by Hugh Fitzgerald There have been dozens of these killings by the IDF of senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders, Basij leaders, nuclear scientists, heads of the air force, ballistic missile scientists, government spokesmen, and […]
by Hugh Fitzgerald Gaza’s alternative to rule by Hamas are the large families — the clans — those traditional sources of authority and power, that have re-emerged as Hamas has been battered by the IDF. […]
Crazier and crazier. Well, if the Israelis commit genocide, or “genocide,” why wouldn’t they harvest the organs of Palestinians and, it now is claimed, collect the skin — a full-body scalping — as well of […]
by Hugh Fitzgerald The Islamic Republic of Iran has the second largest reserves of natural gas, and the third largest reserves of oil, in the world. In the past thirty years, the country has received […]
by Hugh Fitzgerald Israel has not done enough to defend its conduct of the war. See more on this here. That negligence exploded into full view last week, in a “background” briefing to Israeli military […]
by Hugh Fitzgerald Israel has been brilliant at fighting in Gaza, and at preserving the lives of Gazan civilians, but it has not done enough to defend its conduct of the war. More on this […]
by Hugh Fitzgerald The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, a Catholic fascinated by Judaism, who is said to study his weekly Torah portion, has made clear his deep affection for the Jewish state. He had […]
by Hugh Fitzgerald Though the governments of Ireland, Spain, and Norway are more hostile to Israel than Italy, in the size of its anti-Israel protests, the Bel Paese comes in first. In early October 2025, […]
by Hugh Fitzgerald Another in our series of posts on “Israel, What Have You Done For Us, Lately?” is about a new and fabulously improved way to secure the borders of Israel and, of course, […]
Performative grief without consequences. Lighting candles as Western civilization collapses. The Western response to jihadist terror has become a grim ritual of weakness: candlelight vigils, teddy bears, wristbands, hashtags, and hollow slogans—followed by inaction. Leaders […]
The policy, effective January 1, 2026, fully suspends immigrant and certain nonimmigrant visas for 19 countries including Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, and new additions like Burkina Faso and Mali. Partial restrictions apply to 19 others such […]
Pope Leo XIV is turning out to be a worthy successor of the late Pope Francis, whose admiration for Islam seemed limitless. As he was returning to Rome after his recent trip to Lebanon, Pope […]
Jihad poisoning plots are not new. Al-Qaeda has long considered the contamination of food as a jihad mass murder tactic. And in 2017, the Islamic State called on Muslims to poison food in Western supermarkets And it has happened […]
This is one of those small stories about antisemitism raising its ugly head that nonetheless happen so frequently that an example or two is worth recounting from time to time. The victim was one Miriam […]
Yesterday at celebrations marking the one-year anniversary of Assad’s fall in Syria, ISIS black flags were prominently displayed. pic.twitter.com/TzPA4FMV58 — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) December 9, 2025 Syrian Army chants on the first anniversary of […]
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