February 9, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
One bright day in April 1956, Moshe Dayan, the one-eyed chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), drove south to Nahal Oz, a recently established kibbutz near the border of the Gaza Strip. Dayan came to attend the funeral of 21-year-old Roi Rotberg, who had been murdered the …
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February 9, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Les combats entre la rébellion du M23 et les forces gouvernementales se sont intensifiés mercredi dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo autour de Sake, cité considérée comme stratégique sur la route de Goma, ont indiqué des habitants. Ces derniers jours, les affrontements dans le territoire de Masisi, à …
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February 9, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Illegal immigration through the U.S.-Mexican border is at an all-time high, straining public resources and fueling political tension in the United States. Much of what moves migrants to undertake the perilous journey is known: economic hardship, conflict, organized crime and political repression. But what is missing from our debate is …
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February 9, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
As municipal elections near, the Erdogan government feels it is facing a dangerous situation that imposes a new military intervention. Several threads are unraveling in northern Syria, northern Iraq, and the broader region, which might bring the Turkish leadership to revise its Syria policy. It has become almost customary on …
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February 9, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
While Iran has been able to mobilize its region-wide networks and reaffirm its regional importance, the story is more complicated in Lebanon. While few doubt that Iran and Hezbollah knew of Hamas’s intention to attack Israeli towns around Gaza, it remains unclear whether they knew of the timing, or even …
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February 9, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
It seemed strange, if not out of context, when Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin told Arutz Sheva-Israel National News that “Muslims are not afraid of us anymore”. Feiglin’s comments were made on October 25, less than three weeks following the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Flood operation and the genocidal Israeli war which followed. …
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February 9, 2024 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
There is a consensus on the right and the left that the only way to deal with Iran is with military force. The conservative Chicken Hawks in the Senate and the House of Representatives believe targeting Iran—and not merely Iranian proxies—is essential. Senator Lindsay Graham (R/SC) wants to “hit them …
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February 9, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Western nations must not continue to contribute to a UN agency that is effectively controlled by a terrorist organization. Last week, Australian foreign minister Penny Wong indicated that Canberra may soon resume government funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), …
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February 9, 2024 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Latest Developments Lebanon rejected a proposal on February 6 for Hezbollah’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon, as mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 1701. The United States and four European countries are reportedly calling for Hezbollah to retreat several kilometers north as part of a diplomatic effort to defuse tensions at …
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February 9, 2024 Eurasia
Summary In response to an international context U.S. President Joe Biden has described as an overarching struggle between democracy and autocracy, his administration has set out to support democracy globally as a major foreign policy priority. This effort has entailed grappling with three daunting challenges: a global democratic recession involving …
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