i24 Interview: JCPOA Negotiations
Today’s interview is about the start of the seventh round of negotiations in Vienna between Iran and the other parties in the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA). The Iranians have humiliated…
New faces are needed to represent Israel’s image
Photo: K Ruth Wasserman Lande, Chairperson for the Parliamentary Caucus for Promoting the Abraham Accords, speaks at the 10th Annual Jerusalem Post Conference, October 12. 2021 (credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE…
What a Difference Two Years Make in the Middle East- and it Affects US Security
Published in the Hill. Photo: Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter plane, Source: Sputnik News I recently traveled with unfettered access to Israel and the Palestinian territories for the first…
Note in Honor of Veterans Day
Dear MEPIN Readers, On this American Veterans Day, I want to honor my dad, Harold Mandel, who served and was injured in World War II. While stationed in occupied Japan,…
Thoughts on Iran after speaking with Sen. James Risch
Published in JNS. Photo: Sen. James Risch, source: Britannica I recently spoke with the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. James Risch of Idaho. I asked him…
Misguided energy policy affects the Middle East and the world – opinion
Photo: Then-Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (center) with his counterparts from Greece, Cyprus and the EU, and Italy’s minister of economic development, in Tel Aviv in 2017.(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS) Published…
Combating BDS at US Universities
Published in the Jerusalem Report. As an alum of the City University of New York six-year medical program, I read the antisemitic resolution passed by the PSC faculty union of…
Why should the US care if Hamas moves against Israel from Lebanon?
With Iranian help, Hamas, which controls Gaza, is creating a presence in Hezbollah’s backyard in Lebanon. Should it be of any concern to American security interests that Iran supports both…
How the Iraqi Election Affects U.S. National Security Interests
Published by Kurdistan 24. This week’s Iraqi parliamentary election has profound implications for American national security interests. Yet the American people and the Biden administration are either uninterested, weary of…
MEPIN Weekend Note: An invitation
Former ambassador Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has graciously offered my readers an invitation to listen to his conversation with President Biden’s…