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President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince are Making Deals
November 19, 2025
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Jim Hanson
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Peace With Syria — War With Lebanon? | Jonathan Spyer on ILTV Security Brief
November 13, 2025
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Disarming Hamas Requires Empowering Gaza’s Clan Networks | Col. Eric Navarro on Newsmax
October 24, 2025
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Trump’s “Peace Through Strength” Strategy Is Reshaping the Middle East | Jim Hanson on TBN
October 17, 2025
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This Is How Trump Was Able To Secure Gaza Peace Deal That Biden Couldn’t | Gregg Roman on Forbes Newsroom
October 16, 2025
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The Next Chapter of Jewish Identity in America | Gregg Roman on the “Here I Am with Shai Davidai” Podcast
September 29, 2025
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“Islamism is Failing – Will the West Take Advantage?” | Daniel Pipes on The Western Spirit Podcast
September 22, 2025
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“From the Danger Zone” | Jonathan Spyer on the “Making Sense with Carl” Podcast
September 22, 2025
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Israel, Hamas, Qatar, and Pakistan | Arun Anand on The Nationalist View
September 18, 2025
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Terminal Threat: Israel, Turkey, and the Battle Over Damascus Airport | Jonathan Spyer on the Watchman Newscast
August 22, 2025
Should Palestinians finally and truly accept Israel, Palestine can emerge. But that requires of Israel to stop managing its Palestinian enemy and instead defeat it.
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Interview with Daniel Pipes: Hamas Must Fall ... For Palestine to Rise
Eliminating Hamas Is the Most Moral Act Possible in Gaza. Nothing Positive Can Happen While It Retains Power
August 1, 2025
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Eric Navarro on Newsmax: Hamas, Gaza, and Iran
July 15, 2025
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Eric Navarro
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Will Iran Try to Rebuild Its Nuclear Program?
June 29, 2025
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Jim Hanson
With modern weaponry and tactics, Israel completely dominates the battlefield. Israel's assault on Iran will likely set the standard for all future peer-to-peer warfare for many years to come.
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Interview with Daniel Pipes: Making Sense of the Israel-Iran War
Israel’s Current Intelligence and Military Campaign Ranks with the Six-Day War of 1967
June 25, 2025
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Was U.S. Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Sites Effective?
Low-Confidence Report Leaked to Media Claims Minimal Damage
June 25, 2025
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Jim Hanson
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The U.K. government has sanctioned Ali Ansari, a Tehran-born tycoon with substantial real estate holdings in London, for providing financial support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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Iranian Banker Sanctioned by U.K. for Supporting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Ali Ansari, Accused of ‘Ponzi Schemes’ in Iran, Amassed Real Estate in London
November 20, 2025
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Potkin Azarmehr
Should any Turk who served in Cyprus and bore arms there appear at a European airport or land border checkpoint, they should face tens of thousands of Euros in fines and a decade in prison if they step foot anywhere in the European Union. Above, in Kyrenia (Girne), Turkish-occupied Cyprus, Turkish soldiers stand during Armed Forces Day, a Turkish national holiday; August 30, 2019.
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The European Union Should Ban Turkish Soldiers, Foreign Tourists Who Visit Occupied Cyprus
It Is Time to Make the Penalties Clear and Onerous for Any Individual Wantonly Violating Cypriot Sovereignty
November 20, 2025
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Michael Rubin
The F35 is not a sensor or a radar; it is a platform whose stealth, sensor fusion, and netted lethality erase the old calculus. The question is no longer “if” another Arab power will own advanced U.S. kit; it is “on what political and technological leash.”
Middle East Forum Online
The $100 Billion Gambit: How the Saudi F-35 Deal Rewrites Global Security Rules
The American Saudi Flirtation over up to 48 F-35s Is a Rewriting of the Rules That Have Long Undergirded Middle East Stability
November 20, 2025
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Amine Ayoub
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