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Nov 10, 2023, 1:17 PM

The price Thailand – and the world – will pay to free its hostages

A Thai delegation meeting in Tehran with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, as shown on Channel 12 news on November 7, 2023 (Screenshot used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Even with its history of being targeted by Iranian terrorism, Thai negotiators still went to Tehran to try to cut a deal with Hamas

Jun 1, 2023, 3:19 PM

Belgium’s shameful, dangerous deal with Iran

People at a demonstration in Brussels hold placards calling to free Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, who was detained in Iran. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

The release of a jailed Iranian terrorist to free an aid worker held captive in Teheran spells the return of ‘hostage diplomacy’

Mar 2, 2022, 3:49 PM

Israel’s strategic importance in the new Cold War

With Russia isolated in the international arena and challenged in the Eastern Mediterranean, a militarily strong Israel is well-placed to back the Western alliance

Jul 8, 2021, 4:30 PM

Israel’s message to Iran must be ‘If Hezbollah hits us, we’ll hit you’

Supporters of the Shiite Hezbollah terror group gather to watch the transmission on a large screen of a speech by the movement's leader Hassan Nasrallah, in the town of Al-Ain in Lebanon's Bekaa valley on August 25, 2019. (AFP)

It's not enough to focus only on the nuclear agreement and on battling aggression from Lebanon. Israel needs a comprehensive regional strategy

Jul 23, 2017, 11:17 AM

The Jerusalem Temple Mount terrorist attack

On Friday, July 14, 2017, 7:00, three terrorists, Israeli Arab citizens, shoot two Israeli Druze Border Police officers. The three Arab-Israeli gunmen — Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad Jabarin, 29; Muhammad Hamad Abdel Latif Jabarin, 19 and Muhammad Ahmed Mafdal Jabarin,...

Mar 7, 2017, 3:52 PM

Hamas’s grip on Gaza is the real strategic threat

A Palestinian man helps a boy set fire to an Israeli flag during a graduation ceremony for Hamas security forces in Gaza City on January 22, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)

The terror group has grown stronger and bolder, threatening Israel’s security and any chance of achieving peace

Dec 16, 2016, 5:56 AM

Iranian Terrorism Bullying the International Community

Iranian leaders have claimed a military victory in Aleppo, with the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s chief military aide boasting that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s forces would have been unable to retake the besieged city without support from Tehran. “Aleppo was...

Mar 1, 2016, 3:06 PM

Iran funding Palestinian terrorism

An update for those who may be wondering what Teheran is doing with its billions in sanctions relief

Feb 10, 2016, 2:27 PM

How Palestinians hurt the Palestinians

Before blaming Israel for Palestinian violence, take a look at who played a role in 5 decades of global terror

Jun 8, 2015, 11:04 PM

The strategic significance of Turkey’s election results for the Kurds

The results of Turkey’s June 7 legislative elections represent a significant setback for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s political aspirations to change the constitutional framework and become an autocratic leader with unmatchable powers. Not only has his AK Party lost the...

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About Me

Dr. Ely Karmon is Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya