The revered Columbia Journalism School issues this year's Pulitzer Prizes on its New York campus this week, with an unaddressed problem next door in its own hallowed "Pulitzer Hall." Prominently displayed inside the lobby...
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent hosting of Hamas leaders in Istanbul, coupled with an unprecedented endorsement of the jihadist group, underscore Turkey's decision to elevate relations with an organization known for...
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Israeli, international and Hamas officials are currently awaiting the decision of Yahya Sinwar, the terror group's military leader on a proposed ceasefire deal. Egypt has put forward a phased release of Israeli hostages and a...
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The terrorist mastermind behind Hamas' massacre of nearly 1,200 people, including over 30 Americans, is believed to be using hostages as human shields to hold off Israeli soldiers seeking to capture him in a tunnel deep below...
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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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