Upcoming Talks November 29 and 30
Dr. Mandel will be speaking at Columbia on Tuesday, November 29th, and Yale on Wednesday, November 30th. If you are in the area and would like to hear him speak…
The United Nations needs to be reimagined and reformed
Photo: The United Nations headquarters building in New York City, and the UN logo: Today’s UN needs to be reimagined and reformed to address the limited problems it can effectively…
Biden should prepare for the return of Netanyahu
Photo: Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem June 30, 2022 REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Published in the Hill on October 5,…
MEPIN Seminar to Israel May 15-21st
Dear MEPIN Friends, For many years I have organized in-depth seminars in the Middle East. Some of my readers have asked to be notified when my next trip is taking…
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…
Hamas
Israeli - Palestinian Conflict
Two-State Solution
U.S. - Israel Relationship
U.S. Foreign Policy
Is the Palestinian Authority secular or Islamist?
Published in The Jerusalem Post. Everyone knows Hamas is part of the Muslim Brotherhood and is a religiously-motivated Islamist organization. But what about the Palestinian Authority and President Mahmoud Abbas?…
i24TV News: One Year of the Abraham Accords
The first anniversary of the Abraham Accords is a time for celebration and concern. The celebration is because the unthinkable happened. Arab states developed warm diplomatic relations with Israel before…
Why America should care about Israel’s ‘War Between the Wars’
Most Americans are unaware of the phrase “War Between the Wars.” It describes Israel’s low-grade war with Iran, Hezbollah and Iranian proxies in Iraq and Syria to stop Iran from…
It’s the ‘hasbara,’ stupid: The new Israeli government must prioritize PR
Published in the August 19, 2021 issue of The Jerusalem Report. Israel has a national security blind spot. It is called effective public relations or, in Hebrew, hasbara. Israel does…
American and Israeli Democracy
Anti-Semitism
Palestine
Two-State Solution
U.S. - Israel Relationship
Zionism
The return of ‘Zionism is Racism’
Published in The Jerusalem Report on July 12, 2021. In 1975, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, which “determine that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.”…