Linking Gaza’s ‘Day After’ to the West Bank’s Future
Palestinians walk past rubble as they return to their neighborhood, following Israeli forces’ withdrawal from the area, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Khan Yunis, in…
Watch: Dr. Eric Mandel discuss the 21-Point Trump Plan for Gaza and the Middle East
Dear MEPIN readers, President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu today to discuss his 21-point plan—an aspirational framework aimed at reshaping the Middle East, extending far beyond a ceasefire…
Interviews with IDF Military Intelligence in Judea and Gil Troy: Analyzing What Media Should Be Reporting
Dear MEPIN Readers, Watch these two important but short interviews with a military intelligence officer in Judea (West Bank) assessing the security situation on the ground in a part of…
Israel’s Elite Unit 669 and the scars its members hide
On Sunday, July 12, 2020, the establishment ceremony of the wing that unites all the special air forces in the army was held. The wing includes, among others, the “Shaldag”…
Ticking time bomb: West Bank is Israel’s next volatile border
IDF soldiers operating near Kalkilya in the West Bank, May 5, 2024. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT) According to Steven Erlanger in an article in The New York Times headlined, “Palestinian…
What would a Palestinian state look like the day after independence?
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, Jordan, on Oct. 13, 2023. Photo by Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department. It would facilitate Iran’s…
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,…