Ever After
NEED TO KNOW Ever After ISRAEL/ GAZA Yossi Sharabi and Itay Svirsky were two of the more than 240 people whom the […]
Simmer, and Boil
NEED TO KNOW Simmer, and Boil MIDDLE EAST On Jan. 12, the United States and its allies launched more than 100 missiles […]
Nourished By Violence
NEED TO KNOW Nourished By Violence ISRAEL/ GAZA Late last year, during an interview in Qatar, Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya told the […]
The Unlikely Peacemaker
NEED TO KNOW The Unlikely Peacemaker QATAR Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani recently met in […]
Peace, Please
NEED TO KNOW Peace, Please ISRAEL/ GAZA Hundreds of people recently joined Jewish groups in eight cities throughout the US to call […]
A Heater in a Fridge in a Desert
NEED TO KNOW A Heater in a Fridge in a Desert UNITED ARAB EMIRATES An oil man oversaw the United Nations summit […]
Burying the Lede
NEED TO KNOW Burying the Lede ISRAEL/ GAZA Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi recently gained the power to halt foreign media broadcasts […]
Empty Victories
NEED TO KNOW Empty Victories EGYPT Egypt’s economy is in shambles. Inflation is running at a record 38 percent. Youth unemployment is […]
And the Winner Is …
NEED TO KNOW And the Winner Is … MIDDLE EAST On Sunday, the warship USS Carney, based in the Red Sea, shot […]
Hitting Pause
NEED TO KNOW Hitting Pause ISRAEL/ GAZA Diplomats worked overtime into Tuesday morning to extend the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian […]
Mirror Image
NEED TO KNOW Mirror Image WORLD In the West, there has been staunch support for Israel since the attack on Oct. 7 […]
Teasing a Detonator
NEED TO KNOW Teasing a Detonator ISRAEL/ WEST BANK, GAZA After the Palestinian terror group Hamas killed about 1,400 Israelis on Oct. […]
The Calamity Next Door
NEED TO KNOW The Calamity Next Door EGYPT Most Egyptians are sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinians as Israeli forces devastate […]
Bracing for the Storm
NEED TO KNOW Bracing for the Storm LEBANON Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recently deployed drones to strike at Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia […]
Oversight Versus Insight
NEED TO KNOW Oversight Versus Insight ISRAEL/ GAZA On Sept. 11, Gen. Herzi Halevi, the Israeli military’s chief of staff, told members […]
No Quarter
NEED TO KNOW No Quarter ISRAEL/ GAZA When Israel gave the order to evacuate northern Gaza in advance of military strikes, Lubna […]
The Before and the After
NEED TO KNOW The Before and the After ISRAEL/ GAZA No matter what one thinks of the plight of the Palestinians who […]
Goodbye, Status Quo
NEED TO KNOW Goodbye, Status Quo ISRAEL/ GAZA Thousands of young people were dancing at an outdoor music festival near the Gaza […]
Speak, Calliope
NEED TO KNOW Speak, Calliope LIBYA Poet Mustafa al-Trabelsi penned eerily prescient lines in the days before he would die in a […]
Stumbling To the Starting Line
NEED TO KNOW Stumbling To the Starting Line LIBYA Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush fled to Turkey last week after the oil-rich […]
A Toxic Mystery
NEED TO KNOW A Toxic Mystery IRAN Someone has been poisoning girls in schools in Iran since November last year. “Victims described […]
The Fraying Chains
NEED TO KNOW The Fraying Chains IRAN Almost a year ago, a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini died while in the custody […]
Wobbly Stools
NEED TO KNOW Wobbly Stools WEST BANK & GAZA Late last month, globetrotting New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman announced that American […]
To Be Reasonable
NEED TO KNOW To Be Reasonable ISRAEL Left and right in Israel are split over the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]