Listen: The Lesson of 9/11 – Never Let Radical Islamists Go Nuclear
9/11 profoundly transformed America and how we respond to foreign threats. Twenty-five years later, those lessons remain relevant as the United States confronts the Islamist regime in Iran that calls…
Is the Middle East Heading Toward a New Storm?
Dr. Mandel in Conversation with Former 8200 Commander Hanan Gefen. Dear MEPIN Readers, In my conversation with Brig. Gen. (res.) Hanan Gefen, former commander of the IDF’s elite 8200 Intelligence…
Is Vance Right? Are We Really “Not at War” With Iran?
Dear MEPIN Readers, Could Iranian attacks on U.S. warships trigger a wider confrontation—and inject another foreign-policy crisis into the midterms? There is historical precedent for Iran affecting American electoral politics.…
The E1 debate is not just about West Bank settlement construction – it’s about security
A general view picture shows houses in the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, in the West Bank February 15, 2017(photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS) US policymakers should stop treating E1 as…
Will Trump Arm Iranians to Rise Up and Finish the Job and Can Economic Outcast Break Iran?
Dear MEPIN Readers, President Trump asked yesterday: Why aren’t the Iranian people rising up and fighting? A better question is: Why aren’t we helping them fight?Why aren’t we arming the…
Will Trump Enforce Economic Outcast, Or Let Iran’s Trading Partners Undermine It?
Dear MEPIN Readers, Can President Trump make Operation Economic Outcast work—or will Iran’s trading partners provide Tehran an economic lifeline? • Will Trump enforce secondary sanctions against China, Turkey, Iraq…
Israel cannot go back to Oct. 6
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office, July 28, 2026. Credit: Daniel Torok/White House. Will Trump’s Middle East vision collide with Israel’s…
In his desperate search for a Middle East victory, Trump confuses tactics with strategy
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters mid-flight in the press cabin of the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One after changing planes to return to Washington from RAF Mildenhall, Britain,…
Will $4 Gas Force Trump Into a Deal With Iran or Will Iran Have the Last Word on the Midterms?
Dear MEPIN Readers, Will President Trump accept a deal on Iran’s terms to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lower gas prices before the midterms or hold firm and let…
Trump Wants a Middle East Victory. Will Netanyahu Be Pressured to Give Him One?
Dear MEPIN Readers, In my latest ILTV interview with Calev Ben-David, we discuss: Watch and share your thoughts.