It's a good moment to call out The Wall Street Journal's robust coverage of the controversies surrounding the United Nations' agency responsible for refugees in the Palestinian Territories, known as Unrwa.

It starts with a story about Israel's explosive claim in January: 12 members of Unrwa personally took part in the Oct. 7 attack. The U.S. -- Unrwa's biggest donor by far -- suspended aid. The UN fired some of the workers. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the Israeli intelligence "highly credible." The UN launched an investigation based on the intelligence assessment.

Then, an important scoop from Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف and Jared Malsin: U.S. intelligence found it likely that Unrwa employees took part on Oct. 7 but couldn't verify that 10% belonged to militant groups. The story noted: the assessment didn't dispute the 10%. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف Jared Malsin The UN released partial findings of its own investigation: Unrwa had to do more to ensure its employees are politically neutral and aren’t teaching biased content in its schools in Gaza and the West Bank. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف Jared Malsin Important quote to WSJ: “I can’t from personal knowledge say how entwined Hamas is with Unrwa,” said James Lindsay, the legal counsel for Unrwa from 2000 to 2007. “Unrwa minimizes the problem, and Israel tries to maximize it. The truth is probably somewhere in between.”

Amazing work by the WSJ team, including Andrew Dowell Shayndi Raice David Luhnow Carrie Keller-Lynn and others.

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More info suggesting that Iran axis assault on Israel will be launched within next 48 hours 👇

Tooting my own horn here but The Economist has a great review of TWENTY YEARS that calls my reporting "admirably objective" and says the book is "compelling" and offers deep insight. So happy to read this. economist.com/culture/2024/0… #afghanistan

Incredible photos by AFP's Jalaa Marey of a Hezbollah drone being shot down over northern Israel.

For my take on the pager and walkie-talkie attacks, listen to the Journal podcast.

This WSJ reporting was attacked when it first came out. Much of it is now corroborated by new reporting by the NYT here nytimes.com/2024/10/12/wor…

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I'm beyond thrilled that The Economist picked my book "Twenty Years: Hope, War and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation" as one of the best of 2024 - alongside my friend and colleague Yaroslav Trofimov (get his book, too!) economist.com/culture/2024/1… #afghanistan

Our investigation into the mass killings in the Assad regime's Saydnaya prison in Syria, which included interviews with 21 former prisoners, is out: wsj.com/world/middle-e…