Tag: Jihad
The warning Dearborn’s mayor just didn’t want to hear
The attempted massacre at a Reform synagogue in West Bloomfield, Mich., on March
12, did not come out of nowhere. Months before a truck slammed into Temple Israel in what the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
Signs Of Possible Involvement Of Qatar Airways – Qatar’s National Airline – In A...
The Taliban government in Afghanistan announced that it had signed an agreement with a Qatari "state owned company" to recruit Afghan citizens for work in Qatar. By early August 2025, 3,100 Afghan workers already...
Israel’s wars against jihadi terrorists concern intersections between death and time.
In the final analysis, Israel’s wars against jihadi terrorists concern intersections between death and time. While these wars highlight sub-state adversaries, they also point toward existential conflicts with Iran. All such wars, whatever their...
Were Israel’s goals achievable?
On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas and other jihadist organizations (what I refer to as “Hamas-plus”) initiated a war against Israel. Shortly thereafter, Israel declared that its military would promptly retrieve the hostages and eradicate...
After Assad, after the ceasefire, continuing the goals of jihadi terror
Following the collapse of the Bashar Assad regime in Syria, jihadi terror groups in the Middle East are being reconfigured. While evident and significant differences exist between these groups, they do share a single...
After The Syrian Collapse: Terrorism, Ecstasy And “Metaphysical Fear”
ABSTRACT: Following Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s recent fall, a changing configuration of jihadi terror groups will seek power and influence. Wittingly or unwittingly, these coalescing groups could act as Tehran’s fighting surrogate against Israel...
Noa and Leah: Victims of the same jihad
The face of a slave is—or should be—unforgettable.
On Oct. 7, graphic, heartrending videos circulated social media, but none seemed crueler than the video of a screaming Noa Argamani, begging not to be killed, her arm reaching...
The muslim brotherhood, Hamas and Israel
Alex Grobman, PhDuThe media has played a pivotal role in reinforcing ignorance about Israel’s enemies by repeating their antisemitic slogans without exposing how they distort the truth. Understanding the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood,...
Human foundations of Jihad terrorism
Everything in the social world begins with the individual human being. This includes terrorism. Ultimately, Israeli security planners will need to acknowledge that the jihadist adversary, Sunni or Shiite, whether in Gaza or Lebanon,...
Lethal connections: Terrorism, ecstasy and primal fear
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
lberes@purdue.edu
ABSTRACT: In its escalating war against terror crimes, Israel’s ultimate challenge is intellectual, not tactical. To proceed successfully in this protracted conflict, Jerusalem’s policies...