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SUMMARY:The New Middle East as We Know It
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \n  \nAs the United States and Israel have waged war against the Islamic Republic of Iran\, we are watching the Sunni Arab nations joining in on the coalition. As early as February 28 2026\, \, the Islamic Republic has launched missile and drone attacks against all six Gulf Cooperation Council Countries—the United Arab Emirates (UAE)\, Bahrain\, Saudi Arabia\, Oman\, Qatar\, and Kuwait—retaliating against joint US and Israeli strikes. What had been struck was the Ras Tanura oil refinery in Saudi Arabia\, the Navy’s Fifth Fleet and the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Bahrain\, the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait\, as well as the Kuwaiti International Airport\, the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar\, and the Port of Daqm in Oman. \nIs his the beginning of a new alliance in the Gulf? How long will this endure? \nHere to answer these questions and more is Dalia Zaida. \nAbout our Speaker: Dalia Ziada was born in Cairo\, Egypt. Her mother was a schoolteacher and her father was a  Lieutenant  Colonel Engineer in the Egyptian Armed Forces. Dalia authored “The Curious Case of the Three-Legged Wolf – Egypt: Military\, Islamism\, and Liberal Democracy”. Dalia studied international diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tuft University. Dalia was instrumental in the uprising that initiated the 2011 revolution against the regime of President Hosni Mubarak. Dalia had been named by CNN as one of the eight agents of change in the Middle East and by The Daily Beast as “one of the most fearless women in the world” for two years in a row. During the war between Israel and Gaza\, Dalia voiced strong support for Israel. Unfortunately\, this led to a strong backlash in her native Egypt\, resulting in threats to her safety and to her life\, along with accusations of espionage and incitement of war crimes. Dalia argued that Israel’s response to Hamas’ barbaric attacks\, aimed at dislodging the Islamist terrorist organization\, Hamas\, and securing the release of hostages\, was justified\, on Israel’s part. Because of this\, Dalia was forced into hiding\, and she sought refuge within the United States.
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SUMMARY:Israel 2048: A Blueprint for a Rising Asymmetric Geopolitical Power
DESCRIPTION:The transcript will be available here.  \n  \nWhat does the state of Israel require to survive? In previous decades\, the Israeli national security and defense establishments had assumed that status quo management was all that it took. Post October 7th\, 2023\,  we have come to realize that defensive restraint and geostrategic risk no longer serve Israel’s interests. However\, power projection across the Middle East\, combined with technological primacy\, should be at the core of a new technological golden triangle. Beyond that\, the core mission of the Israeli civilization is to adopt a multidimensional approach as a spiritual anchor of not only Judeo-Christian and the Judeo-Islamic identity\, which involves\, as a first step\, articulating a Jewish civilizational national mission. Alongside this\, Israel requires a national strategy that integrates deterrence\, diplomacy\, technology\, and economic policy with a military doctrine  that adheres to sustained action against emerging military and national security threats. \nA new study aims to jolt Israel’s security and technology establishment into embracing a new post-Oct. 7\, 2023\, business model that will advance the U.S.-Israel strategic partnership in the heart of the Middle East and across the globe. \nThe Henry Jackson Society study titled “Israel 2048: A Blueprint for a Rising Asymmetric Geopolitical Power” jumps into the future\, with a view toward advancing American and Israeli security interests. \nRead more with Fox News here. \nAbout our Speakers: \n Barak M. Seener is an Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and the founder of Strategic Intelligentsia and the Gulf Futures Forum. Barak has also co-hosted the Geo-Godfather Wars Podcast on geopolitical affairs. Prior to that\, Barak was a Global Intelligence Manager at HSBC and the Middle East Fellow at the Royal United Service Institute. Barak has staged the world’s first and highly successful conference in London on Palestinian statehood. He has published a book in 2018 entitled\, “Commercial Risks Entering the Iranian Market: Why Sanctions make Investment in the Islamic Republic of Iran a High-Risk Proposition.” Barak has published and provided analysis to Al-Jazeera\, BBC\, CNN\, Chinese CCTV\, Fox New\, Sky News\, Voice of America\, and news outlets such as Bloomberg\, Reuters\, Associated Press\, The Evening Standard\, Newsweek\, The National Interest\, The American Interest\, and Jane’s Islamic Affair Analyst. \nDavid Wurmser is the executive and founding member of the Delphi Global Analysis Group\, LLC. Dr. Wurmser served as senior advisor to the US National Security Advisor\, Ambassador John Bolton\, from December 2018 until September 2019.  He has also served from 2003 to 2007 as senior advisor to Vice-President Richard Cheney. Dr. Wurmser is also a Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Foreign and Security Affairs in Israel and at the Center for Security Policy in Washington\, DC. His diplomatic positions have included participating in high-level strategic discussions with Israel and Jordan\, coordinating with foreign governments on Iran policy\, participating with the US negotiating team at several Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty meetings and conferences\, and helping to negotiate basic rights in key countries\, such as Qatar\, prior to the 2003 Iraq War. Dr. Wurmser also founded the Middle East Studies Program at the American Enterprise Institute. Dr. Wurmser published “Tyranny’s Ally: America’s Failure to Defeat Saddam Hussein”\, (which the New Yorker called “the intellectual framework for President Bush’s freedom strategy in the Middle East.”  He has published over 35 articles in major periodicals\, including The Wall Street Journal\, Financial Times\, and Commentary. Dr. Wurmser’s military service includes 11 years of intelligence experience in the US Navy Reserves\, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
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SUMMARY:What is Happening Right Now Inside the Islamic Republic of Iran?
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here. \n  \nAs I write these words\,  negotiators between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran have just begun in Oman over their nuclear program. Yet\, beginning on December 28\, 2025\, millions of protesters have poured into the streets in over 400 cities throughout Iran. One of the immediate reasons was that the rial has been profoundly devalued. Today it is approximately 42 thousand rials per dollar. Iranians are also suffering a tremendous water drought. They turn on the tap\, and nothing comes out.  However\, what most of the Iranians want  desperately are their basic human rights and freedoms. Yet the huge tidal wave for a counter-revolution on the streets of Iran has been met with unparalleled\, brutal force.  According to the National Union of Democracy in Iran\, at least 40\,000 protesters have been left murdered on the streets\, crying out for the very freedoms we cherish in the United States. \nIf the United States fails to act\, will this simply serve to embolden and further empower the Islamist Republic and all of the terror proxies throughout the region? Will this forever be a black stain on America’s moral legacy? How might this serve to empower Hezbollah\, Hamas\, and the Houthis? \n\nAbout our Speaker: Khosro Isfahani is NUFDI’s research director. He is a journalist and open-source investigator working on all things Iran with a focus on human rights\, security\, and armed forces. \nBetween 2009 and 2021\, he worked in Iran as a frontline human rights defender in addition to his journalism work\, delivering rapid aid to at-risk communities while documenting human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed by the Islamic Republic. While in Iran\, he directly and indirectly worked with international media\, human rights groups\, and the United Nations. \nKhosro left Iran in 2021 for a position at BBC Monitoring\, where he was a lead analyst and reporter on Iran until 2023. At BBCM\, he covered state killings and violence against protesters\, along with military and security developments linked to Iran. \nIn 2023\, he moved to the United States for a teaching position at Colby College in Maine\, where he served as a professor and the human rights fellow with the Oak Institute and taught two courses on human rights and the modern history of Iran. \nAfter his time at Colby\, Khosro joined the Atlantic Council in 2024\, leading the organization’s open-source investigation of human rights and international law violations committed by individuals within and linked to the Islamic Republic of Iran. His work with the Atlantic Council included in-depth investigations and publications with the University of Berkeley Human Rights Center and UCLA’s Promise Institute. \nKhosro’s work has been published by various media outlets and American think tanks\, including Atlantic Council’s IranSource\, BBC World Service\, BBC Monitoring\, Slate\, and Financial Tribune\, along with rights groups such as Article 19. He has also contributed to the United Nations’ reporting on Iran. \nHis work includes reporting on social movements in Iran as well as state violence against protestors and persecution of marginalized communities. As an analyst\, he tracks the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regional ambitions\, military activity\, and arms development; nuclear program; domestic\, security\, and foreign policy\, along with war crimes committed by the regime and its proxies.
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SUMMARY:The Tragic Plight of the Kurds
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here  \n  \nThe Kurds\, a people who span parts of southeastern Turkey\,  northwestern Iran\, northern Iraq and northeastern Syria have an old expression\, “We have no other friends but the mountains.”  The Kurds have been remarkable allies of the United States against ISIS. They were there\, many time without any US or foreign backup\, killing and dying ISIS members in order to defeat the Islamic States. When Mark Sykes and  Charles Georges Picot prepared a draft agreement after World War I\, preparing borders for new states\, there was no attention given to minority groups\, such as the Kurds. When the war against ISIS was fully waging\, EMET worked very closely with the Kurdish people\, from 2016 on\, representing the Syrian Democratic Forces or the noble and courageous Peshmerga. \nToday\, we are looking at a new Syria\, where a former member of the Sunni jihadist group\, Hay ‘at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is ruling the country. Ahmad al-Sharaa\, or Mahammed al-Julani is determined to set an authoritarian\, Sunni Islamist regime in all of Syria\, with the assistance of Turkey. . What does this mean for the beleaguered Kurdish forces\, as well as the Druzes and Alawites and the Christians. What does this tell us abut the price of US alliance and friendship? \nDiliman Abdulkader is the Director of the American Friends of Kurdistan. He will answer why our envoy\, Thomas Barrack and  President  Donald Trump have “turned a blind eye” to Ahmad al-Sharaa’s swift takeover of the Kurdish controlled region of northwestern Syria\, and what is portend for the future of minorities throughout the Middle East\, as well as of the cost of being loyal to the United States. \nAbout our speaker: Diliman Abdulkader is the founder of American Friends of Kurdistan (AFK)\, an advocacy and education organization established to strengthen\, protect\, and promote U.S.-Kurdish relations. AFK supports policies that advance the national security and prosperity of Americans\, Kurds\, and our other allies. Diliman comes from a foreign policy and national security background\, where he invests his time on Capitol Hill educating lawmakers and staffers about the plight of the Kurds. Diliman received his M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University in Washington\, D.C.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/the-tragic-plight-of-the-kurds/
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SUMMARY:How has The Islamic Republic Gotten to This Place?
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \nBy now\, we all know that thousands of courageous protesters have been murdered by the fierce forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The government has successfully blocked the internet and phone calls out of the country\, so it is impossible to know any approximate number. We also know that these protesters came armed with nothing more than their voices\, their passion and their bodies\, while the Islamic Republic armed the IRGC\, the thugs of the Basij\, their army and their police with lethal weapons. This has amounted to the largest mass uprising since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. \nWe also know that after President Trump had posted on Truth Social “Iranian Patriots\, keep protesting…take over your institutions!!! Help is on its way”\, Trump has suddenly changed his mind. He has now said that “The killing has stopped.” \nWhy is that? How have we gotten to this point? What is the history behind the Islamic Revolution? What did President Carter say and do? What did President Obama say and do? Why do we sometimes see footage of scores upon scores of bodies laid out in row after row on our cellphones? Which Arab allies have spoken to President Trump\, and what are they actually after? Is it still possible to retrieve a democracy\, or even a benign monarchy in Iran? \nAt the end of the day\, which side of history is the United States on? \nAnd finally: We often hear about what the United States offers Israel\, but isn’t this a two-way street? What does Israel offer the United States for our survival\, in the West? \nIn order to answer these questions and more\, we are delighted to welcome back to an EMET webinar\, Ambassador Yoram Ettinger. \n About our  Speaker: Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger is an insider on US-Israel relations\, the Islamic Republic of Iran\, 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 other issues of bilateral concern. \nAmbassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger’s OpEds have been published in Israel and in the US\, and he is frequently interviewed on Israel’s and the US’ TV and radio. \nAmbassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger – who did his graduate studies at UCLA and undergraduate at the University of Texas El Paso\, and has served as Minister for Congressional Affairs at Israel’s Embassy in Washington (with the rank of an Ambassador)\, Israel’s Consul General in Houston and Director of Israel’s Government Press Office.  He is the editor of Straight From The Jerusalem Cloakroom and Boardroom newsletters on issues of national security and overseas investments in Israel’s high-tech.
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SUMMARY:What is Happening in Iran\, Today
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here.  \nAs protesters are rocking the streets throughout the Islamic Republic of Iran\, are the IRGC  and the Basij going to become more repressive? How many protesters are willing to put their lives on the line? Will Reza Pahlavi return to office? Is Erdogan waiting in the wings for a Sunni-Shia confrontation?? What will become of Stage II of the Gaza withdrawal? Is Egypt going to intervene in Gaza? And how will President Trump’s actions in Venezuela affect the Middle Eastern map? \nHere to answer these questions and more is Dr. Mordechai Kedar of Bar Ilan University. \nAbout Our Speaker \nLt.-Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar is a distinguished professor of  Arabic & Middle East literature and culture at Israel’s Bar Ilan University and a research associate at the University’s Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies.  Dr. Kedar is a 25-year veteran of IDF Military Intelligence. \nDr. Kedar is a sought-after lecturer in Israel and abroad and his extensive experience on intelligence\, counterterrorism and Arab and Middle East affairs coupled with his charisma and intelligence makes every encounter fascinating and his geo-strategic analysis captivating. Dr. Kedar has frequently appeared on Israel’s television news networks as well as the Arabic-language Al Jazeera television network.
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SUMMARY:Protests Reverberate Across Iran
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \n  \nThroughout Iran\, workers are on strike. The stock market has closed down. University students in Tehran are revolting in the streets. Protests have broken out throughout almost every major province and city. The IRGC and thugs of the Revolutionary Guard Corps have begun shooting the protesters. \nIs this the beginning of the end of the Islamic Republic of Iran? \n  \nAbout our speaker: Behnam Ben Taleblu is senior director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracy’s Iran Program\, where he oversees the breadth and depth of FDD’s work on Iran in addition to serving as a senior fellow specializing in Iranian security and political issues. For well over a decade\, Behnam has supported FDD’s Iran program as a senior fellow\, research fellow\, and senior Iran analyst. Prior to his time at FDD\, Behnam worked on non-proliferation issues at an arms control think tank in Washington. \nLeveraging his subject-matter expertise and native Persian-language skills\, Behnam closely tracks a wide range of Iran-related functional and regional topics including nuclear non-proliferation\, ballistic missiles and drones\, sanctions\, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its proxies\, the foreign and security policy of the Islamic Republic\, and internal Iranian politics. Frequently called upon to brief journalists\, congressional staff\, diplomatic\, military\, academic\, and policy audiences in Washington\, across the United States\, and around the world\, Behnam has testified before various committees in the U.S. Congress\, the Canadian Parliament\, and the UK House of Commons. \nBehnam’s analysis has been quoted in The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, Reuters\, Fox News\, Associated Press\, Agence France-Presse\, Politico\, and Axios\, among others. Additionally\, he has contributed to or coauthored articles for The Wall Street Journal\, Foreign Affairs\, Foreign Policy\, Politico Europe\, Fox News\, The Hill\, War on the Rocks\, Newsweek\, and The National Interest. Behnam has appeared on a variety of broadcast programs\, including PBS Newshour\, BBC News\, Fox News\, CNN International\, CBS News\, C-SPAN\, France 24\, and Deutsche Welle. \nBehnam earned his M.A. with honors in international relations from The University of Chicago\, and his B.A. in international affairs and Middle East studies from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Behnam is also a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities and a contributing editor to National Security Journal.
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SUMMARY:The View from the Israeli North with Lt. Col. Sarit Zehavi
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here  \n  \nWhy must Israel maintain control of the Golan Heights\, which the US recognized as sovereign Israeli territory on March 25\, 2019?  What is the IDF doing inside of Syria\, and how is it protecting against further Hezbollah penetration into Lebanon? How is Hezbollah and the vastly metastasizing Shiite presence in Lebanon getting its funding for its armaments?  What is the “Al-Qard Al-Hassan” and how is it involved in Hezbollah’s operations in Israel’s north? Can the Lebanese government shut down this nefarious operation? \nHere to answer all of these questions and more\, is Lieutenant Colonel Sarit Zahavi. \nAbout our Speaker:  \nLieutenant Colonel (Res.) Sarit Zehavi is the founder and president of Alma\, a nonprofit and an independent research and education center specializing in Israel’s security challenges on its northern border. Sarit has briefed hundreds of groups and forums\, ranging from US Senators\, Congressmen/women\, and politicians to senior journalists and visiting VIP groups in Israel and overseas. Sarit scripts numerous position papers and updates focusing on Lebanon\, Syria\, and Israel’s national security challenges. She served for 15 years in the Israeli Defense Forces\, specializing in military intelligence\, holds an M.A. in Middle East Studies from Ben-Gurion University\, and is also a member of Forum Devora\, promoting the equal representation of women in key decision-making positions in the fields of national security and foreign policy. Her unique achievements led her to be selected by the Jerusalem Post as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2021. \nSarit lives in the Western Galilee.
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SUMMARY:Dalia Ziada and Her Struggle Against the Muslim Brotherhood
DESCRIPTION:The transcript will be available here \nOn October 7th\, 2023\,  Egyptian-born Dalia Ziada summoned up the courage to honestly and objectively discuss the atrocities that befell the Israeli people\, and supported Israel’s right to defend itself. Because of this\,  the attorney-general had summoned her to the notorious Supreme State Security Prosecution to investigate her for committing the crime of “high treason\, and for “threatening Egypt’s national interests.” Since coming to the United States\, she  endured countless personal attacks\, which led her to the belief that antisemitism and hate is “not just local; it is transnational.” \nCome hear the story of a courageous national hero\, what she has learned about Islamist networks in the West and how they operate\, and the price that she has personally had to pay for this.
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SUMMARY:On the Present and Future of Warfare from Gaza to Lebanon to Tehran
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here.  \nAlthough many Americans\, surrounded by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans\, Canda and Mexico\, have grown used to living in peaceful times\, the Middle East is vastly different than that\, where vengeful grievances from centuries prior are being played out in today’s battlefields. How\, from the point of view of a retired British Army office and research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society\, is Israel fairing with the wars on several of her fronts? How\, compared to other wars fought in densely packed urban settings\, is Israel doing in Gaza? Will Hamas enter Phase Two of President Trump’s negotiations. Is Hezbollah regrouping and rebuilding? How is Ahmed al -Sharaa handling his Druze\, Alawite\, Christian and Kurdish populations? Does he still have eyes of the Golan Heights and why have the Turkish armed forces been welcome into Syria? Why is Egypt building up in the Sinai\, and how soon will it be before Israel will have to re-attack Iran? \nAbout our Speaker: Andrew Fox served in the British Army from 2005 to 2021\, completing three tours in Afghanistan\, including one attached to the US Army Special Forces. He served in the Parachute Regiment and the Special Forces Support Group\, with additional tours in Bosnia\, the Middle East\, and Northern Ireland. \nAfter his active service\, he spent three years as a senior lecturer in the War Studies and Behavioural Science departments at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Andrew specializes in defense\, the Middle East\, and disinformation. He holds degrees in Law & Politics\, Modern War Studies\, and Psychology. \nHis extensive experience has established him as a recognised authority in his field and he provides regular commentary on defence and foreign policy across the media including articles in the New York Post\, the Telegraph and Spiked. He has amassed a large following across his digital platforms\, including X (formerly Twitter) and Substack\, where he writes on disinformation\, defence and security as stories develop.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/on-the-present-and-future-of-warfare-from-gaza-to-lebanon-to-tehran/
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SUMMARY:As We Approach Phase Two of President Trump’s Plan\, What is in Store for Israel and the Middle East?
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \n  \nAs we approach phase two of President Trump’s Plan\, does Hamas have any plans to disarm\, which is one of the President’s conditions for proceeding further? Looking north\, will President Joseph Aoun\, as promised to dismantle the Hezbollah infrastructure? What is happening with Egypt’s commitments made in 1979 to dismantle its military force in the Sinai\, and why have they smuggled weapons into Gaza? Why is Jordan participated in the smuggling of Weapons into Judea and Samaria\, the West Bank? Is Ahmed al Sharaa capable of making an enduring peace with Israel? Where are we on our relationship with Saudi Arabia? \n  \nHere to discuss this\, and much more is David Wurmser. \n  \nAbout our Speaker: David Wurmser is a Senior Middle East Analyst for the Center for Security Policy\, and is a member of EMET’s Board of Advisors. He served as Middle East Adviser to former US Vice President Dick Cheney\, as special assistant to John R. Bolton at the State Department and as a research fellow on the Middle East at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer at the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He has written many widely acclaimed books and papers\, such as the 1996 report A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm\, a paper prepared for incoming Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. This advocated pre-emptive strikes against Iran and Syria\, the removal of Saddam Hussein from Iraq and the abandonment of traditional “land for peace” negotiations with Palestinians. \nIn 1999\, Wurmser wrote Tyranny’s Ally: America’s Failure to Defeat Saddam Hussein (published by AEI Press)\, which argued that President Clinton’s policies in Iraq were failing to contain the country. \nIn 2000\, Wurmser helped draft a document entitled “Ending Syria’s Occupation of Lebanon: The US Role?”\, which called for a confrontation with the regime in Damascus. The document said that Syria was developing “weapons of mass destruction”.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/as-we-approach-phase-two-of-president-trumps-plan-what-is-in-store-for-israel-and-the-middle-east/
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SUMMARY:Is Israel's Qualitative Military Edge Eroding?
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThe transcript will be available here \n  \nThis week\, Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman\, amidst much pageantry and fanfare\, visited President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. What was promised to Riyadh was two squadrons of F 35 jets\, a joint civil nuclear energy program and nearly 300 tanks. Meanwhile\, despite assurances from Lebanese President Joseph Auon that Hezbollah would be disabled\, there have been no demonstrable signs of that. On November 10th\, President Trump also met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa\, the first time a Syrian President has visited the White House. President Trump had described the former al-Quada leader as a “ young\, attractive guy-tough guy with a strong past.” Only months ago\, there was a $10 million bounty on his head. On November 6th\, exactly 4 days before the Trump-al Sharaa meeting\, the United Nations lifted all sanctions against al-Sharaa. Meanwhile\, in defiance of their international commitments\, Iran has thrown out the International Atomic Energy Administration inspectors. \nWhat is going on in the Middle East today\, and what is happening to the US legal obligation that Israel always maintains a Qualitative Military Edge? \nAbout Our Speaker: Hazem Alghabra\, born in Damascus Syria\, is the founder and president of Frontiers Consultants\, a Washington DC-based consultancy firm that provides public relations and crisis management solutions with a focus on the Middle East and the United States. Prior to starting his firm\, Alghabra held multiple positions with the U.S. Department of State including senior advisor for public affairs at the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Alghabra provides daily insight and analysis as a commentator on a vast array of television stations including i24\, Keshet\, Alarabyia\, Sky News\, BBC\, and Alsharq-Bloomberg.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/is-israels-qualitative-military-edge-eroding/
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SUMMARY:The Rise of Antisemitism within the United States
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \nFor perhaps the first time in our history\, the Jewish community in the United States is feeling besieged by unprecedented attacks on both the extreme left\, and the extreme right. The Jewish community of New York City\, the largest community of Jews outside of Israel\, is feeling frightened\, abandoned and confused. Tucker Carlson has given the white supremacist\, and Holocaust-denier\, Nick Fuentes a welcome embrace\, and Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation had uncritically defended Tucker Carlson. This has led to several resignations within Heritage\, and\, after a week of outrage\, a later apology from Kevin Roberts. There is also a growing isolationist trend within republican politics.  We are seeing a civil war within the right. \nHowever\, that right-wing “civil war” pales in comparison to the woke embrace of radical left-wing socialists who are sympathetic to radical Islamists on the left. The recent mayoral election in New York of Zohran Mamdani has us greatly alarmed. Mr. Mamdani has made inflammatory statements regarding the state of Israel\, calling what is happening in Gaza a “genocide”. While a student at Bowdoin College\, he formed an alliance with the radical left-wing Jewish group J Street and subsequently shut the alliance down.  He has made deftly-crafted  statements such as\, “My support for BDS is consistent with the core of my politics\, which is nonviolence. And I think that it is a legitimate movement when you are seeking to find compliance with international law.” He is attempting to threaten the partnership of Cornell and the Technion in Haifa\, and has vowed to “arrest” Prime Minister Netanyahu\, if he even lands in New York. Based on interviews in the New York Times\, his words represent the views of thousands of Muslims throughout the United States. \nIn August of 1790\, President George Washington wrote a letter to the congregation of Newport\, Rhode Island\, saying “May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants—while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.” \nAre we\, Jews of America\, still feeling that same sense of “safety” today? \nHere to discuss this is Eric Mandel.  \nAbout our Speaker: Dr. Eric Mandel is the founder and Director of MEPIN™\, the Middle East Political Information Network™. MEPIN is a Middle East research analysis read by members of Congress\, their foreign policy advisors\, journalists\, think tanks\, foreign officials\, and organizational leaders. \nHe regularly briefs members of Congress and their staffs about the current geopolitical situation in the Middle East and how it affects American national security interests. \nHe is the Senior Security Editor of the Jerusalem Report / Jerusalem Post\, writing about Iran\, Lebanon\, Jordan\, Egypt\, the Gulf States\, Turkey\, Kurdistan\, the US-Israel relationship\, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\, and Syria. His work appears in The Hill\, National Interest\, RealClearWorld\, ABC News\, the Forward\, JNS\, i24\, Rudow (Iraq)\, IsraelNationalNews\, JTA\, Algemeiner\, Israel Hayom\, Thinc.\, Defense News\, and other publications.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/the-rise-of-antisemitism-within-the-united-states/
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SUMMARY:Hezbollah: Retraining\, Rearming and Rebooting
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nThe transcript will be available here \nHezbollah\, the radical Shiite political party and terrorist militia\, has been known as a “state within a state” in Lebanon since the fifteen-year Lebanese Civil War from 1975 through 1990. The over-riding conviction of the Iranian-backed terror proxy is its violent opposition to the existence of Israel and its rejection of Western values\, norms\, and influences of the Middle East. \nOn September 17\, 2024\, Israeli intelligence services planted explosives\, near the batteries of thousands of Hezbollah’s pagers. In what is referred to as “Operation Exploding Pager”\, these instruments exploded simultaneously throughout Lebanon and Syria. The following day\, hundreds of walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah also exploded. On September 27\, 2024\, the Hezbollah leader\, Hassan Nasrallah\, was killed by a strike by the Israeli air force over Dahiya\, a suburb of Beirut and a Hezbollah strong hold. \nMeanwhile however\, Hezbollah has been retrenching itself in southern Lebanon. On Saturday\, November 1st\, the IDF struck a vehicle with four Hezbollah Radwan terrorists inside. According to the Jerusalem Post\, the commander of these forces were attempting to re-establish the Hezbollah infrastructure and the transfer of weapons on the ground in southern Lebanon \nAt the same time\, Iran has been developing a proxy network of Hezbollah bases in neighboring Iraq\, aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-l Quds force\, that can launch long-range missile and drone attacks toward Israel. \nWestern officials have recently said that “Hezbollah is rebuilding faster than the Lebanese government is dismantling them.” \nAbout Our Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Sarit Zehavi is the founder and president of Alma\, a nonprofit and an independent research and education center specializing in Israel’s security challenges on its northern border. Sarit has briefed hundreds of groups and forums\, ranging from US Senators\, Congressmen/women\, and politicians to senior journalists and visiting VIP groups in Israel and overseas. Sarit scripts numerous position papers and updates focusing on Lebanon\, Syria\, and Israel’s national security challenges. She served for 15 years in the Israeli Defense Forces\, specializing in military intelligence\, holds an M.A. in Middle East Studies from Ben-Gurion University\, and is also a member of Forum Devora\, promoting the equal representation of women in key decision-making positions in the fields of national security and foreign policy. Her unique achievements led her to be selected by the Jerusalem Post as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2021. Sarit lives in the Western Galilee with her family.
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SUMMARY:The Status of Egypt in the Current Situation
DESCRIPTION:The transcript will be available here \n Our 20 remaining live hostages have finally been returned home. President Donald Trump spoke before the Knesset and was interrupted many times by standing ovations. Today we are triumphant that the hostages\, finally\, after two emotionally and physically brutal years will finally be returned to the loving arms of their families. \nStage I of the deal is over\, (although not all of the deceased have been returned for proper burials.) \nStage II awaits us. There will\, most likely\, be many bumps in the road. Hamas is not likely to give up its power without a fight. \nEgypt is one of the parties which had been tasked with mediating the dispute between the terrorist organization\, Hamas\, and Israel. The other two are Turkey and Qatar. \nTurkey\, under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\, has made the most deplorable statements towards Israel\, just within this week. Without reference to the barbaric attacks of Hamas of October 7\, 2023\, Erdogan has accused Israel of “genocidal attacks on the Palestinians which are worse than Hitler’s”. He immediately praised the terrorist group Hamas for accepting Trump’s plan\, “clearly demonstrating its will for peace”\, and placing the entire burden of acceptance of the plan on Israel\, saying “peace is not a one-winged bird.” \nLikewise\, Qatar has been hosting Hamas officials in its capitol\, Doha\, since 2012\, and has been paying Hamas’ salaries in Gaza. It has provided a base for various Hamas leaders including  Khaled Mashal\, member of Hamas’ five-person leadership council; Khalil Al-Haya\,  the de facto leader of Hamas since the death of Yahya Sinwar in October 2024; and Mohammad Ishmael Darwich\, Chairman of the Hamas leadership council. Doha has been airing the highly antisemitic Al-Jazeera\, particularly its Arabic version\, that is aired throughout many regions of the world. \nEgypt has its own set of problems. It has allowed the construction of tunnels and of smuggling routes from inside Gaza to the Sinai Peninsula within Egypt. Within Sinai we have seen vast military maneuvers\, and between July 16th and August 25th\, there were 384 drone incursions from Egypt into Israel. \nToday\, and this entire week is a time for celebration. However\, \, one cannot help but be concerned if the results of this peace initiative  will endure for generations\, to come. \nHere to answer this is Dalia Ziada. \nAbout Our Speaker: Dalia Ziada\, Egyptian Scholar of Middle East Geopolitics and Washington Coordinator for the Institute of the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP)\, is an Egyptian award-winning writer and political analyst specializing in governance\, geopolitics\, and regional security in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. Dalia studied international relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy\, Tufts University\, majoring in international security studies. \nIn the past two decades\, Dalia held senior positions at regional and international think tanks and civil society organizations\, where she led projects\, advised policymakers\, and authored articles\, papers\, and books analyzing the geopolitical conflicts and power relations in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. \nSince April 2024\, Dalia has joined the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA) as a Senior Fellow for Research and Diplomacy on Arab-Israel-U.S. affairs. Meanwhile\, Dalia is working on a research project with the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) on the threat of radical Islamism in the United States. \nSince May 2024\, Dalia has been roaming American university campuses\, in partnership with Hillel International and other esteemed non-partisan organizations\, to lecture on the changing geopolitics of the Middle East in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks. \nDalia has earned several awards for the impact of her writing and activism. She has been globally recognized for her leading role as a civil rights activist in the Arab Spring revolutions of 2010-2011 and for her uncommon stance as an Arab Muslim intellectual against Hamas and in support of Israel following the October 7 attacks that Israel endured in 2023. Dalia has been active in the people-to-people Muslim-Jewish Dialogue and Arab-Israeli Dialogue for 16 years. She has also engaged in several political and cultural battles against political Islamists and radical Islamist groups in her homeland\, Egypt\, in Arab countries\, and in the United States. \nDalia authored the best-selling book “The Curious Case of the Three-Legged Wolf – Egypt: Military\, Islamism\, and Liberal Democracy” (2019) and other internationally acclaimed books dating back to 2006. Dalia’s next book project\, “The Coalition of Odds\,” explores the geopolitical and security structures of the new Middle East emerging from the regional reshuffle of power coalitions\, the impact of the Great Power Competition\, and the changing world order.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/the-status-of-egypt-in-the-current-situation/
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SUMMARY:The Road to October 7
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \n  \nJoin us on Tuesday\, Sept. 30\, at 12:00 noon for a special EMET Zoom webinar featuring the noted historian and author Dr. Rafael Medoff\, discussing his powerful new book\, The Road to October 7: Hamas\, the Holocaust\, and the Eternal War Against the Jews \nAbout Our Speaker: Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies\, in Washington\, D.C.\, and the author of more than 20 books about the Holocaust\, Zionism\, and American Jewish history. Dr. Medoff has taught Jewish history at Ohio State University\, Purchase College of the State University of New York\, Yeshiva University and elsewhere\, and he is a Fellow of the Finkler Institute of Holocaust Research at Bar-Ilan University. He is also a three-time winner of the prestigious Simon Rockower Award for Excellence in Jewish Journalism\, from the American Jewish Press Association. \nMedoff’s textbook\, Jewish Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook\, published by ABC-CLIO in 2002\, was named an “Outstanding Academic Title of 2002” by the American Library Association‘s Choice magazine. \nRafi has authored scores of scholarly texts and articles\, has successfully worked on several films about the Holocaust and has served as a consultant to Hollywood about the Holocaust.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/the-road-to-october-7/
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SUMMARY:The Temperature of the State of Israel as it Enters Rosh Hashanah\, 5786
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \n  \nAs Israel moves into Rosh Hashanah 5786\, there are internal and external pressures confronting the State. We will address the widening social\, political\, and ideological divides within Israeli society; current military developments—particularly the implications of recent escalation\, such as the strike in Doha—and how shifts in strategy influence prospects for a negotiated resolution. In addition\, the conversation will assess the growing international criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza\, the legal and moral debates surrounding the definition of genocide\, and whether diplomatic isolation or reputational concerns are contributing to an atmosphere of unease domestically. \nIn light of these developments\, this session will also explore how global antisemitism is evolving—whether heightened incidents abroad and reports of antipathy in academic\, cultural\, and political spheres are affecting collective morale and identity among Israelis. To what extent can civil society bridges survive under the strain of war and polarization? How do diasporic perceptions feed back into internal debates in Israel? What role might international law\, media narratives\, and diaspora activism play in either deepening divisions or fostering reconciliation? \nAbout our speaker: Avi Mayer is the founder of Jerusalem Journal and the immediate past Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post\, the most-read English-language newspaper in Israel and the leading news outlet in the Jewish world. With more than a quarter-million followers on X (formerly Twitter) and a monthly audience in the tens of millions\, Avi is considered one of the most prominent millennial voices in Israel and the Jewish world. \nIn 2013\, he was named one of the “Jewish 100”—the top one hundred people positively influencing Jewish life—along with then-U.S. President Barack Obama\, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\, and other leading figures. He has been named the third most influential person on ‘Jewish Twitter\,’ just behind Prime Minister Netanyahu\, and one of the most influential English-speaking immigrants in Israeli politics. He previously held leadership roles in some of the world’s leading Jewish organizations\, including serving as Managing Director of Global Communications and Public Affairs at the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and as the international spokesperson of The Jewish Agency for Israel\, the largest Jewish organization in the world\, and of its then-Chairman\, Natan Sharansky. \nAvi has met with the President of the United States at the White House and he conducted the first newspaper interview with the Prime Minister of Israel after his election. He has addressed lawmakers in both the U.S. Congress and the Knesset\, Israel’s parliament\, on numerous occasions. He is regularly invited to discuss developments in Israel\, the Middle East\, and the Jewish world on international news networks and he and his work have been featured in some of the world’s leading publications. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Maryland\, he has worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs; the Embassy of Israel in Washington\, D.C.; Hillel International; and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). He has served on the international boards of KAHAL\, an organization for Jewish students studying abroad around the world\, and ACCESS\, AJC’s young leadership program. Avi currently serves as Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of Global Jewry and is a member of the ROI Community. \nHe is a former participant in the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies’ Jewish communal leadership program. Born in New York and raised in Jerusalem and Maryland\, Avi served in the Israel Defense Forces as a spokesperson to the international media. He lives in Jerusalem. \n 
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SUMMARY:Is the Collapse of the Iranian Regime Necessary for Regional Stability?
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \nOver the last several decades\, the Islamic Republic of Iran had established a “ring of fire” around Israel. With the sole exception of the Houthis in Yemen\, Israel has been able to eliminate a great deal of this existential threat. The Islamic Republic used their terror proxies to shield itself and to empower its strategic depth\, The biggest existential threat\, however\, emanates from the nuclear program of the Islamic Republic of Iran. During the 12-Day War of June 13th through 24th\, Israel and the United States were able to eliminate a great deal of the nuclear and the ballistic threat\, as well as the cult of hero-worship for Ayatollah Ali Khomeini. This is a grand departure from previous US administrations and their philosophy which served to de-escalate the status of Israel and to embolden the Islamic Republic. Iran is now is encountering a period of destabilization. How likely is it that the Islamic Republic will rebuild their nuclear enrichment and ballistic missile program\, which is a core value of the regime? Will their goals of the elimination of Israel remain unchanged? Where are the regime’s current vulnerabilities? What must Israel and the United States do in order to undermine the regime’s survivability and possibly lead to the collapse of the regime and replace it with a more palatable alternative? \nAbout our Speaker: Barak Seener is an Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and the founder of Strategic Intelligentia and the Gulf Futures Forum. Barak also co-hosts The Geo-Godfather Wars podcast on geopolitical affairs. Previously\, Barak was a Global Intelligence Manager at HSBC and the Middle East Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on whose behalf he has debriefed international defence and security policy makers and diplomats on matters relating to Middle East security. Barak has lectured at NATO as well as the Royal College for Defense Studies. He also staged the world’s first\, and hugely successful conference in London at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) on Palestinian statehood. This examined the security implications for the Region bringing together leading Israelis\, Palestinians\, US and European representatives in London. Prior to joining RUSI\, Barak was one of the Henry Jackson Society’s founders in Westminster and was the Henry Jackson Society’s Greater Middle East Section Director. \nBarak published a book in 2018 entitled\, ‘Commercial Risks Entering the Iranian Market: Why sanctions make investment in the Islamic Republic of Iran a high-risk proposition.’ \nBarak has published and provided analysis and expert commentary for a range of international broadcasters including Al-Jazeera\, BBC\, CNN\, Chinese CCTV\, Fox News\, Sky News\, Voice of America\, and news outlets such as Bloomberg\, Reuters\, Associated Press\, the Evening Standard\, Jerusalem Post and Xinhua. \nBarak has published in publications including Newsweek\, the National Interest\, the American Interest\, Jane’s Intelligence Review and Jane’s Islamic Affairs Analyst on counter-terrorism\, US-China dynamics\, risks to supply chains\, globalization and the end of the liberal international order\, transatlantic relations\, universal jurisdiction\, nuclear proliferation and Middle East issues including the Arab Spring\, tensions in Libya\, Egypt and Syria\, strategic and security dynamic between Iran and the Gulf\, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. \n 
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SUMMARY:Lies and Empty Promises: How Abbas fooled the West into Recognition of a Palestinian State
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \nSeveral Western states\, once Israel’s allies\, intend to recognize a Palestinian state in September at the UN. These countries see this recognition as a final stamp of legitimacy to the Abbas-led Palestinian Authority and a punishment of Israel for its war in Gaza. In our conversation\, we ask: What was the lie that Abbas told French President Macron that was used to justify his call for recognition? Why should the Palestinian people\, even more than the PA\, be rejected for statehood? Why is a PA state bad for Israel and the West? And why the US and Israel should respond to the PA statehood farce by designating the PA as a terror organization. Itamar Marcus joins us to provide much-sought answers to all of these questions. \nAbout our Speaker: Itamar Marcus is Founder & Director of Palestinian Media Watch (PMW)\, an Israeli research institute known internationally for its in-depth research of Palestinian society. He has presented PMW findings dozens of times in Congress\, parliaments and conferences. PMW’s reports led to the Taylor Force Act\, Israel’s “Deduction Law\,” and his report on the PA-ICC contacts led to the US imposing sanctions on the PA\, this past July. Itamar is a frequent guest on various international news networks\, and is the author of “Deception: Betraying the Peace Process” & “Teaching Terror to Tots”. He was recognized among the world’s “top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life or the State of Israel.” by Algemeiner.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/lies-and-empty-promises-how-abbas-fooled-the-west-into-recognition-of-a-palestinian-state/
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SUMMARY:Concealing The Truth of What is Actually Happening in Gaza
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \n  \nFear of one’s very life at the hands of Hamas’ brutality is often the result of a journalist or a photographer filing an accurate report regarding what is going on in Gaza. Journalists  and photographers living and working throughout Gaza have learned to fear Hamas’ repressive and fatal consequences for telling the truth. When asked if one can trust a journalist to convey the truth\, one responded\, “Never. They will report what Hamas wants them to write; photograph the pictures Hamas seeks.” A journalist from the New York Times refused to publish photographs indicating evidence of her source receiving Hamas pay slips or being a member listed on Hamas rosters. A New York Times columnist this week accused Israel of “assassinating” Al Jazeera newsman Anas al-Sharif because “Israel is making sure there is no one to document the horror of its war.”  Journalists throughout the international community have come to rely on the inflated figures of the Gazan controlled Ministry of Health. \nCome learn what is truly happening behind the scenes in Gaza\, and how Hamas terrorists and thugs are in control of the information the media is using\, which has resulted in an erosion of international policy in support of Israel. \nAbout our Speaker: \nLenny Ben-David is a Research and Senior Diplomacy Fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs. He had worked for AIPC for 25 years\, in both Washington and Jerusalem. In 1997\, he left to open an independent consulting firm\, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tapped him to serve as Deputy Chief of Staff in Israel’s Washington Embassy. He is the author of the book American Interests in the Holy Land Revealed in Early Photographs\, and he is completing his next book\, Secrets of World War I in the Holy Land Revealed in Early Photographs
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SUMMARY:What is Happening on our Northern Border with Syria and Lebanon?
DESCRIPTION:The transcript will be available here\n\n\nOn Monday\, the United Nations Security Council started to debate a French Resolution extending the mandate of UNIFIL for approximately one more year. The UN Security Council is supposed to vote on this on August 25th\, approximately 5 days from now. UNIFIL was established in 1978 to patrol Lebanon’s southern border with Israel. How much has UNIFIL accomplished? Has it turned a blind eye as Hezbollah’s activities\, as well as its arsenal\, along Israel’s northern border has grown? \nAlso\, looking towards Syria\, the United Nations Human Rights Council is investigating the government of Ahmed al-Sharaa as being guilty of war crimes\, particularly against the Druze and the Alawite neighborhoods. What sort of policy can Israel embark upon with Syria to be able to give its citizens defensible borders? \n\nAs assurances have been made that Hezbollah will be disbanded in Lebanon\, and the Syrian government of Ahmed al-Sharaa has been charged with war crimes\, we are inviting Lieutenant Colonel Sarit Zehavi of the Alma Center in Israel to analyze and discuss how Israel can handle all of the myriad demands on its armed forces and how to best protect their civilian population.\nAbout Our Speaker: \nLieutenant Colonel (Res.) Sarit Zehavi is the founder and president of Alma\, a nonprofit and an independent research and education center specializing in Israel’s security challenges on its northern border. Sarit has briefed hundreds of groups and forums\, ranging from US Senators\, Congressmen/women\, and politicians to senior journalists and visiting VIP groups in Israel and overseas. Sarit scripts numerous position papers and updates focusing on Lebanon\, Syria\, and Israel’s national security challenges. She served for 15 years in the Israeli Defense Forces\, specializing in military intelligence\, holds an M.A. in Middle East Studies from Ben-Gurion University\, and is also a member of Forum Devora\, promoting the equal representation of women in key decision-making positions in the fields of national security and foreign policy. Her unique achievements led her to be selected by the Jerusalem Post as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2021. \nSarit lives in the Western Galilee.
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SUMMARY:Re-conquering Gaza--What is at Stake\, Here?
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThe transcript will be available here \nAs I write these words\, the Israeli Cabinet has just convened and has decided to reoccupy Gaza. This is after 22 months of heartbreaking war\, where the double objectives have been the dismantling of Hamas and the rescuing of the hostages. \nWhat has happened to create a change of military strategy for Israel? \nIsrael has eliminated much of the Hamas leadership\, including Yahya Sinwar on October  16\, 2024\, in Rafah\, Gaza\, Mohammad Deif on July 13\, 2024\, in al-Mawasi\, Gaza and Ismael Haniyeh on July 24\, 2024\, in Tehran\, Iran. Israel estimates that they have eliminated 14\,000 to 20\,000 members of Hamas since the start of the war. Yet\, Hamas has been able to regenerate thousands of young recruits. \nIsrael is not safe as long as Hamas exists. Hamas has displayed itself as a primitive terrorist group that hides behind its own civilians as it murders our own. \nMany of the families of the hostages are deeply concerned\, fearing that this might well risk the lives of their loved ones.  We know\, however\, that the lives of the hostages have been the “life insurance policy” of the Hamas terrorist group. \nYet\, we also know that members of Hamas have been slowly starving to death Israeli hostages captured on October 7\, 2023\, such as 24-year-old Evyatar David and 22 -year-old Ram Bravslavski. \nWe will also assess the prospects for what awaits after this conflict winds down\, including the establishment of a Palestinian state following the conclusion of this conflict\, as envisioned by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer\, French President Emmanuel Macron\, and Irish President Michael D.  Higgins\, among others\,  and how it will affect the geopolitics of the region. \nHere to discuss this escalation of the war is David Wurmser. \nAbout Our Speaker: Dr. David Wurmser is a Senior Analyst for Middle East Affairs at the Center for Security Policy\, as well as a Fellow at the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy. He also is the executive and founding member of the Delphi Global Analysis Group\, LLC – a firm specializing in geopolitical risk analysis and mitigation for infrastructure\, high-tech\, defense and financial firms from the United States\, Japan and India navigating in Israel – – since its founding in 2007. From December 2018 until September 2019\, Dr. Wurmser also served as senior advisor to the U.S. National Security Advisor\, Ambassador John Bolton. \nPrior to this\, Dr. Wurmser was the senior advisor from 2003-2007 to the U.S. Vice President Cheney on Middle East\, proliferation and strategic affairs. Before becoming the senior advisor for the Vice President in 2003\, Dr. Wurmser was the senior advisor to Under Secretary of State John Bolton at the State Department. \nImmediately following the 9/11 attacks\, Dr. Wurmser consulted until January 2002 for the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the U.S. Department of Defense on a war‐related classified project on understanding the nature and strategic significance of terrorist group networks and their interactions with states. \nBefore entering government\, Dr. Wurmser founded the Middle East studies program at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in 1996. While at AEI Dr. Wurmser\, published Tyranny’s Ally: America’s Failure to Defeat Saddam Hussein. \nDr. Wurmser’s military service includes 11 years of intelligence experience in the U.S. Navy Reserves\, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Commander. LCDR Wurmser was mobilized during the Operational Vigilant Warrior following Iraq’s surge toward Kuwait in 1994 to serve on the Iraq Intelligence Task for the DIA. He is the recipient of the prestigious Defense Meritorious Service Medal. \nDr. Wurmser holds a B.A. (political science)\, M.A. (international affairs and international economics) and a Ph.D. (on U.S. foreign policy and Middle East affairs) from the Johns Hopkins University. In addition to his book\, he has published extensively in in major periodicals including: The Wall Street Journal\, Financial Times and Commentary.   \n 
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/re-conquering-gaza-what-is-at-stake-here/
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SUMMARY:False Optimism Regarding Syria
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \n  \nAhed al Hendi and Hadeel Oueis from the Center for Peace Communications\, takes us further into a deeper dive into the true facts of what is  actually taking place on the ground in Syria. There has been mass slaughter of ethnic minorities at the hands of President Ahmed al-Sharaa\,  Come and find out what is happening to the Druze\, the Kurds\, the Christians and the Alawites. Here are the facts\, and a prescriptive remedy on how we in the United States can assist the Syrian ethnic minorities. \nAbout Our Speakers:  \nAhed is a senior fellow at the Center for Peace Communications\, has written for Foreign Affairs\, and has worked with Advancing Human Rights and the Extremist Watch Desk at Voice of America. \nHadeel Oueis is the director of Arabic Communications at the Center for Peace Communications. She majored in law and\, in 2011\, at the age of 18\, was arrested by the Assad regime for her key role in the early days of the Syrian protests. In 2012\, a U.S. delegation in Geneva met with Oueis and facilitated her relocation to the United States. She now analyzes U.S. policies in the Middle East for major Arabic networks and has reported extensively on the Jews of the Middle East for various Arabic publications.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/false-optimism-regarding-syria/
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SUMMARY:Hazem Alghabra and the Fate of Religious and Ethnic Minorities in Syria
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \n  \nIn December of 2024\, many people were somewhat relieved that after the 50 year reign of the Alawite family of Hafez and Bashir-al-Assad\, their time at the helm in Syria was coming to a close. The benefit was that manpower and weapons would no longer be smuggled from Tehran\, through Baghdad\, Damascus and ultimately to Hezbollah forces in Beirut\, and throughout Lebanon. \nA new man has emerged\, Ahmed al-Sharaa\, (a.k.a. Abu-Mohammad al-Julani)\, who took control of Syria. Many had erroneously assumed he would be a more moderate force for Syria. However\, last week\, we saw the horrific images from the Druze city of Sweida of women being captured as sex-slaves and raped\, children being kidnapped and murdered\, as well as the wholesale humiliation and slaughter of many men\, women and children. For days\, clashes raged between Druze and local Bedouin forces\, immediately joined by Syrian government forces. More than 1100 people have been killed. \nThroughout this\, we saw over 1\,000 Israeli Druze cross the border fence to enter their Druze brethren in Syria. \nOnly one nation in the world came to their aid\, the state of Israel. \nAs I write this\, Israel is now in talks with Syria. First\, however\, there should be certain benchmarks ascertained: What sort of protections will there be for the Druze community\, the Kurds\, the Christians and the Alawites? How secure will the border be for Israel? Will Israel be able to keep control of its buffer zone to prevent hostile forces from encroaching upon Israel? Will Israel be able to maintain its control of the 10 military bases in southern Syria since the Assad regime fell? \nAbout Our Speaker: Hazem Alghabra\, born in Damascus Syria\, is the founder and president of Frontiers Consultants\, a Washington DC-based consultancy firm that provides public relations and crisis management solutions with a focus on the Middle East and the United States. Prior to starting his firm\, Alghabra held multiple positions with the U.S. Department of State including senior advisor for public affairs at the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Alghabra provides daily insight and analysis as a commentator on a vast array of television stations including i24\, Keshet\, Alarabyia\, Sky News\, BBC\, and Alsharq-Bloomberg.
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SUMMARY:How Worried Should We Be about What Has Been Left in Iran?
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here. \n  \nThere have been various reports\, coming out of Israel and the United States\, about what has been left in the Islamic Republic of Iran since the 12-day war of last June. There are differing opinions about how much of Fordow\, Natanz and Isfahan remain. However\, the most troubling report is that  there still exists 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium or 882 lbs\, of UF 6-or uranium hexafluoride\, composed of 60 per cent highly enriched uranium\, enough to make 8 to 10 nuclear bombs. Have the joint forces of Israel and the United States actually finished the job?  Are the ayatollahs determined to finish the job? Will President Trump make good on his promise to devastate the Iranian nuclear facilities if they are to become functional again\, and do we have the “eyes and ears” to be able to make an accurate determination. \nHere to answer these questions and more is the award wining investigative journalist\, Edwin Black. \nAbout Our Speaker: Edwin Black is the award-winning\, New York Times-bestselling author of “IBM and the Holocaust” and the just-released scoop volume “Israel Strikes Iran: Operation Rising Lion — The 20-Year Backstory\,” which can be found at IsraelStrikes.com.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/how-worried-should-we-be-about-what-has-been-left-in-iran/
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SUMMARY:Brigadier General Amir Avivi and What Was Accomplished by the War with Iran
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here.  \n  \nWhat was accomplished during the 12-day war with Iran\, and how far back have the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions been set? What is on the agenda between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald J. Trump? Will Hamas return the hostages for a 60-day period of calm? With Hamas’ losses within Gaza\, can we really expect to see a new sort of political framework within Gaza? What are the lessons learned from October 7th? \nHere to answer these questions and more is Brigadier General Amir Avivi. \nAbout Our Speaker: Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi is the founder and chairman of IDSF. \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 Batallion 605 and Commander of the School of Combat Engineering.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/brigadier-general-amir-avivi-and-what-was-accomplished-by-the-war-with-iran/
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SUMMARY:Alex Traiman and the Cost Benefit Analysis of the War with Iran
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here \n  \nSince the 12 Day War with Iran has paused with a ceasefire many questions have evolved regarding the success of the war. Why is Khameini still in power? What has happened to the stockpiles of highly enriched uranium? How long will it take for the regime to rebuild its nuclear weapons facilities? What has happened to the resistance movement within Iran? How does this leave Israel and the United States\, in terms of their ability to project power into the Middle East? What has happened to the Qassam Solomeini doctrine of the terror proxies\, or “rings of fire” surrounding Israel? \nHere to discuss this all is Alex Traiman. \nAbout our Speaker: Alex Traiman is the CEO and Jerusalem bureau chief of the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) and host of “Jerusalem Minute.” A seasoned Israeli journalist\, documentary filmmaker and startup consultant\, he is an expert on Israeli politics and U.S.-Israel relations. He has interviewed top political figures\, including  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\, most Israeli leaders\, U.S. senators and national security officials with insights featured on major networks like BBC\, Bloomberg\, CBS\, NBC\, Fox and Newsmax. A former NCAA champion fencer and Yeshiva University Sports Hall of Fame member\, he made aliyah in 2004\, and lives in Jerusalem with his wife and five children.
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SUMMARY:Behnam Ben Taleblu Looking at Iran from the Outside In
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe transcript will be available here.  \n  \nCome watch as The Director of FDD’s Iran program Behnam Ben Taleblu gives us a fresh perspective on the recent developments in Iran since Israel has embarked on “Operation Rising Lion.” \nAbout Our Speaker: Behnam Ben Taleblu is senior director of FDD’s Iran Program\, where he oversees the breadth and depth of FDD’s work on Iran in addition to serving as a senior fellow specializing in Iranian security and political issues. For well over a decade\, Behnam has supported FDD’s Iran program as a senior fellow\, research fellow\, and senior Iran analyst. Prior to his time at FDD\, Behnam worked on non-proliferation issues at an arms control think tank in Washington. \nLeveraging his subject-matter expertise and native Persian-language skills\, Behnam closely tracks a wide range of Iran-related functional and regional topics including nuclear non-proliferation\, ballistic missiles and drones\, sanctions\, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its proxies\, the foreign and security policy of the Islamic Republic\, and internal Iranian politics. Frequently called upon to brief journalists\, congressional staff\, diplomatic\, military\, academic\, and policy audiences in Washington\, across the United States\, and around the world\, Behnam has testified before various committees in the U.S. Congress\, the Canadian Parliament\, and the UK House of Commons. \nBehnam’s analysis has been quoted in The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, Reuters\, Fox News\, Associated Press\, Agence France-Presse\, Politico\, and Axios\, among others. Additionally\, he has contributed to or coauthored articles for The Wall Street Journal\, Foreign Affairs\, Foreign Policy\, Politico Europe\, Fox News\, The Hill\, War on the Rocks\, Newsweek\, and The National Interest. Behnam has appeared on a variety of broadcast programs\, including PBS Newshour\, BBC News\, Fox News\, CNN International\, CBS News\, C-SPAN\, France 24\, I24 News and Deutsche Welle. \nBehnam earned his M.A. with honors in international relations from The University of Chicago\, and his B.A. in international affairs and Middle East studies from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Behnam is also a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities and a contributing editor to National Security Journal.
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SUMMARY:The State of the Relationship Between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump
DESCRIPTION:The transcript will be available here \nAs all of you are aware by now\, Israel has embarked upon “Operation Rising Lion”\, striking out against the heart of the Iranian nuclear threat against Israel. As Secretary of State Marco Rubio has declared\, “We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region. Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense.”  He also said on Thursday night\, “Tonight\, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region.” \nHowever\, President Trump did declare on Friday morning that “The United States will defend Israel\, if attacked.” \nThe United States was certainly made aware of what was about to occur. They had enough time on Thursday to remove non-essential employees  and diplomatic families from the Middle East. \nAs well all are aware \, since the Islamic Revolution of 1979\, The Islamic Republic of Iran has described Israel as “The Minor Satan” and the United States as “The Great Satan.” There certainly is evidence that the Islamic Republic has been working on intercontinental ballistic missiles.  However\, Israel had acted totally on its own\, on Thursday evening\, and we\, in Israel have been advised to stay close to our shelters\, and are in for a long\, hard campaign. \nIsrael is fighting an existential war today\, but Iran could try to strike at the United States tomorrow. Israel destroyed the Natanz nuclear facility\, and eliminated its top IRGC Commanders\, unaware in their homes\, as well as its top nuclear scientists. \nWhat has happened to the strength of the relationship between the United States and Israel? Is the United States simply relying on Israel to protect its national security interests\, and those of the entire civilized\, free world? \nAre reports of a chilling of relations accurate? What about the reports of the President’s relationship with isolationist influencers\, such as Tucker Carlson\, Candace Owens and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene? \nAnd finally: Israel is fighting an existential war on 7 fronts\,  but the “head of the snake” has always been Tehran. Recent reports from the IAEA say that Iran has enough highly enriched uranium for at least  9 to10  nuclear bombs. Israel does not have the strategic depth to absorb even one bomb.  Does the United States understand that Israel is simply the appetizer\, and that Iran is working on intercontinental ballistic missiles to reach its main course\, the United States\, as well as certain American military installations in the Middle East? Will the United States run out of patience with Iran and assist Israel in its existential struggle? And finally:  Will this US administration provide Israel with the weapons they need to succeed against Iran? \nAbout Our Speaker: Ruthie Blum\, a former adviser at the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\, is an award-winning columnist and a senior contributing editor at JNS\, and a former features editor of the Jerusalem Post\, and the acclaimed author of “To Hell in a Handbasket: Carter\, Obama and the Arab Spring.” Ruthie is a co-host with Ambassador Mark Regev of the JNS-TV podcast “Israel Undiplomatic.” She often writes on Israeli politics and U.S.-Israel relations. Originally from New York\, she moved to Israel in 1977. She is a regular guest on national and international media outlets\, including Fox\, Sky News\, i24News\, Scripps\, ILTV\, WION and Newsmax.
URL:https://emetonline.org/event/the-state-of-the-relationship-between-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-and-president-donald-trump/
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SUMMARY:Colonel Richard Kemp and the Morality of the War
DESCRIPTION:The transcript will be available here \n  \nEver since October 7th\, Colonel Richard Kemp has been on the ground in Israel\, in Gaza\, and in the terror tunnels throughout Lebanon. He\, undoubtedly\, has been one of Israel’s strongest advocates within the international community.  How do the actions of Israel during this long war stack up against those of other nations who have been attacked and are forced to fight within an urban combat setting? \nHow is Israel able to achieve its war goals\, with members of the international community parroting Hamas’ numbers and their exaggerated humanitarian claims? After 20 months\, will the Israeli people still have the will to continue to fight its war on seven fronts? Can we defeat a radical terrorist ideology? How important is the success of this war to the defeat of antisemitism? \nAnd finally: How would he advise the government of Israel while facing down the existential threat of an Iranan nuclear bomb? \nAbout Colonel Richard Kemp \n Colonel Richard Kemp has spent most his life fighting terrorism and insurgency\, commanding British troops on the front line of some of the world’s toughest hotspots\, including Afghanistan\, Iraq\, the Balkans and Northern Ireland. He is now a writer\, a prolific journalist\, media commentator and motivational speaker. He provides strategic consultancy services on leadership\, security\, intelligence\, counter-terrorism and defense. \nRichard was sent to Kabul\, Afghanistan in 2003 to take command of British Forces in Afghanistan. Realizing that there was an increasing terrorist threat\, but no resources or plans in place to deal with it\, he immediately put together an unconventional force of British troops and US Marines. They begged\, borrowed and stole equipment to gain intelligence and launch covert surveillance. Writing about Richard\, the Canadian general commanding international forces at the time said: “His efforts led directly to the most successful offensive counter-terrorist operations in Kabul\, with several key terrorist leaders now under arrest\, significantly setting back the enemy campaign.” Along the way\, Richard helped to disarm local warlords\, trained the fledgling Afghan army and police and even played a part in preventing a coup d’état against President Hamid Karzai. \nRichard joined the British Army the day after he left school\, and spent the next 30 years in some of the world’s most notorious trouble spots.  In 1993 he was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen for intelligence work in Northern Ireland. Most of the last five years of Richard’s military career were spent in Downing Street as head of the international terrorism team at the Joint Intelligence Committee\, where he was responsible for producing assessments on the growing global terrorist problem for the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. \nColonel Kemp is a frequent contributor to television and print media\, and is the author of Attack State Red\,  with Chris Hughes\, and account of the Afghanistan campaign undertaken by the Royal Anglican Regiment.  Colonel Kemp is Chairman of the UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers (UK-AWIS)\, the UK branch of AWIS\, an Israeli organization managed by the Israel Defense Forces and headed by General Yoram Yair. Colonel Richard Kemp was a 2017 recipient of EMET’s coveted “Speaker of the Truth Award.”
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