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A Gazan Activist in Northwest Syria: Interview

During the course of the war in Syria, a number of people migrated from Gaza to Syria in order to join the side of the insurgency against the government. One of these individuals is 'Abu Khattab al-Ghazi' (Abu Khattab of Gaza)...

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UNRWA Is Complicit in Terror; Disband It

The UN's August 5 announcement that it fired additional employees from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for possible involvement in Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks against Israel...

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A British Warning to Americans: The Notorious "CAGE International" Is Coming Your Way

An Islamist organization that advocates for violent jihadis in Britain is setting up shop in the United States. CAGE International, which portrays counter-Islamists in Europe as "Islamophobes," is preparing to do the same thing...

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Student Radicals from DSA Prepare for Another Round of Pro-Hamas Activism

Parents and families who are sending children off to college this fall need to be on guard. The Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), a radical left-wing organization infiltrating more than 100 U.S. college campuses, is...

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What Will Iran Do Next?

Following the killings of Hezbollah's Fuad Shukr and Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh, Israel and the Middle East are poised and waiting for the next move. The two killings represent a significant humiliation for the Iran-led regional...

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Why Turkey's Erdoğan Threatened Israel with a Proxy War

On July 28, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appeared to threaten violence against Israel. Speaking in his hometown of Rize, Erdoğan said, "We must be very strong so that Israel can't do these ridiculous things to...

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To Defeat the Houthis, Starve Their Military Resupply

The Biden administration is playing defense. The Iranian government is open about its so-called "Axis of Resistance," a patchwork of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-sponsored proxy groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis...

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REVEALED: Iranian Regime Involvement with Texas Student Anti-Israel Protests

Leading Iranian regime operatives played a key role organizing student anti-Israel protests, an investigation by FWI reveals. In early July, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence alleged that "Iranian government...

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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.

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Israel Must Preempt Hezbollah
by Jonathan Spyer (Mar 5, 2024)
Tactics and Strategy in the War with Hezbollah
by Jonathan Spyer (Mar 2, 2024)
Post-War Gaza Stability Requires Stopping Iran and Hezbollah
by Benjamin Weinthal (Feb 19, 2024)
Lebanon Must Be Freed from Hezbollah and Iran
by Gregg Roman (Feb 15, 2024)
Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' after October 7, Part 1: Hezbollah
by Amatzia Baram (Jan 25, 2024)
Israeli War with Hezbollah Is Inevitable and Necessary
by Nave Dromi (Jan 15, 2024)
Amid Israel's War with Hamas, the North May Be the Most Important Front
by Jonathan Spyer (Oct 20, 2023)

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