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Hezbollah’s Deadly Rockets Aren’t the Most Serious Threat to Israel’s Northern Border
The 30,000-strong militia has ground forces massed along the frontier, preventing evacuated Israelis from returning home and increasing the risk of a war that both sides would rather postpone for now.
Aug 6, 2024
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Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Hezbollah Shadow Governance in Lebanon
In this chapter from the Jihadist Governance and Statecraft compilation, Mattew Levitt examines how Hezbollah exercises authority from outside the halls of formal state power.
Aug 6, 2024
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Matthew Levitt
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Jihadist Governance and Statecraft
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Articles & Testimony
Iranian External Operations Interactive Map and Timeline
Access this powerful tool, which maps over forty-five years of Iranian clandestine operations around the globe.
Aug 6, 2024
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Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
The Death of a Hezbollah Lifer
For more than four decades, the late terrorist and military commander Fuad Shukr was at the forefront of the group’s most destabilizing activities, from killing American, European, and Israeli soldiers to procuring advanced weapons from Iran.
Jul 31, 2024
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Matthew Levitt
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Hezbollah-Israel Escalation: Prospects for War
A former Israeli military planner joins three experts to discuss each side’s current calculus and the U.S. policy implications if they opt for war or a truce.
Jul 2, 2024
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Matthew Levitt
Hanin Ghaddar
David Schenker
Assaf Orion
Brief Analysis
“Moderate” Hamas Statements Are an Old Ploy
Hamas leaders have recently tempered their fiery rhetoric with more moderate-sounding statements about a ceasefire along the 1967 lines, but this is merely a tactical move designed to advance the group’s main goal—establishing an Islamist state “between the river and the sea.”
May 23, 2024
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Neomi Neumann
Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
What Hamas Wants in Postwar Gaza: The Power to Fight Without the Burden of Governing
The group is following Hezbollah’s playbook to a tee: first, secure victory simply by surviving, then take hold of the postwar governance structure while retaining its independent fighting force.
May 10, 2024
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Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Coordinated Iran Sanctions Require Coordinated Enforcement
Following the attack on Israel, world leaders seek to build a coalition of the willing to hold Tehran accountable for its malign activities—though sanctions won’t have their intended effect unless partners cooperate on robust enforcement as well.
Apr 19, 2024
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Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
The Only Way to Stop Hamas Is to Stop Iran from Rebuilding It
Tehran may simply revive the group or replace it with another terrorist proxy, so Washington and its partners will need to disrupt the flow of Iranian arms and informal financial support to extremist elements in the West Bank and Gaza.
Jan 31, 2024
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Michael Singh
Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
For All That Changed, Hamas Is Still Hamas
Two decades after a landmark study on the group, it is clear that Hamas leaders never truly strayed from their core principle of prioritizing Israel’s destruction over the well-being of fellow Palestinians.
Jan 22, 2024
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Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
How to Keep Hamas From Bouncing Back
Decades ago, Saleh al-Arouri helped the group realize that external support networks were essential to recovering from serious setbacks, and this playbook lives on despite his death.
Jan 9, 2024
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Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
A Hamas Leader Dies in Beirut
Saleh al-Arouri served as a major operative for the group over decades, and his loss will pose challenges for Hamas and Hezbollah alike.
Jan 2, 2024
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Hanin Ghaddar
Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
The End of the Hamas Military-Industrial Complex
Three months into the war, even the group’s own propaganda points to lackluster weapons production.
Jan 2, 2024
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Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Growing Internal Tensions Between Hamas Leaders
Kept in the dark about key aspects of the October 7 attack, the group’s external leaders are now jockeying for position in postwar arrangements that they may not have enough power to shape.
Dec 21, 2023
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Ehud Yaari
Matthew Levitt
Video
Brief Analysis
The Hamas-Israel War: End of the Beginning or Beginning of the End?
Experts discuss the military and political situation at what appears to be a decisive moment in the war, offering insights on Israel’s calculations, the effects of growing foreign pressure, and the need for further international action to address attacks by Iran’s other regional partners.
Dec 15, 2023
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Assaf Orion
Hanin Ghaddar
Matthew Levitt
Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
Addressing the Scourge of Anti-Semitism in Europe
A Hamas expert testifies on how the group, its sympathizers, and a motley array of other factions are taking advantage of the Gaza war to stoke anti-Semitic threats and attacks across the continent.
Dec 12, 2023
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Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
The Road to October 7: Hamas’ Long Game, Clarified
An in-depth look at the group’s post-2007 activities confirms that it was steadily preparing the ground (and the population) for war while lulling foreign officials into awaiting a moderation that would never come.
Oct-Nov 2023
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Devorah Margolin
Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
The Hamas-Iran Relationship
As details emerge of potential direct links to the attack on Israel, one thing is clear: Hamas would not have been able to plan and conduct such an operation without years of Iranian training, Iranian weapons, and hundreds of millions of dollars in Iranian funding.
Nov 2023
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Matthew Levitt
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Brief Analysis
Hezbollah’s Escalation Ladder
In his highly anticipated first speech since the Hamas massacre, Secretary-General Nasrallah can be expected to offer plenty of bluster and a possible step up the escalation ladder, but his group has an interest in avoiding all-out war.
Nov 2, 2023
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Matthew Levitt
Articles & Testimony
Combating Hamas's Networks of Illicit Finance and Terrorism
A former Treasury Department official testifies on how this longstanding policy imperative should be approached at a time when terrorist groups like Hamas are bringing the Middle East to the brink of regional war.
Oct 26, 2023
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Matthew Levitt
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