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SUMMARY:Confronting the Inevitability of War with Hezbollah
DESCRIPTION:READ TRANSCRIPT HERE \nSince October 8th\, the people of northern Israel have been subjected to thousands of rockets\, missiles and drones\, often directly targeting Israeli homes\, schools and civilians. This has left approximately 80\,000 Israelis displaced. Entire families have been living in hotel rooms and temporary housing since October. The residents of northern Israel cannot return to their homes unless there is some semblance of safety and security for their families. Cities like Metula and Kiryat Shmoneh have suffered wide-spread damage\, and look like ghost towns\, shrinking the map of the state of Israel. \nAs this is written\, Germany\, the Netherlands\, Canada\, North Macedonia\, Kuwait and now the United States have all asked their citizens to evacuate Lebanon. A report from The London Times says that Hezbollah is storing weapons in Beirut Airport. This week\, Prime Minister Netanyahu visited members of the 55th Paratroopers Brigade\, and said that the IDF has drawn up meticulous plans and is ready. \nDoes Israel have any other choice but to go to war with Hezbollah?  We know that Hezbollah has at least 150\,000 missiles that can swarm Israeli defense systems. What precautions is the Israeli government putting in place to protect Israeli civilians and their infrastructure? What has Lebanon’s responsibility been as an enabler of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon? Does this conflict have the potential of enlarging itself into a greater war between Iran and its allies and the West? \nHere to discuss these questions and more is Lieutenant Colonel Sarit Zehavi. \nAbout Our Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Sarit Zehavi is the Founder and President of the Alma Research and Education Center. She served for 15 years in the Israel Defense Forces Intelligence Corps\, initially in research and analysis and later with the Northern Command\, and has held informative in-depth briefings in Washington\, D.C. with United States senators and representatives to advise them on security developments in Lebanon and Syria. Zehavi is recognized worldwide as an expert authority and impactful speaker on the security issues facing Israel today. She was selected by the Jerusalem Post as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Jewish personalities of 2021.
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SUMMARY:Behnam Ben Taleblu on the Elections in Iran
DESCRIPTION:READ TRANSCRIPT HERE \nOn Friday\, the people of Iran went to the polls and elected the “moderate reformer” candidate Masoud Pezeshkian\, defeating Ayatollah Khamenei’s favored candidate\, Saeed Jalili\, in a race to replace former President Ebrahim Raisi\, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19th.  The election saw a surge in turnout\, with 53 per cent of the population voting for him.Pezeshkian\, a 69 year old former heart surgeon \, has promised to “open up to the West”\,  and to “bring new hope for diplomacy with Iran.” However\, he has said\, “With the one exception of Israel.”What are the implications for the Iranian nuclear program? How will this effect the proxy war that Iran has been waging against the state of Israel\, using  Hamas\, Hezbollah and the Houthis?   How much autonomy will he actually have from Ayatollah Khameini? How much autonomy from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will Mr. Pezeshkian actually have?  Will Mr. Pezeshkian upend the Islamic Republic’s relationship with Russia\, China and North Korea?Is Mr. Pezeshkian simply a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” vetted by the Iranian Guardian Council\, or an actual reformer? \n\nHere to answer those questions and more is Benham Ben Taleblu.\n\nAbout this speaker: Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior fellow at FDD where he focuses on Iranian security and political issues. Behnam previously served as a research fellow and senior Iran analyst at FDD. Prior to his time at FDD\, Behnam worked on non-proliferation issues at an arms control think-tank in Washington. Leveraging his subject-matter expertise and native Farsi skills\, Behnam has closely tracked a wide range of Iran-related topics including: nuclear non-proliferation\, ballistic missiles\, sanctions\, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\, the foreign and security policy of the Islamic Republic\, and internal Iranian politics. Frequently called upon to brief journalists\, congressional staff\, and other Washington-audiences\, Behnam has also testified before the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament. \nHis analysis has been quoted in The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, Reuters\, Fox News\, The Associated Press\, and Agence France-Presse\, among others. Additionally\, he has contributed to or co-authored articles for Foreign Affairs\, Foreign Policy\, Fox News\, The Hill\, War on the Rocks\, The National Interest\, and U.S. News & World Report. Behnam has appeared on a variety of broadcast programs\, including BBC News\, Fox News\, CBS Interactive\, C-SPAN\, and Defense News. Behnam earned his MA in International Relations from The University of Chicago\, and his BA in International Affairs and Middle East Studies from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. \n 
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/behnam-ben-taleblu-on-the-elections-in-iran/
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SUMMARY:Campus Antisemitism
DESCRIPTION:READ TRANSCRIPT HERE \n  \nAs the fall 2024 semester approaches\, it’s not clear what we can expect from student protestors\, outside agitators\, faculty instigators\, and college administrators. Numerous lawsuits have been filed and either settled or are moving through the courts while\, at the same time\, the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights is investigating and settling various complaints that have been filed with it. College administrators are grappling with balancing free speech and academic freedom claims with the civil rights of Jewish students who have been the subject of physical\, mental and verbal abuse that has mostly gone unpunished. Some universities are reconsidering their approach to diversity\, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and others are instituting training sessions for employees. Unfortunately\, students are showing no signs of tiring or interest in discontinuing their offense against Jewish students and faculty and the State of Israel and they seem to have deep pockets funding their efforts. Join us for a discussion to unpack all of this with campus expert\, Asaf Romirowsky\, Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa. \nAbout the Speaker: Asaf Romirowsky Ph.D. is the Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) and the  Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA). Romirowsky is also a senior nonresident research fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) and a Professor [Affiliate] at the University of Haifa. Trained as a Middle East historian he holds a Ph.D. in Middle East and Mediterranean Studies from King’s College London\, UK\, and has published widely on various aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict and American foreign policy in the Middle East\, as well as on Israeli and Zionist history. \nRomirowsky is co-author of Religion\, Politics\, and the Origins of Palestine Refugee Relief and a contributor to The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel. Recently\, he co-edited Word Crimes: Reclaiming the Language of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict\, a special issue of the journal Israel Studies. \nRomirowsky’s publicly engaged scholarship has been featured in The Wall Street Journal\, The National Interest\, The American Interest\, The New Republic\, The Times of Israel\, Jerusalem Post\, Ynet\, and Tablet among other online and print media outlets. \n 
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SUMMARY:Israel Victory: How Zionists Win Acceptance and Palestinians Get Liberated
DESCRIPTION:READ TRANSCRIPT HERE \n  \n“The Palestinian-Israeli conflict will come to an acceptable conclusion only with a Palestinian sense of defeat.” So says\, historian Daniel Pipes who has spent his career studying\, educating\, and writing about the Middle East\, Islam and foreign policy. He started the Israel Victory Project many years ago as a means to finally resolve the conflict and convince the Palestinians to end their war against Israel. Recognizing that only when the Palestinians end their rejectionism can they build a polity\, economy\, society and culture that can live side by side with the Jewish homeland\, Pipes has been the lone voice putting forth this common sense and historically-supported strategy. In his 19th book\, Israel Victory: How Zionists Win Acceptance and Palestinians Get Liberated\, Pipes explains the strategy of how Israel can achieve the victory it so desperately has sought since its founding. We are honored to have the esteemed Daniel Pipes join us for a discussion on how to achieve a final end to the conflict – especially in a post-October 7th world. \nAbout the Speaker: Daniel Pipes is the President of the Middle East Forum. He is a historian\, has and has led the Middle East Forum since its founding in 1994. He taught at Chicago\, Harvard\, Pepperdine\, and the U.S. Naval War College. He served in five U.S. administrations\, received two presidential appointments\, and testified before many congressional committees. The author of 16 books on the Middle East\, Islam\, and other topics\, Mr. Pipes writes a column for the Washington Times and the Spectator; his work has been translated into 39 languages. DanielPipes.org contains an archive of his writings and media appearances; he tweets at @DanielPipes. He received both his A.B. and Ph.D. from Harvard. The Washington Post deems him “perhaps the most prominent U.S. scholar on radical Islam.” Al-Qaeda invited Mr. Pipes to convert and Edward Said called him an “Orientalist.”
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/israel-victory-how-zionists-win-acceptance-and-palestinians-get-liberated/
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