Fact: as U.S. pressure on Israel increases, pressure on Hamas and its puppet masters in Tehran decreases.

Brad Bowman explains 👇

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.John Hardie: 'That Moscow would back the Iranians at the UN Security Council comes as no surprise. Tehran continues to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine, while Moscow is keen to exploit the Middle East crisis and resents what it sees as over-the-top Israeli airstrikes in…

What We Can Learn From Iran’s Attack on Israel

In our latest FDD Insight, we discuss the details of Iran's attack, the combined effort to defeat the attack, and how the strategic situation in the Middle East has changed.

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.Brad Bowman: 'Americans can be proud of the role that U.S. forces played in defending Israel against the unprecedented attack by the Islamic Republic of Iran...The attack would have killed many people if it were not for the defensive capabilities of Israel and the U.S.'

Efforts in recent years to move toward a combined American-Arab-Israeli regional security architecture apparently paid some dividends this weekend.

There's more work to do, and Arab governments will want to do it quietly, but some of the events this weekend detailed in this…

A major attack on Israel by Iran that would have killed many people if it were not for the defensive capabilities of Israel and the United States.

Defense of Israel Activities Update

On April 13 and the morning of April 14, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, supported by U.S. European Command destroyers, successfully engaged and destroyed more than 80 one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles (OWA UAV) and at least six…

.Brad Bowman: 'When asked Friday about his message to Iran regarding a potential attack on Israel, Biden responded with a one-word warning: don’t. Clearly unimpressed, Iran proceeded to launch an unprecedented, complex, and direct attack against Israel.'fdd.org/analysis/2024/…

Analysis by Brad Bowman: 'A major Rubicon has been crossed by Iran. The nature and scale of Iran’s attack is a stark demonstration that American and Israeli deterrence is severely eroded. That is unacceptable and dangerous — and must be addressed.'
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If the IDF's 99% of 300 missiles/drones intercepted/failed to hit Israel number is anywhere in the vicinity of the final tally it is one of the greatest military technological accomplishments of an era. This is total, combined Israel+U.S.+other allies figure.

A question for Americans to consider:

Can you imagine Iran attacking our homeland with 300 drones and missiles and then one of our allies pressuring us to not respond?

I think I know how the average American would respond to such pressure.

Our conversation on Wednesday was even more timely than I realized...

Biden said 'don't' and then Iran shrugged and proceeded to launch a massive direct attack against Israel.

A major threshold has been crossed by Iran.

It would be a serious mistake for Israel & the United States to only play defense at this point.

The nature and scale of…