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What Really Happened at the Port of Beirut?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion occurred at a warehouse on the waterfront of the Port of Beirut, Lebanon. It killed...

Hizbullah Bears the Responsibility for the Beirut Disaster

Hizbullah controls the security of the port of Beirut and uses the port for storing weapons and its smuggling operations. The assessment in Lebanon is...

Lebanon-What happened?

Part 1: Lebanon-What happened? Part I of this series will review the facts of what we know has happened and an analysis of the horrific...

Botched EU Research Falsely Claims Israeli Textbooks Promoting Tolerance Were Published by Palestinian Authority,...

A long-awaited report by the European Union (EU) into the problem of incitement in school textbooks published by the Palestinian Authority (PA) has been...

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (July 29 – August 4, 2020)

This past week a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. It targeted the southern city of Sderot at a time...

UNRWA-USA tries to cash in on Beirut explosion

From a fundraising email from UNRWA-USA: On Tuesday, a massive explosion in Lebanon tragically destroyed or damaged nearly half the capital city of Beirut, left at...

Teaching hate

You can’t expect peace if you teach hate. Common sense, right? A lesson the world has taught over and over again, no? An apolitical lesson,...

Moldova-Flagged Ship Suspected of Carrying Beirut Blast Chemical

The Russian cargo ship Rhosus, which in September 2013 brought 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate to Lebanon, a cargo which is suspected to have...

Spotlight on Global Jihad (July 30 – August 5, 2020)

Overview The wave of terrorist attacks called “raids of attrition” which began on July 22, 2020, ended on July 31. 2020. During its ten days...

Hamas -Run UNRWA Schools To Resume In Gaza. Result : Balloons

The explosive balloons reportedly ignited fires in Israeli communities nestled close to the Gaza border The IDF reportedly launched a retaliatory strike against targets in...