From 1945, when Turkey entered World War II aligned with the Allies, relations between the U.S. and the Republic of Turkey were friendly. In 1947, due to difficulties in Greece […]

Recent years have seen a steady increase in antisemitism on college campuses, and increasingly, studies show it is often masked by anti-Israel activity or sentiment. Since war in Israel began […]

Since 2006, the United States has provided over $2.5 billion in aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). In fiscal year 2020, the United States provided $216 million in combined […]

On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists invaded Israel by land, air, and sea, simultaneously launching thousands of missiles at Israel from Gaza. The Hamas attack was called the ” Al-Aqsa […]

Traditionally, the Jewish New Year is marked by the blowing of the shofar, which begins ten days of repentance, concluding on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Yom Kippur is […]

The extreme violence of the Palestinian uprising known as the First Intifada created such uncontrollable chaos in the West Bank between 1987 and 1993 that the Jordanian government no longer […]

In 1991, the United States, together with Russia, convened an Arab-Israeli peace conference in Madrid—the first of its kind. For the first time, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and a Palestinian […]

On November 14, 2012, Israel launched Operation Pillar of Defense in response to a barrage of more than 150 rockets fired into Israel by Gaza-based terrorist organizations in one day. […]

The Second Intifada—an uprising of Palestinian violence against Israelis—was more deadly than the first. Suicide bombings became a regular occurrence in Israel. No one was safe from terrorists. Over 1,000 Israelis […]

In its Declaration of Independence, Israel affirms itself as the homeland for all Jews, yet commits to a democracy defined by equality for all, irrespective of national origin; this democracy […]