Webinars

Behnam Ben Taleblu on the Elections in Iran

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jXh5v9kliQ READ TRANSCRIPT HERE On Friday, the people of Iran went to the polls and elected the “moderate reformer” candidate Masoud Pezeshkian, defeating Ayatollah Khamenei’s favored candidate, Saeed Jalili, in a race to replace former President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19th.  The election saw a surge in turnout, with […]

Campus Antisemitism

https://youtu.be/s4uYxC3KEVA?si=92TV_Gtnh9-YhtPG READ TRANSCRIPT HERE   As the fall 2024 semester approaches, it’s not clear what we can expect from student protestors, outside agitators, faculty instigators, and college administrators. Numerous lawsuits have been filed and either settled or are moving through the courts while, at the same time, the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights […]

Israel Victory: How Zionists Win Acceptance and Palestinians Get Liberated

https://youtu.be/oSSkw-272SY READ TRANSCRIPT HERE   "The Palestinian-Israeli conflict will come to an acceptable conclusion only with a Palestinian sense of defeat.” So says, historian Daniel Pipes who has spent his career studying, educating, and writing about the Middle East, Islam and foreign policy. He started the Israel Victory Project many years ago as a means […]

Is there an Inevitability of War with Lebanon?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qb8hjKeQf0 READ TRANSCRIPT HERE Iran 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.” […]

View from the Homefront: A Briefing with Brigadier General (Res.) Amir Avivi

https://youtu.be/gLB22TNvsso?si=NQoeUpUJ78fDsiKo   READ TRANSCRIPT HERE As 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 […]

Iran’s Ring of Fire Surrounds Israel

https://youtu.be/znKI5klt4pw?si=IqVNuxJTvKhXzFnD READ TRANSCRIPT HERE While 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 […]

Perspectives from within: Iranian intellectuals on potential strikes against Israel

https://youtu.be/D8hApdhv1LU?si=XLXf_9w2IQzHOgTW   READ TRANSCRIPT HERE Ever 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. […]

Iran’s Strategy for Attacking Israel and the United States

https://youtu.be/p_26l3A68zA?si=a3AqXPIxZjieDMsr     The transcript will be available here.  Early 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 […]

What is the Situation Today on Israel’s North?

https://youtu.be/2Nq1mBKsrqg   The transcript will be available here Ever since October 8th, the people in Israel’s north have endured approximately 8,000 constant rocket, missile, and UAV attacks. Over 21,000 acres of Israeli forests and farmland have been burned by Hezbollah missiles, rockets, and air strikes. Israeli citizens, particularly in the north, have been bracing themselves […]

Special 9/11 Anniversary Webinar: A Discussion of the Many Threats to U.S. National Security

https://youtu.be/G5xDmNV3Llo?si=r5am-lTXDCInKR1P     The transcript can be found here In the wake of the Islamist terror attack on U.S. soil by al Qaeda on September 11, 2001, the U.S. government vowed that it would never happen again and implemented many intelligence and security changes including the formation of the Department of Homeland Security. Unfortunately, in […]

Deterring Iran’s Dash to the Bomb

https://youtu.be/5h4hJjachog?si=rWJerVoka0cAG7cL     Transcript will be available here While America is preoccupied with electoral politics and Israel is bogged down in war with Iranian terrorist proxies, it appears as if the Islamic Republic may be making a mad dash to complete its quest for nuclear weapons. Some intelligence officials believe that Iran is expediting its […]