The US-Qatar Relationship is More Complex Than Just ‘Friend’ or ‘Foe’
Photo: Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani speaks at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 20, 2022.…
Biden must strengthen US-Israel relationship to decrease chances of war with Iran
Published in the Hill on April 13, 2023. Photo: Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister’s office in…
American taxpayers should demand accountability from UNRWA
Sign of the area office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Tyre/Sour, Southern Lebanon. By RomanDeckert – Own work.…
Watch Dr. Mandel’s Talk on Israel’s Challenges in 2023
Some readers asked for the video of Dr. Mandel’s talk, “Israel’s Challenges 2023: Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas/PA, Anti-Semitism, and the New Government” to the thirteen synagogues of the Partners in Jewish…
What I learned lecturing on Israel and the Middle East at Columbia and Yale
Image: Students at Yale University attending Dr. Mandel’s presentation. Published by JNS on December 8, 2022. A professional in the pro-Israel world read that I had lectured at his and…
The Palestinian Authority cannot meet the most basic requirement for statehood
Published by JNS on October 6, 2022. It is an article of faith among European leaders, the political intelligentsia and the Biden administration that “two states for two peoples” is…
‘We’ve moved the nation forward’: An interview with MK Ruth Wasserman Lande
Published in the July 11, 2022 issue of the Jerusalem Report. Photo: Blue and White MK Ruth Wasserman Lande, Source: Times of Israel I recently had the opportunity to interview…
Israel’s government collapses — again. So, what now?
Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, right, and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, attend a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022, Source: the Hill For the fifth time…
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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?…
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Before the next war: Israel and the US should articulate a policy on proportionality
How can a democratic nation fight and defeat asymmetric enemies in the 21st century? Previously published in the Jerusalem Report. by Dr. Eric R. Mandel The recent International Criminal Court…