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NYC Mosques Call for Destruction of Israel, Praise Hamas

By Middle East Forum

Extreme Rhetoric in NYC Houses of Worship for "Religion of Peace"

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Iran and Hezbollah Don't Want a War with Israel

By Middle East Forum

Iran is very notably inferior to its enemies in the realm of conventional military and intelligence operations.

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Attack Likely by Iran-Led Axis but Won't Reverse Israel's Gaza Gains

By Middle East Forum

Despite Israel picking off senior Hamas leaders and destroying much of its infrastructure, Sinwar still lives, and he controls the fate of dozens of hostages still alive in Gaza.

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Two Cheers for the Mossad

By Middle East Forum

Israel's ability to take advantage of Haniyeh's visit to Iran is a clear message, not only to Hamas leaders, but to the Iranian regime itself.

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Israel at the Crossroads

By Middle East Forum

Israel Must Act Now or Risk Being Bled to Death by Its Enemies

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Bibi Must Make Quick Call on Hezbollah

By Middle East Forum

After a short pause for the Islamic Eid al-Adha holiday, the Iranian proxy Hezbollah is now back to launching rockets and drones at targets on the Israeli side of the border on a daily basis.

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Iranian Regional Strategy Moves Forward While the West Sleeps

By Middle East Forum

These are the latest incidents in the undeclared conflict taking place between Lebanese Hezbollah and Israel since October 8, 2023. This conflict, which began, of course, in the wake of Hamas's October 7 attacks, is of major dimensions and involves near-daily clashes.

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Iran's Attack Was Just a Taste of What Could Be to Come

By Middle East Forum

The Iranian drone and missile attacks of 13 April brought less drama for many in Jerusalem than one might have imagined. War brings with it the disappearance of expectations of daily continuity, or of a reasonable and logical sequence of events.

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Corrupted from Birth: UNRWA's Forgotten History

By Middle East Forum

Everyone in UNRWA knew and lied, just as everyone in Gaza knew

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Recognizing Palestinian State Renders ALL US Diplomacy Meaningless

By Middle East Forum

Biden's threat to recognize a Palestinian state derives from his personal dislike of Netanyahu

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The Situation in the West Bank: Joining an IDF Raid

By Middle East Forum

It would be a mistake to ignore the simmering tensions in the area south of Jerusalem.

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Israeli War with Hezbollah Is Inevitable and Necessary

By Middle East Forum

This leads us to consider a military solution to the problem with Hezbollah. Simply put, the IDF will have to fight and defeat them

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'Slowly, Slowly,' the IDF Is Winning Its Gaza War on Hamas

By Middle East Forum

And still, it can now be stated clearly, the IDF is winning its war in Gaza. In the course of the past two weeks, the signs have become increasingly clear.

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Iran's Controlled Escalation Against Israel, U.S.

By Middle East Forum

The main action in which the Iran-led militias are engaged at present is the ongoing campaign of harassment of US forces in the country.

Headline / Op-Eds

Clock Ticks for Israel on Hostages, Hamas, and Diplomatic Grace

By Middle East Forum

At present, it appears that Hamas regards the presence of the hostages as a tool by which it can itself place pressure on Israel to limit the scope and timing of the offensive.

Analysis

MEF Poll Finds Israelis Massively Support Eliminating Hamas

By Middle East Forum

The poll, the widest and most in-depth on the Israeli public's attitudes towards issues relating to the war on Israel

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Amid Israel's War with Hamas, the North May Be the Most Important Front

By Middle East Forum

Should a second front be opened up in Lebanon, by contrast, the implications would go far beyond Israel, Gaza, or indeed the Levant area.

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Hamas's Friends in America

By Middle East Forum

AMP's executive director Osama Abuirshaid implied at an Oct. 13, 2023, rally in Washington, DC, that those who stand with Israel are "animals" who "don't deserve to be called humans."

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Time for A Firm Stand

By Middle East Forum

U.S. Policy Options in Light of Hamas's Invasion of Israel

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Syria: The Israeli Interest

By Middle East Forum

What is the current Israeli interest in Syria, and what should Israel be seeking from allies and partners in terms of the diplomacy on Syria?

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The Many Carrots of Israeli-Saudi Normalization

By Middle East Forum

There is a big carrot for everyone, yet the question remains if such carrots will manage to carry through the three parties through a very complex negotiation process.

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Mordechai Kedar: What Will Israel's Next War Look Like?

By Middle East Forum

Although the U.S. administration has abandoned the idea of disabusing Iran of its nuclear ambitions, Israel will pursue its national interest in preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

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Salvaging Our Universities in an Era of Intellectual Decadence

By Middle East Forum

Coates saw graduates of Middle East studies programs "who were just utterly convinced of things that were not true" at that time, even if they were true years earlier.

Analysis

The Sinister Legacy of Soviet Anti-Israel Propaganda

By Middle East Forum

Soviet anti-Zionist books published in Arabic and Persian spread their pernicious influence across the Middle East.

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Why Israel Is Judged Differently

By Middle East Forum

Jerusalem's International Challenges

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Israel, Morocco, and the Western Sahara: How to Strengthen the Abraham Accords

By Middle East Forum

ISRAEL AND MOROCCO SHOULD RECOGNIZE WHAT THE OTHER NEEDS FOR DEVELOPMENT, PROSPERITY AND SECURITY, AND HOW THEY CAN EACH CONTRIBUTE FOR STABILITY IN THE REGION.

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Israel-Sudan Agreement a Success for Abraham Accords, Setback for Iran

By Middle East Forum

A decade ago, Sudan formed part of Iran's pathway to Israel and influence in Africa, and was in cooperation with Sunni Islamist and jihadi forces. This situation has now been reversed.

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Time for an Israeli Victory

By Middle East Forum

Time to End a Century of Rejecting Israel

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'No Shakespeare' without Islam?

By Middle East Forum

WHY WOULD A REPUTABLE BRITISH SCHOLAR GO TO SUCH LENGTHS TO DISSEMBLE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF ISLAM ON BRITAIN'S GREATEST WRITER?

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Muslim Leaders Must Challenge the Theological Drivers of Jihad

By Middle East Forum

Muslim leaders should state unequivocally that killing a non-Muslim is as much a crime as killing a Muslim.

Headline / Op-Eds

Israel's Security Establishment: Winning = Losing-- It Is Dead Wrong.

By Middle East Forum

On many occasions, war is necessary and can actually prevent even greater catastrophe.

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The EastMed Pipeline: Needed NOW More than Ever

By Middle East Forum

Biden's gross miscalculation came only a few weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine.

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The Dhimmitude of the West: A New Trajectory?

By Middle East Forum

Western displays of submissive respect for Islam have not led to the cessation of jihadi violence.

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The Palestinian Lobby Exploits U.S. Racial Divisions

By Middle East Forum

Why would American Muslims for Palestine fight so desperately to settle Muslims in a nation it considers deeply oppressive?

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Israel's Arab Citizens Are the "Main Danger" to Its Future

By Middle East Forum

Israeli Arabs increasingly "reject Israel's continued existence as a Jewish state."

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"Did Muhammad Exist?"

By Middle East Forum

Recognition by Muslims that Muhammad is "MORE LEGEND than historical figure" would help facilitate a much-needed Islamic reformation

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Moment of Truth: UNRWA

By Middle East Forum

UNRWA spent four times as much on each Palestinian "refugee" in 2016 as the UNHCR spent on any refugee elsewhere in the world.

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Biden Must Not Reprise Obama's Middle East Policy

By Middle East Forum

Obama's obsession with multilateralism provided handy scapegoats to be blamed for potential failures.

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On the Decline of Anti-Israel Evangelicals

By Middle East Forum

"The hard work of engaging with this region and the people in it doesn't fit on a bumper sticker."

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History Proves John Kerry Wrong ... Again

By Middle East Forum

"There will be no separate peace between Israel and the Arab world," Kerry predicted.

Analysis

On the Need for a U.S.-Israel Mutual Defense Pact

By Middle East Forum

The U.S.-Israeli relationship already has many of the characteristics of a formal alliance.

Op-Eds

Who Were the Entebbe Hijackers? The Full Story

By Middle East Forum

The raid involved astonishing audacity, precise and pinpoint intelligence, great courage, and professional military skills of the highest order. It remains a subject of study at military institutes across the world.

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EU Awakes to Terror-Linked NGOs, then Goes Back to Sleep

By Middle East Forum

{Reposted from the MEF website} Gerald Steinberg, founder and president of NGO Monitor, a policy analysis think tank focusing on non-governmental organizations, spoke to participants in a June 8 Middle East Forum webinar (video) about the European Union's funding of Palestinian NGOs affiliated to terrorist organizations. The EU grants around two to three billion Euros […]

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Islamists Appropriate Black Lives Matter Movement, Despite History of Anti-Black Bigotry

By Middle East Forum

Islamists are exploiting the Black Lives Matter movement to bring attention to their anti-Israel agenda. Yet, many of these same pro-Palestinian activists have ignored or contributed to a culture of casual anti-black racism.

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The Middle East: Tribal Culture and Premodern States

By Middle East Forum

There are two main forms of political organization in the Middle East: tribes and pre-modern states.

Op-Eds / Headline

An American "Intifada"?

By Middle East Forum

While everyone shares outrage about the death of George Floyd, no good can come of romanticizing and mimicking Palestinian “resistance.”

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Phyllis Chesler on the Fight against Honor Killings

By Middle East Forum

Eradicating honor-based violence "require[s] mass education [and] consistent law enforcement."

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Letting Anti-Semites Be Their Guide

By Middle East Forum

Anti-Semitism has been a fundamental part of Islamic culture for more than a millennium.

Headline / Op-Eds

Netanyahu Won, but Israel's Right Wing Lost

By Middle East Forum

Netanyahu bought the continuation of his rule at a very high price.

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The Trump Plan Is a Win for Victory and for Peace

By Middle East Forum

President Trump's peace plan helps rid the Palestinian leadership of its irredentist hopes

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The Irony and Hypocrisy of World Hijab Day

By Middle East Forum

It might be easier to support WHD if it encouraged women to wear what they like, and men to mind their own business.

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The Myth of 'Occupied Palestine'

By Middle East Forum

Secretary Pompeo's announcement makes unofficial State Department policy official.

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Israel: Peace Only through Victory

By Middle East Forum

The Jewish refugees from the Middle East know the truth: Only a sovereign people seen as invincible and indestructible are secure in this region.

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Trump's Balfour Moment

By Middle East Forum

Balfour paved the way for the birth of a Jewish state. Trump should do the same for the Kurds.

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US Saudi Arabia Policy Needs a Dose of Realpolitik

By Middle East Forum

It should surprise no one that Trump has drawn closer to Iran's primary rival, Saudi Arabia.

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An Academic Umbrella for Bigots [on the Middle East Studies Association

By Middle East Forum

MESA teaches the narrative that Israel is a colonialist state, which dispossessed an indigenous Arab population with Jewish Holocaust survivors, and now tramples on all Arab fundamental human rights. Furthermore, it follows that Israel's "occupation" is the root cause of terrorism and instability in the region.

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What Pnina Peri Tells Us About Israel Studies

By Middle East Forum

Academe is largely hostile to the state of Israel, and while some Israel studies programs are legitimate scholarly enterprises, others function as credentialed venues for promoting hostility to Israel

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The Folly of Proportionate Warfare

By Middle East Forum

Before it became a UN cliché, “disproportionate force” was how wars were won. Unconditional surrender was once the goal of war. Half-hearted warfare is precisely what the UN wants to impose on Israel.

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Trump Echoes Talleyrand in Middle East Diplomacy

By Middle East Forum

Trump must put the Palestinians on notice - there will be no more weakness, no more concessions.

InDepth

The UN Agency That Keeps Palestinians from Prospering

By Middle East Forum

The old adage that failure to support UNRWA and the Palestinian refugees would undermine Arab allies and lead to radicalization can no longer be taken seriously.

Analysis

The "Ottoman Balfour Declaration"

By Middle East Forum

The Declaration's non-implementation notwithstanding, Talaat's original statement was extraordinary in two key respects concerning the Jews of then Palestine: the religious and the national.

Analysis

The Important Symbolism, but Probable Futility, of the Taylor Force Act

By Middle East Forum

The Taylor Force Act is an important first step in divesting from nearly a half-century of failed PLO leadership.

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Is the Western Wall Judaism's Holiest Site?

By Middle East Forum

When did the Kotel become the holiest Jewish site? Historical evidence suggests that the Temple Mount was actually Judaism's "holy of holies," and that the Kotel's venerated position is a relatively late development with a more prosaic and even non-Jewish origin. Should these facts change the tenor of the debate about the Western Wall's future status?

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Why France Turned a Blind Eye to the Murder of Sarah Halimi

By Middle East Forum

The French mainstream media didn't mention the Halimi killing for two days and has been reluctant to call it an act of anti-Semitism

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