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        To Root Disarmament in Precedent Undercuts the Efficacy of Hezbollah’s Legal Resistance, Both Inside Lebanon and on the World Stage
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Islamist Militancy Attracts Followers from Marginalized Groups or Communities Without Opportunities to Address Grievances
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Netanyahu Has Repeatedly Argued That ‘Israel Has Never Been as Strong as It Is Now’
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Group’s Statement Confirms Captivity, Interrogation, and Eventual Release
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Islamist Extremism and Violence Is Not Only a Foreign Policy Challenge—It Is Also a Domestic Security Crisis
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Hezbollah Isn’t Done. Despite Leadership Losses, Its Financing Remains Resilient
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        A Middle East Forum Report | Based on Information Gathered by the Middle East Forum, 2018-2024
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        As the Regime’s Involvement with Hamas, Hezbollah, and Other Terrorist Groups Became More Visible, Iran’s Economic Situation Deteriorated
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Lebanese Government Appears to Want to Commence a Negotiating Process with Hezbollah, Seeking to Convince It to Give up Its Arms Voluntarily
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Its Remit Is the Preservation of the Regime and the Advancement of the Revolutionary Islamist Ideas Under Which It Seized Power
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        A Tour of Iraq and Lebanon by Iran’s National Security Chief Ended in Humiliation and Exposed the Regime’s Waning Influence
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        For Victory Against Iran and Hezbollah, the U.S., Moderate Arab Bloc, and Israel Must Support the Lebanese Government’s Disarmament Schedule
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        In Southwestern Baden-Württemberg, a Shi’ite Terrorism Problem Is Spiraling Out of Control and the Threat Is Real
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Flaw in Soleimani’s Plan Seems to Be That He Assumed That Religious and Ideological Loyalties Would Win Out over Local Self-Interest
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Hezbollah Simply Does Not Have the Capability to Take on Israel in Another Full-Blown Confrontation
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Notably Absent Is Any Ground Element to the War, Which Is Currently Being Fought Entirely Between Air and Missile Forces
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        After Israel Launched Its Attack Against the Mullahs, the ‘Resistance’ Remained Sidelined
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Iran Has for at Least a Quarter Century Engaged in a Clandestine Program Intended to Bring It a Nuclear Weapons Capacity
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        With the Launch of Operation ‘Rising Lion’ Against Iranian Nuclear and Military Facilities, Israel Appears to Have Sought to Take Advantage of a Narrow Window of Opportunity
    
        
    
        
    
        
     
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
