Dan Diker Journalist Profile

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What the West is missing about the Gaza war

1 month ago | jns.org | Khaled Abu Toameh |Dan Diker

(May 7, 2025 / JNS)In this episode of “Our Middle East,” Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs, and Khaled Abu Toameh, senior fellow at JCFA and the Gatestone Institute, unpack why Gaza is no longer a local conflict. It’s a global flashpoint.
30 Years of Deception: How Palestinians can find hope and leadership

2 months ago | jns.org | Dan Diker |Khaled Abu Toameh

(April 23, 2025 / JNS)Is the Palestinian Authority on the verge of collapse? In this hard-hitting episode of “Our Middle East,” Dan Diker, president of the Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs, and Khaled Abu Toameh, senior fellow at JCFA and the Gatestone Institute, address the inner workings of the Palestinian Authority and its growing instability—an issue with direct implications for Israel, the Arab world and global security.
Upcoming Webinar: Understanding Israeli Perspectives Post 10/7 – Jewish Policy Center

Jan 10, 2025 | jewishpolicycenter.org | Dan Diker

On October 7, 2023, the world witnessed events that significantly reshaped the security landscape in Israel and beyond. This webinar will delve into how Israelis perceive global dynamics and navigate the complex security challenges that have emerged in the aftermath. Join us as Dan Diker, President of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA) discusses the minds set of Israel’s security and political establishment, as well as the society at large.
Failing Iranian State Gives Growing Opportunity for Regime Change

Dec 30, 2024 | jcpa.org | Dan Diker

This article originally appeared in the Jerusalem Post on December 30, 2024. Iran is more vulnerable and desperate than at any time since its rise to power in 1979. Now is the time for Iranians to topple the regime and pave a pathway to a free, democratic, and unified state. In the late 1970s, Uri Lubrani, Israel’s last ambassador to the Iranian court, and the legendary historian Prof. Bernard Lewis predicted the fall of the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Prof.
Syria’s Abu Mohammed al-Jolani: Will He Renounce or Restore Assad’s Bloody Legacy?

Dec 29, 2024 | jcpa.org | Dan Diker

The lightning rebellion and collapse of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime in December 2024 triggered widespread conjecture over the presumptive rebel leadership of Hayat Tahrir a-Shams (HTS), led by ISIS and al-Qaeda alumnus Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, today known as Ahmad al-Sharaa, and backed by Turkey.1Jolani’s intentions are unclear. He and Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu have stated they are not interested in direct conflict.
Beware of Iran’s dash to nuclear weapons

Dec 11, 2024 | clevelandjewishnews.com | Dan Diker

Following Israel’s amputation of two tentacles of the Iranian regime’s terrorist octopus—Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon—and the subsequent collapse of its Syrian satrap province it may seem that the mullahs of Tehran have been neutralized. However, the regime still constitutes a nuclear threat. The Islamic Republic sees these setbacks as an opportunity to establish a new nuclear deterrent against Israel. This is evidenced by a piece published on Oct.
A case of ‘buyer beware’ in Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire

Dec 5, 2024 | sajr.co.za | Dan Diker

The United States-brokered ceasefire between the Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel can be summed up by a well-known Latin expression: caveat emptor (let the buyer beware). Hezbollah commanders publicly called this ceasefire – “hudna” in Arabic – a G-dly intervention that gives the Iranian regime proxy an opportunity to recover, rearm, and reset before its next major assault. This isn’t a “ceasefire” according to the Western understanding of the term.
Amsterdam, Paris, and Beyond: Europe’s frontier for Jihad?

Nov 18, 2024 | israelnationalnews.com | Dan Diker

Dr. Dan Diker,Senior Fellow and longtime Director of the Counter-Political Warfare Project at the Jerusalem Center, is former Secretary-General of the World Jewish Congress and Research Fellow of the International Institute for Counter Terrorism at Reichman University (formerly IDC, Herzliya. This image was part of a 2017 al-Qaeda campaign of jihad against the West encouraging “lone wolf” terrorists to attack European cities and targets.
Amsterdam, Paris, and Beyond: Europe’s Frontier for Jihad?

Nov 17, 2024 | jcpa.org | Dan Diker

The October 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel encouraged Islamic extremists the world over, from Nigeria to Bangladesh. In Europe, the main thrust of assaults on Jews is no longer the property of the far right, but rather Islamic extremists, as witnessed in the recent attacks on Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans visiting Amsterdam for a match with the Dutch Ajax team, and subsequently, Israeli fans who visited Paris for a game between the Israeli national and French national teams.
Israel is now the Middle East strong horse

Nov 10, 2024 | enterstageright.com | Dan Diker

Israel is now the Middle East strong horse By Dr. Dan Diker web posted November 11, 2024 Osama bin Laden said, "When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse," in a 2001 interview, expressing a Middle Eastern axiom unchallenged for millennia.