My visit to Saudi Arabia: Observations and Analysis
Published in the January 9, 2023 issue of The Jerusalem Report. Photo: Dr. Mandel with Saudi officials at the Presidency of State Security. Thirty years ago, my colleague and co-author…
Iranian arms transfers through Beirut airport could ignite the Middle East
Photo: Members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah take part in Ashura commemorations in a southern Beirut suburb. Source: Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images, CFR Published in The Hill on December 22, 2022. Earlier this…
President Biden, Sanction the Ayatollah and Support the Iranian Protesters
Published on December 20, 2022 by JNS. The Washington Institute of Near East Policy’s Hanin Ghaddar has written, “The Lebanese, Syrians and Iraqis look today at Iran and feel a…
What I learned lecturing on Israel and the Middle East at Columbia and Yale
Image: Students at Yale University attending Dr. Mandel’s presentation. Published by JNS on December 8, 2022. A professional in the pro-Israel world read that I had lectured at his and…
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Resolution Supporting Iranian Protesters
Photo: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Note from Dr. Mandel: Dear MEPIN Readers, I have been working with Iranian activists and US Senate foreign policy staff to help publicize the heroic…
Is I2U2 the next step for Saudi-Israel ties?
Photo: US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Yair Lapid attend the first virtual meeting of the I2U2 group with leaders of India and the United Arab Emirates, in Jerusalem,…
Thoughts from Presentations at Yale and Columbia
Photo: Dr. Mandel’s presentation at Columbia University in November 2022. Message from Dr. Mandel: I was privileged to be invited to Columbia University and Yale in New Haven, to speak…