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October 25, 2023
Is progress possible when Biden and Xi meet? | Brookings - Brookings Institution

The U.S.-China relationship in recent months has shown signs of stabilizing, at least on the surface. Several factors have contributed to this seeming flattening of the trajectory of relations. First, there is alignment in expectations. Neither Washington nor Beijing holds false hopes of breakthroughs or dramatic improvements in relations. Second, leaders in both countries —

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October 25, 2023
Iraq, Sudani, and the War on Gaza - Arab Center Washington DC

In the space of just over two weeks, Israel’s war on Gaza has upended Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shai` al-Sudani’s year-long careful balancing of Iraq’s foreign relations and his efforts to maintain stability in Iraq. The images from Gaza have outraged Iraqis, as they did others in the region. Following the  October 7 Hamas attack

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October 25, 2023
Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, October 25, 2023: Malian Junta and Its Wagner Group Allies Are Unprepared ... - Critical Threats Project

11 hours ago Data Cutoff: October 25, 2023, at 10 a.m.Contributor: Charlie TowleCTP has temporarily paused the Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, and Pakistan sections of the Salafi-Jihadi Weekly Update to support the production of CTP’s Iran Update, which is covering the Israel-Hamas war. This update will continue to cover the Salafi-jihadi movement in sub-Saharan Africa

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October 25, 2023
State Dept. Assistant Secretary Testifies on Black Sea Security - C-SPAN

October 25, 2023 2023-10-25T22:04:48-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYTBiXC8wMDJcLzE2OTgyODY4ODVfMDAyLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien testified on security in the Black Sea amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War during a public hearing before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee. Topics included grain and oil production in the region, Black Sea shipping ports, European Union enlargement, and reconstruction amid

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