12:00 PM - 1:00 PM The Failed State of Lebanon: The Challenge for the United States and Israel February 2, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM The Failed State of Lebanon: The Challenge for the United States and Israel https://youtu.be/4ug-0zPg_X4 The late December murder of an Irish member of UNIFIL, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL has once again brought some attention to the failed state of Lebanon. UNIFIL was established in 1978 to temporarily maintain the peace between Israel and Hezbollah. Forty-five years after its formation, we are examining whether it is fulfilling […]
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM The Palestinian Authority: Guilty of Child Abuse February 8, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM The Palestinian Authority: Guilty of Child Abuse https://youtu.be/MsIAQ1JP5qo Last weekend, a Palestinian child of merely 13 years of age, shot an Israeli father and son as they were eating in a Jerusalem restaurant. It is no wonder. Ever since the Oslo Accords were signed on September 13, 1993, many have thought of the Palestinian Authority as the reasonable partner, working in […]
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Israel’s Democracy is Just Fine February 15, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Israel’s Democracy is Just Fine https://youtu.be/LcPS7LnBoeI In his recent column, historian Gil Troy wrote, “Caricaturing the Israeli government as worse than it is, and Israeli democracy as more fragile than it is, is a gift to the bash-Israel-firsters in the media, the professoriate, Congress and the State Department, and the rabbinate, many of whom feel vindicated by the impression that […]
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Israel’s Dilemma in the Face of Deepening Russian and Iranian Ties February 22, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Israel’s Dilemma in the Face of Deepening Russian and Iranian Ties https://youtu.be/60cMVfYeieI Read Transcript Here Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Iran and Russia have increased their military and economic cooperation. Late last year, Moscow reached an agreement with Tehran to open a manufacturing plant on Russian soil. Iran in turn is set to receive a number of Russian Sukhoi 35 fighter […]
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Are the Proposed Judicial Reforms a Death Knell to Israeli Democracy? March 1, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Are the Proposed Judicial Reforms a Death Knell to Israeli Democracy? https://youtu.be/GW7JK2HxCSY Read Transcript Here Many of us have looked on with horror as we see a highly polarized Israeli people torn apart by the proposed judicial reforms. As I write these words, the first set of bills of the proposed legislation was read before the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, and the streets […]
February 2, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM The Failed State of Lebanon: The Challenge for the United States and Israel
February 22, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Israel’s Dilemma in the Face of Deepening Russian and Iranian Ties
March 1, 2023 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Are the Proposed Judicial Reforms a Death Knell to Israeli Democracy?