Latest Developments President Joe Biden will travel to Israel on October 18 to show American support for the Jewish state as it deals with the aftermath of a brutal terrorist attack by Hamas. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Biden’s visit in a public statement from Israel on October 16 while the Israel Defense Forces
Latest Developments Jordan’s King Abdullah announced on October 17 that Jordan and Egypt will not accept refugees from Gaza. “That is a red line,” he said. Israel has issued repeated calls for civilians in Gaza to evacuate in advance of a prospective Israeli ground invasion. The Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border is currently the
The panel discussion will be livestreamed here on Tuesday, October 24, at 12:00pm (ET). For questions about FDD events, contact [email protected]. For media inquiries, please contact [email protected]. To counter a well-funded, Iran-backed “axis of resistance” seeking its destruction, Israel has spent more than a decade waging a “campaign between wars” — an unconventional multi-front campaign against Iran and
China refuses to condemn either Hamas’ war crimes or its shock assault on Israel last week, an approach that mirrors its response to other conflicts, especially the Russia-Ukraine war. In casting itself as an unconditional supporter of the Palestinian cause, Beijing aims to simultaneously enhance its regional influence and confound policymakers in Washington. On October
The shocking news came just over a week ago, on October 7: Iran’s proxy terror force Hamas had flooded across Israel’s border and within hours had slaughtered hundreds of Israelis. While the Biden administration was no doubt shocked too, it shouldn’t have been surprised that its relentless appeasement of Iran is now exposed for the folly
Latest Developments Israel reported multiple hostile actions by Hezbollah on the Jewish state’s northern border on the morning of October 17. At the same time, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued to target Hamas assets in Gaza by air and by sea. Sirens continued to send Israelis into shelters across the country, with no sign
While the US retains extra focus on the Middle East this week, and Israel considers when to initiate its ground incursion into Gaza, Russia and China are holding talks. The talks between two major global and regional players should not go unnoticed at this time, as both have been critical of Israel’s response to Hamas.
Latest Developments United Nations (UN) prohibitions that seek to constrain Iran’s missile and drone activity are set to expire on October 18. If they do and no snapback of sanctions is initiated by a nation still party to the 2015 nuclear deal and its companion UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2231, Iran would be free
In the space of just 20 minutes, Hamas launched more than 2,200 rockets into Israel the morning of Oct. 7 as its fighters began to massacre civilians. This unprecedented barrage pushed Israeli missile defenses to their limit, and worse may be coming. To be ready to deal with threats just around the corner, Israel will need
Excerpt Hamas planned a massive attack on Israel that was designed to massacre as many civilians as possible, while also striking at Israeli military posts along the Gaza border. It may not have known how much the October 7 attack would result in laying waste to 20 border communities in Israel, causing 50,000 to evacuate