October, 2023

• 15 October

  Netanyahu And Qatar Would Share Responsibility For An Imminent Regional War

  

  For over a decade, Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu collaborated with the emirate of evil, Qatar, in pushing $1.5 billion dollars to Hamas in Gaza – enabling it to build an army 30,000 strong and its massive missile arsenal, and equip itself with a variety of other weapons and munitions …

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• 15 October

  Two Years After US Withdrawal, Afghan Refugees Are Still in Limbo

  

  The pictures from Afghanistan in August 2021 are indelible: As the Taliban swept through the countryside and stormed Kabul, reclaiming the country from Western-funded elites, the U.S. presence in the country evaporated overnight, and thousands of Afghans tried in desperation to escape the country on the last few U.S. aircraft …

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• 14 October

  At least 300,000 displaced in Gaza amid blackout, Israeli bombardment

  

  The situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate as the health sector collapses and bodies begin piling up in front of hospitals. Three days into the Israeli siege and bombardment, the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is quickly worsening, with the death toll now over 1,400 and the number of …

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• 14 October

  Suspected Israeli airstrikes hit Syria for first time since Hamas war began

  

  Syria regularly accuses Israel of striking its territories, the latest occurring during a regional tour by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Suspected Israeli airstrikes hit Syria on Thursday, the first such attacks since the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas began. SANA, Syria’s official news outlet, reported airstrikes hitting the …

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• 14 October

  The Age of Great-Power Distraction

  

  What Crises in the Middle East and Elsewhere Reveal About the Global Order Today’s great powers—China, Europe, Russia, and the United States—will undoubtedly have a role to play in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Whether any of these powers will be able to resolve or contain that conflict is …

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• 14 October

  Why Hamas Attacked—and Why Israel Was Taken by Surprise

  

  A Conversation With Martin Indyk On the morning of Saturday, October 7, the Palestinian group Hamas carried out a surprise attack on Israel on an unprecedented scale: firing thousands of rockets, infiltrating militants into Israeli territory, and taking an unknown number of hostages. At least 100 Israelis have died, and …

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• 14 October

  The End of America’s Exit Strategy in the Middle East

  

  Hamas’s Assault—and Iran’s Role in It—Lays Bare Washington’s Illusions The shocking Hamas assault on Israel has precipitated a beginning and an end for the Middle East. What has begun, almost inexorably, is the next war—one that will be bloody, costly, and agonizingly unpredictable in its course and outcome. What has …

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• 12 October

  What was Hamas thinking? For over three decades, it has had the same brutal idea of victory

  

  In the three and a half decades since it began as an underground militant group, Hamas has pursued a consistently violent strategy aimed at rolling back Israeli rule — and it has made steady progress despite bringing enormous suffering to both sides of the conflict. But its stunning incursion into …

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• 12 October

  What Starts in Gaza – and Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Venezuela – Starts in Iran

  

  There should be little doubt that the war that began when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, actually originated in Iran. The multi-pronged, highly coordinated and murderous attacks could not have happened without Iranian government assistance and approval. Leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, according to the Wall Street …

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• 12 October

  The Iron Swords
  The war in the south of Israel
  Updated to 1 p.m., October 10, 2023

  

  The southern sector: IDF fighters continued battling terrorists in the Israeli villagesand IDF posts in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip. Later in the day, the IDF spokesmanannounced that full control of the fence had been regained. The massive attacks against Gazafrom the air, sea and land continued. The terrorist …

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