CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted: "These proxies are the armed groups in the region sponsored by Iran, including the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. Hezbollah has repeatedly launched rocket attacks on Israel but, so far, refrained from mounting a broader offensive. A large-scale Israeli ground offensive is still far from certain, Schindler said."

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a smaller, but older terror group that operates in the Palestinian territories...Coming out of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, but very quickly developing very strong relationships to Iran. Its traditional base is in Jenin...but of course it is now operating primarily in Gaza at this moment."

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales op-ed: "Troubling reports are emerging from the nuclear talks in Vienna that the Biden administration is on the verge of removing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from the list of designated foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs). 

Such a move would severely hamper the United States’ efforts to counter Iranian terrorism around the world – even if the White House keeps other terrorism sanctions in place. I would know. I led the Trump administration’s efforts to designate the IRGC as an FTO."