Terror group seeks political legitimacy, immunity from targeted killings, integration in PA security forces, and its own armed presence in Gaza to protect its senior officials.

Israel’s security establishment is preparing for the possibility of a US military strike on Iran and for a potential Iranian response directed at Israel. Israeli assessments are that if such an attack goes ahead, it is likely to occur within weeks.

The challenge Trump missed the point on was Iran. He did redraw the nuclear red lines for the ayatollah, but he forgot, deliberately or otherwise, the protesters there and the mass slaughter carried out against them by the regime of atrocities.

After being abandoned by the US in Syria, Kurdish forces are hoping for Israeli assistance that is unlikely to materialize. The Trump administration has chosen the government in Damascus over its former allies and now views Ahmed al-Sharaa as a partner in the fight against Islamic State, but in doing so it has already opened a Pandora’s box. The concern is that dozens of terrorists who escaped from prison will return to terrorism.

Framework modeled on Britain's Cyprus arrangement would establish American territorial zones for defense operations. The agreement authorizes the United States to pursue military exercises, intelligence gathering, personnel training, and resource extraction – particularly rare earth minerals – across these territories minus bureaucratic impediments or licensing requirements from Copenhagen authorities.