The Gatestone Institute

1. Russia's Shadow War: A Warning for the West

   Deliberate drone incursions into sovereign NATO airspace. Suspicious damage to undersea cables. Calculated attacks that test the West's cybersecurity. All these actions by Russia have just been a prelude to the latest effort to intimidate the West from

2. Palestinian Terrorists Threaten to Target International Stabilization Force

   Hamas claims it agreed only to the first phase of Trump's plan, which calls for an end to the war and the release of all the hostages – alive and deceased – within 72 hours. That was on October 9, 2025; by now, weeks have passed. The only reason the

3. What Works?: America's New No-Nonsense Realism

   This new statecraft, begun by [US President Ronald] Reagan, was neither isolationist nor utopian. It was positive and pragmatic, based on whatever might work, rather than confined by ideological strictures. Its successes—such as revitalized growth, a

4. 'What Radical Islam Would Seemingly Like to Extend to the West': A Conversation with Alain Destexhe

   In the Middle East, the attempts at "crimes against humanity," for more than 70 years, have been targeted at Jews. Defending oneself by responding after a major massacre is not a genocide. If you do not want your people killed, do not attack your

5. Why Most Arab Countries Do Not Want Palestinians

   [C]ountries such as Jordan and Lebanon had extremely negative experiences with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and other Palestinian armed groups who were trying to overthrow or destabilize their governments (Black September in Jordan in 1970