David Daoud News Today

Top Israeli officials are warning that Israel is ready to take dramatic action against an increasingly aggressive Hezbollah.

President Joe Biden's plan to end the ongoing conflict in Gaza could set the framework for Hamas to resurge and attack Israel again.

Bill is joined again by his FDD colleague and show regular David Daoud to unpack issues raised in David’s latest piece for The Wall Street Journal, “Hezbollah Stumbles Into a War of Attrition.” They also catch up on adjacent matters concerning Israel’s ground war in Gaza and the dumpster fire engulfing American "institutions of higher education.”

U.S. and French mediators are working furiously to find a peaceful solution to prevent a war between Israel and Lebanon as Hezbollah attacks continue against the Jewish state.

U.S. and French mediators are working furiously to find a peaceful solution to prevent a war between Israel and Lebanon as Hezbollah attacks continue against the Jewish state.

Will Hezbollah bring about another Israel-Lebanon war?

Vittorio Maresca di Serracapriola. January 30, 2024 “We cannot remain silent in the face of such a grave violation,” said Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah to vast crowds of supporters earlier this month. Nasrallah, speaking the day after senior Hamas official Saleh Al-Arouri was assassinated in an Israeli drone strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, vowed revenge for the attack.   News…

David Daoud is Senior Fellow at at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies where he focuses on Israel, Hezbollah, and Lebanon affairs.

Jake Smith on January 13, 2024

The growing tensions between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia are stoking fears of a spillover of the Gaza conflict into Lebanon as the situation on the Red Sea escalates, as well.