HOW ISOLATED IS ISRAEL RIGHT NOW?

HEADLINE 1: The Trump administration is forging ahead with its maximum pressure campaign.

HEADLINE 2: In more sanctions news, the Trump administration sanctioned the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority.

HEADLINE 3: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun intensified his call for Hezbollah to disarm.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren.

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GAZA FAMINE CLAIMS AND ISRAEL'S INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION

HEADLINE 1: Syrian refugees displaced during the country’s civil war are starting to return home.

HEADLINE 2: The IDF has released an assessment of its Fall 2024 campaign against Hezbollah.

HEADLINE 3: The Houthis have again threatened to escalate attacks against international shipping.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Nadav Eyal, an award-winning Israeli journalist affiliated with Yedioth Ahronoth and Ynetnews.

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JORDAN'S DELICATE BALANCING ACT

HEADLINE 1: Israel has taken a good first step by implementing daily tactical pauses in Gaza.

HEADLINE 2: As if to underscore the need for a pause, two more Israelis were killed in action.

HEADLINE 3: As if we didn’t have enough Gaza news to cover today, President Trump is reportedly rethinking his Gaza strategy.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Aaron Magid, former Amman-based journalist and author of a biography of Jordan's King Abdullah.

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IS LEBANON'S FUTURE BRIGHT OR BLEAK?

HEADLINE 1: Saudi Arabia announced $6.4 billion worth of investments in Syria.

HEADLINE 2: Another country is poised to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

HEADLINE 3: 8 Israeli soldiers were injured yesterday.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with David Daoud, FDD Senior Fellow and expert on Lebanon and Hezbollah.

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IRAN, ISRAEL, AND THE UNITED STATES

HEADLINE 1: The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned a petroleum smuggling and sanctions evasion network that generates cash for the Houthis.

HEADLINE 2: A round of nuclear talks is scheduled to take place on Friday between Iran, Britain, France, and Germany – the E3.

HEADLINE 3: The U.S. pulled out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ).

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GAZA, SYRIA, AND THE ISRAELI PEOPLE

HEADLINE 1: The Israeli army is moving into Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

HEADLINE 2: Hostage families slammed IDF’s Deir al-Balah ground op — fearing for their loved ones’ lives.

HEADLINE 3: More allegations of Israeli brutality in Gaza. And more denials from Israel.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Einat Wilf, author, former Israeli Knesset member, and foreign policy advisor to the late Shimon Peres.

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THE UN ISN'T JUST A FEW BAD APPLES — IT'S ROTTEN TO THE CORE

HEADLINE 1: Israel launched a national awareness campaign warning Israelis of Iranian recruitment attempts.

HEADLINE 2: The Yemeni National Resistance Forces intercepted a shipment of Iranian weapons.

HEADLINE 3: President Trump met with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani at the White House on Wednesday.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH HUMANITARIAN AID IN GAZA?

HEADLINE 1: Lebanon’s central bank banned banks from interacting with a Hezbollah-linked financial institution called Al-Qard Al-Hassan.

HEADLINE 2: Sectarian clashes erupted between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze militias in Syria.

HEADLINE 3: The UN Human Rights Council is imploding.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Reverend Johnnie Moore, chairman of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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ISRAEL, GAZA, IRAN ... AND MORE

HEADLINE 1: The IDF’s Gaza war tempo is picking up.

HEADLINE 2: Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly supports a potential nuclear deal that prevents Iran from enriching uranium.

HEADLINE 3: New details are emerging about the 12-day war between Iran and Israel.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with FDD Adjunct Fellow Seth J. Frantzman, who serves as a senior Middle East correspondent and analyst at The Jerusalem Post.

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WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE IRAN RIGHT NOW?

HEADLINE 1: The Trump administration continues to escalate its maximum pressure campaign against Iran.

HEADLINE 2: Francesca Albanese got sanctioned.

HEADLINE 3: Hamas tried to abduct an Israeli soldier.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely updates and expert analysis, followed by a conversation with Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-born Israeli lecturer, author, and expert on Iranian politics.

Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief