Webinars

Russia, Israel, and the War with Hamas

https://youtu.be/MeHdOuz6SGw     The relationship between Moscow and Jerusalem has gone through many permutations. The Kremlin had initially allied itself with Yasser Arafat and other revolutionary groups, and during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Russia allied itself with the Arab states, with some Sovietologists even arguing that Moscow had encouraged and escalated tensions helping to provoke […]

A Potential Palestinian State: Will It Be an Ally or Enemy of the United States?

https://youtu.be/jfaVn8uuHK0     After the worst massacre of Jews on a single day since the Holocaust, many members of the international community have arrived at a single-factor conclusion of how to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, combined with grandiose plans of how to finally bring peace to the Middle East: the rewarding of this violence with […]

The Israel/Hamas War: Regional and Domestic Implications and What it Means to Achieve Victory

Israeli diplomat Eitan Na’eh joins us for an in-depth discussion of the implications of the Israel/Hamas war on Israel’s relationships with the Abraham Accords countries and the Gulf nations more broadly including a potential normalization deal with Saudi Arabia. We will also discuss the impact of October 7th on Israel’s civil society and what it […]

Iranian Dominance Over the Middle East

  https://youtu.be/0pyfEsYWL6E     As the international perspective of the world has focused primarily on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, many have neglected to address the actual root cause of this war: The Islamic Republic of Iran. We know that Iran lacks the courage to directly engage itself in any conflict. Instead, it uses its […]

A World Without the Islamic Republic of Iran

https://youtu.be/BLg8K-nTEfA     While much of the international community focuses its attention on the Israel/Hamas war and the Houthis disruption of maritime traffic in the Red Sea, the head of the snake that is terrorizing the world, the Islamic Republic of Iran, is being ignored at the world’s peril. In a recent Middle East Forum […]

Why Must Israel Continue to Fight in Gaza

  https://youtu.be/G8XV8BMIhQE     Israel has faced mounting pressure from the international community as well as from the Biden administration not to finish the job it has begun in Gaza. On Thursday, while speaking over the phone with Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Biden said that “an immediate ceasefire is necessary to protect innocent civilians.” An […]

Emergency Briefing on Iran’s Attack on Israel

https://youtu.be/dH6jSPftNtk <p data-pm-slice="1 1 About the Speaker: Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) where he focuses on Iranian security and political issues. Behnam previously served as a research fellow and senior Iran analyst at FDD. Prior to his time at FDD, Behnam worked on non-proliferation issues at an arms […]

Russian Meddling in the Middle East: A View from Jerusalem

https://youtu.be/aBfJnYyuzps     Join us for an insightful webinar exploring the evolving dynamics of the Middle East conflict and its geopolitical implications. In this engaging session, we will delve into the shifting landscape of regional confrontations, moving beyond the traditional Arab-Israeli paradigm to a broader Western versus Iranian blocs confrontation. The recent Israeli military operations […]

The View from Israel: An Interview with Member of the Knesset Ohad Tal

https://youtu.be/_-z8DSdX3aU     Since its founding, Israel has been fighting enemies who have continually sought its annihilation but today’s wars – military, cognitive, and diplomatic – are presenting an existential threat unlike anything it has confronted since perhaps 1973. While the Islamic Republic of Iran has unleashed not just proxies in the form of Hamas’ […]

Special Yom HaShoah Conversation with Holocaust Historian, Rafael Medoff

https://youtu.be/WZalSEXQdgc     As antisemitism spirals out of control across the globe including on the streets of cities across the U.S., and college campuses are overrun with students and faculty shouting for the annihilation of Israel and the expulsion of Jews from the country, it is difficult not to recognize frightening parallels with Germany in […]

Normalization of Support for Terrorism

  https://youtu.be/aVSQFrpJ32U     Join us for an insightful webinar as we delve into one of the most controversial and complex issues in contemporary legal and political discourse: the decriminalization of support for terrorism. In recent years, there has been a growing debate surrounding the effectiveness of existing anti-terrorism laws, particularly in how they handle […]

What is Next for the Islamic Republic of Iran?

  https://youtu.be/FL-lVJSS6dM Sarah: Good afternoon, and welcome to yet another topical and timely EMET webinar. On Sunday, a helicopter crashed in the densely forested, mountainous terrain over northern Iran. Inside this helicopter were Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, and six others. All are confirmed dead. As you are aware, Iran has […]

Colonel Richard Kemp and the Current Challenges Facing the State of Israel

Why is it that Israel, which was brutally attacked on October 7th by Hamas terrorist forces, has been put on the defensive? Would any other country that had endured such sadistic barbarism not respond to defend its civilian population? Why have the streets of London, Paris, and New York erupted in anti-Israel rallies? Why has […]

The Significance of Jerusalem Day

https://youtu.be/YOamvhNZQ7w READ TRANSCRIPT HERE Throughout the ages, many people have laid claim to the holy city of Jerusalem. However, for the Jewish people Jerusalem has played the central role for thousands of years as it's sole spiritual home. Come learn why the reunification of Jerusalem during the 6 Day War has a very special and […]

Israel Alone: The International Community’s Use of Lawfare Against the Jewish Homeland

https://youtu.be/rjiEOdjQy7s?si=rO-UED0j-3CiOxfs READ TRANSCRIPT HERE As the United Nations, International Criminal Court, and International Court of Justice focus their efforts on demonizing Israel’s defensive efforts to protect its citizens in the wake of the 10/7 massacre, the Biden administration has either been complicit (in refusing to exercise its veto at the UN General Assembly and in […]

National Security Implications of America’s Open Border Crisis

https://youtu.be/dPm5KTtPZyg?si=w4V5pdbCuOZCbPd3 READ TRANSCRIPT HERE America is facing an unprecedented crisis of illegal immigration due to President Biden’s open border policies and failure to enforce our country’s immigration laws with potentially catastrophic consequences to our national security. America has never faced such a mass migration crisis in which quite likely more than 10 million migrants have […]

Mosab Hassan Yousef, The son of one of the founders of Hamas, Sheik Hassan Yousef

https://youtu.be/s5zCxHr1a8w READ TRANSCRIPT HERE If anyone understands the mentality of Hamas, and all of the Islamic resistance groups, it is the son of one of the seven founders of Hamas, Mosab Hassan Yousef. Otherwise known as “The Green Prince”, EMET has developed a very close personal relationship with Mosab, since we honored him in 2010. […]

Confronting the Inevitability of War with Hezbollah

https://youtu.be/_jONvUEeHGc?si=-WNIHo1GDI4s-RLB READ TRANSCRIPT HERE Since October 8th, the people of northern Israel have been subjected to thousands of rockets, missiles and drones, often directly targeting Israeli homes, schools and civilians. This has left approximately 80,000 Israelis displaced. Entire families have been living in hotel rooms and temporary housing since October. The residents of northern Israel […]

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 […]