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The Syrian Civil War has reignited, with Islamist rebels seizing Aleppo and threatening Assad’s government, as his allies—Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah—face their own conflicts. This instability poses risks for Israel, including heightened security threats from radical groups near its border, while also impacting U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region.

The Abraham Accords marked a significant foreign policy achievement for President Donald Trump at the end of his first term in 2020. What’s next for the Abraham Accords under a new Trump administration Joining us is Rob Greenway, Director of the Allison Center for National Security at the Heritage Foundation and former senior director for Middle Eastern and North African Affairs on the National Security Council.

Here are five reasons why the use of the term genocide -- which has come up Macklemore’s "Hinds Hall" song-- in Israel's self-defense campaign is inaccurate, misleading, and dangerous.

Update – December 5, 2024: AJC strongly rejects Amnesty International's biased report accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinians. Genocide refers to the deliberate destruction of a national, racial, ethnic, or religious group—an accusation that is entirely baseless in this context.

American Jewish Community (AJC) decries a report by Amnesty International that repackages and repeats the baseless and inflammatory charge of genocide that Israel’s enemies have made in the media and international forums for the past year. It not only egregiously distorts the reality of the conflict in Gaza and maligns the legal concept of genocide but will embolden terrorist organizations like Hamas to continue their tactics of exploiting civilians and violating international law.