Watch Dr. Mandel on Iraqi Kurdistan TV discuss Iran
Dear MEPIN Readers, Watch Dr. Mandel discuss the Israel-Iran conflict with Iraqi Kurdistan TV, how it can affect the regional players’ interests, and what may come next. — Eric
Israel’s security needs and challenges in 2025
US special envoy Amos Hochstein, who negotiated the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. Mohamed Azakir/Reuters Before October 7, 2023, Israel was on the verge of a political normalization with Saudi Arabia. Its only…
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…
Dr. Mandel on Kurdistan 24 TV Nov. 7, 2023
Please watch what I told Iraqi Kurdistan 24 TV about the Israeli-Hamas War, including: Please watch in English HERE or Kurdish HERE
If this war stops Israeli-Saudi normalization, then Iran wins
The most compelling proof of Iran’s direct involvement in this war with Hamas is the timing of the hostilities. Last month, Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed Ben Salman said, “Every day…
A naive West must awaken to the jihadist threat
Israeli soldiers hold an ISIS flag found on the body of a Hamas terrorist at Kibbutz Sufa on Oct. 12, 2023. Credit: IDF Spokesperson. Hamas isn’t just after Israel, they’re…
Netanyahu’s best path to Saudi normalization
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on June 28,…
Targeting Tehran
This article was originally published in The Jerusalem Report on October 2, 2023. As America attempts to entice the Ayatollah to rejoin a watered-down nuclear deal, sending billions in sanctioned…