Ankara’s Crossroads: Rearmament, Risk, and the Prospect of War with Israel

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MAY 2026 UPDATE Disappearance of Haymanut Kasau: hierarchy, chronology, and failures of responsibility

On 25 February 2024, nine‑year‑old Haymanut Kasau disappeared from the Jewish Agency absorption center in Safed after going out to distribute election flyers, and as of early 2026 the State of Israel has not...

From Tehran to Tampa: Iranian Proxy Networks Operating Through Florida’s 501(c)(3) Sector

As the United States confronts Iran's expanding proxy architecture across the Middle East, this report documents a dimension of that challenge that has received insufficient regulatory attention: the degree to which U.S.-based civil-society infrastructure...

Syria’s Accommodation of Foreign Jihadists Backfires

The Syrian government’s effort to integrate foreign fighters into its armed forces may be unraveling. On May 5, Syrian authorities arrested 16 Uzbek fighters following a standoff with armed members of the Uzbek community in...

An End to Israel Diplomatic Passivity

Israel has  finally formed a National Public Diplomacy Directorate, to address Israel's standing in the public domain, where trashing of Israel has become the norm. This initiative brings to mind the efforts of the writer Amos...

New York Times Pulitzer-Winning Photographer Describes Terrorists as ‘Martyrs’ and Israel as ‘Occupation’

The New York Times photographer, Saher Alghorra, who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize this week for his work in Gaza, has described uniformed Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists as “martyrs” and called Israel an “occupation”...

Incomprehensible and unbelievable

Just when you think that matters cannot get crazier, reality hits you in the face and proves that indeed it can. As our “yekke” German compatriots would declare, the situation we face these days is...

Seoul debases its reputation as middle power

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ignited a diplomatic firestorm between South Korea and Israel. He made false claims and hurled insulting and lurid accusations at Israel, combined with profoundly offensive Holocaust parallels as...

Gaza journalist who wrote for Al Jazeera was holding 3 hostages in home with...

Gaza journalist who wrote for Al Jazeera was holding three hostages in his home with his family before he was killed by Israeli commandos during a rescue operation Saturday, according to the Israeli military. Abdallah...

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