The future of the US-Israel relationship
Published on April 5, 2023 in JNS. Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and then-Vice President Biden talk prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic…
Videos Show Missiles Fired from Lebanon at Northern Israel Today
From Dr. Mandel: Today, scores of missiles were fired from Lebanon at northern Israel. My friend and colleague, Lt. Col (res.) Sarit Zehavi of the think tank Alma, an expert…
FSU Jewry: American Jews are unaware of the impact of Russian immigrants
Published in the April 10, 2023 issue of The Jerusalem Report. Photos and captions from The Jerusalem Report. Prof. Jonathan Sarna of Brandeis University, the preeminent historian of American Jewry,…
Is Iranian-Arab reconciliation a mirage?
Published by JNS on March 27, 2023. Photo: A photograph released by Chinese state media showing officials Wang Yi, center, China’s top foreign policy official, with Ali Shamkhani, right, the…
Diplomacy between Saudi Arabia and Iran could isolate and constrain Israel
Published in The Hill on March 21, 2023. Suppose the Israeli defense establishment, the prime minister, and the inner security cabinet decide that Iran’s uranium enrichment at 84 percent, close…
Israeli judicial reform affects US security interests
Posted in The Jerusalem Report on March 20, 2023. Photo: When hundreds of thousands of Israelis at the core of society come out to demonstrate for weeks on end, it…
Deepfakes, the media and the threat to democracy
Photo: New York Times building, source: Wikimedia Commons. Published on March 12, 2023 by JNS. A recent Wall Street Journal essay “The Deepfake Dangers Ahead” highlights the “dangers of AI-generated…
March 14 Webinar on Israel Challenges 2023: The Judicial Crisis, Iran’s Weapons Grade Uranium, Violence in West Bank & US-Israel Relations
From Dr. Mandel: Dear MEPIN Readers, The uproar over Israel’s judicial reform has overwhelmed American and Israeli Jewry. In this talk for the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Federation…
Open-Source Intelligence is Indispensable for Countering Threats
Published on March 4, 2023 in The National Interest. When most people hear the word intelligence in a political context, they immediately think of clandestine sources, spies, and secret meetings.…
There are certain times when national security challenges must overcome a divided nation
From Dr. Mandel: Dear MEPIN readers, Some of my most trusted go-to security experts have written an important essay I wanted to share with you concerning the intersection between Israel’s…