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The non-ceasefire ceasefire with Iran is on life support. @AhmadA_Sharawi, @miadmaleki & @Brad_L_Bowman join me for today's @FDD Morning Brief SITREP to call deals and strikes on it all.
Jonathan Schanzer
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Executive Director @FDD. Former @USTreasury terror finance analyst. Coiner of Schanzerisms. Author of 4 books on the Middle East. Host of FDD Morning Brief.
- I keep coming back to one detail from the news this morning. Hamas fired at the hostages as they were being rescued.
- Out of curiosity, I just glimpsed the timelines of Amnesty, HRW & ACLU to see their response to the attack on Salman Rushdie. As it turns out, they didn’t respond at all. Not one tweet on the attack against an intellectual, inspired by a rogue state. What happened to these NGOs?
- Hands down the most 2025 headline I have seen in 2025.
- Spin it however you want, but you’ll eventually arrive here: POTUS gave the green light for this war.Turkey’s conflict in Syria took a major turn today. First alleged atrocities by Turkish-backed Arab militias, executing Kurds. US military officials tell me it's true, and they are DEEPLY concerned it opens the door to BOTH ethnic cleansing of Kurds and return of ISIS/Al-Qaeda
- Reminder: Half of London is owned by QatarI condemn Israel’s strikes on Doha, which violate Qatar’s sovereignty and risk further escalation across the region. The priority must be an immediate ceasefire, the release of hostages, and a huge surge in aid into Gaza. This is the only solution towards long-lasting peace.
- I can't overstate this: The Middle East is now potentially hours away from the most devastating war in its bloody history. A Israel-Hezbollah war would likely yield a shocking number of fatalities and destruction. The US knew this day would come. Our leaders have failed.
- Yeah, except Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Armenia, and Syria.Turkish President Erdogan: We have absolutely no plans to seize or interfere with any other country’s land, sovereignty, or natural resources.
00:00 - Now debunked by US officials. Embarrassing that this was posted without casting a shred of doubt.Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib tells CNN that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had agreed to a 21-day ceasefire just before he was assassinated by Israel. The temporary ceasefire was called for by President Biden, President Macron and other allies during last
- I’m old enough to remember when people called Gaza an open air prison before the war. I’m also old enough to remember that Hamas launched the war.Gaza before the Israeli genocide
00:00 - Talking to European friends in various government positions, there has been an overnight shift in views on the Middle East. After recoiling from the images out of Gaza for weeks (even months), there is now wide recognition that this entire thing has been engineered by Iran.
- *IF* Sinwar is dead, here's what needs to happen: When Qatar-based Hamas leader Khaled Meshal very likely takes over the organization, the US needs to put massive pressure on Doha. Qatar should be forced to freeze Meshal's assets and then extradite him to the US or Israel...
- The Mossad just stole 100k documents from Iran and the Israeli prime minister provided proof of Iranian nuclear mendacity. Let’s go to our analysts for reaction:
