Hamas’s Relentless Jihad

While many in the West were quick to condemn Israel for its response to Hamas’s attacks on its population centers, they must face up to the fact that there is no difference between the Islamist terror organization’s commitment to Israel’s destruction and its plans for the West. As its long-time leader Khaled Mash’al warned the Western nations amidst the world crisis over the satirical depictions of Muhammad in a Danish newspaper: “By Allah, you will be defeated... Tomorrow we will lead the world, Allah willing.”

Who Is Muhammad Reza Fallahzadeh?

Iran’s newly appointed Deputy Commander-in- Chief of the Quds Force, Muhammad Reza Fallahzadeh, is not only an experienced military man but also a politician with diplomatic experience. He is a vital asset for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which wants to see its own man elected president in the June elections.

The Gaza War Ended, the Hamas Problem Remains

Israel's relations with Hamas in the coming months will be tested first and foremost by the strengthening of its sovereignty in Jerusalem. This makes the risk of a renewed conflagration extremely high.

Israel’s Top Priority: Immediate Confiscation of Illegal Weapons amongst Israeli Arabs

The foremost and most immediate task confronting Israel after the Gaza war is the confiscation of the tens of thousands of illegal weapons held by the country’s Arab citizens, especially criminal gangs, lest they be used in a nationalist/Islamist insurrection.

“Hamas Achieved Nothing but Ruining Gaza”

Yaakov Lappin
May 20, 2021
Paper No. 2040

Though firing over 3,500 rockets and missiles at Israeli cities, towns, and villages, more than it did during the 51-day conflict in 2014, Hamas’ military infrastructure has suffered massive damage that will set back the terrorist organization a number of years, according to Israeli estimates.

Russia Pressures Ukraine, to Little Avail

Emil Avdaliani
May 20, 2021
Paper No. 2039

What Moscow is after with its renewed military pressure on Kyiv is unclear, but the long-term ramifications are discernible. With each passing year, it becomes more and more costly for Russia to undermine Ukraine’s efforts to build more effective military forces and a stronger economy.

Turks May Be Rediscovering the Merits of the Secular Paradigm

Burak Bekdil
May 20, 2021
Paper No. 2038

The departure of some Turks from Erdoğan-style manifest Islamism based on visible piety instead of spiritual and moral piety probably means their departure from Erdoğan’s voter base.

Israel’s Existential Struggle

The carnage wrought by Israel’s Arabs in support of Hamas, at a time when the Islamist terror organization is raining thousands of missiles on Israel’s population centers, is nothing short of a nationalist (and Islamist) attempt to subvert the Jewish state.

The IRGC’s Media Network in Europe

Erfan Fard
May 19, 2021
Paper No. 2036

While most European intelligence services are alert to the terrorist activities of Iran’s IRGC, they pay too little heed to the IRGC’s media network, which spreads pro-regime propaganda across the continent from Frankfurt, London, Paris, Stockholm, Amsterdam, and Prague.

Gaza and the War Between the Democrats

Dr. Alex Joffe
May 18, 2021
Paper No. 2035

The war between Israel and Hamas has brought a crisis between progressive Democrats and the party headed by President Biden fully into the open. As progressives have racialized the conflict into “white” Israelis oppressing “brown and black” Palestinians, a look at the trajectory of the British Labour Party is instructive. Buoyed by Muslim immigration, Britain and now the US are beset by antisemitic electoral politics and threats of violence. And just as this phenomenon has helped sideline the British Labour, it may in the near future undermine the Democrats.

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