Category: Middle East

19-Year-Old Chinese Dissident Held in Dubai Fears Deportation Back to China

A young Chinese dissident on the Chinese Communist Party’s wanted list is seeking help after being held incommunicado for a month in the United Arab Emirates, with the prospect of being sent back to China to face torture. Dubai police arrested Wang Jingyu, a 19-year-old from Chongqing city in southern China’s Sichuan Province, during his…


Biden Vows to ‘Replenish’ Israel’s Iron Dome Missile Defense System, Support Gaza Rebuilding Efforts

President Joe Biden on Thursday pledged to provide support to Israelis and Palestinians following the announcement of a mutual ceasefire at a time to be determined between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group. Biden said during a press conference that the United States will replenish Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, which helped destroy Hamas rockets…


Israel, Hamas Agree to Ceasefire Over Gaza Conflict: Netanyahu’s Office

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that officials have agreed on a ceasefire with Hamas after 11 days of fighting, but the time has yet to be determined. A statement from his office said that his security cabinet ministers agreed to “accept the Egyptian initiative for a mutual ceasefire without any conditions,…


What Successful Diplomacy Looks Like

Commentary The experts told us the Middle East would explode in December 2017, after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The experts similarly predicted catastrophe 15 months later, when the Trump administration recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a strategic region on Israel’s northern border previously controlled by Syria. And yet, each time…


Hamas Official Predicts Ceasefire After Israel Faces 2nd Attack From Lebanon

A senior Hamas official predicted a ceasefire within days even as fighting continues, with Hamas and other terrorist groups firing more rockets from Gaza at Israel, which faced a second attack from Lebanon on Wednesday. The Biden administration on the same day signaled to Israeli officials multiple times that it is pushing for deescalation on…


Israel Fires at South Lebanon in Response to Rocket Launches—Israeli Military

TEL AVIV—Israel fired artillery at targets in Lebanon on Wednesday after four rockets were launched towards Israel from Lebanese territory, the Israeli military said. Israel’s missile defenses intercepted one of the projectiles and “the rest most likely fell in open areas,” the military said. The rockets caused air raid sirens to blare in the northern…


Holding Islamic State Terrorists Accountable for the Yazidi Genocide in Iraq

Commentary In early May, the U.N. released a report updating its investigation into the horrid crimes perpetrated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria terrorists against almost every group in northern Iraq and eastern Syria. The goal of the investigation is bold—to hold accountable the ISIS thugs who committed the atrocities. For several reasons,…


Israel Accuses Chinese State TV of ‘Blatant Antisemitism’

BEIJING—Israel’s Embassy in China is protesting what it describes as “blatant antisemitism” on a program run by the overseas channel of state broadcaster CCTV discussing the ongoing violence in Gaza and elsewhere. In a tweet, the embassy said “we have hoped that the times of the ‘Jew’s controlling the world’ conspiracy theories were over, unfortunately…


2 Men Charged Over Attack on Rabbi Near London Synagogue

Two men have been charged in connection with an assault on a rabbi near his synagogue in north London, UK police said on Wednesday. Abderrahman Brahimi, 25, and Souraka Djabouri, 18, both of Tudor Crescent, Ilford, are due to appear at Colchester Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, Essex Police said in a statement. They are each…


Israeli Military Bombs Miles of Hamas ‘Terror Tunnel’

The Israeli military on Tuesday announced a fresh barrage of strikes targeting the Hamas network of so-called “terror tunnels,” further degrading the group’s ability to launch attacks against Israel. Hidai Zilberman, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), told reporters that at around 10 p.m. local time, dozens of Israeli planes dropped 122 bombs…