Remembering Israel’s wounded soldiers
THE WRITER (right) visits Soroka Medical Center, accompanied by Dr. Moti Klein, chief of the Intensive Care Unit (center), and Dr. Erez Tsumi, director of the Department of Ophthalmology.(photo credit:…
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…
How historical choices affect Israel’s current multi-front war
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin and then-foreign minister Shimon Peres attend a Labor Party meeting in 1993. Rabin had been kept in the dark by Peres about the talks in Oslo,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Should the US Try to Halt Israel’s War Against Hamas?
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) greets President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on Oct. 18, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and…