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SUMMARY:Is there an Inevitability of War with Lebanon?
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nREAD TRANSCRIPT HERE \nIran has vowed to take revenge on Israel for the killing of Ismael Haniya\, in Tehran. Iran’s Supreme Leader\, Sayyed Ali Khameini has vowed to attack Israel saying\, “Following the bitter\, tragic event which took place within our borders of the Islamic Republic\, it is our duty to take revenge.” \nWith the murder of Hamas chieftain Ismael Haniya in Tehran\, and Tuesday’s assassination of the Hezbollah leader\, Fuad Shukr in Beirut\, how likely is a wider escalation of war\, both with Hamas\, with Hezbollah and possibly with the head of the octopus\, Iran? \nIsrael has retaliated\, with strength\, for the heinous attack from Hezbollah\, which resulted in the murder of 12 teenagers and children from the Druze village of Mejdal Shams. \nHas this widened the war that Israel has been fighting since the barbaric atrocities of October 7th on Israel’s south\, which Hezbollah entered into on October 8th? How inevitable is a wider war with Hezbollah\, and possibly Lebanon? Will this primarily be contained to Hezbollah\, or will it involve Lebanon\, and possibly Iran? \nNow\, in the middle of an election season\, with a “lame duck president” within the White House\, will the United States come to Israel’s defense if attacked by Iran? On April 13th\, when Israel was attacked by Iran\, a coalition of countries\, including the United States\, Israel\, Jordan and Great Britain joined to shoot down approximately 300 missiles from the skies over Israel. Is this likely to happen again? \nHere to discuss these issues is David Shenker\, former United States Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs\, under President Donald Trump. \nAbout the Speaker: David Schenker served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs in the Trump administration through January of 2021. He is the Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics. In that capacity\, he was the principal Middle East advisor to the secretary of state and the senior official overseeing the conduct of U.S. policy and diplomacy in a region stretching from Morocco to Iran to Yemen\, with responsibility for eighteen countries\, the Palestinian Authority\, and Western Sahara. He also supervised more than 9\,000 staff and administered an annual budget in excess of $7 billion. \nIn policy terms\, he led the bureau’s efforts to advance American interests abroad and strengthen U.S. partnerships and alliances across the region. Via diplomacy and the effective allocation of resources and assistance—as well as through imposition of sanctions—he worked to promote human rights\, deter terrorism\, fight corruption\, and push back against regional adversaries. In addition to developing and implementing the U.S. strategy on China in the region\, he worked to heal the Gulf rift between Qatar and neighboring states\, resolve intractable conflicts in Libya and Yemen\, consolidate the Abraham Accords\, and counter malign Iranian influence in the Middle East. \nPrior to joining the State Department\, Schenker worked as the Aufzien Fellow and director of the Beth and David Geduld Program on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute from 2006 to 2019. During that period\, he authored dozens of op-eds\, journal articles\, and PolicyWatches about Jordan\, Lebanon\, Hezbollah\, and Egypt\, among other topics\, and contributed chapters to Institute monographs such as Beyond Islamists and Autocrats: Prospects for Political Reform Post Arab Spring (2017) and No Good Outcome: How Israel Could be Drawn into the Syrian Conflict (2013). He also published a chapter on U.S.-Lebanese relations in Lebanon: Liberation\, Conflict\, and Crisis (Palgrave\, 2009)\, and authored Egypt’s Enduring Challenges (2011)\, an Institute monograph focusing on the post-Mubarak situation. \nPreviously\, from 2002 to 2006\, Schenker served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as Levant country director\, the Pentagon’s top policy aide on the Arab nations of the Levant. In that capacity\, he advised the secretary and other senior Pentagon leadership on the military and political affairs of Syria\, Lebanon\, Jordan\, and the Palestinian territories. He was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service in 2005. \nPrior to joining the government in 2002\, Schenker focused on Arab governance issues as a research fellow at The Washington Institute\, and worked as a project coordinator for a Bethesda-based contractor responsible for large\, centrally funded USAID programs in Egypt and Jordan. He also authored the Institute books Dancing with Saddam: The Strategic Tango of Jordanian-Iraqi Relations (copublished with Lexington Books\, 2003) and Palestinian Democracy and Governance: An Appraisal of the Legislative Council (2001). His writings on Arab affairs have appeared in a number of prominent scholarly journals and newspapers\, including the Wall Street Journal\, Los Angeles Times\, and Jerusalem Post.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/is-there-an-inevitability-of-war-with-lebanon/
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SUMMARY:View from the Homefront: A Briefing with Brigadier General (Res.) Amir Avivi
DESCRIPTION:  \nREAD TRANSCRIPT HERE \nAs I write these words\, Israelis are busy preparing their bomb shelters and sealed rooms for war. The assassination of Hamas chief political leader Ismael Haniyah in Tehran\, of Hamas military leader Mohammad Deif in Khan Younis Gaza\, of Hezbollah commander Faud Shakr\, as well as the air strikes over the Houthi stronghold\,  the Yemeni port city of Hodeida\, have put Israel in a perilous position. Every Israeli I have spoken to is proud of their intelligence and military apparatus but is preparing for the worst case scenario. \nIran’s supreme leader\, Ayatollah Ali Khameini\, embarrassed that the assassination of Ismael Haniya occurred to his “guest” in Tehran\, has ordered Iran to strike Israel directly\, saying that “We see avenging his blood our duty”\, and that Israel has prepared the stage “to receive severe punishment.” \nAfter 10 months of fighting in Gaza\, does Israel still have the defensive shield to be able to ensure the protection of their people? Do they have enough offensive weaponry to be able to eliminate the threats from Hamas\, Hezbollah and the Houthis and vanquish their foes? What does this war mean for one of the objectives of the Hamas war\, freeing the hostages? Has enough of Hamas been eliminated at this point in the war? And will the United States\, Jordan\, and the United Kingdom help with Israel’s defense\, as it did last April? \nHere to answer these questions and more is Brigadier General (Res.) Amir Avivi. \nAbout Our Speaker: \nBrig. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi is the founder and chairman of Israel Defense and Security Forum\, a group of over 22\,000 reserve officers and operatives from all branches of the Israeli security forces\, dedicated to guiding the narrative of Israel’s security needs and ensuring that Israel’s security in the homeland is never taken for granted. \nAt the core of IDSF lies the belief that Israel’s security must be anchored in its ability to protect itself\, by itself\, while actively thwarting threats to its safety. The authoritative voices of well-known military veterans\, media personalities and national security experts\, are key in disseminating our security strategy for the State of Israel. \nDuring his service\, Amir held a series of senior roles in the IDF\, including Deputy Comptroller of the Security Forces\, Director of the Office of the Chief of Staff\, Deputy Commander of the Gaza Division\, Commander of the Sagi Division\, Commander of Battalion 605 and Commander of the School of Combat Engineering.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/view-from-the-homefront-a-briefing-with-brigadier-general-res-amir-avivi/
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SUMMARY:Iran’s Ring of Fire Surrounds Israel
DESCRIPTION:READ TRANSCRIPT HERE \nWhile the Biden administration and international community mistakenly view Israel’s current war with Hamas as one limited and simply about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict\, historian Gadi Taub correctly recognizes it as just the prologue to a much larger conflict between Israel and Iran with Israel on the frontlines of the battle against Western civilization. Israel’s miraculous targeted assassinations of numerous IRGC\, Hezbollah and Hamas senior level officials\, it’s military victories in Gaza\, and successful attack on the Houthis in Yemen signal that it’s strengths can in fact defeat Iran’s proxies in the region\, but Iran has built a frightening ring of fire around the tiny nation and it is unclear whether a strong U.S./Israel relationship will continue to help it prevail as Biden hands the reins of the Democrat Party to a possible Harris/Walz administration. When will war with Hezbollah break out\, will Iran attack\, how stable is the West Bank\, will Hamas survive under the new leadership of Yahya Sinwar? \nWe have much to discuss with Dr. Taub and the conversation will prove to be important and insightful as his realistic and brilliant knowledge of the conflict and the region is unique\, astute and penetrating. \nAbout our speaker: Gadi Taub is a Senior Lecturer at the Federmann School of Public Policy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He holds a Ph.D. in American History from Rutgers University. Having been canceled by Haaretz\, his column there closed down for supporting judicial reform\, he now writes Tablet Magazine and JNS.  His non-fiction books include the bestselling A Dispirited Rebellion: Essays on Contemporary Israeli Culture (Hebrew)\, What is Zionism (Hebrew) and The Settlers and The Struggle Over the Meaning of Zionism (Yale University Press\, 2010)\, and more recently the Global Elites and National Citizens in Israel\, the US and the West (Hebrew). His bestselling novel Allenby St. was adapted to a prime-time drama series which he created and co-wrote. He hosts Israel’s leading Hebrew conservative podcast\, Gatekeeper\, and co-host (with Michael Doran of the Hudson Institute) of Tablet‘s English language podcast\, Israel Update.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/irans-ring-of-fire-surrounds-israel/
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SUMMARY:Perspectives from within: Iranian intellectuals on potential strikes against Israel
DESCRIPTION:  \nREAD TRANSCRIPT HERE \nEver since Israel took out Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh\, the world has been waiting for Iran to retaliate. Iranian officials have threatened and blustered\, with a lack of follow through. The United States and foreign mediators are maintaining pressure on Iran to delay an attack targeting Israel\, by threatening Iran. US\, Israeli\, and Iranian officials cited by the New York Times on August 16 said that Iran is expected to delay its retaliatory strike during Israel- Hamas ceasefire negotiations. Is this the real reason Iran has not struck Israel directly? President Biden said that he “expects” that Iranian leaders will delay or indefinitely postpone a strike if a ceasefire agreement is reached. \nIt is widely known that the Iranian regime punishes and murders citizens who criticize the regime. How\, then\, do Iranian intellectuals inside Iran see the conflicts post-assasination of Ismaiel Haniya? How are they are justifying the actions of Iran regarding the possible strike to Israel? \nAbout our Speaker: Hussain Ehsani is an independent researcher based in Ottawa\, Canada. He holds a Master’s degree from University of Tehran\, in Middle East studies. His concentration was on the independence of Kurdistan and the regional security of Middle East. Ehsani previously worked in Iraq researching terrorist groups\, specifically ISIS and Al Qaeda. In Afghanistan\, Ehsani worked for the Islamic State of Khorasan Province\, at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies where he wrote a book with Sean Withington\, called Islamic State Wilayat Khorasan: Phoney Caliphate or Bona Fide Province?\nAfter the US withdrew from Afghanistan\, he fled to Canada where he now covers the the war in Gaza. Hussain Ehsani is fluent in Farsi\, Arabic and knows Kurdish and Pashto.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/perspectives-from-within-iranian-intellectuals-on-potential-strikes-against-israel/
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SUMMARY:Iran’s Strategy for Attacking Israel and the United States
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThe transcript will be available here.  \nEarly Sunday morning\, the Iranian proxy Hezbollah attempted once more to attack the state of Israel with scores of rockets and missiles aimed at Tel Aviv and central Israel. Since October 8th\, there have been more than 7\,500 rocket\, drone and missile attacks against the state of Israel from Hezbollah.  The IDF responded by launching counter- strikes\, intercepting the incoming missiles\, and preemptively striking out against the Hezbollah missile launchers. \nHezbollah\, which is just north of Israel’s border\, is just one of the many tentacles of the Iranian octopus. Iran has had a 14-century feud against the oil-producing Sunni state of Saudi Arabia. This has only increased the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution. As Saudi Arabia has been developing stronger ties-albeit under the table-with the state of Israel\, why has the Islamic Republic of Iran been singularly focused on eroding the US relationship with Saudi Arabia? What is their strategy to take over the Saud oil refineries? What is the Islamic Republic’s vision of its role in the region and in the world? How much of a presence does Hezbollah have in Latin America and how does that undermine US national security interests. \nHere to answer these questions and more is Ambassador Yoram Ettinger. \nAbout Our Speaker: Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger is an insider on US-Israel relations\, Mideast politics and overseas investments in Israel’s high tech.  He is a member of the American-Israel Demographic Research Group (AIDRG)\, which has documented dramatic flaws behind demographic fatalism on one hand and a Jewish demographic momentum on the other hand. \nHe is a consultant to members of Israel’s Cabinet and Knesset\, and regularly briefs US legislators and their staff on Israel’s contribution to vital US interests\, on the root causes of international terrorism and on other issues of bilateral concern. \nAmbassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger’s Op-eds have been published in Israel and in the US\, and he has been interviewed on Israel’s and US’ TV and radio.  He was a speaker at AIPAC Annual Conference. \nAmbassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger – who did his graduate studies at UCLA and undergraduate at UTEP – served as Minister for Congressional Affairs at Israel’s Embassy in Washington (with a rank of an ambassador)\, Israel’s Consul General in Houston and Director of Israel’s Government Press Office.  He is the editor of The Ettinger Report\, which focuses on issues of national security.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/irans-strategy-for-attacking-israel-and-the-united-states/
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