Webinars

Palestinian Authority Antisemitism: A Fundamental and Lethal Component of PA Ideology

https://youtu.be/ob3rKkfa8xc   Read Transcript Here   To what degree is antisemitism an inherent part of the ideology of the Palestinian Authority? Is the Palestinian antisemitism that we hear so frequently about coming from isolated, random remarks, or is it propagated from the top down? Is it only found in the Islamist fundamentalist groups such as […]

Are We Perilously Close to a Deal with Iran and What Can We Do About It?

https://youtu.be/bP6N75KiAMU   Read Transcript Here   Numerous reports have been leaking out for several weeks now, that the administration is perilously close to agreeing to a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and that Seoul and Washington have been working together to release approximately 7 billion dollars in Iranian assets, in the event […]

Israel and the UN Human Rights Council

https://youtu.be/tPxDK1tEkic   Read Transcript Here   The relationship between Israel and the United Nations has a long and complicated history. In the days of the founding of Israel, the UN served as a great platform for Zionism to obtain wide recognition of the Jewish people's right to self-determination. Yet, with time, various bodies of the […]

Russia’s Current Role in the Middle East

https://youtu.be/x4Yft-85NJw   Read Transcript Here   Join us for an engaging EMET webinar as we explore Russia's Role in the Middle East with the esteemed Dr. Stephen Blank. In this enlightening discussion, we will delve into the current status of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its impact on the region. Dr. Blank will shed […]

The Two State Solution: What the Average Israeli Knows, but the Average American Refuses to Acknowledge

https://youtu.be/N9vHxMDl9xs   Read Transcript Here   Going back almost 30 years, on September 13, 1993, there was a tremendous amount of excitement in both the Israeli and the American Jewish populations. In a ceremony replete with lofty, inspiring speeches and the Marine Corps band band, Yasser Arafat, the grand-daddy of twentieth-century terrorism, airplane and bus […]

The Judicial Reform Movement in Israel: Facts vs. Hyperbole

https://youtu.be/sJJ9vcguCq0   Read Transcript here   As Israeli streets continue to erupt in protest over proposed judicial reforms and the passage of a new law addressing the Supreme Court’s “reasonableness” standard, the Israeli and American left, including former Israeli Prime Ministers leading the protests, Democrats in Congress, American Jewish organizations, and international media are united […]

The Complicated and Dangerous Russia, China, Iran Alliance

https://youtu.be/rvU8WKw4rYg   Read Transcript Here   As geopolitical changes take place across the globe, in great part due to ambiguous and weakened U.S. foreign policy, dangerous alliances are forming that are beginning to upend not just regional balances of power, but America’s superpower status and U.S. national security more generally. Not only are the virulently […]

Israel’s relations with Europe

  https://youtu.be/McjfdcCa8VE   Read Transcript Here   The war in Ukraine signaled major transformations in Europe's strategic thinking, security needs, and energy market. Overnight, Putin forced European governments to face the imperatives to diversify their energy sources, lessen their dependency on Russian gas, and rethink their international position. Until recently, Israel's relations with Europe were […]

What Does it Mean to be “Free as a Jew” in the U.S. in the 21st century?

https://youtu.be/3awd4FTXaeo   Read Transcript Here   This webinar is co-sponsored by Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. In the beautifully written Free As A Jew: A Personal Memoir of National Self-Liberation, the always brilliant and insightful Ruth Wisse chronicled her dynamic and intellectually fulfilling life’s experiences, revealing her growth as both an authoritative and […]