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Jul 8, 2021, 4:30 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Feb 2, 2015, 5:58 PM
The Strategic Imperative to Deny an Iranian/Hezbollah Basis on the Golan Border
Since the Syrian rebel groups defeated the Assad regime’s forces and took control of the Quneitra district there is a clear attempt by Iran and Hezbollah to build a new strategic base in the northern Syrian Golan Heights. Already on...
Dec 29, 2014, 2:05 PM
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Iran is arming West Bank terrorists
Recent attacks by lone Hamas supporters stem from a campaign that's more organized than Israel admits
Nov 4, 2014, 3:07 PM
Hezbollah Terrorism Returns to Latin America
On February 26, 2014 and March 13, 2014, General John F. Kelly, Commander of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), presented SOUTHCOM’s 2014 posture statement to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees respectively. Kelly maintained that “Iran’s involvement in...
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Dr. Ely Karmon is Senior Research Scholar at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya