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iranintl – A Lebanese Shia, now seeking refuge in Canada after escaping Hezbollah indoctrination and surviving an assassination attempt by the Iran-backed group, has shared insider knowledge of Hezbollah’s operations with Iran International. Pledging allegiance to the Islamic Republic of Iran and its Supreme Leader, chanting death to Israel, death to America, is part of the daily routine for Lebanese …

gatestoneinstitute.org – However, it is hard to see how the October 7 attack could be categorized as an act of resistance by freedom-fighters… For Hamas, October 7 was a war of choice, not a war of necessity, and its goal wasn’t just to terrorize a real or imaginary foe but to murder as many non-combatants as possible. Terror is used …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Corruption and Bias Have Reduced the UN to Irrelevance Gavriel Mairone, the attorney who is representing the plaintiffs, argues that these shocking allegations demonstrate that, for more than a decade, UNRWA’s aid distribution network was involved in widespread fraud and corruption. The lawsuit claims this scheme not only enriched Hamas but also funded terrorism, playing a pivotal role …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The only country in the Middle East consistently pressured to make concessions “to avoid escalation” was the victim of October 7, Israel. The rapacity of Iran’s regime, which apparently feels free to launch attacks on U.S. troops at will — especially after enjoying massive amounts of US generosity — is breathtaking. The Biden-Harris administration also infused the regime …

Iranwire – The assessment of Iranians’ perspectives on Palestine, one year after the Hamas-Israel war started, indicates a shift in their opinions towards Palestine compared to the early days of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the period after Ali Khamenei assumed the role of Iran’s Supreme Leader. Before the revolution, Iranian authorities aimed to manage Israel’s policies by maintaining close ties with the …

iranintl – Frozen in time, families of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas feel trapped in an endless October 7, 2023. They believe Iran holds the key to their release and blame its rulers for the attacks and the ongoing conflict. The story of Oded and Yocheved Lifshitz Daniel Lifshitz’s grandparents, Oded and Yocheved, are believers in peace. As lifelong human …

Iranwire – Hasti Hossein Panahi was one of the thousands of Iranian teenagers who took to the streets after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in September 2022. Hasti, along with many of her classmates in the city of Dehgolan in Kurdistan Province, joined the nationwide protests that same month. For the first time since the 1979 Islamic …

gatestoneinstitute.org – “Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations.” — United Nations Charter, Article 51. On October 1, 2024, Iran directly attacked Israel for the second time in six months, launching at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israeli towns cities …

gatestoneinstitute.org – [O]ne thing is certain: his [Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s] 30-year-long policy of using costly proxies to keep war away from Iran has failed. Now he may be forced into doing his own fighting. Depending on how far this goes, Khamenei’s latest move could put the very fate of his regime in the bargain. Those who have turned …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The permissive environment created for Iran by the Biden administration’s foreign policy of not just granting it impunity, but actually funding it through sanctions waivers and direct payments, appears to have financed the Iranian regime into acting with increasing aggression. This week, just as Israel, in of one of the most breathtaking campaigns in military history, sent the …