Stop allowing Palestinians to insult the US
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech at P.A. headquarters in Ramallah, May 5, 2020. Credit: Flash90. Please, Mr. Abbas, return the billions of dollars to the American people…
Dr. Eric Mandel i24 News Interview August 19, 2024
Dear MEPIN readers In these interview clips from my visit to i24 News, I discussed: In the morning, I visited Israel’s frontline tertiary care hospital closest to Gaza with the…
Iraqi TV interview with Dr. Mandel on VP Kamala Harris’ Middle East policy and the US elections
Dear MEPIN Readers, On Monday, Kurdistan 24 interviewed me about the American Presidential electoral process, President Harris’s Middle East foreign policy, and how it would differ from President Biden’s. The…
A second-term plan for the Middle East
A woman waves Iranian flags as newly-elected president Masoud Pezeshkian visits the shrine of the Islamic Republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on July 6, 2024. Credit: Atta Kenare…
A nuclear Iran?
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meet at the Pentagon in Washington on June 25. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Why now more than ever, deterrence requires…
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…
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,…
Dr. Eric Mandel video and photo updates from Israel May 10-18, 2024
Dear MEPIN Readers, greetings from Israel. Israel has been harshly criticized for withholding humanitarian aid in Gaza. So, I decided to interview the Israeli officer in charge of getting humanitarian…
After Iran attack, will the US stand with Israel against Hezbollah?
Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul Pelosi, arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party after the 96th Academy Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills on March 10. Danny Moloshok /Reuters. As…