With End of Humanitarian Pause, Risks of Disastrous Regional War Return
The brief humanitarian pause to the horrific warfare in Israel and Palestine between November 24 and December 1 delivered concrete results: more than 100 hostages released, a reprieve for civilians subjected to devastating bombing, and humanitarian aid entering Gaza. Less-noticed, but still significant, was a halt on attacks targeting U.S. forces and interests across the […]
Memo: Risks of Regional War Amid Israel-Palestine War
This memo was updated on November 14, 2023, to include news of the recent U.S. strikes in eastern Syria on November 12, 2023. Risks of Regional War Grow Amid Israel-Palestine War Hamas’ horrific October 7th assault on Israel, which killed 1,400 Israelis and resulted in more than 200 individuals taken hostage, kicked off a brutal […]
Quick, create a diversion!
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally pulled the red card, in the middle of international criticism following an attack on a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza on Monday, which resulted in the death of at least nine people and the wounding of an additional thirty. After claiming that it was Israel’s right to […]
Israeli Def Min: Failure of Peace Process Greater Threat Than Iranian Nukes
Time and time again, Iran’s nuclear program is cited as the greatest threat to Israeli security, a theme that Prime Minister Netanyahu has continually evoked since starting office last March. On Tuesday, though, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak broke away from this trend, suggesting that the domestic Palestinian-Israeli conflict poses as a much greater threat […]
Report: Israel sought to strike Iran during riots
YNet cites a Kuwaiti paper: Israel last month asked the United State for permission to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, Kuwaiti newspaper al-Jarida reported on Friday. The paper quoted a “US diplomatic source located in Jerusalem”, but the report’s credibility was not confirmed. According to the sources, after the opposition riots broke out in Iran following […]