Pay-for-Slay is likely still Pay-for-Slay
March 7, 2025 | Alana Schetzer
When embattled Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas announced that the PA would restructure its ‘pay-to-slay’ policy – its system of financially rewarding imprisoned terrorists, or the families of terrorists killed – in late January, the news was met with a mix of cautious optimism and scepticism.
The missing pieces of the Thai hostages story
February 21, 2025 | Allon Lee
On January 30, the world’s eyes were focused on Israeli hostages… as they were released in Gaza after close to 500 days in captivity. Far less attention was given to five Thai workers… who found their freedom after also being kidnapped on October 7, 2023. To set the record straight, here’s some information on the treatment and benefits provided to the Thai nationals by Israel and Israelis, as reported in the Israeli and Thai media.
Trump needs to hit Iran where it hurts: Tehran, not Yemen
March 30, 2025 | Oved Lobel
If the administration’s rhetoric reflects its actual intent and is translated into concrete action, then this campaign could eventually succeed where others have failed. The alternative, in which, despite the administration’s tough rhetoric, the US ineffectively bombs the Houthis for several days or weeks with no ground component, no increased interdiction campaign, and no strikes against the Iranian regime, is likely to dramatically embolden already-emboldened Western adversaries.
Why Israel had to resume its attacks on Hamas
March 24, 2025 | Justin Amler
The Israeli attacks on Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets on Tuesday should not come as any great surprise. If anything, the only surprise should be that it took this long.
The UN’s double standards on aid
March 20, 2025 | Justin Amler
Despite Hamas’ well-documented atrocities, the UN continues to act as its de facto advocate. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese continued her stream of wild accusations against Israel by saying that cutting off electricity to the terror enclave of Gaza amounts to a “Genocide Alert”.
Iran’s unloved revolution and the bomb
March 31, 2025 | Ray Takeyh, Reuel Marc Gerecht
The 85-year-old Khamenei surely is deeply concerned about his legacy. His record looks bad: The Islamic Republic has been humbled in the region by Jews. The sullen citizenry now routinely mocks the theocracy. Iran’s defensive and offensive strategies are in ruins – except the nuclear-weapons program.
Quantifying the Jewish campus calamity
March 31, 2025 | Alana Schetzer
A new survey of Jewish and Israeli university staff and students in Australia has revealed how the explosion in antisemitism and anti-Israel protests, harassment and threats to their safety has impacted their capacity to work and study, as well as negatively affected their relationships with co-workers and fellow students.
Israel’s three objectives
March 31, 2025 | Ron Ben-Yishai
The US-Israeli axis is pursuing several goals: securing the hostages’ release, expelling Hamas from Gaza, exacting a price from the Houthis and significantly degrading their ability to disrupt shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea, and pressuring Iran into negotiations for a new nuclear deal that both Trump and Israel could support
