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Jonathan Schanzer
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Sr VP Research @FDD. Former @USTreasury terror finance analyst. Coiner of Schanzerisms. Author of 4 books on the Middle East. Host of FDD Morning Brief.
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Steer your week in the right direction w/ the @FDD Morning Brief. Tune in to hear from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Captain @ChowdahHill, who spent months out at sea battling the #Houthis. Been waiting a long time for this convo. x.com/i/broadcasts/1
🌤️ Starting soon | 8:30am ET

@JSchanzer speaks w/ USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Captain @ChowdahHill about his battle with the Houthis at sea, in one of the most complex Naval combat environments since WWII.

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Spotted at the “Ink By Hudson” book store at DCA. 👀
‏בכירים בפתח וחמאס: הסכמנו להקמת ועדה לניהול ענייני רצועת עזה, בהתאם להצעת מצרים
Wishing all a happy, healthy, prosperous, and peaceful 2025.

Happy new year.
I will be heading on @i24NEWS in a few minutes to talk about the Houthis and the state of the Middle East in 2025. Have a watch.
🚨🚨🚨The Palestinian Authority decided to suspend Al-Jazeera broadcast and operations in the West Bank and Gaza claiming the network violated Palestinian law. The move come amid the highly critical coverage by Al-Jazeera of the Palestinian security forces operation in Jenin
The @FDD Morning Brief is back tomorrow:

Tune in, catch my thoughts on the war with the Houthis, and hear from @kenwstein about the legacy of Jimmy Carter.
A lot of talk right now about the release of Marwan Barghouti in a possible hostage deal. This would pave his path to head of the Palestinian Authority. Hard to imagine Bibi agrees to this. But pressure on Israel to get a deal done is real.
Israel will not trade the body of Yahya Sinwar in the proposed hostage deal, per reports.

Lots of random stuff like this flying around right now.
I spent a fair amount of time studying the Israel-Hamas hostage deal over the last 2 days. I don’t love it. But I get why Israel is doing it. If, in the end, Israeli diplomacy returns 140-150 hostages (total), it’s not for non-Israelis to judge. The trauma of this war must end.