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.

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HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, AND HTS

HEADLINE 1: The Houthis are have resumed attacking ships in the Red Sea.

HEADLINE 2: The Trump administration revoked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

HEADLINE 3: Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 more were wounded in an ambush in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely updates and expert analysis, followed by a conversation with Roi Kais, Arab affairs correspondent for Israel's Channel 11.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely updates and expert analysis, followed by a conversation with Col. Richard Kemp, a retired British Army officer who has been on the ground in Israel and Gaza following the Hamas-led atrocities of October 7, 2023.

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THE IRANIAN PEOPLE VERSUS THE REGIME

HEADLINE 1: President Trump signed an executive order lifting sanctions on Syria.

HEADLINE 2: Iranian threats against Donald Trump and his administration keep on coming.

HEADLINE 3: While we’re on the topic of suspicious Iranian activity…Danish authorities arrested a man suspected of collecting intel on Jewish targets in Germany.

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FDD Senior Research Analyst Natalie Ecanow delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation between Jonathan Schanzer and award-winning investigative journalist Lisa Daftari, who serves as the editor-in-chief for The Foreign Desk.

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THE STATE OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, THE WAR IN GAZA, AND THE AXIS OF AGGRESSORS

HEADLINE 1: Hamas issued fresh threats against aid workers in Gaza.

HEADLINE 2: Over the last three months, the Shin Bet has arrested over 60 Hamas operatives in the West Bank.

HEADLINE 3: Ireland is weighing legislation to ban imports from Israeli communities in the West Bank.

BONUS HEADLINE 4: Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi issued a fatwa against President Donald Trump.

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FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Jonathan Panikoff, who directs the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative.

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IRAN, GAZA, AND THE HOSTAGES

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Brigadier General (Res.) Professor Jacob Nagel, FDD senior fellow and former Israeli national security advisor.

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On this special SITREP episode of the FDD Morning Brief, Executive Director Jonathan Schanzer is joined by FDD Senior Fellow Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus and FDD CMPP Senior Director Bradley Bowman to assess the fallout from Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran with a ceasefire now in effect — and evaluate the current status of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

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