What we keep getting wrong in the Middle East
On Israel’s northern border with Hezbollah expert. I am often confronted with a dual reality, conveying what I see and learn in the Middle East and what I teach to…
The forgotten citizens of the North: A day on Israel’s Lebanese border
Eric Mandel is briefed on the Lebanese border by an IDF expert on Hezbollah missiles.(photo credit: Courtesy Eric Mandel) The world has forgotten about the displaced Israelis of the North,…
i24 News Interview on death of Iranian President
Dear MEPIN readers, Please watch these four short segments from my interview with Laura Cellier on i24 News in Israel on the death of Iranian President Raisi and its potential…
How have five months of war affected the US-Israel relationship?
A protester holds a mock newspaper with a list of people killed in Gaza at a pro-Palestinian rally outside ‘The New York Times’ building in New York City on November…
The question we are forgetting to ask: How will we handle this once Iran is nuclear?
In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, visits an exhibition of the Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace…
Interview with Kurdish Media Feb. 2, 2024
Dear MEPIN Readers, My interview with Rudaw Kurdish media in Iraq centered on: The first video is just the English answers. The second video is in Kurdish. As always, please…
The day after: How will Israel secure against another Oct. 7?
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant flies above the skies of Gaza with the Israeli Air Force, January 21, 2024 (photo credit: DEFENSE MINISTRY) Now is the time for the administration to…
The US Must Change Its Iran Policy to Avoid a Middle East War
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is pictured during a Dec. 7, 2023, visit to Moscow. Getty Images A bipartisan bill passed by the U.S. House with 410 votes, the MAHSA Act…
Dr. Mandel Interview on Kurdistan24
(Erbil, Kurdistan – Jan. 17, 2024) My interview today was with another Iraqi TV station to discuss the Iranian attack on the Kurdish capital of Erbil that killed at least…
Talk: Israel Update: Iran, Hezbollah, The Day After Hamas, Radical Islam, the PA, and the Northern Iranian Front.
Dear MEPIN Readers, I wanted to thank the 350+ people at IBIS in Florida who signed up for my talk, “Israel Update: Iran, Hezbollah, “The Day After” Hamas, Radical Islam,…