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Erdoğan's Turkey Has Become a Conduit to Bust Iran Sanctions

Yet another Turkish national and his company were sanctioned last week by US authorities for violating sanctions on Iran, adding to a growing list of individuals and entities that have in the last decade used Turkish territory to...

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America Exchanges Fire With Iran's Syrian Deep State

"The Iranian method ... is to insert a kind of deep state, controlled from Tehran, within the official structures of the targeted state. At a certain point, it becomes difficult to locate exactly where the Iranian project begins and the official state ends." From Jonathan Spyer.

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The IDF Must Not Be Politicized; Nasrallah Is Gloating

The demonstrations against judicial reform in Israel have major implications for the Jewish state's national security. Since the return of the Jewish people to their ancestral and indigenous homeland, the overwhelming majority of...

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How Much Substance Is Behind Hezbollah, Palestinian Rhetoric on Israel?

Ali Ramzi al-Aswad, a senior member of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, was shot dead on Sunday, March 19, in the Qudsaya area of Damascus. According to a report in the...

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Turkish Corruption Palooza, Earthquake Edition

Compare the response of two countries, one Middle Eastern, the other European. In Turkey, twin earthquakes on February 6 took more than 50,000 lives, even though there was warning about the impending earthquake. In Greece, a...

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The New Middle East Rules of the Rules-Based Order

On March 10th, the geopolitical reality of the Middle East changed overnight. Years of U.S. dominance in regional affairs, and U.S.-led efforts to isolate Iran and bring Israel and Arab countries closer, suddenly turned the page...

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Austria's Radical Mosques: A Wake-Up Call for the West

Viennese mosques are promoting Islamic separatism and actively obstructing the integration of Muslims into Austrian society, according to a new report about mosques and Islamic associations in the Austrian capital. The in-depth...

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Israel Should Not Worry about the Saudi-Iranian Deal

Contrary to conventional wisdom, "the agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran does not mean much" in relation to Israel, it's just the latest iteration in a diplomatic boom-and-bust cycle. The roots of their conflict endure. From Gregg Roman.

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Spotlight: Republicans and Islamism

28% of Muslim Americans say they voted Republican in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, an increase of 11% over 2018. While this trend may reflect a genuine convergence of interests around economic and socio-cultural issues, some Republicans are increasingly willing to coordinate with Islamists and even support government policies advantageous to them.

Sam Westrop, the head of MEF’s Islamist watch project, has covered this issue closely. See the selections at right

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A Conservative-Islamist Alliance; Part 1: Trouble in Dearborn
by Sam Westrop (Oct 25, 2022)
A Conservative-Islamist Alliance; Part 2: The Changing Politics of American Islam
by Sam Westrop (Oct 25, 2022)
A Conservative-Islamist Alliance; Part 3: Islamists Throw Off Their Progressivist Shackles
by Sam Westrop (Oct 25, 2022)
A Conservative-Islamist Alliance; Part 4: The Right Inches Closer to Islamism
by Sam Westrop (Oct 25, 2022)
Islamists Playing Central Role in Michigan's 'LGBTQ' Textbook Controversy
by Sam Westrop (Oct 14, 2022)
Islamists and Neo-Nazis Flirting
by Sam Westrop (Mar 21, 2022)
Trump's Curious Pro-Islamist Legacy
by Sam Westrop (Jan 29, 2021)
Violence-Supporting Islamists Given Federal COVID Grants
by Sam Westrop (Dec 7, 2020)
American Islamism Flourishes under Trump
by Sam Westrop (Winter 2020)

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