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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.

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Joined December 2010

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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Jun 10
From Jerusalem to Beirut to Tehran, the MidEast is heating up — again. @jconricus, @MarkCMontgomery & @therealBehnamBT join me on today's @FDD Morning Brief SITREP to assess the continuing fallout from Tehran's weekend missile strikes on Israel.
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
From Jerusalem to Beirut to Tehran, the MidEast is heating up — again. @jconricus, @MarkCMontgomery & @therealBehnamBT join me on today's @FDD Morning Brief SITREP to assess the continuing fallout from Tehran's weekend missile strikes on Israel.
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Jun 8, 2024
I keep coming back to one detail from the news this morning. Hamas fired at the hostages as they were being rescued.
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Aug 13, 2022
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?
Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Aug 5, 2025
Hands down the most 2025 headline I have seen in 2025.
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Sep 20, 2024
So, this just happened.
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Oct 12, 2019
Spin it however you want, but you’ll eventually arrive here: POTUS gave the green light for this war.
Richard Engel
@RichardEngel
Oct 12, 2019
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
Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Sep 9, 2025
Reminder: Half of London is owned by Qatar
Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer
Sep 9, 2025
I 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.
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Jul 27, 2024
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.
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Nov 5, 2025
Yeah, except Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Armenia, and Syria.
Clash Report
@clashreport
Nov 5, 2025
Turkish President Erdogan: We have absolutely no plans to seize or interfere with any other country’s land, sovereignty, or natural resources.
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Oct 3, 2024
Now debunked by US officials. Embarrassing that this was posted without casting a shred of doubt.
Christiane Amanpour
@amanpour
Oct 3, 2024
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
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Nov 2, 2025
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.
Motasem A Dalloul
@AbujomaaGaza
Nov 2, 2025
Gaza before the Israeli genocide
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Apr 14, 2024
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.
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Oct 17, 2024
*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...
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Jonathan Schanzer
@JSchanzer
Apr 30, 2018
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: