The Gatestone Institute

1. Lebanon Still Held Hostage by Hezbollah; Christians Forced Out

   Christianity -- Maronite, Orthodox, Catholic, as well as other denominations -- was the dominant religion in the entire Levant before the Islamic military invasions and conquests in the seventh century. Constantinople (renamed Istanbul in 1930) was the

2. Americans Have the Power to Confront China's Rare Earth Stranglehold

   In the years leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America sold millions of tons of its scrap metal to a nation that would return that metal as bombs and bullets targeting American GIs. So it is important to ask the question: where and why

3. Why Turkey and Qatar Should Be Kept Away From Gaza

   One of the keynote speakers at the conference [hosted by Turkey] was Khaled Mashaal, a senior Hamas leader based in Qatar. Mashaal declared that the time has come for the Muslim nation to "commit to the liberation of Jerusalem." He defined this act as

4. No Stabilization in Gaza Without Dismantling Hamas

   An International Stabilization Force that enters Gaza while Hamas remains armed will merely stabilize Hamas itself. A stabilization force that cannot confront the terrorists who rule Gaza is not a peacekeeping mechanism; it is a political anesthetic. It

5. Why Mohamed bin Zayed — and Donald Trump — Represent a New Architecture for Peace

   [T]wo leaders have reshaped the strategic map with a clarity rarely seen in this era: United States President Donald J. Trump and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ). MBZ's long-term project is not ideological and not