MEPIN Insight Seminar 2023 Announcement
Destination: Israel, Qatar, Oman, Dubai May 13-21, 2023 Dear Friends, For the past 18 years, MEPIN and Keshet Educational Encounters have created unique seminars for people interested in Israel and…
Is Hezbollah trying to provoke a confrontation with Israel?
Photo: The flag of the “Green Without Borders” association from Alma. Published on February 2, 2023 by JNS. Why is a Lebanese environmental NGO locating shipping containers, prefabricated buildings and…
Backing Iran’s protesters: The US should treat the Iranian threat as a first-tier problem
Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discusses the protests in Iran with Iranian-American writer Roya Hakakian, Iranian-American activist Sherry Hakimi, and British-Iranian actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi at the…
The risks of failing to enforce sanctions on Iran
Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP. In this picture released by the Iranian government, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of…
Interviews on Rudaw and Kurdistan24
This week, Dr. Mandel was on two Iraqi media outlets, Rudaw and Kurdistan24. On Kurdistan24, he was asked to speak about the security, political, and energy concerns for Iraq and…
While Russia, Turkey and Iran divide Syria, the US looks on
Photo: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a press conference with his German counterpart in Istanbul on July 29, 2022. OZAN KOSE/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Published on January 17,…
Every American Jew should be united no matter the current Israeli domestic debate
Photo: New MK Zvika Fogel of Otzma Yehudit arrives for the opening session of the Knesset, in November (photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90). Published in the Jerusalem Post on January 17,…
Jerusalem Post: Democracy 2023 Forum on January 24
With the new Israeli coalition government now in place, significant questions about Israel’s future are being asked. The Jerusalem Post has created a forum of diverse voices called Democracy 2023…
Two major factors could alter Iran’s protest movement
Photo: A woman walks around a commercial district without wearing her mandatory Islamic headscarf in downtown Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 23, 2022. Iran has been gripped by nationwide protests since…
Watch Dr. Mandel’s Talk on Israel’s Challenges in 2023
Some readers asked for the video of Dr. Mandel’s talk, “Israel’s Challenges 2023: Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas/PA, Anti-Semitism, and the New Government” to the thirteen synagogues of the Partners in Jewish…