Explainers: Antisemitism and the Hamas-Israel War (4 videos)
In multiple worldwide realms, the magnitude of hate for Israel and Jews soared after October 7, 2023.
Explainer: What Happened in Iran’s April 2024 Attack? (video, 4:06)
Compiled by Aidan New Before Iran launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Oct. 1, 2024, it targeted Israel on April 13 and 14, 2024, with a series of missiles and drones, escalating regional…
Explainer: Iran’s Nuclear Program (video, 4:29)
Compiled by Aidan New Iran’s development of a nuclear weapons program began in the late 1990s, accelerate in the early 2000s, and has remained a focal point for regional tension and international sanctions. It is…
Explainer: Iran’s Rivalry With Sunni Arab States (video, 3:38)
Compiled by Aidan New Iran, a Shia- and Persian-majority theocracy, frequently clashes with its Sunni Arab neighbors, including Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. These tensions are rooted in religious and ethnic…
Explainer: How Shia Ideologies Fuel Hatred of Israel (video, 4:13)
Compiled by Aidan New Iran’s antisemitic rhetoric is deeply rooted in Shia-specific Muslim ideologies that portray Jews and the State of Israel as enemies and embrace the idea that the ritual uncleanliness of Jews dirties…
Explainer: Iran’s Axis of Resistance Surrounding Israel (video, 3:54)
Compiled by Aidan New Iran has financed, armed, trained, and, in some cases, directed terrorist and militant groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis around the Middle East to incorporate them into its ultimate…
Explainers: Iran and the Hamas-Israel War (5 videos)
Compiled by Aidan New Iran lies behind much of what Israel has battled since Hamas launched its brutal terrorist attack Oct. 7, 2023. By theology and ideology, Iran is committed to Israel’s destruction. By policy…
Explainers: Hamas and October 7 — Strategy, History, Ideology, Politics (5 videos)
Can a radically hateful ideology ever be neutralized by rationality and logic?
Explainers: Hezbollah and the Hamas-Israel War (4 videos)
Hezbollah has used its stronghold in southern Lebanon to launch continual attacks on northern Israel since October 8, 2023. Hezbollah says it is motivated by its support for Hamas, a fellow member of Iran’s Axis of Resistance surrounding Israel. While Hezbollah is Shia and Hamas is Sunni, both are devoted to Israel’s destruction, and both receive funding from and coordinate with Iran.
Explainer: Hezbollah’s Assault on Israel Explained (video, 4:05)
On October 8, 2023, Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets at northern Israel that escalated tensions in the region and prompted a substantial increase in the IDF presence along the border with Lebanon. It was not the first instance of such hostilities, however, as both sides have a long history of conflict.
Explainer: Hezbollah’s Response to the Oct. 7 Attacks (video, 2:52)
Hezbollah and Hamas have significant ideological and religious differences, but they are united in the goal of destroying Israel and in their alliance with Iran. Before Hamas’ attacks on October 7th, the two terrorist organizations had significant coordination, although Hamas did not warn Hezbollah what it planned for that day.
Explainer: Hezbollah’s Presence in Lebanon (video, 3:09)
Hezbollah emerged in Lebanon in the 1980s, rooted in the historical marginalization of the country’s Shiite community. Today, Hezbollah is a major player in Lebanese social and political life, wielding significant influence over both the government and the military situation.
Explainer: Iran’s Influence Over Hezbollah (video, 3:24)
Iran exerts an immense amount of influence over its most successful proxy creation, Hezbollah.
Israel’s 9/11 — Connections and Conflict in Latin America (45:52)
Countries from Mexico south have significant Jewish populations and have played important roles in Jewish history, from the high of Guatemala’s Jorge García-Granados casting the first U.N. vote in 1947 for the creation of Israel to the…
Dana Stroul: “Hezbollah-Israel Escalation” (1:29:00)
June 28, 2024 The Washington Institute for Near East’s Policy Dana Stroul leads an incisive discussion with four outstanding panelists on “Hezbollah-Israel Escalation” and the high prospects of war on June 28, 2024. The video,…
Israel’s 9/11 — Evolving Realities in Europe-Israel Relations (45:03)
The European Union’s foreign policy chief decried “another massacre of civilians” and called for an end to the Gaza “bloodbath” on June 8 after Israel rescued four of the more than 120 hostages remaining from…
Israel’s 9/11 — Changes in the U.S.-Israel Relationship Since the June 1967 War (42:00)
In the days before the June 1967 war, President Lyndon Johnson warned Israel against war, saying, “If you go it alone, you will be alone.” President Joe Biden issued a similar warning in March against…
Israel’s 9/11 — College Campus Turmoil: Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism and Academic Unease (41:46)
Anti-Israel demonstrations on college campuses in North America and Europe have often crossed the line from free speech to anti-Jewish harassment. Beyond ignoring or even endorsing the killing of 1,200 Israelis and others in the…
Israel’s 9/11 — Rafah and the Fog of War (46:06)
More than seven months since Hamas and others killed 1,200 people and seized more than 240 hostages in southern Israel on Oct. 7, the IDF is operating in Rafah but must continue to fight elsewhere…
Israel’s 9/11 — Assessing Israel@76 (1:04:20)
This week Israel is soberly marking its 76th Independence Day during a war against Hamas in Gaza, where more than 130 hostages are unaccounted for more than seven months after the brutal terrorist attack of…
35 Webinars on the Hamas-Israel War
Watch our collection of weekly Wednesday webinars with expert analysis and insights into the war and related topics, and register for the next webinar.
Israel’s 9/11 — Hezbollah’s War of Attrition (43:47)
The day after Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist assault killed 1,200 and dragged more than 240 kidnapped Israelis and others to Gaza, Hezbollah opened a second front along Israel’s northern border with missile fire from Lebanon….
Israel’s 9/11 — Iran’s Threat and Regional Responses (42:12)
Hamas’ terrorist assault Oct. 7, killing 1,200 and kidnapping more than 240, was the worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, but the night of April 13-14 could have been worse when Iran attacked Israel…
Israel’s 9/11 — Women Respond to the War With Hamas (35:29)
The raw numbers in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack — 1,200 killed and more than 240 abducted — can sanitize the personal trauma and horror of the brutality, including sex-based violence. Women often are stereotyped as victims or peacemakers, but CIE’s 27th weekly webinar on the Israel-Hamas war, set for April 17, examines the reality of women’s responses and roles in Israeli society and the reactions to how they have fought, volunteered, advocated and led for more than six months. Joining moderator Dr. Ken Stein, CIE’s president and an Emory University emeritus professor of Middle East history, political science and Israel studies, are Col. (res.) Pnina Sharvit Baruch of the Institute for National Security Studies and Dr. Julia Elad-Strenger, a political psychologist at Bar-Ilan University.
