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…
Israel can get the US to back Rafah invasion by saving civilians with innovation
DISPLACED PALESTINIANS shelter at the border with Egypt, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.(photo credit: MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS) Israel will gain more support, even from the Biden administration, if it…
Perceiving Israel as a regional power despite its size misleads US policy prescriptions
A general view shows the border between Israel and Lebanon as seen from the Israeli side on November 4, 2023.Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters I sat on the edge of Israel’s northern border…
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…
How many Palestinian civilians are innocent?
An anti-Hamas demonstration near the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on Jan. 24, 2024. The signs read “We are fed up” and “Free the…
Dr. Eric Mandel’s briefing on Israel meetings with defense, intelligence and political leaders
Dear MEPIN Readers, This week, I spoke to an adult education group in Miami, Florida, on the topic of antisemitism in America and the college campus, with an Israel update…
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,…